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[mattd860]

My local Toro dealer that is about 1 mile from my office takes in a lot of Wheel Horse tractors for trade-ins. Last fall they took a trade-in of a 1987 418-A with plow, snow thrower, and 42" RD deck. The only problem is the 418-A transmission/pump is shot because it only goes in reverse but that's no big deal because I have a spare pump and tranny sitting in my shed. Anyways, the shop owner was asking $400 for everything which is a good deal but I still wasn't buying it. Well, last Friday I went in and slapped $300 down on the table and he agreed!!

Other than the transmission, the tractor & motor are in very good condition with only 540 hours on it. The attachments, especially the deck are also in good shape although the snow thrower chain is a bit stiff because it sat outside since last September.

This unit will be going to my Father who is in bad need of a hydro tractor. He currently uses a C-101 but his arthritis makes the manual lift uncomfortable.





By the way..... this near perfect condition $200 find will also be installed on the tractor for my pop

[can whlvr]

nice,this must be the one youve been asking about the tranny issues

[stevasaurus]

Way to go Matt, that is keeping them alive. Thumbs up

[Wheel Crazy]

Great score!! I am going to have to start going to my local Toro dealers to see if I can find anything!!

[wheelhorse656]

Nice Find hope it comes in handy for your dad!

[Jake Kuhn]

Great deal! I bet your father will be very happy to have it! Jake

[KC9KAS]

Looks like a great snow removal set-up.

[varosd]

looks mint! the 417 A had the Eaton 700 right? will you change to a 1100 tranny?

[mattd860]

KC9KAS, on 22 February 2012 - 05:49 PM, said:

Looks like a great snow removal set-up.

If only we got snow!!!!!!!!!!! what a terrible winter.

varosd, on 22 February 2012 - 05:58 PM, said:

looks mint! the 417 A had the Eaton 700 right? will you change to a 1100 tranny?

The tractor above is a 418-A, not a 417-A. The 418-A came stock with the Eaton 1100 transmission.

[bowtiebutler956]

Awesome find!!! I sure wish there were more horse for sail down here in my part of the country. Good job taking care of your dad, sure hope my boys will do that for me when I get older.

[smoreau]

Good for you Matt! Your dad will be very happy with that!

[Wheel-N-It]

Three hundred bucks for all that??? Ahh, NICE:) I love a deal like that