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My son James has been battling an infection in his foot. He was being treated by wound care for a couple of months. They decided to do surgery to remove some damaged tissue about a week and a half ago. They sent him home a couple days after surgery and it was like the infection exploded overnight. They did another surgery last Thursday and Friday morning had to remove his pinky toe. He has gone through two more surgeries since removing his pinky toe. This afternoon they removed the rest of his toes on the same foot. I asked the DR if they have stopped the infection from spreading and was told yes they had. Waiting for the DR visit Tomorrow to find out if they will have to take any more of his foot. Thank you for your prayers. Jay

I met a guy through selling some snow plow mounts and wiring, ends up being our girls both wrestle and I made an acquaintance out of him (though we are from rivaling towns). I saw him at a benefit last weekend for a watering hole dive bar that burnt down, and he saw a post I made on FB in a Wheel Horse group. He asked if I wanted an old Wheel Horse. He thought it was a 64. I don’t have any ‘64 round hoods, so I thought what the heck. I threw him the old line of @WHX?? and @Achto’s that any old Wheel Horse not running is worth a hundred bucks. He said he hoped for more, but knowing it would go to a good home he’d take it from me. I think he doubled his money reselling the stuff he bought from me, so that is why he passed it on. It’s been up on a rack for about 6 years he said, and ran then. Getting it down, I saw a deep air filter housing. The thought of a Benjamin 854 was getting me excited! Low and behold, I found the 62- serial and a K-161 under the hood, proving it’s a 702. I guess typing this, I have found its new name. I present: Benjamin.

I had to pick up a trailer on the way home, to go pick up Mrs. P’s estate sale finds for the weekend, and with the front tires being junk I had to get creative to unload. I reverted back to my skateboard days, and let Benny grind his way down the single ramp. With the transmission drain plug sticking out 3/4” from the case, it was a great easy decent to the ground.

Picked this poor RJ several weeks ago. It was severely neglected. Luckily I had almost all parts needed to bring it back to life. Shout out to Keith Jones for the helpful hints on using a fine wire brush to get the patina to look good. Here is a couple pictures of before and after. Also my YouTube videos of being brought back to life Part 1 Part 2

We headed South to Myrtle Beach SC last week to cure our cabin fever and enjoy a couple shows. Saw the Carolina Opry Thur and going to the Legends tonight. The surprise was the 55 acres of over 3500 pre 1985 cruisers, hot rods, and rat rods. Lots of 60s wagons and round and square body pick ups. This Woody was really well done.

Hello everyone, I'm posting here because I have not posted in about 7 to 8 years... so much was changing and has changed that I wanted to reintroduce myself. When I first joined 10 years ago I had just bought a house and gotten married to my HS sweetheart. We live in SW Michigan. I acquired thru trading my first 312-8 and found my 2nd love lol. In those days I was working at a local scrap yard and was bringing home tractors and implements daily. I had 14+ wheel horses at any given time. Also 7 years ago when I stopped posting we welcomed our first daughter into the world and in turn my world really changed. Wow did I have some learning to do. In that seven years I slowly found homes for most of my wheel horses and got down to only 2. Most went to kids for free with a first right of refusal clause. Then my second daughter came along. My wife graduated college and I started a demanding career. Our lives were a whirlwind. So now I have my amazing wife and 2 beautiful little girls, I'm truly blessed! Through all of this I held on to my favorite horses my first 312 and my 310. I also somehow ended up with a 312-A. Most summers they sat in the back of the pole barn as I mowed with a zero turn, winters they spent put away as I plowed with my bobcat. I never lost my interest just my time was precious. Recently I dug out my 310 to go live at my good friends house for his twin boys to enjoy they are 7 years old a very excited. This made me get my very first wheel horse the old faithful 312-8 out and started. It really hit me then. I have been missing my horses. Now my girls are old enough to enjoy garage time with me. (Dad keeps kool-aid jammers by the dozen in the garage) this lead me to buy a project for us. Im excited to share this with my girls they may never be gear heads like me but I want them to have understanding of doing things for themselves and quality engineering. I also would like to raise them with some awareness of things mechanical. So I stumbled across a big single 16hp k series from a C161. Out back behind the barn I have a complete minus engine C85. The plan is to make us a new horse with these. We are hoping to do a kinda restomod tractor. My list of horses now go 1988 312-8 1987 310-8. going out on longterm loan 1986 312-A. been on longterm loan for 2 years, getting its second rider now that big brother moved to a larger tractor. Unknown year C85 frame Unknown year 416 frame Tons of parts scattered between a pole barn and a shed. Numerous implements behind the pole barn.

