Leaderboard

Ok this is my daughters tractor I put together last summer. 1966 Lawn Ranger. She wanted a little tractor to ride around on and this is what I found sitting in a field for several years. after getting it running and the bugs worked out. And all fixed up and painted with Gabby enjoying it.

Of course, I've gotta submit the favorite "worker" currently in my collection, my one owner, original 653. Here it is a couple years ago, the day I picked it up from the original owner... http://www.wheelhors...ing the torch ...and a couple, more recent picts of it from this past year. :handgestures-thumbsup:

And why not. I carry a gieger counter with me to the Sushi bars !! :ychain:

My name is Cole and I am 10.. My dad is Ken B. I went with my dad to get this tractor from Charles. It had a Lawson motor on it but dad does not like them so we changed it. I helpd when I could but I mostly did all the cleaning. I wanted a foot throtle on my tractor and i wanted my tractor loud and fast and it is. Me and my dad ride our tractors alot! I wanted a tractor like my dads but I like mine better.

Great video Ray and nice horse. You know...first we gave them shoes...then the right to vote...then we let them dive the horse...and now she wants to mow the lawn. What's for dinner Ray??? :ychain:

I would like to nominate my 401. I got this tractor in early November of 2009 for my first garden tractor. I buddy of my dad's knew I was looking for a garden tractor and he ended up dropping it off to me. It still ran very good but she was a smoker. When I got it it had duals that were loaded and it would go through anything, It had a plow on it and I never caught it spinning its wheels. on Christmas on 2009 I decided to strip it apart and restore it. It spent the next year and a half restoring it. We began with getting it sandblasted, and because it was pitted so bad we had to use quite a bit of bondo on it. I had to of had at least 50 hrs probably a lot more than that sanding it perfect. The hood on the tractor we found nos on craiglist and jumped right on it so all it needed was scuffed and it was ready. The tractor was painted with base coat/clear coat car paint and a body shop my family owns.The wheels were powder coated. The engine and transmission were completely rebuilt by my dad's buddy who gave me the tractor. The tractor was finally ready to be assembled, we began spring of 2011 and finished just in time for Kelly's show in August of that year. I of course kept the duals and I added a polished stainless stack to really make it stand out. The only thing I would ever change on the tractor is I would like some tri ribs on the front, and some wheels that are not so badly pitted. Thanks, Jake a before shot This post has been promoted to an article

We have a later pond tractor with Clinton motor and need help idenifying it

Today the wife and I found this calendar at Books a Million. Thought it was pretty funny to see somebody chose a Wheel Horse / Toro for a calendar cover!

Seems many enjoy seeing a Horse workin. Jan 21st we had 3" of powder so I plowed the driveway with the C-125 / 48" blade as I typically do for small storms, leaving a row of snow around the edge. Then took the 312-8 with 42" single stage thrower to move the row onto the lawn. This predated my post on here about the high chute front cover to stop snow blowback (see that post for the cover design dimensions). In the linked video you can see the vertical snow leaking out the front when it first starts throwing left. Here is the 312-8 and Thrower. I think a cab would be nice!! Here is the 2:20 min youtube video. Nothing big just showing how well the single stage handles it. At 1:45 is a closeup moving a small pile back. No other snow around here so here is one minor storm that allowed me to charge the batteries!. Wyatt

Open the manuals here and do a search for 107. A service bulletin on belt guide adjustment. Garry

Looks like a bad Monte Python sketch...striping for the lord.

By the way - make sure the cover is 'summer day' warm before you begin.

Ive been trying to get on for over a week and no luck. Ive tryed 3 different valid model numbers and no luck. Thought it was on my end.

On another site they have the little ones listed as Bolens

This is a retired snowblower, but it had 3000 hp. Kind of a special purpose though. IMG]

I used a short chute blower 2 winters ago when we had tons of snow and it worked ok. The tall cute does seem to funnel it better keeping the snow stream together better with less of a snow spread out the front while blowwing. Adding a cover across the front also helps direct the snow up to the top of the tall chute as well. The front chute cover came on the newer blowers whereas the first tall chutes came with a stiff wire across the front to prevent a hand being inserted to unclog wet snow if the auger is spinning. In the left photo above you can see that wire. If you look at a short chute I believe it is round and the opening stays about the same size as the bottom opening. The tall one forms a "U" shape directing the snow out the top a bit better. I posted on RS the dimensions to make a front cover if you get a tall chute blower with the wire.

