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Here is a nice double storage rack I built to fit in a tight spot in my garage. It was the first big welding project I ever did and it turned out to be a perfect fit! So now I can weld and I am that much more dangerous in the shop! Here's another shelf I built for WH storage in my buddies barn. I've got a 1962 Lawn Ranger up there, a 1963 Lawn Ranger, and a 1965 Lawn Ranger. Underneath I have a 1963 Springfield Suburban and I parked a 1963 Model # 953 in there after this pic was taken and a 1964 Model 1054.

hmm, quite like the idea of a tach o matic tool box....

Why own them if you don't work them?.... Both mow, plow & grade. 314-8 on left, 520H on right.

Well I may as well nominate my late production 1959 Wheel Horse Model # RJ59. This one was a lawn ornament when I found it. I drove by it on a country road and had to turn around to see if they wanted to sell it. I talked to the owner and he said it quit running the other day so he just pushed it out by the road. His wife wanted rid of the old girl, so I asked how much he'd take for it? He said his buddy was willing to give him $200 for it. I asked if he had any attachments for it and he said he had the original mower deck and a box of parts. He took me into his garage and pulled down a box of parts, right on top was the rare drive belt gaurd and the mower deck belt gaurd! He pointed to the mower deck laying off to the side. I asked if he'd take the $200 for it now? He said yes because his buddies wife said no to the purchase, go figure! I should have offered $150 for it but once he had the box of parts and deck, I figured it was well worth it! It had a Shnacke recoil on it but it didn't work, so I put on the Kohler one temporarily. I changed the points, cleaned the gas tank and line out and it fired right up on the first pull! This has a replacement engine and they reused the original oil pan, it is WH red still. It even mows pretty good but it is a little messy when the grass clippings start to fly all over the place!

1958 Wheel Horse Ride-Away Jr. RJ-58, s/n: 101916 Started with essentially just a rolling frame (first image below), and ended up here after !3 calendar months, a lot of parts searching, and a whole bunch of hard-won restore work. First shown at the 2010 Wheel Horse Show in Arendtsville, PA. This machine has been restored to 100% correct mechanical configuration. Shown with the RJ-58 is a fully restored and functional 1960 model CBR-32 - 32" Sickle Bar Mower. Enjoy!

This is my early original 1958 RJ 58. This is my favorite tractor. The K90 runs flawless, It sat all winter and just the other day I pushed it out of the garage and she fired on the first pull. I had to take it for a good long cigar ride thru the trails in the woods after that.

1959 RJ. Here she is upon pick up and then after she was cleaned up. I really love riding this one around at the shows. Runs excellent and shifts nice and smooth.

my 1958 RJ58

I'll enter this one I recently finished. Haven't filled with fluids yet, trying to convince the wife it would be a nice center piece.

For some time I have wanted to biuld a clone of the 1954 RJ Prototype tractor on the cover of Mike Martino's 2nd Edition and also feachered in the very early 1955 RJ ad (my avatar). I looked for about a year before finding what I felt was the perfect RJ in order to base the project on. What I started out with was a ruff condition 1955 Cable Steer RJ35. It was missing the hood, engine, seat, original front rims and most of the cable steer parts. It did although have the veri drive, belt guard and rear drive intact. Some of the parts which I had to make in order to clone the Prototype correctly was the fiberglass RJ hood, pilot steering wheel, most, if not all of cable steer parts and speed selector items. Posted below is a pic of what I started with and the biuld of the fiberglass RJ hood. If you click the below link you will be forwarded to my YouTube Channel (VinsGN) documenting the project. There are 11 parts so far starting with the basic overview of the tractor to the biuld of the hood and the fabrication of the pilot steering wheel. http://www.youtube.com/user/VinsGN/videos?view=0 Subscribe to my Channel and follow the biuld. Thanks Vince