So, I stop by @Pullstart's Plow Day Saturday to get one of his tractors dirty and stuck, and this jumps into my trailer with a bunch of extra tie rods that don't fit, belt guards that don't fit (imported from Wisconsin by @WHX?? with a more than able assist from @Achto who, more importantly, brought cheese curds!) hand tight lug bolts and a slew of inappropriate cuss words about the virtues of my new little filly from said belt guard guy... Seems this was once a fine young , fully intact and owned by @Lil’ Pullstart, who for reasons unknown, sold it to pullstart, who proceeded to disembowel it for other projects... It was restored to roller status with a manual 3speed of unknown origins, seat fender tool box from an unsuspecting that thought pullstart was taking it on a date, and a swift kick in the rear end... Here's where I enter the picture... looking for a fine roller specimen to repower for fun, this is the best to be had north of the big show, apparently... So I get her on consignment to "have fun" and then "at some point" it goes back to pullstart stables for an unknown future... only rules: save all the parts and NO PAINT... The name? Thought you'd never ask... WHAMMC3PO_ - Wheel Horse Auto Manual Mutant Consignment 3 PO_. 3 is for the manual transmission and PO_ is what @WHX?? named it...with ample additional edited descriptive verbiage , edited of course for little ears... No relation to any droid in Star Wars and yes Luke, Kevin is it's father... More to come, maybe... Oh, this was the used tractor salesman I got it from...

Progress is slow with the weather in the 70's one day, 30's the next then repeating the pattern. I did manage to get the dash housing painted. Rattle canned with the Squonk touch. Final wet coat of red and immediately a wet coat of gloss clear. It came out great and the dry time was much shorter. I already had the dash dolled up. The PTO needed some loving. Both bearing were good. I didn't want to try and remove the needle bearing so I closed up the end and flooded it with mineral spirits. It cleaned up great. Greased it up and installed a new seal, put the outer bearing back in and it's good to go for another 47 years. Covered up the tires, a light sanding and rattle can primed the wheels. The color coat of custom mixed sorta almond linen beige will be done with a sprayer so I gotta wait on the weather. Then it will be new sealed bearings.

I took the blade off the 312H and installed the front tiller. Then ground some dirt.

I decided to take and restore the two 8” plows I had, fun projects to keep the winter months moving along. To my surprise, every bolt came out without a problem! Sandblasted, epoxy primed, and painted they came out pretty good!

Bonnie, I have set you up with 6 months free supporter which will remove the restriction on posting pictures. You are free to utilize our classifieds section, but the general rule is that the items posted have a price. I realize you don’t know the prices of some of the items, but you can price high and the members here (usually constructively) can help guide you on a more sellable price. Additionally, most of our members are likely just like your dad, in that they have a lot of stuff, not just Wheel Horses. You are free to post in the non-tractor section of the classified the non-wheelhorse items as well, again with a price in mind. When placing a classified, I strongly recommend utilizing the private messages this forum provides. The reason for this is only members of the forum can respond to you, and random internet people can not, providing better security for your transaction. Finally, there is a “Talk to the moderators” forum here that in the event you are uncomfortable with the way a transaction is going, we would be more than happy to pop-in and give advice. Also use the forums where more local members like @wallfish can chime in, who can be a trusted source of information. Good luck and may your dad rest in peace.

Here’s a few. I’m in the process of jockeying around tractors getting ready for plow day. I have maintenance lists to complete on the house machines. I’m getting the Senior out this year instead of Jackie the lever steer for now. Jackie has a new plow, if I manage to have the time for set up. It’s big, maybe too big.

I've been wanting seatback for my 854 sickle bar tractor and many thanks to @WHX?? I now have one. Knowing it could use a fresh cover my original intension was to find a local upholstery shop to but the boss lady said as long as I didn't mind it not being professional she'd make one for it. I told her that would be better yet. She had the material ordered before the back arrived. The foam was showing its age so she picked up a piece of 1" to replace it. I like it!! The tractor has a Mrs. Buckrancher seat cover on it and I think the vinyl matches well but I haven't actually had them together yet. The 854 is still in its winter bed and considering that we have horizontal blowing snow today I'm not risking my life going out there. Geez! It was 70° yesterday.

