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Cockshutt goes BIG and then disappears In 1958 Cockshutt introduced a completely new line of 500 Series Tractors. The sheet metal of the 500 series was designed by Raymond Loewy, a well known automobile designer of the era. The design set a new standard in modern styling. The Model 540 was 30 horsepower, 2-3 plow; Model 550 was a 40 horsepower, 3-plow; Model 560 was a 50 horsepower, 4-plow, and the model 570 was a 65 horsepower, 5-plow design. Cockshutt began experimenting with a Model 580 tractor, a 100-horsepower hand assembled unit which never came into production. Company ownership was taken over in 1958 by English Transcontinental, a British mercantile bank purchasing on behalf of an American holding company that became White Motor Company. White continued the Cockshutt line through 1969 blending it with the Oliver Corporation tractor line they purchased in 1960 and the Minneapolis Moline line that had been acquired in 1963. The **50 series Cockshutt tractor models (1450 to 2150) were identical to Oliver tractors of the same model number. They were manufactured at the Oliver plant in Charles City, Iowa. After acquiring Minneapolis-Moline White began selling the M-M Jet Star 3 as a Cockshutt 1350, a 45-horsepower tractor. White also offered a diesel import manufactured by Fiat as a Cockshutt Model 1265, a 3-cylinder 40 Horsepower tractor. White established White Farm Equipment in 1969 to merge and further consolidate the three acquisitions and by 1975 had discontinued all three of the previous brand names and began offering White equipment, distinguished by its primarily silver paint job. The Cockshutt name was no longer used. My uncle Ted loved his White tractor and when he passed away the urn with his ashes was carried to the cemetery on it.

After sanding for what seemed like hours I was ready to have my hood and fender primed. So my brother came over to prime them. I am not kidding when I say that LESS THAN 30 SECONDS from the time he unplugged the paint gun from the air hose a bird crapped dead center in the wet primer. No where else in the whole area could I find any bird crap except on my hood. I was mad for a while, but my brother just laughed and said don’t worry. We’ll just let it dry, sand it out and reprime it.

Precision guided munitions from stealth B bombers.

Had the same thing happen to a grader blade I’d primed. I’m convinced the bird was surveilling my work and waited until I turned around to swoop in. Decided I’m glad cows don’t’ fly.

My bombing story. Coming in one evening from a day of sea trout fishing, after I entered the mile long Mispillion River inlet, I gave the helm to a young lad and told him to just keep her centered while I went aft to stow gear and prep for take out. The North side of this inlet is protected by pilings and every piling has a large brown gull perched on top facing South. I heard the Lad yell "watch this" and before I could stop him, he swerved toward the pilings to scare the gulls. Well, 10-15 took flight right over my cruiser and filled the boat with foul fowl manure with two of the birds actually bouncing off the windshield. He was demoted to a crap swabber.

But... what a shot!!! Dead nuts bullseye... You got any neighbors that you need a "guy" (bird) to stop by and poop on his car??? I bet that bird would work for "cheep"...

Well done Don. This thread went right to the birds at the very start. That's OK... it was crappy anyway..... Well ... 💩... someone hadda say it!!!!

Just purchased my first wheel horse today. Model C-160 with plow blade and mower deck. Hydro trans. This may become my latest addiction.

Reminds me. out of college I started working at a Chevy dealer. Was good friends with one of the guys in the parts dept. Everyday we'd make a parts run during lunch to the dealers other location, get lunch and sit by the lake. One day the parts manager ( who was spoiled and the store owners nephew) washed his 76 Cutlass Supreme all morning and offered to drive for lunch. We stopped at the lake shore and the sea gulls swooped in and crapped all over the hood of the car!

My arch painting enemy aren't birds. It's the fuzzies that fly off the poplar trees. No painting outdoors in June or July! When I worked at Napa the store was close to the Erie Canal. The show room would be kneed deep in fuzzies!

I guess there are two ways to look at this situation. They way you did, and the way your brother did I’ve been the target of a massive dump on my motorcycle. I did not wait for it to dry to be sanded off. I stopped at the nearest house and asked to borrow the hose!

Changed the tranny oil on the Vanguard 14-8 (I really need to pick a name for this tractor) again. Jacked up the nose as high as my jack goes. Probably not enough, but we'll see. Previous oil change still had a slightly cloudy appearance. Replaced a leaking axle seal on the 523-H. I have never had one of these seals be so bleeping difficult to remove! At least the hub jumped right off using my puller thingy. Just one more advantage of using spacers on the hubs- they pull the hub evenly and support it all the way around. Oh well, so far the seal looks to have done the trick. Dry as a bone!