Here is my entry for the tractor of the month. This tractor was a true "Basket Case" and took a lot of work to get it where it is today. My wife wanted a pink Wheel Horse but the only way I would do one is if the tractor was in really bad shape to start with and look what she found! The guy we bought it from wanted it for the 7 hp Kohler and didn't need the rest. We bought the tractor and brought it home and she took it all apart. Here are before and after pictures of the tractor and as you can see my little daughter is taking over the tractor from her mother! As most projects the tractors not 100% yet but will be soon!

WORK THATS WHAT THE HORSE ARE MADE FOR... im not gona work this hard..drive around my yard to watch the fence........ Hehe Neil...well its not gona be a worker but just drive it sometimes mabye whit the trailer or something.. just very light duty... they have better to be used then just be sitting...

The snow is gone, she plowed it all! Seriously we've been enjoying the 50 and 60 degree temperatures the last couple of days. This has returned to ice and snow again. I keep forgetting it is still January. This is her tractor, and I am glad it runs good, so I don't get the "hun my tractor isn't running right." She's all set to learn about maintenance, and even with the flu she came outdoors to ask if she could try changing the oil. She's anxious to make her tractor look pretty again too with Wheel Horse colors and decals. Being a little under 5 feet tall,, the A-90 is the perfect size for her. I guess it is easy to fall in love with a Wheel Horse, Thanks for all the nice comments.

Hi guys I know it's not as pretty as The other tractors here but its mine. This is my 75 c-120 special. I bought this tractor January 30 2011 for $450 with a deck and snow plow with all my own money(in my opinion not bad for a kid in grade 8 at the time) but have since added alot more things to it it's my all time worker and if it's the last thing I do it will never leave my ownership. Things I've added are 23x10 carlile tru powers to the rear a ac1 muffler to many mechanical things to remember and this winter a it will get kohler 12 to replace the Honda clone How it looked the first summer I had it with only the new rear tires And how it looks now And playing in the snow

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes! I think the old saying goes: "At twenty we worry about what others think of us; at forty we don't care about what others think of us; at sixty we discover they haven't been thinking about us at all." Al

Well here she is. Thanks all for the advice. As mentioned before the engine wouldn't idle unless it was choked some, so I cleaned the carb but still the same issue. Found a new (old) Nikki carb on the auction site for $62 (total) and that did the trick! Now the Onan (P220G-I) runs well (and this is my first). The engine is so smooth running, can't wait to put it to work. Note: Power washed, changed all the fluids/filters, drained/cleaned the gas tank, new fuel line and filter, new plugs, and greased. BTW: sold the wheel weights. They were 62 lbs each.

Tiller idler: http://www.wheelhors...e-reproduction/

Craig, probably too late to say Good Luck with the surgery...brake a leg. That was uncalled for...wasn't it??? Sorry mate. Enjoy the Morphine and Narcos my friend.

Don't forget that RedSquare has a very good search engine when looking for answers to questions like this. Here are a couple of threads that I found by searching for "knob removal".

Playing around today with my scroll saw and look what I made. It's only 48 pieces but either way it was just as fun trying to put this back together after I cut all the little pieces out, LOL Sized this to aprox. 6 x 8 inch ( actually printed more like 6-3/4 x 8-3/4 ). was trying to make 1 inch pieces but the outer pieces ended up bigger due to my printer screwing up the size for me...but at the cost of ink I wasn't going to get too tech. on it.. Glued the picture to a piece of 1/4 inch Baltic Birch Plywood and cut away. So what do you think?

I agree with the Steve , what a real shame that you are going to work it, why dont you get another cheap wheelhorse for working and keep this one safely locked up in somewhere like the lounge of the kitchen

Here is my 1960 Suburban Hot Rod. She started out simply enough but has evolved into my absolute favorite tractor. Custom features are dual pipes, super fatties out back, foot control throttle with rev limiter, home made light bracket and an opening lid for the tool box to hide my goodies and the battery for the head lights. She is loud n proud and a little faster than stock.

Spent some time tonight working on it, it was near 60 deg today so most of the day I was out in the yard, but did get on it after dark, I got my aircleaner hoses in the mail, so a quick fit I think it is going to work, I still need to fine tune the fit and put clamps on it, but I'm happy with it, and it clears the hood by about 1/2" . I cut pieces to fill the gaps on the dash tower to make it stronger, and filled the hole used for the dial adjust, that I will not need and hydros don't have, I didn't get pics of it done I was busy and forgot to take them. Then I got back on the fenders and footrest, I cut up a couple foot rest I screwed the first one up, so I had to start on another one, glad I have a few, it's pretty thick metal so I cut all of it with the torches then ground it to where I wanted it, long process but I don't really have a better way, I'm trying hard to make it look factory so I cut the side off the main footrest and a chunk out of another to blend them together and meet the front of the fender for a clean finished look, at this point I'm thinking it looks pretty good. This is the gap I needed to fill between the footrest and the fender. I cut up the scrap parts I cut off the footrest to use as filler for the gap, this took a couple hours getting everything to line up, but I wanted it mocked up before I came in for the night, so I stuck to it, pieces fit and ready to weld up. after some final trimming and linning things up I got it all tack welded together, I still need to finish weld everything, but it is getting late and I'm tired, so here is where I left off, I will use the factory hole in the fender to bolt it to the footrest and drill another over a bit so it looks better, or weld the hole up and put one bolt in the middle, not sure on that yet anyway here it is, one side part way done.

Yep, high resistance in the armature circuit caused by either worn or dirty brushes / commutator surface. Visual inspection is the only way to go.

...what everybody else said, get well soon.

Hope you get well soon. "LUCKY"......... On the other side after getting the new truck, could you convince her that another Wheel Horse would help ease the pain/trauma even more? Hope all goes well in your recovery, sounds like you have a bit to go through yet.

Dang Craig, I'm glad your still with us! You'll be in mine, and my families prayers. Matt :flags-texas:

Glad to hear you're OK........... for the most part...... Anyway, hope the recovery is full and swift and you don't get too bored.

Dang Craig.... Good you're okay!

Black ice Huh? I don't see any "black ice" in those pictures. I see through your little scheme. New pickup AND a helicopter ride. Your wife is not so far off, is she? :ychain: . I hope you get through it all well. Black Ice is a pretty common problem here where it will be 35 degrees today and fall to 10 degrees tonight. So we keep our skates on all winter long. You know. If that had been an AMC/Jeep pickup you were driving at the time, you coulda just drove up the mountain and turned around half way and came back down.... Un-scathed . Good luck to ya.

Glad to hear you are okay after going thru all that. Get well soon!

Wow Craig, sure are glad you'll be ok. We had black ice here the other morning too I was going slow and had a lot of guys behind me blowing horns ect. they started passing me and next thing you know they are in the cornfield. I'm surprised your truck looks as good as it does. I hit black ice about 20 yrs. ago Someone was draining their basement onto a road and it froze. Hit it and slid across the road into a ditch. I had big mudders on an 85 Toyota PU 4x4 and they flung me out of the ditch and I went end over end 4 times. Got a tiny cut on 1 finger.

Good reading:

Thank God you had a good co-pilot :pray:

Glad your OK Craig! Will you be changing your name to reflect your experience? Can't wait to see what that might be! But seriously that's one heck of a ride you described and I'm glad your here to tell it. Get well bud.

Wow! Sounds like that could have been a lot worse Craig. That had to be a wild ride, glad to hear you're doin O K.

Wow! Glad you made out ok, That sounds way to scary to me.I am sure I would have needed a new pair of underware, LOL

damn craig glad ur getting better

WOW! VERY GLAD TO HEAR YOU ARE OK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES, thank god you are OK.... Glad you are able to tell us about it. -BK

Any good black spray paint such as Rustoleum gloss black should work on the chassis. The metallic grey that was used when the Work Horse first came out looks better than the later grey.

Ed...good question for sure. There is one thing common with all of these transmissions that I have recently worked on...they are not mine and I have no previous knowledge of them. That warrants tearing them down just because of that. The ones you are talking about are yours and you have a feel for how they are, what they have been doing and how long they have been sitting. That means a lot, but it is no guarantee. Two or three of the seven I had were locked up, two had a growling noise or grinding just turning by hand, one had water and clumps of oil draining out when I pulled the plug...one was OK (no water, oil looked OK, everything turned nicely by hand). The first transmission that I ever got into was my 702 with a # 5025 transmission. I started it up in the garage one day and was letting it warm up when I heard a ping come from the trans. I immediately shut it down and knew that I was going into this one. The #1533 bearing had come apart and the gears were shooting the ball bearings around inside. So, you just really never know. About the only good thing I will say about flushing a trans at this point is...it makes it a lot easier to clean the parts if you can slosh some kind of cleaner around inside and then drain it out. You do not keep a transmission running for 60+ years by being lucky.

some of the 60s tractors you could get a small car battery in. my 1057 uses a group 26 car battery, fits in the standard size battery tray......

Lets face it. All who are members on this site love seat time on their favorite WH. Yes it is fun but this winter has been trying most of us for normal winter time fun on the "OLD" WH workin what the Winter sends us. This year? Almost nothing to test te durability of the OLD RedSquare Grand-daddy's. !