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Santa was good to me this year. He brought me a well taken care of 1993 314 HYDRO with a 42" SD deck that is in great shape (no rust or dents or dings). The engine is a Magnum 14. The tractor has 530 hours on the meter, and the meter works so I'm sure this is the actual hours. It was a one owner. An older gentleman who after 20 years decided to buy a Zero turn to mow his yard that could have easily been cut with a push mower. The pics are from this morning. The air cleaner assembly is not attached because I'm having to replace the crankcase vent hose. The engine runs great and is very quiet. The hydro is strong, and I do not see any leaks. The mower deck is quiet. The throttle shaft is nice and tight in the carb body, thats a BIG plus. The charging system works as it should. All I have done so far is change the engine oil but will change the hydro fluid and filter this Spring. All the land where the tractor came from is totally flat so the Horse never climbed a hill till it got to my house. Anyway, here are some pics. I have not had time to clean it yet. Hope you like it!

In another post there was conversation on buying American and how some try to do it when they can. I found this website and thought some others might appreciate it as well. I have no association with this site at all. http://www.americansworking.com/

Hello All, Today I sat and got rather bored and my grandad called me up, he wanted help moving some things about in his workshop, whilst I was up there he showed me what he's been toying about with recently and he's been trying to make a Wheel Horse Clevis hitch, so I thought I'd look at his plans and try my self, now when you see this don't laugh! I know it's not the best but it's a trail run! I've got enough metal to make another when I get round to doing it, I've packed in for the day now but All that's left to do is weld to spacers and the drop pin at the back, it was fairly easy, we had a metal bender and bench drill and all the right tools it took about 3 hours, anyway here's some pictures for you guys! Started with a length of flat iron 34" long Then got to work bending it Then added the pin and the pick up bar Still needs a little playing with, but I like it! P.S Mark your 4x4 is getting rather popular, it popped up on my Facebook newsfeed a moment ago!

With the topic of American made products and Kohler engine differences in mind I was just messing around on the internet this morning. I learned a lot about Kohlers and naturally many of the links I went to were other forums. I would browse the forums just to see what they were like. Without going into detail let me just say that we all should be thankful this forum is run the way it is. Not that there aren't other well run forums out there but a couple of them had me laughing at what was allowed and the rudeness. I was into one of my searches about 20 pages and came across this picture. The posting was dated in 2004. It sure looks like a dandy to restore or use as is.

worked 8 hours, Who'da thunk it?

That bearing should have an eccentric lock collar. That empty hole you put a punch in it, tap with a hammer and turn the collar. then it will all slide apart.

Got the motor back together today with the help of a friend. Just have to paint it and put it back together the rest of the way. I still haven't ordered tranny parts so that will probably wait until Thursday. Getting really close on this project! Thanks, Jake

Nice find there, Van. Like Craig said, you need to come to the show.

oh, trust me, i have no problems finding 'perfect candidates'........

Mee too Martin! Craig and I can keep you busy powdercoating for months

I'd listen to Terry's advice Kevin - even when he doesn't know what he is talking about, he still knows twice as much as the rest of us! I agree that 8 speed internals wont go into a 4 speed case. I actually have a 1054 here that has been fitted (badly) with an 8 speed. I haven't had a chance to mess with it much, so I'm sure I haven't seen all the problems with the swap yet. FWIW my tractor doesn't appear to have any spacers fitted to the hubs (I've never pulled off the rear wheels). Caution: Pics of ugliness follow. Pic of holes slotted in the trans mounting plate: The axles are about 1 1/2" too short. I haven't pulled the hubs to see where the setscrew sits on the key: Axle length from underneath: My plan at this stage (keeping in mind I really don't know what I am talking about either!!!) is to switch in a set of D axles. If I had a 953/1054 4 speed I'd use that in a heartbeat, but I would probably switch in an 8 pinion differential.

Thanks again for all the help - its fully sorted now and works great!

