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Some pictures from my first day at the 2024 Wheel Horse Collector’s Club Show!

Added another blackhood to my collection. Let the fun begin. Thanks again @PWL216

The show has been hot this year. My shower felt great, but I was a sweaty pig by the time I got dressed to walk back to camp! @wallfish hooked a brother up and left us a radon pump and told us to get creative for some air movement. This is what @Tractorhead and I came up with. It was quite dark by the time we hung this, so as I wake I marvel at our magnificent work Thanks for keeping it cool John! I actually zipped my sleeping bag up a couple hours ago!

Turned out great @c-series don! Nice work!

Yes first day photos from the Wheel Horse Collector’s Club Show in Pennsylvania!

The two rigs I picked up at the WHS … 856 and 857 (with the add on lights )

I’ll be sure that @Coulter Caleb sees this tonight (Thank you Uncle Jim for tagging me). I can’t believe this guy is 20 years old today! He is an awesome guy whom this daddy was blessed to parent for years and now I enjoy a great friendship with him. He currently is working as an apprentice in a custom cabinet building shop and enjoys disc golfing as a primary hobby. Caleb still owns three GT’s including: Comanche (the 854 pictured above), JackRabbit (a cool 418-C) and Grizzly (a heavily modified Cub 107). He also really enjoys his GTO. He grew up around mine… (here with his momma at a drive in back when he was about a year old) visiting GTO nationals around that same time and going to numerous shows over the years in my Goat. Then two years ago today, he had the opportunity to purchase this machine. It needed some work but supplied us with a TON of father/son memories. Caleb behind the wheel, me in the co-pilot seat and Judge, Zach in the back! We have family in town for Claudia’s open house tomorrow and so I’m sure we will come up with something fun to do as a family to celebrate this guys departure from his teen years. Thank you to those of you who impacted Caleb over the last decade that we have been part of the Red Square forum. He has so many special memories from kindnesses shown to him throughout the years from this community.

First day was great!! Having a great time as usual!!

A HUGE thank you is in order, to @wallfish for giving me this engine, and for his and @Tractorhead’s help today getting it running! A @Pullstart Kohler 12 hp engine! It runs and sounds amazing!

Awesome tractor! It was a pleasure meeting you @c-series don

You sure 'Fish ain't got some radon in it and trying to get rid of you?!?!

Eric was the guy who bought the 701 I had for sale. I was very pleased it went to one of the original members! He has quite a collection. Tell him hello From Rick from Georgia.

Some of the smaller details that caught my eye... 60’s style cables Lotsa wheels with axle bolts Creative re-use of an early snowblower shell

Eric Van Loock one of the original members of the first Wheel Horse Show in 1999 at the South Mt. Fairgrounds in Arendtsville will be at the show today. He drove up 15 hours from Mobile, Alabama! He will be at my canopy some time today too.

Here is a squirrel cage blower driven by an old engine working at giving a group of vendors a breeze on a very still, very hot day! I made sure to walk in front of it a couple of times as a “test” of its effectiveness and can report that it does the job.

LEDs are the way to go! Just make sure you make a ground jumper between the hood and frame to prevent flickering.

My new muffler deflector with louvered outlet has arrived. I got it for $3.50 CDN ($$2.19 US) so I am very happy with this.

I found the photo of my Father's homemade tractor he made in the 1960's. The picture was taken close to it's retirement sometime around 2012.

Necessity is the Mother of .... Invention, Butchery, Creative Solutions... Pick One !!

Yea Friday morning is the best. I was down all day today and I'll be down all day tomorrow and vendors sold a boat load of stuff today!

Got in a quick test today. I'm not changing anything! It works great, though there will be a bit of a learning curve. Hardest thing so far was making my brain work out the foot control on the hydro vs "feathering" the hydraulic lift. Practice should fix all of that. Two things I've figured out so far: big difference in moving gravel vs smoothing it. How anyone could use one of these on a manual lift is beyond me. I guess the extra weight of my blade has its drawbacks. I fixed two places today in my driveway. The entrance at the road was the worst, but after basically transferring one side of the driveway to the other, it's good now. The other was the stutter bumps in the curve behind the tractor below. All good now! Only complaint I have is the gravel accumulates on top of the pivot, so you have to knock it off to keep rocks out of the garage! And the 523-H is now officially a worker!

It's already in my truck

Excellent Sparky, Im going to have to make to the "Show" one of these days. cafoose is picking up a Wheel horse tub cart from Docwheelhorse and hauling it back to East TN for me so I do have that to look forward to.

@Sparky Those will be BBT approved.

Clean it up and see what it’s going to take to get it running first. Then a light refinish. It will never look as good as yours. Sorry I missed you at the show. Enjoyed talking to your brother.

South Mountain Fairgrounds 615 Narrows Rd, Biglerville, PA 17307

Radon fans work on methane too?

to the forum. As Eric says, it is easy to add lights. If you choose LED lights, you will get better results connecting them to the battery, as the battery will give a 'cleaner' D.C. source than the output from the voltage regulated on the engine. Good luck and have fun with your tractor.

The Kohler K series I gave John Deere a Bad reputation with the Model 317. Later 317's or Dealer replacement engines were Kohler K series II and eventually Onan engines. The series left such a Bad taste In Deere's Mouth that when the closed Frame 300 came Out 316, 318, and 420, Deere went to the Twin cylinder ONAN as the Primary Power Plant for the air cooled Garden tractor with a Twin cylinder engine. They stayed with the Kohler Single cylinder In the 200 series until 1987. After 1987, there would be Very few Kohler engines In General Used By Deere Until they Introduced the Sabre Line. Deere started using Kawasaki engines In the 1988 and newer 200 series. It really wasn't Until the GT225 was Introduced In 1999 did Deere go back to using a Kohler in their Name Brand Garden tractor's.. To a Point I would say the Deere design department still mistrusts Kohler 40 some years Later . The Series I was fine If You Had a Flat to gradual Hill Yard Many Manufacturer went to the K series II and offer replacement engines for tractor with the K series I for several years which Kohler would foot the Bill on. My Main House property I could probably run a Kohler series I on and Have no issues with it . My Vacation House I bet a K series I would die on because of the 4 steep Hills

Happy Happy Caleb! '18 BS on @19richie66 GT with @Lane Ranger and Rodney photo bombing!

When MTD bought the Cub Cadet line, they kept the production and the design for a few years. That having a KT17 Series one engine makes it an earlier 782, probably making this a complete IH design, even if MTD owned CC at the time of build. One of the first things MTD did in the CC line on the garden tractors is replaced the cast iron transmission with weaker, light aluminum cast transmissions. But that 782 probably has a bullet proof transmission regardless.

Gonna keep this one close too. Big dry doe. Probably going to be tasty after cleaning off my sunflowers. Plants were about 2 ft tall. Note how close to the house. Definitely gotta cull the herd come fall.

I usually go Saturday because I like going with my dad and this is a terrible time of year for him to take days off work. He's retiring in January, so I might have to just start taking Show Friday off. I already don't use all of my PTO in a timely fashion most years.

I think @stevebo was out in his truck at 2:30 AM revving his engine!

I should have given you one of my cards . They come in handy at the BBQ joint if you need to floss! Best of luck with the transplant!

Ok. Thanks everyone. It is a black hood. I downloaded a manual. It says it can be pushed at a walking pace, so I'll give that a try. There is a lot to go through on this one. I'll need more help, I'm sure. Very grateful for all your help.