This is a pretty cool video, I figured I would share!

Sunday we had a severe thunderstorm with 80 mph winds roll through. It snapped the top off a big pine tree in my side yard, taking some branches of the maple tree next to it on the way down. Monday I bought bar oil and a new chain for the saw. Tuesday after work I got it all cleaned up wth help from the C-81. From plowing at @Pullstart's plow day on Saturday, to yard duty on Tuesday, she's been a happy .

Raining & snowing today so I turned my attention away from the tree mess in my yard and moved back to my tractor. Ran into a snag when I was putting the PTO parts together. When I originally grabbed the parts for it, the linkage that attaches the peddle to pulley arm was pinned on with every thing else. This linkage had an offset to it. I scratched my head several times and tried to fit it several way but it just was not going to work. Getting frustrated, I decide to take a look at my 854 to see what it had for linkage. The 854 had a strait linkage. Well the 854 didn't need the linkage for now so I removed it, cleaned it up and used it for this project. A pic of the 2 linkages. Any one know what model used the off set linkage?? Kept at it and made some pretty good progress today. Decals are ordered and I will need them to continue any further. Starting to look like a tractor again though. Will be no work on this baby next weekend, as I will be going to @Pullstart's to roll some dirt.

Put the 417-A snowblower tractor away, because I’m pretty sure I won’t be needing it until next year. I fully serviced it in the early winter, but never got to use it. The most snow we got was around four inches so I handled it with the 418-C. Had to shuffle some tractors around so I figured “Hey it’s Side Shot Saturday!” I did a little sweeping with the C-141, I live on a dirt road so I swept the dirt off the driveway aprons.

Putting the tractors back in the barn, I found myself laying in the rafters for a cool photo op.

... and Sparky does too @Achto certainly rates two birthday threads ... Happy Happy Dan ! No problem finding pics .... Good Nite Irene

My 1955 RJ35, and 1958 RJ58 plowing in the garden!

Got optimistic & took snowplow off then installed mower deck. Lawn service already fertilized last week so grass is starting to grow. Also changed oil & greased all fittings.

Went and picked these 2 up today. Couldn't go wrong for $200

Vietnam Veterans Day is annually observed on March 29. It commemorates the hardships suffered and sacrifices made by nine million Americans during the Vietnam War. However, the holiday does not only honor the former soldiers but also their families who supported them before and after the war. The Vietnam War was a lengthy and costly conflict between Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. It occurred from November 1, 1955, to April 30, 1975 — a total of 19 years before the fall of Saigon. As Vietnam’s principal ally, the participation of the U.S. significantly determined the fate of the war. In 1961, former U.S. President John F. Kennedy sent a team to Vietnam to report their conditions. It was found that there was an American buildup of economic, military, and technical aid to Ngo Dinh Diem to defeat the Viet Cong. Due to the “domino theory,” which suggests that if one Southeast Asian country falls, the others will follow, Kennedy increased the American aid in Vietnam. By 1962, the U.S. military presence in the country reached up to 9,000 troops. By March 1965, U.S. aid continued in Vietnam with the support of Lyndon Johnson, Kennedy’s successor. By June of the same year, American troops reached 82,000. A month later, 100,000 more troops were delegated, and 100,000 more a year later. By November 1967, the number of U.S. troops reached 500,000: however, 15,058 were killed, and 109,527 were wounded. November 5, 1969, there was a massive anti-war movement in Washington. More than 250,000 Americans participated, calling for the withdrawal of military troops from Vietnam. On March 29, 1973, U.S. President Richard Nixon officially withdrew the American combat forces from Vietnam. A year later, the first Vietnam Veterans Day was held.

Ready and willing and able!

Finished hauling the last of the wood today. 308-8 did it’s part as usual, but I also broke out the 857 from its long winter nap.