Holy crap, I don't think I EVER moved up so quickly before. Sheesh! I'm getting the bends.... -BK

Turn the heat and the music up!! Where are the cards at? From the top straight to the bottom. Magic pencil bit the "DUST" is now a memory. Dust to dust, ashes to ashes. In that fire there was no safe place, Up in Smoke!! Isn't that a movie? Got a dvd player or TV down here. Might as well make it enjoyable. As always, Go Hawkeyes!!!

And it wasn't long ago I was saying four Wheel Horses are enough. I can't even follow my own advice on that!!! I must really be addicted

Congrats Jim. I turned 71 this month but I keep putting off my retirement for a couple of reasons. One is a 17 year old daughter/granddaughter who graduates this year and is college bound and two is that I like my job. Best of all I like the feeling that I could retire today if I wanted to. In fact I mention that to the big boss daily. If someone at work asks me when I'm going to retire, I say as soon as one of the a**holes p*ss me off. They've come close a couple of times.

I guess I'd better post my Raider 20 6X6 here then You all know the story by now.. It's been dragging on for long enough She started life as a humble and very worn C-125.. A body swap soon had her looking like this... Enter Garry and some beer.. And the idea was born Over four years later she looked like you know her now..

I use a 1995 520H with a 42 inch tall chute blower and a 1993 416H with a 48 inch blade. Edwroy

Here's mine, been reliably getting the job done for a few thousand years.

This One Used To Do It. But Now It's My Back Up. This Chucker Took Over The Duty.

Lots of hammering and pounding on this one... the entire build is on YouTube (link in signature)... the ultimate goal was to clone the RJ tractor on the cover of Straight From a Horse's Mouth Second Edition and the original 1955 RJ advertisement. The sad thing about the project... my computer took a dump about a month ago and I lost every pic and vid of this project... at least most of the vids are on YouTube and the project its done, LOL!

Well I know he won't post it up, so I will do the honors for him. I am proud to have this machine in my collection, even though I am not the creator of it. Many kudos goes out to TT for this custom build which has provided much fun and enjoyment to our family. The infamous "Drags-tor" (the black beauty)

Hey.. i have done some upgrade on the horse and put on 4 bolt's on the front wheel's.. i have been thinking of that for a long time but never found the right part's for it.. but i finaly found a trailer hub kit that i bought... So here are som pict of what i did.. that axel was about 10 inch long so i had to cut it down to the right lenght.. and then i drilled a hole innside it about 1.5 inch and then it fit's on the original 3/4 spindel. And time to cut some more and both ready for some welding Finish whit welding time to try them on the tractor.. and as you can see they also has a greasepoint.. had some 10 inch trailer wheels that i put on so i could move the tractor and wait to ill got the other tires mounted on the rim's and finaly they are on the tractor Going to paint the rim's later dont have the time to fix that atm.. other project's whit higer priority.. Lars

Just curious... What does your winter rig look like? I found a small heater I am going to mount, up in the corner of the cab, and hook it to a rechargeable battery. I'll add the photo's when I'm finished.

My C-120 has got to chattering when the PTO is disengaged. Pulled the engagement lever and found the bushings lose on the shaft and lose in the hood stand. Checked the size in the hood stand some where between 9/16" and 5/8". Found some bushings at Tractor Supply 1/2" ID and 5/8" OD x 1 1/8" long. Sanded down the shaft so the bushing would slide on. Then sawed the bushing in half and sanded the ends. Had a short piece of 1/2" wood dowel in the bench that fit tight in the bushing. Drilled out the holes on the hood stand and tapped the bushings in. Put a couple drop of oil in the bushings and worked the shaft back in place. Had to hit it a couple of time with a wooden hammer to get it back in place. Had to use a 1/2" socket to adjust the clip side to get the snap ring on. Pulled the clutch idler rod and sanded it to get the bush on it, but that's a job for next year. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

OK I've been spoiled, I've only had one other tractor with a manual lift so... My button sticks and is really difficult to depress to move the lever up and down on my 414-8. Is there a way to free it up? How does it work?

