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November 14th, 2006 the original forum (whtractor.15.forumer.com) was established. It became immediately known as RedSquare but why? In 2008, whtractor.15.forumer.com was officially known as WheelHorseForum.com, although it still pointed to the old former site. Finally in 2011, WheelHorseForum became independent, meaning that the site is fully owned. It's been a fantastic 7 years and there's been a lot of change, but the one thing that has remained consistent is it is the best place to come and discuss Wheel Horse tractors! So... looking forward to the next 7 years!

All of mine are workers, and most have a few "non-correct" parts to make them custom. But the Ranger is the most custom: Its my usual "go-to" tractor for just about anything except mowing, the pull start Kohler never has a flat battery, its easy to get on and off, you can pick up sticks etc without leaving the seat, and it does everything I ever ask of it!

Hello, I'm a new member to this site and just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Matt from CT. I recently bought my first wheel horse from a member on here ( a 1989 414-8) and I just picked up a wheel horse lawn sweeper. Hello everyone

I have a 417A with a custom V blade that is my favorite worker. And a video of it in operation

I believe the sweeper is a 79

Happy Birthday Redsquare , Couldnt get through the day without visiting this site at least 4 times a day. Made soon good friends & hope to make a few more next summer at the big show

Sorry Bob, I can't find the original layout sheet, but I do have this screenshot. Along with these trips down memory lane..... A couple of the header logos I've saved..... And then this badness.....

Love the new site, but I do miss all those little red squares!

A Winter Month Photo She's Itching For A Fight!

I originally got Marvin as a beater / back up mower. Was ugly enough. Had a bad Hydro and rusty. It ran sweet and was a blast to drive until the trans got hot. I figured it would be all right to run the blower. i used it to help stain my fence also: Then Vinyl Guy convinced me to go custom. Had to get new sheet metal and a trans at the show. Rebuilt it in July: Took him to the Steam Pageant: Martin will be fitted with a Generac Jenny or the tall chute. Also Has a clevis hitch installed to pull the 10 " Moldboard and a slot hitch for the 8"

Wide rear Wheel Horse wheels? As most of you will of noticed (I know all you UK guy's like to look through ebay a lot ) I am selling the wide wheel I made for my 312 years ago.. I'm getting a lot of interest in them, way more than I thought I would and that has got me thinking.... Is there a market for them.. I could widen them as much as is required, or even narrow them should people be weird that way.. I'm not asking "anyone want some wheels widened", I'm just trying to get a "feel" for if it would be a worthwhile and interesting way of bringing in a few extra pennies.. Any thought's guy's?

While checking the craigslist ads I found this: 856 model 8HP with snow plow. Runs good - needs clutch ($200 or B.O.) Do you think it's missing the belt guard?

Roy Clark and Buck Owens! on Hee Haw or was it Lewis and Clark and Jessie Owens

Most tractor repair places will have the orb 4. Or 5 end adapters or can get them. Either straight or angled . The other end of it will be a flare end. They can then make the hose with common flare ends. I did this on a GT-14 that had a leaking 90 deg fitting. It's not stock but it worked great and it allows you to mix and match trans. with other clys. or valves.

I want one. If you build a bolt on kit I think you will have no problem selling them. I was going to design something like that but your design is better than what I was thinking! You build it I'll buy it !!

November 14th 2006....the same day I signed on . I never thought it would go this well and get this big! Been an awesome ride and it aint over!!!! Mike............

Look for a cylinder from a 70's tractor. Try to get the valve from the same tractor.....as far as the hoses go that depends on which valve. The Charger has a hose that starts from the back and a later model sundstrand tranny doesn't...... this is the tranny you have on the charger...... This valve is what would have been on the charger.....possibly find a set with the valve and hoses.....if you use a valve from a c series....the hoses to the cylinder are the same but the connections to the tranny at the valve are orb 5 ..... your tranny has orb 4.....first find a cylinder and valve...then we will see what hoses you need.....

first and foremost i'm a born and raised giants fan. teams i root for when they aren't playing against the g-men: san fran denver washington don't mind the pack, and love to beat them guilty pleasure.....the jets. they are just a circus. this year i like denver to go the distance, if they can keep peyton healthy.

Happy Birthday RedSquare, and a BIG to Karl, all the mods and everyone who makes RedSquare the great place it is

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy Birthday Red Square!

I'll see your kernels and raise you 6 waves and a mess hall!

Karl found a few more of the past header logos for me.....

