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Another great masterpiece from Terry AKA The Vinyl Guy!! When I got my 520-H from the original owner, he had the manuals, maintenance sticker,Onan engine tag and lo and behold a paper Chemlawn/Wheel Horse ad. After I posted a picture of it on RS, Terry offered to reproduce it into a poster and look at the results! Hats off to Terry and all the work he does!!!!

today I haulled my first roundhood with sickle bar its a verry nice machine after a litle working on this machine he wass running he runs pretty well what do you think guys where I cant find the model number of this tractor ???? I think ist a 754 wheel horse tombstone wheight model number the hood the first ride

Santa will be leaving these under the tree for my sons 854.

Even though I've had my 857 Wheel Horse for 15 or so years, I am new to this site. The 3 pictures show some of my modifications. They are taller front spindles, larger rear wheels, spring seat, individual fenders, rerouted drive belt and modified belt guard, and in the summer, the lift handle for the snow plow is used as a hand clutch, which is great for the grandkids. I don't have a mower deck for this tractor, but I am looking to either up grade the engine to a 10HP - if it will fix - and buy a 42" side discharge deck. Has anyone out there tryed doing this? OR, I may just sell the 857 and buy a 10 or 12HP Raider or Charger and have fun restoring/modifing it. Is there a site that documents the different models and the changers the factory made down throught the years? For example; when was the deck drive moved from behind the front wheels to in front of the wheels and why? I also own a '64 110 JD, a '66 B10 AC, and a '89 4016 Ingersol, all restored and used daily/weekly.

You just learned one of your first WH lessons. Next time you will not be so slow to react. Between now and then, learn all you can from this site. Then when a WH comes up for sale you will be able to judge on your own wheather or not it is one to buy.

Good Idea, I'm no photographer, but here's mine anyways.

Calendars are mailed. And Lars if you got Steve's calendar you'd be saying WTF??? in Norwegian!! :) :ROTF:

Really there are only two styles of rear hitches. Slot and Sleeve. What people call the Sleeve hitch, Brinly hitch and the Wheel Horse Clevis hitch are all the same thing. This is a slot hitch. This is a Wheel horse clevis hitch. And just for arguments sake... this is a vertical shaft tractor's Brinly style sleeve hitch. (not very common.) Slot hitch implements have a tab which slides into the slot of the hitch and is pinned in. Sleeve hitch implements have a C shaped clevis jaw that wraps around the hitch and are pinned through the sleeve of the hitch (tube you see on the hitch) Here is an example of the slot to sleeve hitch adapter (Brinly part HH-180) which converted your slot hitch to accept a sleeve hitch implement. This is a factory Brinly part that was available for Wheel Horse and Jacobsen tractors (Jacobsen also used a slot hitch) and here shown with an implement hooked up. The sway plate in the picture is out of normal position, because you don't use it with a plow. (and in relation to the Wheel Horse application, this hitch adapter is upside down, the flat side should be up with bracing on the bottom) Here is another example attached correctly to a drag. Look through the implement gallery and you will see plenty of examples of the two styles.