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This morning I saw my first Robin of the year.. Which for me in Minnesota means it’s time to get the Tractors out…lol

Hi To all my Friends, i had a troubleful times behind me, that was one of the reasons i was not able for longer time to visit The Forum periodically. Changin the Company and help the to become Serial State and do a lot of Work also arround the House. Than a Family Member passes and we was very busy in this timeline. Also the Subi needs a lot of attention, because the company they do the Rustrepair before makes sadly a lot of Junk Work. the Previous owner showed me a Bill over 3500 Bucks for „massive Rustrepairs“. The Truth is, the work was not worth the Paperwork where the Bill was written on. a Broken Rear Spring at 100Km/h was the beginning of that whole Disaster, what cutt‘s the Tire like a Soup Cup opener. Ok it is a 25 Year old Car, so that can be happen a spring collapses - no doubt. So we took the Subi to a Friends Workshop, who is a Car Sheetmetal professional to use his Car Lift. The Basic Job was exchange 2 completely new Rear Shocks including springs to prevent the same was happen on the opposite Side. By inspecting the Damages of the tyres we found a Sheetmetal part in the Wheelhousing, that flapped a little unmotivated arround and seemed just „ flown in“. We grab a pliers to remove it and another sheetmetal part was „hanging“ on it and opened like a tuna can. Dang - looked behind the scenes, we found that the previous company just glued the sheet metal Patches on the gunk and rust of the old Sheetmetal and just „finished it“ with lots of filler to egalize it. Undercar stone protection to hide the worse Work finalized the kind of „ Work“ the more we inspecting, the more the real disaster becomes visible and we deciding what to do. I was short ahead to Sent the Subi to the Junkyard, but i love that Car. ok, short Calculation - trash it - but what Car get next? It must be a 4x4 for the Fawn Saving, Petrol Engine - best with a LPG system in - my Pricerange is about 4000-6000 Bucks Let‘s start a Search....🤪🤬🤐😱 after 3 Weeks of Searching i found, that i wouldn‘t find a honest Car for a real Price. Prices for used Cars are exploding here. For the Subi i payed 1300 bucks and i knew there is several Work to do on. i calculated add on with about 1500-2000 bucks for 4 year Road Safety. So i opened myself a calculation ahead and finalized i have to invest 4000 bucks into the Subi and a dang amount of Time as compare another 4 Wd Car what is better than the Subi to go is at least 10000 bucks here at the moment.🤬🤐 At least we decide to completely rework the whole rear Car and even the Axle mounts. Except the rear side doors and rear door nothing is as it was before, 1/4 of the Whole car is completely rebuilt new. all parts are needed be at 2800 bucks plus his salery and support for the Workshop. A real fair Deal. We completely rebuilt the whole rear end once with parts that be available on the market and what is not available we built it by ourself. We also rebuilt the whole section under the rear Axles Axlemounts, that binds lot‘s of time but i just can work on Weekend on my Car. My Friends helps me a lot, by set me his Trainee aside as helper. Win Win situation for us both, he learned a lot and now the Subi is back on the Road. just his first Paintjob was, let me say Discusting 😎😂😂😂, but hey it just must be Fixed not be a beauty its a Car to Work. Yesterday i finished the whole Frontaxle ( Calipers, new Discs, Brakepads, Dustcovers for brakediscs, Joints) Luckily we didn‘t have that much Snow this year, so i can do lots of things by Myself.

Put the rear weights back on the 310-8. These new wider wheels required longer bolts, so I fired up the mig bolt extender and added an inch. I know, the carriage bolt head is supposed to be inside the wheel. But I don't like the nuts sticking out on the outside.

@ebinmaine This is how we get logs out of the mountains to the sawmill, three at a time with the D4 dozer

I boycotted winter weeks ago already to get summer tractors out. Then we got snow! It that a rat rod plow lift lever on the B hood Don???

Coin collectors pay an arm and a leg for double struck coins, might be able to find some stupid money for this plow.

Jim stopped by today to make sure I was doing a good job and lend a hand where needed. Got the tractor this far & then moved on to todays set back. And..... now for the set back. The gas tank. The tank on this tractor did not leak for the 2 years that I have owned it. To make sure that the gasket did not dry out after I removed the gas, I poured about a 1/2 cup of 2 stroke oil in it to keep the gasket moist. Well when I removed the tank from the house I found a spot of 2 stroke oil on the table about the size of a nickel. OK, we will all agree that the 2 piece tank was not one of 's finer moments, but it is what it is. Nothin' to do but fix the problem. Luckily all of the bolts came out nicely and I had a gasket in stock. My end point for today. Take care all. Hope to show more progress next week.

Today's progress. Managed to get the engine sealed up, would have finished it but I didn't have the fan shroud lettered yet. Installing the steering arm into the frame without being able to remove the battery tray is a PITA. Another fun job was installing all new shaft seals in the tranny. This job is so much easier to do when the transmission is completely torn down. Which bring me to my stopping point on the assembly for today. But before I quit working for the day I grabbed a brush and lettered the fan shroud & hood.

Hey guys. I had an account here about 2 years ago but I kinda fell off the face of the earth for a while. I’m back now (with a new account because lord knows I can’t remember my passwords) and I figured I’d show you guys my latest project. I can’t remember if I ever showed yall this tractor way back when but I bought this 68 raider 10 a couple years ago, sold it, and bought it back in pieces a couple months ago. I have started doing a basic restoration on it over the last few weeks. It’s been repowered with a kohler command 12.5.

Credit to @Pullstart for the senior.

This downsizing is not working out. Took some furniture to my MILs new residence at a nursing home and came home with this. Never know what may happen when you talk tractors with strangers.

Picked this little guy up a few years ago. Gave it some paint. Never did try it out living in the city in all. All of your pics are making me want to give it a try.

Rosie The Riveter Day is celebrated on March 21 to recognize the part American women played in America’s victory in World War II. As the Great War raged on in the early 1940s, all the able-bodied men were drafted to fight, and women were called upon to support the workforce. The symbolism of Rosie the Riveter stands for the millions of women who left their homes for factories to keep the country’s manufacturing processes going. After decades of sustained activism, the U.S. Congress heeded the calls and dedicated March 21 to this cultural icon. Rosie the Riveter Day is a fitting recognition of the legacy of working women in America, and the contribution of women during the Second World War. Being a total war, when every able-bodied man was sent to fight for the Allies, the nation’s manufacturing leg came to a halt. From heavy machinery to steel mills and freight ports, every male-dominated industry came short of personnel due to abrupt drafting. Hence, the federal government issued news releases to encourage women to join the industrial workforce as a patriotic duty. The iconic poster with a woman in a red bandana raising her fist was used to recruit women. There are conflicting reports about the real identity of Rosie the Riveter. The most legitimate claim comes from Naomi Parker Fraley, a waitress from California who disclosed the details to People Magazine in 2016. The total number of female industrial workers went from 27% to 37% in the years between 1940 and 1945. More than 19 million women held jobs outside of the traditional women’s workforce for the first time ever. Soon enough, Rosie became a cultural icon. Hollywood immortalized Rosie the Riveter in 1944’s critically acclaimed movie of the same title. The campaign proved to be a social reckoning that changed the nature of women’s involvement in the workforce forever. Riding on the hot wave of the suffragette movement, the U.S. government inadvertently became responsible for the second wave of feminism in the west. In 2017, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution to mark March 21 as National Rosie the Riveter Day, a day in Women’s History Month. The movement had lasting effects on the collective American psyche, and the resolution acknowledges this vital role played by women during the Second World War. American singers Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb release a song featuring Rosie as a tireless worker, coining the term “Rosie the Riveter.”

I stripped some weight from this massive plow. It’s still super heavy, I’m sure it’ll wear me out before it gets tired.

So my wife has a part time job as Nurse Manager for a High End Summer Camp that is located next to my neighborhood, on Lake LBJ. During the school year they have an Outdoor School for School Groups, Girl Scouts, etc. As one of the spring activities each group of the kids plant as a small section of a garden. But they are only there 1-3 days so they never see it grow. The garden is located on the main road into camp at an old log cabin homestead . By the time the summer camp starts the garden is a mixture of abandoned dead plants and weeds. This bothered my wife her 1st year, so last year she volunteered US to maintain the garden. So last year over the Winter we pulled out old plants, chopped weed, spaded up hard soil etc. Then in late March the counselor and kids started planting. With then planting as kids were there a lot of things got planter late for our season. After about a month we decided a lot of the things the kids planted were not even sprouting. So we began replanting about a week after they planted anything. By mid May we had a decent looking late garden growing. The squash bugs, corn worms etc attacked. The counselors tell a green story of using no chemicals, but I sprayed and dusted when they weren’t around. The garden is fenced with 6 ft high wire which kept the deer out, but not the wild rabbits. So hell of a job #2 was to clear fence brush, dig a trench around the premier and install chicken wire. Early June we had a nice crop of Water Melons and Cantalooe growing. So the field mice began eating them by tunneling through ALL of them. With most of the crops planted late, we were watering like hell. So I put in 3”0 ft of drip irrigation hose (another thing to trip over) But we did get some of each vegetable before they burned up in the late June Texas heat. Peas and oaks grow well in the summer heat, so we actually did get a fair amount of them. I also planted a 2nd crop of field corn in early June and it did fair. My wife was happy the corn, okra and peas looked good all summer as the campers parents drove the camp entry road. One of many awkward things for me is the aisles between the 6” raised beds are narrower than my size 12 shoe 👞 It hard to turn sideways and bend over to pick crops. I’m going to break a foot or leg one of these days. YEAR 2 In the fall we cleared all the old vegetation. When the fall leave fell , I got the leaves from my and several neighbors houses, spread them on my driveway and ground them up with multiple lawn mower passes. The heavily mulched the beds with leaves to keep the winter grass out. I did plant a bed of onions mid-January and they are now really taking off for a mid-harvest. In late February I began hand spading these under. The raised bed design makes my tiller impossible to use. I also did major chains saw trimming of the 4 large trash trees growing- shading parts of the garden. I hauled 2, 16 ft trailer loads of limbs to the camp burn hole. Last years Asparagus roots also started send out shoots and we had our 1st meal of them today Last week the Camp Manager told my wife “the garden looked last year”!so good, why don’t yall just plant it and they will keep a “demonstration bed” for the kids to plant and then show them our various plants. “Sort of a Hurray” Unfortunately a lot of the raised bed 2x6 frames are falling apart. I tried to “not notice this”. Monday my wife went over and planted 6 tomato and 6 green pepper plant. She came back and said the falling apart boards were really dangerous (ie Nurse Manager talking) for the kids and could I patch them up. In our area of Texas a lot of garden crops should be planted mid March to produce before the summer heat. (Tomatoes stop blooming/setting fruit when the temps reach the mid 90’s). So today I gathered scrap western cedar and other used wood from a camp maintenance shed and began digging around the old frames to reposition the boards and scab them back together. This is another “ hell of a job”. My goal is for my grandkids to plant the 1st beds of corn, green beans, squash and cucumbers this weekend. Followed by another bed of each in about 10 days. I’ll do a better job of picture as this Spring progresses and the next “Hell of a Task” arises. PS. I’ve had a “small “ garden on the side of our house for years. So, the above may not sound like it, but I actually enjoy a small garden “that I’m in control of”. Yes I think it a good thing for the kids to be introduced to gardening. But they are getting such a “text book, green” introduction from the camp “Outdoor School” that it’s sad.

I got the camper out of storage yesterday, so a few things had to move around in the barn. It was good to stretch the legs of so many toys! The old Pontiac looks pretty blah with the stock wheels on it…

Doing the same thing Ed Kennell did getting into the season! Well after three 70 degree days time to remove the snowplow and put my mower deck back on my 1974 Wheel Horse B-80. Still going strong like my 701 and one of my RJ-58’s!

Nice spring day, so I got the equipment out and ran them around the neighborhood. My brother tried out the 1994 520H, then jumped on the 2003 Cub Cadet LT 1024 for an extended trip patrolling the hood. He just recently came out of 2 extended jaunts in the hospital and is staying with me until we can find him a place. The seat therapy did us both some good and it is nice to have him back. He mowed the grass today. I trimmed and blowed. IMG_4983.mov IMG_4980.mov IMG_4982.mov IMG_4983.mov IMG_4986.mov IMG_4985.mov

No work today so I got a little done on the tractor. Moved all the painted parts out of the cold garage and into a nice warm house for a week of curing. Yes my wife is very understanding. This actually happens every time I restore the tractor. Jim hooked me up with a correct set of front rims which I mounted a brand new set of vintage style Firestone tires on. For the rear I kept the vintage diamond tread BFG's. They have a few weather cracks but are in pretty good shape for 50+ year old tires.