Happy Birthday RedSquare and Thank You Karl for making RedSquare such the great forum that it is! So many great guys and gals on here and I always enjoying reading what people post! Have gotten so much good info from the site too! Looking forward to the next 7 years!

Red Square Is the greatest !! I am proud to be a member. Thanks Karl for keeping everything running.

Happpy Birthday RS!!! I have made alot of friends here and will always try and participate!!! It's been alot of fun. #45 is signing off. Thanks Karl!!!

Oh laugh!. I nearly bought my own Beer!. ..........................Is there a place for one of those on a WH?. I'm Amazed at the strength of the Yorkshire dead leaf holding up the L/H front corner in Mark's 3rd pic from yesterday! Hope your back fixes quick Mark. Don't overdo it. Great progress and liking it

I have had the Cyclone Rake for about 13 years. Before that it was blow, rake, and drag as you described. At that time I thought it was an expensive toy ($1300.00), but I've got to say, it was the best $1300.00 I have every spent.

Once again it is that time of the year when living on a 100% wooded lot is no longer fun. All summer long we enjoy the shade provided by the 80 to 100 foot tall oak trees, but when the leaves begin to drop in October, the job of cleaning them up continues until late in November. So each year I wonder, how do other members get rid of their leaves. Here is what I use. This is my Simplicity Broadmoor with a Cyclone Rake attached. This is a shot of the dump pile where all of 2013's leaves go. This pile composts nicely over the winter, and in the spring I will have several cubic yards of beautiful soil for patching and planting. The other problem with living in the woods on a lot filled with "old growth" red oak trees, is that they are all dying from Gypsy Moth blight. So each year, we are forced to take down dead trees. Here is the wood pile from seven of them that I had to have taken down last week. The only plus to this expensive problem is that three of the biggest trees were sitting next to the Wheel Horse stable. This will allow me to extend the building in the spring to accommodate the ever-growing herd of horses. I lined up all the ones that currently don't have shelter to see what size building I need to build. So that's my story for this fall. By the way, you might be wondering about the Simplicity. I don't have any Wheel Horses with a side discharge deck and a two-point hitch on the back for the Cyclone Rake. So it is pulled by my Simplicity.

Well I think it would be a shame to restore that tractor. People at tractor shows flock to the old original condition machines. The more I look at your tractor, the more I think it should be left dirty and in as found condition. I see a lot of original condition WH's that people tear into and restore them right away, rather than just backing off and letting it be. You do lose a lot of patina when you clean up such a time capsule. To me, it takes away the history of the tractor. Like Stevebo said, if you clean up the hood, you may take some color off the decals and that would suck since they are so original. I would try to get it running though and I would fix the rims or replace them if they are fried. A descent welder guy could probably fix them without charging you as much as a new set. I'd even keep them old raggedy rear tires for history's sake, just throw them in the barn, there ain't none around! But it is your machine so do what you like to it, we are all behind you on this one. Good luck with it, she is a beautiful old lady! KJ

Speaking from experience, I would be very hesitant to endorse any kind of ATV plow if you're serious about using it. I used to have a quad at the ex mudder in laws with a plow and that thing was made from about 22 gauge metal on the moldboard and about 3/4 inch thin wall tubing as a frame. It definitely wasn't robust. The 56" plow on my 18 auto and the 42" on my Charger 12 are serious metal and take some abuse. I used my 18 auto to grade and level 10 Triaxles (300 tons) of modified this past summer for a neighbors drive. I wouldn't even think about trying that with an ATV plow….

I have an ear for corny jokes!

I sure will. She's a good one for sure. I couldn't ask for any better. I got some more goodies today from harbor freight. This gun feels surprisingly good in my hand and doesn't rattle or clank or feel like junk. I took the advice of all you guys on here and bought the $15 gun tonight. I can't wait to use it. I also bought cleaning brushes, extra gun filters, and a regulator. I was extremely happy.

It really is. Half the joy is posting it on here.I was.t to do the best job I can! I jistboughtmygun at harbor freight by the way! I'm excited. If you don't come to the show this year I might just have to make a trip to your house to show you this stuff, steve haha. And I will, Craig! I'm eh hmm, not for sure exactly how much she really did bit anyways...:)

LOL no hard stops I want to take the top half of the chute off and make a video blowing the snow over the cab and label it Polish snow blower. The motor is call a globe motor. I got it from doing high school robotics competitions. I did fab it all myself. That is the exact reason I did this was the worm gear screwing up and not engaging the ring gear. Drives you nuts. As for a kit I'll talk with Matt and see if he wants to do one.

great video ian!! we need more of this sort of stuff. i have thought about a few different ones, just can't seem to stop riding them tractors around long enough. when they need fixing, the last thing i think about is juggling the camera as well. hard enough to constantly remember to take pics to help me get stuff back together without left over parts...... hey steve, don't worry about driving on the other side of the road, its not that hard, i do it here all the time..........

