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Bought new by my Grandfather, my dad grew up driving it and it became his tractor when we moved into their newly purchased house (a month before I was born) on an acre and a half... Finally ended up in storage at my brother's barn , and I worked a deal with him and brought 'er home.. Has a model 22 Sickle Bar mower and a model 189 Moldboard plow (I even have the original owner's manuals) Also have a model 23A tandem disk harrow Everything still works... My dad converted it to 12V starter and alternator so I am waiting on getting a new battery for it. Plan to use it on my property (Which so happens to be the same acre and a half my dad owned.. I was born and raised in this house, and am the 4th owner since it was built in 1902. including old original deeds on some of the parcels from as far back as 1872.) Anyhoo.. Just wanted to post up pics of my latest "Red Arn" I'll probably sell, trade or swap the sickle bar especially if I find someone with a Levelling and grading blade complete..

Right now I'm at 7 Wheel Horses. I'm totally maxed out on storage. Somehow I have 6 of the 7 tractors in garage along with 2 vintage motorcycles, vintage moped, & 3 hit/miss engines. Still have room for my big toolbox, tool bench, etc. And......still manage to get 2 of the 3 vehicles I own in garage too! We have a shed that's 10'x16' but only 6'x10' of it is mine. The rest is finished, insulated, heated, etc & is her "she shed" for her hobbies. I want to put up another 200sq/ft shed behind garage. It's probably good that I share the airplane hangar with another pilot otherwise I'd probably end up storing more toys there. 2 planes (mine & his), a toolbox, tool bench, my Cadillac & his Shelby Mustang is enough in there.

This is the Big Show 2010 Raffle Tractor. I really have not used it much through the years, but it has always been a great runner. It has the front and rear hitch on it and I have used it to move my boat and my horse trailer around. I took it to a bunch of shows the year after I won it, and even took it back to the Big Show at least once. Anyway, @Racinbob came here a few weeks ago. He picked up a C-121 that belonged to Jana and a homemade trailer. He also dropped of like a "Face Cord" of oak and cherry for me. Well, the old rear wheels on that horse blew out trying to get that trailer full of wood back by my wood pile. We made it, but the tires were toast. Went to my favorite Carisle store in town, bought 2 new tires, painted the rims, greased the fittings, changed the oil in the K-241-S and the rear end. It all needed to be done, and I am now looking forward to Winter. The horse with the over spray dull white. I never did like this paint job. With the front hitch that @shorts made for me. Remember this guy from the UK on the B-100 ? Neil This is the trailer load of Oak...toung heavy. I know the feeling. OK...picks of the new tires and painted hubs. 23/850-12/2 Carlisle Turf Saver. So, I went ahead and painted, greased and cleaned up the front wheels also. Restolium Almond...brush painted...thinned with Minerial Spirits according to label on can.

Hee Hee! Taryl is goofy but is one smart dude! He and I share the same affliction..We both never grew completely up

The chicken turned out great, and I was able to get some sunset effect pictures of my prized possession!

Yesterday, while smoking up some chicken drums, I did a little maintenance to Steve-Oh-Two. The front axle pivot was a bit loose, but I was able to tighten up the axle bolt and jam nut to remedy that. I found some bolt on 4.8-8 wheels and tires to bring the front end width down and gave it a zero gravity grease job. After clean up and airing up the tires, it drives much easier and feels way tighter! Both hubs were a tad loose and I was able to get a bit more than 1/4 turn into the grub screws, before snugging up the jam nuts. I wiped up the seepage around the hub and will monitor that.

Gosh, that must make me the most knowledgeable person on earth!

I have this 1951 Economy with factory Husco hydraulic lift.

I have 4 WH's, but a total of 25 garden tractors, several walk behinds and the rest riders. I have a mixed bag of makes. I like them all. there are 3 or 4 that I would part with, but the rest stay. Storage is a problem but I enjoy the hobby. I also collect hit n miss engines and antique Briggs engines. I have sold just a couple in the past and kick myself for it all the time.

Had a gal that threw a rod in the 1067 once. Rebuilt the 241 and scrapped her...