Absolutely! It was great to meet @Handy Don, @Pullstart, @squonk, and @wallfish today (thanks to Pullstart's nifty flag). This is a truly fantastic event, with acres of Wheel Horse everything! I started the day out wandering in the wilderness from tent to tent - "Excuse me kind sir, but I'm looking for a transaxle for a '75 C-120 Hydro?" Most common answer: "Oh, I've got one of those back at home, but I didn't bring any transaxles today." (Variant: "we brought a bunch of those last year, but no one looked at them, so we left them home.") In one of the barns at the back, I came across a vendor with a pile of stuff on the ground marked "FREE." Lo and behold, there was my transaxle (with hydro assembly as well). At least I'm 99% sure its a match, but the price was right and the hubs turn! I plan to start the transplant this weekend. Thanks to @Achto for initially pointing me to this event, and to everyone else for their encouragement. I could not have imagined that there was such a treasure trove of parts available -- in addition, I have collected a number of business cards for future reference, and from a couple of those folks who "have one at home" just in case there's any issues with the one I got. Will keep you posted with updates to this topic.

Wandered around the BS trying not to buy stuff I thought was cool but really, really, really don’t need or have space for! I saw a LOT of tires and wheels being hauled away and I saw a couple of tractors change hands. Not quite as many sellers today but maybe there will be more tomorrow. Admired (and should have grabbed a picture of) a very large squirrel cage blower running off a 10 hp motor cooling off one group of sellers!

The owner of the cracked gear case stopped by where @wallfish and I are set up and explained he’d found a spanking good deal on a complete transaxle so he is in a good, good mood!

Kinda hard to see but the pedal end of the spring is hooked to a cotter pin. The backside pin that it's hooked to goes down from the top like the one on this side thereby providing spring loading for the trip lever.

Let the fun begin! Loaded up at home @Blasterdad and I having sammiches at the Somerset service “Plaza” Snacks while we wait for tractor friends @squonk trying to run over @rjg854 @stevebo pulling in My brother @Tractorhead, all the way from Bavaria! Norman sitting at the Quality Inn, waiting for tractor friends to come by… A sweet set of RJs, I missed who’s. Dinner plans got a little messed up. A big group of blue hairs took our Italian Village table, so we had to scramble a bit. Right down the road @buckrancher, Mrs. Buckrancher, Bryon, Stephan and @Handy Don and I found some good hearty home cookin’ at Hickory Ridge. TWINNING! Fellowshipping with the friends

Got for a song... might win a award for the filthiest tractor ever. Stripped down for a bath & a real pain getting engine tins off. I had looked at this tractor a couple years ago as having a donor motor for a ailing C-195. Super C since moved on. KT17 series 1 with some hours on the clock but runs good. Always operated on flat ground. Kohler must be embarrassed with series 1 as they won't even give a IPL! This one will get flipped after full maintenance. Any one care to guess it's worth? Has a 44" deck in nice shape and a brand new electric clutch.

Pics from Friday

@RoadScholar, Enjoyed talking with you and hope everything works out for you.

The point I was trying to make is the key can be eliminated if proper lock washer and nut are used..

No no, do not break the pipe loose from the base. You can remove the two screws with this 1/4" drive rachet with a short extension a 1/4" socket and a straight slot driver. This is the rear starter support. ( called starter tail brace on Pauls picture above) A small steel angle that connects the starter to the tractor frame. My index finger is touching the bolt into the rear of the starter. My middle finger is touching the bolt into the frame. You must remove both to be able to slide the starter out of the joint in the block. The insulation is to prevent a spark from jumping from the starter lug to the oil fill tube when starting the tractor. You should always remove the positive cable from the battery when working on a tractor.

Not sure so frickin dirty not a bare piece of metal showing! Pump is AL but they all were. Will find out at bath 🛁 Yeah Thanks.. I had a hard time just finding manuals. Tractor Data wasn't real helpful. Will call it a '83 MTD. Me thinks MTD may have paid IH to use their badging & trademarks for awhile. Sales & marketing don't ya know. Thing sure does have the customary Cub hydro road gear tho. Skiing anyone!?!?

The "Bucket Brigade" is on the way.....

You’re going to love it, it’s one of my favorite attachments. I’d recommend you start looking for a cab! Mine is mounted on a 417-A, I love the sound of that twin cylinder Kohler under a load!

This is the transmission drive belt I use on my 310-8. Around $30 at TSC.