Here are 3 PDFs. I have included Motion Industries catalog numbers and the size of the bearings in each attachment. If you click on this link, it will bring up Motion Industries web site...type in their catalog number for the bearing or seal that you are looking for. It will give dimensions, a picture and an approximate price. You can also order online. Most of these bearings are also available from your TORO dealer and NAPA. Hope this helps... https://www.motionindustries.com/motion3/jsp/mii/productCatalogSearch.jsp The 1st PDF is the WH # 5003 and 5010 RJ and 3 piece suburban transmissions. The 2nd PDF is the 3 and 4 speeds...WH # 5007, 5025, 5046, 5048, 5049, and 5053 transmissions. The 3rd PDF is the 6 and 8 speeds...WH # 5086, 5073, 5091, 103907, 103916, and 103918 transmissions. 1. UNI DRIVE TRANS 1.pdf 2. UNI DRIVE TRANS 2.pdf 3. UNI DRIVE TRANS 3.pdf Bearings and seals for a #5058 bevel gear transmission. differential carriage bearing (2) WH #1533 From Lowell outer axle bearing (2) WH #1526...KOYO #B-1816 outer axle seals (2) WH #1213...SKF #11050 mushroom gear rh WH#1532...KOYO #M-16121 mushroom gear lh WH#1530....KOYO #B-1612 seal brakeshaft WH#1232.....SKF #9815 cluster gear shaft bearing (2) WH#1529.....KOYO #M-12121 input shaft WH#1508 (1)...KOYO #B-1212 input shaft seal WH#1303....SKF #7410 spline shaft bearing WH#1531...KOYO M-10121 case gasket...#3912 Here ya go...KOYO is the same Torrington numbers. 5/8" input shaft seal 103916 transmission WH # 100442 = Timken 340387 = very similar to original seal. (SKF/CR 6105)

Just picked this up for my 522xi. Its called a "Quiet Collector" and was available for the 5xi and the 260 series in a bit smaller capacity (I think 11Cu Ft for the 260's). This was on the back of a New Holland GT22A (5xi Clone) in Iowa, and the dealer separated it from his tractor and sold it to me. These are pretty hard to find as I think they didn't sell many of them. I get the feeling toro wanted an arm and a leg. Its going to be great to use in the fall. We have a lot of trees. It holds 14 cubic feet and is driven off of the right hand deck spindle.

Today I went on what I would now consider a great pick. Yeah, I know that makes me sound like Mike Wolfe, but thats really what it was. I drove over an hour away to go look at a '60 Suburban (which I also bought), and the guy showed me around his barns. He had by far the largest collection of pedal tractors I have ever seen in my life. But while I was getting dirty and climbing around one of the barns, this odd ball metal box with numbers on the side and an engine cylinder head in plain view sticking out caught my attention. He said he didn't know much about it other than that he bought it from an old guy who was an airline pilot and the guy claimed it was a cargo sized 49cc foldable motor bike. The numbers on the side corresponded to the aircraft tail number it belonged in. I was like....what? It turns out it is a Valmobile Suitcase Scooter. They were designed in France and produced in Japan during the 50's. They were marketed as a suitcase scooter that could be taken anywhere and/or stored anywhere. According to reading I have done, they became especially popular as emergency transportation in airplanes small boats etc. But they really didn't sell well and the main distribution company located in NJ shortly went bankrupt. Of course there seems to be several collector forums for these things and a pretty serious following. I haven't had much luck finding too much info on value, but I'm confident my gamble in buying it will not leave me at a loss if I decide to ever sell it. The guy claims it runs fine and being a 2 stroke he said it probably will fire right up with little effort.

Hello all, my name is Rick Robinson and I have just been bitten by the the Wheel Horse bug!! My father taught my how to mow the lawn in the early 1970s and my very first tractor experience was on a "Wheel Horse". As a 7 year old boy who loved anything that had 4 wheels and a steering wheel this was a thrill. Then in about 1974 my dad traded the old Wheel Horse in on a new Penncraft 8 H.P. tractor from JC Penny. I actuall cried the day the old Wheel Horse left our house on someone else's trailer. I don't remember the year or model tractor we had, but that ol tracter left a lasting impression on me. I am a Corvette & Classic Car Dealer and got a lead on a old Corvette that had been sitting for years that was available. When I drove to the gentleman's home, I couldn't help but notice how neat and well kept the property was. Well, I looked at the car but sitting in the corner was this beautiful Wheel Horse tractor. He told me he bought it new in 1965 and always kept it nice. He updated to a new Wheel Horse in the late 1980s, but couldn't bring himself to sell the old 65. I bought the Corvette and told him if he ever wanted to sell the 65 Please call me. Well, about two weeks ago I got the call! He and his wife sold the house and were going to relocate in Arizona. So I am now the owner of this extremely well kept, original 1965 855. The hood and seat pan and some sheet metal were painted in the early 1990s, but the original motor, tires etc. still remain. I just need a decal set. Oh, I hope someone here can shed light on this, but Jim, the original owner said the wheels on this tractor were silver when he purchased it new, but I have never seen this before as I thought they were always a off white color. So that's my story and I look forward to growing in his new hobby. Thanks in advance. Rick

Layout is done And he hopes to run them off tomorrow. Then they will just need to be put together. Should have them in my hands for mailing Sat. :happy-jumpeveryone:

This popped up on CL last night, he finally got ahold of me this afternoon so I ran and picked it up...it's in really good shape!!!

I bought my first round hood I think its a 753 with sickle bar a front wheihgt orginal wheel horse and an plow here are pics in two weeks he will in my possession

Picked this up today. It is a 79350 which is a 1995 48". The guy had sold his 5 years ago & never sold the blade. We were talking & he asked if I was interested. He had taken it to the local dealer 3 years ago but the dealer had not sold it for him. I went to the dealer & checked it out. As soon as I saw it I wanted it. I called him & we talked on a price. Well I thought it was a good deal so I took it. After picking it up tonight I found it has the 5 adjustment holes. How rare are the ones with 5 holes? Here are some pics. What do you guys think it is worth? I can't wait for it to snow. I was excited to upgrade to the tall chute blower this year. Now from an old 42" blade to this. :woohoo:

Like this Lars...WOTTA FOCK SQUONK!

I don't know who's blessed more Jake, you or your dad.

:eusa-think: :eusa-think:

I like it, I'd like to see more pics of the fender mods you did, I like the bigger tires and wheels. Putting a deck on that might be a chore with the lift, it has from the larger tires, and that being a short frame tractor a 10hp or larger will not fit very well, it can be done the 1055 and a few others had the 10hp engine in the short frame but it take a hand full of the correct parts to do so, and they where only used one year, and they are getting harder to find, I might have all the parts but would have to look, 1972 they started putting the deck belt tensioner up front, but I can't say why for sure but it is a simpler and better set up.

Jake is talking for all WHN's (Wheel Horse Nuts) in the forums. Great find and, very, very, very nice! Like wow! :woohoo:

The 1/4" plate to cover the entire area would be the best on one with a flat frame plate. Mine has two formed ridges that will hold the plate off by 3/16" or 1/4". I not sure you could keep the bolts tight with that air space between the plates with out adding some filler strips behind the full plate. The other way would be to use a 3/8" thick plate and mill or grind out two grooves for the ridges.

Issues for sure.... :ychain:

That is perhaps the funniest excuse I have ever heard! As you might have noticed by the age of some of these tractors in attendance here, they do not have an expiration date. If what you are stating would be an actual issue, we would only be able to have one tractor at a time and I know that ain't gonna float with me. In case you get it running/driving soon....... the current front rims look like the rears from a lawn tractor. (straight 3/4" keyed hub / no bearings) If they are, do not drive the tractor or the spindles will be damaged.

No pics of the damage, I have already removed the messed up parts and I'm test fitting the new panels, I need to put it on the frame machine mon. to finish pulling the coresupport forward another 1/2" and then fit the rest of the parts headlights, bumper cover, all the mounting brackets, ect...... oh to have money, I'll never own one but I can dream. This is a limo I've been working on for near 2 weeks now, it's a funaral home car, and while in use it was hit HARD in the drivers front corner, it ripped the wheel and all the suspention off and stuffed it in to the car, wadded the door up pushed the A pillar/door post back a foot and in 6" and the floor with it, last week I was on the frame machine for 5 days pulling repairing and replacing panels, yesterday and today I put 99% of it back together after being painted, I should have took before pics it was bad.