LOL, gotta wait till it warms up here Martin. I'm a Southern Boy. Its too cold now for me to be outside washing and waxing a Wheel Horse! hey, i think i got you beat on the southern boy thing.......... and cold, man, you should come up here for a while. my wife told me Illinois was sunny and 75 all year round.......... Martin, I almost married a girl froom North Dakota................. till I got up there!!! Trust me, that thousand acre farm wasn't worth giving up what I have here in North Carolina! ND has two seasons. July and Winter, Brrrrrrrr! Actually I think Santa wasn't watching me very closely this year. I just got lucky

You must have been more nice than naughty for santa to bring you a nice tractor like that. I know you are going to get tired of it right away and let me have it. Marvin

I've got a bunch of the "perfect" candidates sitting up here Martin.

wow, what a beauty, right down to the wheel covers. A nice cleaning and that horse will look like its ready for the prom. Thanks for sharing. Glenn

Nice work Charlie, the hitch looks good

I think, once you attend the big show...it's a given.

very nice low hour 314 Van. that one will clean up well... congrats.....

Congratulations Van... on another awesome added to your fleet.

#22 carb and smaller you need to replace the throttle shaft as you can not use a bushing Brian

Thanks for the info.....I put it into the classified section for $800.00. Be happy with that if I could get a quick sale. They are great lawn tractors, I grew up with a neighbor who had a Wheel Horse before Toro took them over. That neighbor still has that one and another one his children are still using. I saw many "Lowes" mowers come and go during that time and never forgot it. When I bought my current home with a big yard I went hunting one. The salesman at the Toro dealership kept telling me they did not make those "Classic" style mowers but I knew they were still on the website so we went round and round. Finally the owner walked by and ask what we were talking about so I told him. He smiled said come with me.....sure enough he opened a box and there it was. Toro had shipped it there by mistake and it had never been taken out and prepped for sale....boy was that salesman red faced when he saw it.

Matt you are funny for sure about that tractor. Got around to finishing the clear coating of the inside of the cab and finished painting the floor inside. Only thing left to paint inside is the doors and side kick panels which I could not do because I cannot open the doors fully in the tight garage space. I then started on the rear chassis but ran through the quart pretty quick. I sprayed it though a gun. I found a nice original set of firestone 6.70-15 with the wide 3 inch white walls. I am gonna try and pick those up tomorrow at some point. I think the wheels will be painted gloss black with the correct hubcaps.

They're all winners in my book.

My snowfighting equipment set up for this year's battle's! The 1967 Wheel Horse Lawn Ranger, L-157 with the STR-324 32 inch Snowthrower The 1963 Wheel Horse 633 with BD-4262 - 42 inch Snowplow/Dozer Blade

Well, here is a video in the dark. I think the four flashing at the same time is the most visible. The SilverStar 1156 bulbs that I put in the headlights wash out the flashing LEDs just as I thought. My goal was to put them inside the headlight bezel for a clean look. I think that I might try the Blazer C535A for the LED instead. They are visible in the daylight at least. Click for video

Here's my 4x4 C-101

since brian is hogging this month all to himself and nobody else is posting up their tractors (and theres quite a lot of very nice customs by members on the forum)............ edit: i see that fireman just got one in before i finished this post....... i will post one of mine...... most of my tractors have small custom fabrication but look basically oem, the one that stands out the most i guess is my 1057, it sort of fits into this category.... not what you would call a full custom or whatever, but it has a few non oem details, first and for most would be the vinyl 'blackouts' on the hood and seat pan. another not readily noticeable custom touch is all the cast iron has been smoothed before being powder coated. and speaking of powder coat, all the paint on this one is powder, everything, which means all of it had to come apart and be painted individually, because theres a lot of parts on these tractors that doesn't like to be heated to 400 degrees f for 30-60 minutes....... heres some pics of my 1057......

well I also have this little ditty my 701 with stainless frame I started with this and after 5 months Brian

here's my RJ58 custom stainless Brian

No, this one.

Really cool. This pic belongs in the calendar thread .

Weather tomorrow is Sunny. Cold front limits the high temp to 68 degrees. I might have to kick it old school on the WH 312-8speed. I need to cut at least 3 acres. The JD325 will sit in the garage, but I might let the WH417 and JD140 H3 and Cub Cadet 1650 sit in the Sun for a while on display B)