Ah the most difficult decision to make for an addict is to wean off the addiction! I know my brother and I had about thirty at one time six or seven years ago. Maybe thirty or more attachments of all kinds. Located in three buildings (one shed, one horse barn, one garage and a 8 x 24 enclosed truck bed that one housed an experimental aircraft. We liked the round hoods . We started with the RJ's as kids in 1961. Wore one out changing motors and rebuilding transmissions. In about 2006 we decided to take one of my dad;s old 1054's ad redo five years later we have five or six 1054's and two 953's. We were given tractors . We bought tractors from$60 to $1200 or so. We modified tractors like Lawn Rangers, 704's, etc We had almost every type of cart Wheel Horse sold. We had every type of cutter bar or sickle bar. Mowers galore, parts, parts, parts. Electric clutches, hitches , unicorn log splitter, etc. We made social parts -drawbar hitches, extended brake rods, reel mower lift parts, etc. We still have twenty plus and I am hard pressed to name them all. I have three RJ.s in my garage, one outside that is a project with a newly rebuilt transmission I hope to redo (I have five grandchildren and hope some of them may be able to convince their fathers to let them keep one). I have a 701, 702, 854, 1974 B-80, 1997 314-8 in my garage. My brother has three 314's. (two hydros), a 312-8, three 1054s, a 1965 Lawn Ranger, a C 160-8, a B-80, a C-100, a nice 633 , an 800 Special, etc Our thinning plans are probably not very well implemented at this point! It would just be like loosing your spouse!

Where the spark occurs is usually where the problem is. sounds like a dirty / loose connection right there on the positive terminal. Hight resistance drops voltage which raised amps which lets the spark out!

Did you ever have the Cockshutt in there?

Could this be our resident @squonk?

You give Trina a couple wrenches and a flat screwdriver. She'll have the carb swapped out before you finish giving tours of the nice Porta potty/ @Sparky's office.

You would be best off getting a set of roll pin punches and using the appropriate size to drive it out. A nail will likely damage it.

I have a very understanding wife. I paint in the winter so all my resto's spend one week in the house before assembly. Yes the whole tractor.

We still like Mike in spit of his "Taryl Fixes All" affixion.

THANK YOU @Lane Ranger for taking the time and effort to remember and write that all up. Very well detailed, WOW. I thought I loved WH. I was married for 19 years and have owned WH 's for 35. When I bought my second one she flipped out. Needless to say She is not around but the tractors are. I now have a lady that put's up with me and my toy's for the past 19 years. She likes to play too, it works. Thank you again

I got my food plots planted today. Oats, rapeseed, and radish make up the majority of the seed mix. I also got a new drone, so I can take sweet aerial pictures and videos! It’s much better at showing my trail system and plot locations. IMG_9114.dng

So your service interval is once every thirteen years, Sounds about right I guess.

Top end Tuesday!

My C-165 with shaker plate would loosen all your teeth if I drove it to Hiram Maine and back, let alone loosen up other body parts. It's covered over in the backyard waiting for me to install the carb that someone cleaned for me Like to get it going for the Meet in case someone needs a rider. Still working on the trail cleanup.

It’s not running and I know that’s a gamble. The owner said it just needs a starter,if that’s the case I could slap one on quickly he said he didn’t mind. Might be more trouble than it’s worth we shall see .

Checking in on the bumps and bruises, I might bump you out of the poll position by the time I’m 40 Yes, they were. It was a dirt road, less than a mile from home. She deliberately turned out of her path of least resistance to take the dirt road. Once again, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. In my youth, I always preferred the dirt roads. My Dodge Shadow really smoothed out on the chatter bumps at about 90 mph. The Bravada was part time all wheel drive. Rear wheel drive, until the front axle is needed. She was fish tailing (or trying to) on purpose, and my belief is that when she was sideways in the road, the front axle engaged, launching her into the field. In an effort to regain the road grip, she over corrected, sending the barrel roll into full effect. If she would have run into the hay field head on, she would have had some explaining to do to the farmer and maybe needed an alignment. Not only did the crash happen, she (is not my athletic one) ran about 1/4 mile to the nearest paved road for help, once she made sure her cousins were out of the vehicle and in a safe place. A stranger picked her up and called 911, then she was able to call us. Other than screwing up, she did everything perfect. She was the most injured, but survival mode kicked in and she found safety for her passengers and assessed their situation. Then, she went for help. She admitted guilt to the police and the EMS crew. The deputy did NOT right a ticket, and told me he could not prove excessive speed or wreck less driving, and hoped she would use the incident as a learning experience. She was just days out of her 90 day probation period. If it were to have happened days earlier, or if the officer decided to drop the hammer, her financial and mobility situation would have been severely different.

I have a 1959 Country Squire with Wisconsin Engine that sneaked in amongst my Wheel Horse/Speedex collection. Always has to be an oddball. It’s a cool tractor with a neat history.

