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TRICK OR TREAT GRUMPY...EAT A SNICKERS...you know you are not yourself without one. :) :)

Only if you get caught :happy-jumpeveryone:

This is true...happened today. Had to take my Mom for a cumadin check at the hospital and I told her I had a little running around to do after her test....soooo You might be a Wheel Horse addict if you take your Mom for a ride in the morning and you go to Motion Industries, then you stop at your favorite NAPA dealer, then you stop at your TORO dealer, then you stop at you friendly ACE Hardware and then you take her home...and she said she enjoyed being out of the house. How cool is that???

You might be a Wheel Horse addict if you go on vacation to Yellowstone, and all you come back with is a tee shirt that says: ...Wheel Horse tractor of course!

You might be a Wheel Horse addict if you look for a plow for your tractor and end up running :rs:

This was forwarded to me in an email today FWIW thought I would share. For those of you who actually try to repair some older and rusted equipment, the following just might help you out. Worth the short read. Penetrating Oils Machinist’s Workshop Mag™ recently published some information on various penetrating oils that I found very interesting. Some of you might appreciate this. The magazine reports they tested penetrants for break out torque on rusted nuts. They are below, as forwarded by an ex-student and professional machinist. They arranged a subjective test of all the popular penetrates with the control being the torque required to remove the nut from a “scientifically rusted†environment. Penetrating Oils ........... Average torque load to loosen* No Oil used .................... 516 pounds WD-40 ....................... ... 238 pounds PB Blaster ..................... 214 pounds Liquid Wrench .................127 pounds Kano Kroil ...................... 106 pounds ATF & Acetone Mix............53 pounds The ATF-Acetone mix is a “home brew†mix of 50 - 50 automatic transmission fluid and acetone. Note this “home brew†released bolts better than any commercial product in this one particular test. Our local machinist group mixed up a batch and we all now use it with equally good results. Note also that “Liquid Wrench†is almost as good as “Kroil†for about 20% of the price. Steve from Godwin-Singer says that ATF & Acetone mix is best, but you can also use ATF and lacquer thinner in a 50-50 mix.

today i'm going to the wheel horse old factory and comming back with stuff comming on by the old wheel horse factory one restand from the factory one from the lastest wheel horse from the factory 416-8 export model with 224 hours the stuff

That IS very cool. If my mom was still with us, she'd love getting out too. She had as much seat time on my Commando 8 as I did as a kid.

Come on Jake. We all know you and your dad have thought about this before I think you should look at this as a dare. Like Craig said, One piece at a time.

if that was up to me there would be one in my bedroom as a nightstand :)

If you currently have three Suburbans in the basement because there isn't room for another in the garage or shed...you're most probably enjoying a addiction. Especially so...if your wife is using one of 'em for a clothes rack, as we speak.

Heading out to New York today to pick myself a new old stock k301

You have the "Wheel Horse" jingle as your ringtone

Wait, wait I got a better one! Clear off your wifes candles & fragile do dads over the curio to put a big rock in it's place with the Wheel Horse logo carved into it.

You might be a Wheel Horse addict if when the wife asks you how many tractors you have and you honestly can't remember.

Ride around the block on your B-100 taking a video while searching for snow. And it is May.

Ok, here is my way of installing tire chains start by laying out the chain, making sure the cross chain tie links are facing down(see pic 1 ,2 and 3) Set tire on chains(remove air from tire, as much as possible) and wrap chain around tire and loosly attach tighting bar.(see pic # 5) Flip tire over and connect oposite site as tight as possible.(see pic # 6) Now flip tire back over and tighten other side as tight as possible.(pic # 7) Now adjust cross links so they are straight across from each other.(pic #8) Now air up tire and your done, well mount back on tractor, then your done. Pix # 9 and # 10 are of tires mounted with weights(home made brackets)

Web deco nice, cept the BLACK! Makes it very hard to read for us older guys. My .02 worth, with Change!!

I bought this C-120 auto about a month ago It came with a 42" snow thrower and a 48" deck that are in good condition. It starts, runs really well. The lights work. The attachments work great. I would say it's in fair cosmetic condition no dents, but hood and fenders are scratched up and the foot boards have some surface rust. It was a 2nd owner, He had it since 1985. I had to fix a few odds and ends. I replaced both hubs and ground the keys to fit. I now have about $750 in it. Is this a o.k. deal or did I get taken for a ride?

I just found a un-restored Wheel Horse that the owner says is a 1969, but not sure. It's a model 700 with a deck, snowblower, original tires and the back wheels look like 50's car snow tires and cast iron weights. It's all original. Is a 700 a rare model? and what are they usually priced at?

Now thats some funny sh!+ :laughing-rofl: :laughing-rofl:

One piece at a time buddy...you can do it...we can help.

Our Kroger stores are accepting non perishable food items and we are donating to the Red Cross. This is so sad people suffering and losing their home and processions. We hope and pray everyone will rebound.

Dude! What an awesome idea...why didn't I think of that.