I was walking through the parking lot of my local Advance Auto Parts store today and I heard someone yelling at me. I looked around and didn't recognize any cars or people that I knew, but a few seconds later, this beautiful silver car pulls silently up beside me. Driving it was a friend of mine whom I had not seen in over a year. Seems that last year his wife died. He took out a reverse mortgage on his house, cashed in the late wife's insurance policy, and sat around moping and feeling sorry for himself. Well this guy always had the latest and greatest tech toys, but none of them were making him feel better, so last Friday, he took delivery of his brand new 2013 Tesla Model S electric car. For only a cool $94,000.00 dollars, he says he's feeling pretty happy. So I got in, buckled up and we hit the road. He stepped on the accelerator and OH MY GOODNESS. My body sunk deep into the back of the seat as this thing went silently from 0 to 60 in under 4 seconds. The dashboard is all digital as you would expect, and in the middle is a touchscreen computer that has everything you could imagine. Anyway, when I have more time, he has promised to let me take if for a test drive. I don't think that I would want to own one, but it was a fun morning. My camera phone was not behaving, so I only got a picture of the inside, and this does not do the car justice. The other picture is a stock photo that I pulled from the net, but that is what the car looks like.

Ok, I see now they are stamped b1616, so will PM matt...

My 1958 Wheel Horse RJ is a candidate for April Tractor of the month: [

Hello All just a post here to show you all what I've been up to today as I know you lot love pictures, I've been taking loads not to worry. Today I started to clean my old raider 10 up as I have a vintage country show approaching very soon. And I'm not restoring it just yet, I plan on keeping it original for a little while,so I thought I'd just give it a good clean up, so far I've only just taken the engine housing off and given it a good clean and all around the engine, tomorrow I am starting to work on the whole body and hope to have it shining bright by the weekend, Thanks, Charlie.

There wasn't a lot of work involved in getting that ammo box onto the front, the two holes where already drilled onto the tractor as its where the front guard goes, so I just had to drill through the box which was easy and took no time at all as its only a few mm thick, defiantly give it ago when you got five mins. Charlie

Looks Great!!! I also started with a 1998 314-8 after 7 tractors I still have it. It always starts with one.... then another , another .... After one year and seven tractors i went to Wheel Horse anonius and was able to sell 5 of them. Still miss them...

It's been a while since I updated my progress on the 701, so I figured I'd use this thread that I started back in October to continue the saga. After having the engine spec'd at the machine shop, I had the cylinder honed, valves ground, and crankshaft journal polished. All of this was covered in the thead "How good is a K161?" After 51 years of use, virtually no wear. I installed a new set of rings, replaced the governor stub shaft, installed a new set of valve springs, and finally reassembled the engine enough to get a fresh coat of paint on it today. Over the winter, I rebuilt the carburetor and the fuel pump. I guess they will go on next. The rims have been powder coated and the tires will be mounted as soon as I get a coat of tire paint on them.

I agree all that field gear will weigh you down. Hated repelling out of Huey with all that on. Kinda made that ground seem alittle harder.

Van - I'm getting close on the 1650. About ready to install then engine (14 hp). Grass is greening-up and want to give it a try.

Belt drive is great. I've got several IH Cub Cadet and the drive shaft is interesting, but IMHO, in no way is an advantage. Clutches slip, they have this big honkin' tranny and a small roll pin coupling the drive shaft to it - BUT, from where I set, all of these old iron tractors are good! I can't say I've ever had a belt slip or at least noticed it. My question is - what are you doing that requires 160 lbs? Good luck, Bill

Here is my 1958 Wheel Horse Model # RJ58 in original condition and has the rare Front Cutter Bar in working condition. This tractor was laying in a junk pile when I first spotted it. I talked to the owner and I asked him about the old WH that was out in the back 40. He said he didn't have any old Wheel Horses back there. So I said I can see one back there on the junk pile. He said by God you are right, there is one way out back. We walked back to look at it and he said he would have to have serious money for that old timer. I asked how much, and he said $75.00!! So I bought it right away! It didn't have the front cutter bar on it but it did have a mower deck. I added the cutter bar for tractor show duty. The little Kohler 4 hp runs like a top and will idle down very low, which is cool! Gotta love these little old ladies! Keith

Unfortunately this one went away, but here she was:

What do you guys think? Should i restore snow blower, plow, cult, or rear plow?