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I bought a 418-A years ago and never used and no plans to so will sell now. Bought from 85 year old guy who bought it new. Has 70 hours on it and the guy got upset that I questioned it. Said he had multiple health issues, divorce, house moves etc and hardly used it. It is far from mint but its super nice and cant of course be positive thats the original hours. Had to steal the deck off to put on mine to mow with so thats gone. Seeing as its kinda unique, I dont know how to value it to sell. Never been to the big show so was thinking maybe will bring there. Do they have a For Sale area there or a Auction that weekend? Thought if so it`ll get what the fair price is...... Thanks for any info....... Jim

Dang it @Bill D that’s it the low hour 418-A that I have been waiting for. How am I going to explain this to my wife? She just doesn’t understand the significance of me completing my collection of the 418’s. Seriously, how can a guy have a 418-C and a 418-8 and not have a 418-A? Even though I’ve promised her many times that I would not buy anymore Wheel Horses, I now find myself in a pickle. I’m going to loose sleep over this 😂

The original neutral slot was deeper had to move the switch for that half circle notch. Also had to cut out some the original plate for the straight groove.

Between the weather, family time, and more time at work I haven’t had time to do much with the tractors. Now that it’s getting nice I find myself working on them more. I have noticed an influx of new people coming in and asking questions so that’s a good thing. I have been wanting to do maintenance and fix some annoying things on the tractors so I’ll probably document it when I get to it. Friends don’t let Friends wear Speedo’s…..😬

That looks like a 1/2" wide belt. Should be an 82" x 5/8". Also, the belt on the PTO should be on the larger pulley closer to the engine.

Spit balling ideas My sliders only wedge to lock in the closed position

Correct, remove pin or crack/split gear with chisel.

That log haulin trailer is slick!

Thanks! I can measure mine easy enough. Thought I might get lucky and someone might dig one out of a bucket-o-parts.

Just a little inspirational mock up to get an idea of where this is going. Front will narrow by over an inch, rear will widen by two inches. But the basic idea is there...

A good friend of my late father is looking for his second Wheelhorse tractor. He has a 1054 and wants a different dedicated mowing machine. That is, in fact, the first lines of a classified ad I placed earlier. I sent him a link so he could see what we're searching for. Seems he's already leaning towards a name. The Ugly Bruce II 💜 Purple was my Ole Man's favorite color...

Put an idler pulley on my 953 sickle to tighten the belt. It's a tensioner off a parts GT-14. Works great Tried it out in a field no issues