I dont know who did the restoration but I do know it was done right. I bought it off the widow of the gentleman who owned and used it. I sold the tractor and deck at a spring tractor show in Connecticut and it stayed in Connecticut. The blower was bought by someone who lived up near one of the Great Lakes who owned a "D" with a rusted out and worn out snow-blower. If I remember right it was like a 8-9 hour drive one way for the guy to come pick it up at my place. Mike.........

I have had the experience of driving and riding in a new Shelby. Way more power than you could ever use on the street! If I owned one I'd need a truck load of rear tires in stock. Those tires would not last long with me driving lol Here's my buddies Shelby that I had the honor to drive

Withe the right amount of springs, you can zero out any weight implement.

finally got around to getting with terry to create the front hood decal. weve got the layout where i like it, but terry was having trouble getting the laminating right on it. this is the result, its just a test run so theres some bubbles and defects in it. the final decals will be better but this one is good enough for me for this tractor.........

I've never been any good at picking the Bowl games...I pick to many games that I want to go in a certain direction. Actually, if you look, all of the games are paired with teams that have close to or the same record...so any team can win here. Here are my picks:: MINNESOTA, AIR FORCE, NAVY, SYRACUSE, OREGON ST., MICHIGAN ST., VANDERBILT, GEORGIA TECH, IOWA ST., LSU, OKLAHOMA ST., NORTHWESTERN, GEORGIA, MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, NORTHERN ILL., FLORIDA, OREGON, OKLAHOMA, PITTSBURGH, ARKANSAS ST., NOTRE DAME

I'm going to give my 416-H a dozer blade and tire chains. B)

I'll use Rachael's two thumbs up, because hers look so much better than mine. Thanks guys.

My wife and I are going to Hawaii after Christmas (no kids !!! !) so there wont be any tractor stuff under this years tree. No biggie, I snag plenty of red stuff all year anyway. Mike........

The High back I just bought this last summer was a Michigan Seat with the steel pan. But I bought it from Northern Tool maybe it was old stock? It is a great seat just not the right bolt pattern. It did have the MILSCO decal on it.

just went and had a look at the c125 again and the tank shape right below the filler is deep, but just to the left and forward of that area theres the raised up part of the tank where its nowhere as deep. that corner is real close to where the sender would sit, and i was just wondering if the wire carrier for the float was slightly bent it would hit and bind up in that corner. i cant see where the screen for the shut off valve would interfere with anything as its a reasonable distance from where the sender would be. ( unless theres a bend screen in the tank, but those screen socks arent any longer than an inch or so and i think you have more than that to the sender)....maybe it has a nonstandard screen in it, but you did say that you have another one with the same situation.....and thats why im leaning towards slightly bent sender.

Probably gonna ruffle a few feathers here but this reminds me of a little kid on a playground taking all the toys and not letting anyone else play with them...I have plenty of rare stuff just as most here do but I don't go to a want ad and tell someone I have a bunch but none are for sale HarleyFX I have a complete ready to install one pictured below that I will ship to your door for FREE!!!! Send me a pm with your address and I will get it in the mail. I sell a lot of WH parts but I also give away parts to other members here on redsquare it just depends on the part and how many I have.

Also painted the decks with valspar IH red And coated the undersides with teflon paint designed for gravity wagons Will see how well it works and for how long have to finish sandblasting and painting a few parts then i can assemble them and await decals from terry :thumbs:

Can't think of the no. off the top of my head, but I like NGK, or Autolite.

Bob, I'll take the Bronco, the 14hp Kohler and the tiller for $300, sight unseen! Does that help?

I have a whole pro clutch from a 211-5 that has a good bit of meat on it and is in good condition if you are interested. Also, you are correct about having a hard time looking for pets for those type of pros..

Nice find. clean up the oil off the wheels & engine give her an oil bath and she will look amazing i like the narrow wheels on these short frames

Solid...another Tecumseh survivor.

Ken, My parents own the body shop. My dad's worked there since he was 8 years old! ~Jake