Thanks for the info. I have the parts ordered and am awaiting their arrival

I remember that day that you won the raffle like it was yesterday. Need to see you back at the show again in 2025 with the B-100, all cleaned up. The tractor that is.

Not that one.

So since I've got a 3 week break from work I got some time to do some hobbying again. One of the things I did last week was to install a side plow on the cultivator used to clean up the horse paddock. This side plow allows me to get a nice crisp edge on the sides of the paddock. The horseriders get up to the fence and ride on what's called the "hoefslag" in Dutch.. don't now the right word for it. This creates a kind of trench which is undesireable for the riders. The plow acts as a small dozer or grader and the cultivator teeth take care of the rest. It raises out of the way when I don't need to use it. Height or depth is fully adjustable. It sticks out about 20cm/8" past the tire. Simple but effective. Thinking about maybe welding up the leading edge with an abrasive resistant material like Stellite or Hardox. Stay tuned. More updates to come. Greetings from the Netherlands, Mark

You will want some solid back up to support the piece of linkage when you drive the pin out.

Depends on the price. For a non runner I look at it as a parts rig to determine the value. The engine as a rebuildable core is worth $100 or so. Transmission the same. The rest also has value. To me a non running auto is worth $200 to $300 minimum and the value increases based on condition, implements, other good parts etc. Seat for example adds $50 or more.

Economy Power King Economy Tractors were designed to be an affordable garden tractor which could be serviced by the owner. Simple straightforward construction utilizing readily available parts resulted in a machine that was dependable and easily maintained. Company founder James E. Turner had been a designer for the Red-E tractor company. He was the son-in-law of one of that company’s founders and in 1946 decided to strike-out on his own to build four wheeled garden tractors at his newly formed Engineering Products of Waukesha (EPW) company. The concept of utilizing off-the-shelf parts and subcontracting manufacturing of castings and machine parts was rather revolutionary at the time. EPW was designing and assembling the tractors while most of the expensive overhead for machining, casting, metal stamping and other costly processes was borne by the subcontractors. The first year was devoted to design and engineering of prototypes and very few tractors were sold. Early models had cable steering which was later replaced with chain steering and eventually a steering gear was utilized. Early units were not fancy, they were devoid of any sheetmetal and had a cast-iron seat without padding. They had a Wisconsin air-cooled single cylinder engine attached to a modified Crosley bell housing, clutch, and transmission. The transmission unit was modified by adding pulleys for belt power transfer. A modified Ford Model-A rear axle assembly with reduction gears at the axles, much like the Red-E tractors, was used as a final drive. The Economy tractor was tested at the University of Nebraska in 1952 under test number 483. Economy tractors also carried the names Power King, Country Squire and the Jim Dandy along the way. Country Squire Garden Tractors were built from 1951 to 1962 and sold by mail-order through magazine advertising and sales booths at state and county fairs. They were powered by 9HP Briggs & Stratton or Wisconsin 9.2 HP air cooled single cylinder engines. Jin Dandy joined the ranks in 1964 and a part of the Economy line of tractors through 1977 It was a bit smaller and more affordable than the Country Squire. The Jim Dandy could be equipped with 10, 12 or 14 horsepower engines. The larger Power King line also came along in in 1964 being offered in 10, 12, and 14 horsepower Kohler engines. In 1977 the Economy name went away and a new numbering designation using rear wheel size and horsepower to derive the model number. As an example, a 1612 has 16” rear rims and a 12-horsepower engine. Power King was sold to Support Services International in 1990 and production moved from Waukesha to Beaver Dam. Production continued until the late 1990s when Power King was sold again. Eventually the Power King assets were sold to Yazoo-Kees and production ended. Mission Manufacturing now owns the rights to Power King and supports the tractors. Country Squire 9 hp 30/48" deck 1951 – 1962 Jim Dandy 10HP 10 hp 48" deck 1964 - 1967 Jim Dandy 12HP 12 hp 48" deck 1965 - 1970 Jim Dandy 14HP 14 hp 36/48/60" deck 1968 - 1977 Power King 10HP 10 hp 48" deck 1964 - 1967 Power King 12HP 12 hp 36/48/60" deck 1965 - 1970 Power King 14HP 14 hp 36/48/60" deck 1968 - 1977 1212 12 hp 42" deck 1982 - 1990 1214 14 hp 42/48" deck 1988 - 1993 1217 17 hp 42" deck 1983 - 1987 1218 18 hp 42/48" deck 1988 - 1993 1218HV 18 hp 48/60" deck 1994 - 1999 1220HV 20 hp 48" deck 1997 - 1998 1612 12 hp 48/60" deck 1977 - 1983 1614 14 hp 48/60" deck 1977 - 1993 1616 16 hp 48/60" deck 1977 - 1983 1617 17 hp 48/60" deck 1984 - 1988 1618 18 hp 48/60" deck 1977 - 1983 1618 18 hp 48/60" deck 1988 - 1993 1618GV 18 hp 48/60" deck 1994 - 1999 1620 20 hp 48/60" deck 1989 - 1993 1620HV 20 hp 48/60" deck 1994 - 1999 2414 14 hp 48/60" deck 1977 - 1988 2416 16 hp 48/60" deck 1977 - 1983 2417 17 hp 48/60" deck 1984 - 1988 2418 18 hp 48/60" deck 1977 - 1983 2418 18 hp 48/60" deck 1988 - 1993 UT620 20 hp 48/60" deck 1989 - 1993 UT620HV 20 hp 48/60" deck 1994 - 1999