You might have a Wheel Horse MOM ! :woohoo:

The seat could use some repair. the back tires are great, front tires have just a liitle weather cracking. We have probably all been there, when the person selling the tractor tells you it's in really good conditon. It's hard to tell sometimes by the pictures in the ad. So you drive 150 miles one way and find out what the seller said is subjective.

Where can I get that??? I had to download it into I tunes from the file here. Then I had my geek son get it on my phone.

Now you know somewhere deep in the bowels of the TARDIS lurks a Wheel Horse with a generator attachment just for a backup.

Would be a Work Horse 700, and yes, 1969 is right. Not rare. Not really a sought after model among most collectors. Had a Tecumseh 7 HP, it was the last of that style hood and short frame with the "stirrup" style foot rests and would have had the 6x12 snow tire looking tires originally. Condition and location is really what can swing price. I'd think in the midwest, you'd probably see that priced for anywhere from $100-350 depending on how it's being marketed... obviously a snow thrower and cast iron wheel weights sweeten the deal. Out east, things tend to run a little higher.

The only place that regular paint will burn off is on the block around the exhaust.

Wow even the right color :greetings-clappingyellow:

In the files section:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

My drag coefficient may not be .39 like it was when i was in my 20's but I can still hold up OK against most of what mother nature can throw at us.

I would love to know how they created the “scientifically rusted†environment and how many bolts each mixture was applied to. Interesting no one tried the same test on rolls pins stuck in 40 year old steering wheels. Also interesting to see if a "witches brew" of acetone, pb blaster, ATF and liquid wrench wouldn't be a miracle cure. Heck, throw some Marvel Mystery Oil in there too.

Nope.

Hmm, thats not good..... ............. :banghead:

This is what it looked like when I picked it up Now I have it stored on the shelf.

When You want to repaint your new truck or wife's car International Harvester Red with Linen Beige wheels!

Color match your clothes "red T or sweatshirt & an RS hat" before heading out on the Horse to work (atleast my wife believes I'm working).

If you take parts with you to college to wire brush them between classes.

You might be a Wheel Horse addict if you drive over 10 hours in a borrowed truck with a borrowed trailer with your 4 year old son by yourself to get to a small fairgrounds in the middle of Pennsylvania to spend an entire weekend with a bunch more addicts. Then come home with more stuff then you took and not have enough cash to make it home and you have to borrow more money for gas and tolls. And you might be a Wheel Horse addict if you spend every break and lunch at work on this website or sandblasting tractor parts in the company sandblaster. Or the Director of Engineering has had to explain to his boss why there is a red mower deck sitting under neath a work bench on the Engineering floor.... :kbutt:

Called in sick to work to finish a tractor. :)

When I was into the Cub Cadets I met and became pretty good friends with the local Cub boys. I still see a few of them at the shows. In fact, they were asking me to switch sides back to them at the last Zagray Farms show. I was walking by their display from a distance and I over heard them talking about Wheel Horse's. I heard one guy say, man, I really don't like them Wheel Horse's but that little Suburban with the dual pipes, and the fat tires is wicked cool, they all agreed. Hey, I'll take that compliment! For many years I was a member on their forums. Like here, there are plenty of nice guys over there.

I took my Wheel Horse over to Roanoke, IL to a plow day on Saturday. The old 854 looked downright puny compared to all the big Deere's and Cub's. Since it was wet, I stuck with the PP-8 and left the 10" Brinly in the truck. It did a fine job, just not real fast. It probably could have handled the 10", but I was holding up the tractor behind me as it was. Shoot, some of those guys were going faster with a plow in the ground than I could go with just the tractor! Although they said there was around 60 guys registered to plow, there was only one other 'horse there, a real nice looking "SL-121". It was good to see such a pretty tractor actually doing some work and getting dirty.

The wifes van stays outside because the horses are in that side of the garage!!! Mark.

store a lawn ranger on your bed.

Like the way you have the blocks held in place, looks like a very strong unit, did you make or is it a factory unit. The pillow block bearings ought to make it roll forever. I built it with some scrap angle and a piece of 6" pipe. I drilled the pipe for some 3/8" rod that I had and spot welded them in place. I have broke some off, I just hit it with the side grinder knock the rest inside and weld in another.

This is my leaf clean up team this year a john deere 325 and a john deere worksite gator:

I used to change decks on my tractor to the rear discharge deck and use a lawn sweeper to remove leaves. However I have over 2 acres of tree covered land and this would take me several hours. Even worse I would have to keep up with them otherwise if there were too many leaves this process would be almost impossible. So a couple weeks ago I whipped up this little leaf removal contrapction..........I call it the " LEAF SUCKER 2012".......Here are a couple pics Slight muffler modification Old window screen for ventilation High tech locking mechanism The only thing I would change on this setup (and I will for next years leaf season) is to mount the motor directly to the tractor somehow. This would allow for a shorter hose from the deck and the discharge hose would not pivot that much. I can do my whole yard in about 6 loads. I have far less money in this setup than it would have cost me to buy one from the big box stores( $350 verses $1400 and up) Plus I have the satisfaction of knowing I built it myself!!!!!