I was getting another look at the Model T Woody that my neighbor brought home with my RJ Wally. He has a barn full of WHATIZITS. A two jug Model A engine on an engine stand. He cut the two rears off. It purrs like a KT

He was only practicing on the primer. He might let you put the red on. But wait till you put the finish black on.

Ended up being a great day! Hung with @wallfish & @Handy Don, both great guys to hang and chat with.

@c-series don And others... A couple decades ago I worked out of a lumber yard in Windham ME. It was/ is located bordering a moo 🐮 cow 🐄 farm and there's several dozen or more birds around all year. Literally hundreds in the summer. One of the yard workers there got "decorated" by a gull twice in two weeks. Luckily he had a great sense of humor..... And extra shirts.

Thanks for the laugh Don! I've had bugs in the paint, but never a fly by pooping! ...Yet! Looking forward to the finished product sir! Here's hoping for no more bombings!

I think the first one is an adult / industrial grade fidget spinner.

And one of the porta-johns had posi-traction!!

Did some grading after the big rains.

Okay I got one. Back in the dark ages women working offices wore dresses to work. My aunt (close to 90 now) purchased this new dress/ blouse to wear to work. It had pockets in front. She a couple of other ladies would walk to park and have lunch. Off they go, flock of pigeons fly over and bombed the group. A bomb in both pockets which also damaged her under garments. As the story was told nothing would clean the stains and the new outfit and her under garments were trashed.

A buddy of mine once got hit by a goose - right on his glasses and all down his shirt. He was in an important meeting at the time! They really do produce some whoppers. At least it wasn’t a swan.

Hi all. First of all, may I say I'm not a big fan of 3D printing. I understand the tech and the work that goes into programming the thing to make an item. But it doesn't ever seem to me like actually making something yourself. Kind of like CNC machining, you're not operating the lathe or mill, just loading in stock and a programme. Maybe I'm a luddite, or just not comfortable with compooters. Also we are getting 3D printed guns over here now which is pretty scary, recently some guy went to prison for making viable shooters in his airing cupboard. Anyhoo, I saw this on the news and was impressed by it, despite my lack of love for 3D printed parts. Now that is one mahoosive printer. Apparently they print whole parts for modular houses. The gunk they use even incorporates wood fibre so it's enviromenkally frengly. What next I ask myself....

Today I picked up a nice package deal. 1st was a 2003 cub cadet 1554 to uses as mower and 2nd was a older restored wheel horse 1054. Picked up both for $600. The cub runs flawlessly. The wheel horse had no spark. Guy said he tried points, condenser and plug etc to no avail. Checked the coil and it was dead. $25 standard products coil later and she fired off on 2nd revolution. Got the 48" deck with it to. Has brand new tires on all 4 corners and a nice paint job. Just missing the headlight brackets. I do have the grill , just not installed. Time to give her a bath before tucking her in the stable for the night.

Not sure - somebody's fingers are in the way..... Make that The Hand Model...

Nice pair of vintage Goodyear 6-12 lawn and turf tires , sidewalls have a few minor cracks, nice tread . Comes with tubes. $100.00 TIRES ARE SOLD!

It's hard to read, but on the main arm of my backhoe the decal says "White/Oliver" The 2-44 Industrial Backhoe/Loader was built on an 550 tractor chassis with an Industrial (heavier) front axle. The transmission was a 4 speed with a forward reverse shuttle. Unfornatualy I bought my tractor for salvage knowing the shuttle transmission had a broken top shaft and front bearing carrier. I replace the shuttle transmission with a transmission from an Oliver 550 farm tractor 4 speed with hi/lo. I would love to have the shuttle when I do loader work. My boys are grown and married with kids their own this size now.

Uncle Ted must have had a fondness for deer too...

Just the pics from the seller. I was doing work out in the yard yesterday. Already earned its price and will save me from beating on my zero-turn.

Growing up on a farm in Iowa I saw many of the Minneapolis Moline, Oliver and even some Cockshut tractors in use. We always had JD, International and Ford but there were a few of the above mentioned ones in use around the area. Had no idea they all ended up in the White Farm Equipment Company. After retirement my dad was coaxed into selling White tractors for a local implement dealership, due to his reputation in the farming community..

Do you have any of the pieces that you could save? It really isn't difficult to make but having parts sure helps. I was lucky to start with this: I had one lever, the top plate and the bottom bracket which would be the hardest to make. : I made a jig to copy the levers, cleaned up the bracket, flipped the top plate over and the magic of Terry's decals: He put 'Suburban 400' where the missing serial # should be. If I did it again I would have removed the 'OFF' on the decal. I simply forgot. That was Wheel Horses not so good at killing the engine at the time.

somewhat similar today Don but not as severe - or as frustrating as your situation - I had large mouth funnel today behind tractor seat using gas can to fill tractor and a floating tree blossom dead center on target right into funnel straight down into gas tank -- i can only hope it disintegrates and doesn't cause problem????

Tilling the garden!

Did some rear wheel swapping to put the ags on the 418-8, and installed the tiller and put it to work today!

Rusty and dented. Pair of Horse Head hubcaps. Perfect for your rat rod project $10 SOLD Cigar lighter. Fill the hole in your dash and light your stogie during the cruise $20 SOLD! Electric clutch. Bad coil decent bearing and clutch plate.$5 Breakerless ignition. Tractor had bad trigger. Found the wire chafed behind the bearing plate. Don't know if that's what took out the trigger.Repaired wire tested stator and coil with ohmmeter. Both tested ok. Comes with correct ignition switch too and mounting screws $25 SOLD Decent seat. 1 crack in cushion $25

And if he found that the next things to look for are round hubs with 3 lug holes, more crudely made rear hitch, leather shifter boot

Horse head engine screen installed instead of the TORO one. I believe there is now no Toro name anywhere on this machine (or any of mine as far as that goes).

My 57, has two extra holes with a gas tank strap. Maybe added later, whose to know 67 years later. This tractor is all original with mower deck. My 59 & my 58s all have same holes as in last two pictures. Just 4 for the hood stand and 1 on the frame in bottom front.

Raymond Loewry was a designer. His work includes items ranging from toasters and coffee pots to steam and diesel locomotives. He came to prominence in the 30's when everything needed to have the 'streamlined' look.

Welcome fellow Long Islander! I have the addiction as bad as anyone here! If you’re ever out east in Southampton I have around 18 running, driving useable Wheel Horses for you to check out. There’s a C-160 in the mix as well as many other C-Series. Here on Red Square you will meet some of the nicest most knowledgeable people, not just pertaining to Wheel Horse but life in general. Stick around, you’ll see!!! Oh and like Eric said, we need some pictures of your tractor!

Recent 800 sq. ft. home build in Spain had the printed walls done in 18 hours. Fitting out for roof, doors, windows, and utilities took another few weeks. IMHO this will be practical only in locales where the machine can be readily positioned to make multiple homes and the materials are cheap/easy to obtain. Fundamentally, though, I’m not keen on seeing more concrete homes. Too often the sand is being harvested in ways that are damaging vital ecosystems.

They have a concrete 3d printer as well... houses, roads, bridges etc...

WHY! why is it that so many people want to mess up their safety switches when searching for the cause of an electrical problem. Do a bit of basic trouble shooting. Your gas tank was empty, perhaps your battery is bad; do the headlights work? Why won’t my starter turn over from the key switch?\ Lets take a logical step by step inspection of your starter problem. Is your PTO in the ON position, a wheel horse will not start with the PTO on. Have you had the battery load tested at an auto parts store? Have you cleaned and tightened all electrical connections including grounds? Are all fuses good and fuse holders cleaned? If these have all been done, we can check components of the starting system as follows; don’t skip a step or you may miss the problem. Be sure the transmission is in neutral and the parking brake is set. Take a pair of automotive jumper cables and connect the black cable to your battery "-" and a good clean spot on the engine. Now connect the other cable to the large post on the starter and touch the other end to the battery "+" terminal, does the starter turn over? If the starter turns over the battery and starter are good. If it didn't turn over try the same steps with the battery in your car/truck, if that cures the problem then the "good" battery wasn't so good. Presuming the starter turned over move the jumper wire from the starter post to the other end of the wire going to the starter which is one of the large posts on the solenoid. If the starter turns over when the battery is touched by the jumper as before then that cable is good, if not you have found your problem. Presuming the starter turned over move that jumper to the other terminal of the solenoid, connect the other end to the battery and use a small piece of wire to temporarily connect the battery "+" terminal to the small terminal on the solenoid, this should cause the solenoid to close and the starter to turn over. If not, the solenoid is probably the problem. If this was successful remove the large jumper cable and use the small jumper wire to the small terminal of the solenoid, the solenoid should close and the starter turn over. If not the cable to the battery is the problem. Presuming all of these have been successful remove the black jumper wire and repeat the small jumper to small terminal, if the starter turns over the ground is good. If all of these components test good then remove your ignition switch, be sure the transmission is in neutral, parking brake on, clutch depressed and PTO off. Use a small jumper to connect the terminals that were connected to the “B” and “S” terminals of the ignition switch. If the starter turns over then the PTO switch and other safety switches are operating properly and your ignition switch may be bad

Took Roofus and Doofus out for thier Saturday stroll. They were happy!