It's nice to see you are putting some time into the ole Ford. It's gonna make a good truck for ya.

Glad everybody was all right. Got to ask - were seat belts in use? One of our youngest son's friends got his licence shortly before he did. On the first day his friend got his licence, dropped the two right hand wheels off of the road, then overcorrected with the steering wheel. The right rear wheel caught the edge of the road and he (and his mom) did a snap roll, ending up in the cornfield on the left side of the road. Luck was with them - like your daughter's accident, no serious injuries. This made a big impression on our son. Recognizing a teachable moment, we drove out to the accident site, I explained how/why they rolled, then demonstrated how to recover from that situation. I also expressed my opinion that one gains knowledge from one's own mistakes, and one gains wisdom from other's mistakes. The next car his friend killed that year was by not keeping enough oil in it. Again, a teachable moment. After this, my son checked his oil.

“I hit the jackpot and won 5 grand!” ”How much did you spend to win 5 grand?” ”Oh, well, you know, you win some you lose some…” ”How much of that 5 grand did you take home?” ”62 cents.

How I remember those day's vividly. Looking good.

I made the executive decision today, and hauled it to the scrap yard. I ended up making $425.62 …. Well, I made $.062

@Shynon makes them @wheelhorseman markets them. https://wheelhorsepartsandmore.com/product/engine-mounts-for-wheel-horse/ Not anymore with solids ... best thing for any shaker plate tractor.

If you haven't done so, consider switching over to the solid state magneto. Very easy to do and very reliable. If you have a mower shop nearby you may be able to get a used one off a dead engine.

This week on Wheelhorse corner… I took a nice picture and looked over my 312, the new decals really do finish it off. I also put a new starter in my Honda four wheeler. Did I mention I like the starter setup on the Kohler M12, as the Honda one was a huge PITA. Nothing broke but I was hours taking off three bolts.

Calendar fer sure...

THATS in the house! That would get me on the news 100%

We have plenty of storage. I have all kinds of mental ambition but my physical abilities get in the way something awful. Cleaning carbs is something you would not have to do if not for ethanol. When we get a new carb in the herd I clean it once. I haven't touched the one on Cinnamon horse in 5 years or more. I just recently popped the one off of pigpen 867 after being in service for 5+ years. It was in the shop for other work. The carb was in pretty good shape. I could have left it alone. Same with any other fuel related issues. Alcohol dries out the old rubber and some of the new stuff. That doesn't bother us too much either because we have good access to the batteries. Set ourselves up with an automatic trickle charger or several. Trina hasn't touched her first restoration, pony, in a good 2 years but there's no reason for it to go anywhere but here. No. No it does not. Absolutely. Having been forced to sit down over the last few years has quite frankly p!$$ed me off on more occasions than I can even begin to count. I don't mind setting a spell and shooting the breeze but I absolutely HATE not being able to move and being stuck in my recliner.

Beach shots!! How cool!! I bet that’s a first here on RS

I have an Economy Jim Dandy, bought it in 1985 when I was 15 ! It’s been in my basement for over twenty five years now. I keep thinking I’m going to restore it but I really should sell it, as I’m not sure I’ll ever get to it. Every so often I shoot a little Marvel Mystery Oil in the spark plug hole and turn the engine over a little so the rings don’t get stuck.