Ian, just watched your video...outstanding and entertaining as usual. If I ever get the chance to go across the pond, we will have to share a few pints. You will have to drive though...not much practice driving on the other side of the road. Could be interesting though.

Last month I entered a 'D-200', this month ..... a 1974 A-800! So let me introduce 'Tiny Tim' the smallest of my workers. Pictured here at the second WH Roundup in the UK this summer alongside my C-120 Auto gives an idea of its small size. The tractor was acquired as a non-runner and had seen better days but had been in regular use till it stopped running. Guys over here thought I was mad wanting to restore one of these, a resto that became a light custom job as I'll explain. To my mind two things were aesthetically wrong with the tractor: the size of steering wheel and fender pan, which on the Euro model assembled in Belgium was the standard pan used on the C series. Apart from looking bad, the seat which was not adjustable and the depth of the three spoke steering wheel made for a pretty awkward and uncomfortable position for an average sized guy to operate it. Restoring the tractor was the easy part, the pan and driving postion more challenging. The standard C series pan was way out of proportion to the tractor being both too long and too wide and created an unsightly slot or should I say gaping hole that was not even central for the gear shift. Difficult to say why WH decided on this for the Euro model. Initial thoughts were to cut and shut it but it would have required many cuts in both axes all with awkward curves to deal with. Decided to go for mixed model / era approach and use the pan I'd salvaged from a 210-4. It involved a lot of careful cutting, particularly for the gear shift gate, adapting the seat mounting from the 210, and devising a way of fixing the whole assembly to the A-800. Don't know why but a 210 fender pan has lots of holes for things that were not fitted - more than is usually the case so me being me I welded over some of them to reduce the number to an 'authentic level as there always seem to be some. Together with a new seat and 'soft touch' steering wheel salvaged from a B-165 the new arrangement provided a much more viable driving position and looked in proportion to the tractor. I didn't remember to take a photo of it with the red & white WH decal on the back but I think the outcome was worth the effort. It's great fun to drive - a little tractor with attitude that likes pulling a cart or the roller as well as cutting grass. Given its size I was surprised to discover that WH actually made a snow blade for these. I've added fabbing one based on the drawings to my to do list as that would be the icing on the cake. If any of you have an A-800 with blade please let me know as I'll probably need some of the critical dimensions from it. Andy

Love your trees, love your leaves !!! We have friends In the Philippines That no longer have either or anything else on their property, but they are alive and thankful. great folks !

kaiser...welcome to the party...pull up a chair and enjoy the back and forth...hope you can take as well as give...that is required...

took the 416H (sporting the new decals ) out for a few shots this morning.......

A few edits to entertain you.

Steam Tractors were the big deal. An E Tank and termites would be needed for this. Cushmans More Cushmans Even more Cushmans An Articulated Deere A bendy garden tractor Earth Master Gibsons were everywhere Also a Mean Murray A one wheeled 3 seater Nice Speedex V8 powered tractors were there too Hope you enjoyed the show.

I submit for your consideration my "Hot Rod 953. The origional transmission was locked up and I replaced it with a 6 speed. The Harley muffler makes it sound Kool and the flipper hubcaps just needed to be there. It has a 48 inch deck and has pulled a trailer around lots of tractor shows.

well heres the last chapter in this saga, the seat.......i constantly hear about the lack of seat on this one, that ive gone onto other tractors and dont care about the seat.to be honest the horse blanket served me well, but i must admit the seat that i just installed looks awesome.im very happy with it, i wanted red and white instead of the black and white and i also didnt like how the lines for the colors go on the back rest at an angle, so i asked the trimshop i got it done at to change these few things. i made up the plywood bases and fitted the backrest with hidden nuts to be able to bolt it to the backrest frame....anyway heres how it looks, jeanine hasnt seen it yet,(its now her tractor) but i think shes going to be happy with it........ seat bases cut out and fitted..... seat all finished........ alright, i think i should be done with the seat now, maybe....... i could probably put the blanket back on for special occasions, hey mike? (ol550) right after i post this i think i will upload one of the seat pics to the gallery, just to get the word out that the blanket has been retired........ :handgestures-thumbup:

Martin: You are going to have the best looking "working" 1054 on Red Square! Keep sending out the photo updtates. It looks great. :thumbs: