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I must have an severe addiction Gotta stop adopting these poor unwanted little horses. This makes three ....THIS WEEK ! I hope Mrs. K was napping when I pulled in this morning.

okay little background first, all summer me and my son have been hearing all summer long that cub cadets are just better. We would just smile and say we have a thing for our horses plain and simple. Well the county fair always hold tractor pulls, so we thought well lets give it a shot. Me and my son went out grabed the b-80 threw some weight on her and met the neighbors at the fair for my boys first pull, well at the weigh in turned out I was about 100lbs shy and my tires well regular old ags, nothing special. The cub was up first and me n my boy watched her go we looked at each other and said "crap were in WAY over our heads" Next up was the boy , so I told him just give her all shes got and we shall see. That darned thing chugged down the tract as if out for a sunday drive, listning to the loud speaker we hear it WE beat the cub by 3 feet and place 3rd in his class at 165FT. My boys first trophy! We can now spend the rest of summer with our horses, not hearing about our belt drive "its been really quiet" I know this probably should be in pullers, but thought everyone would get a kick out of it "weve all had the cub horse debate" Thing is equal power, both twelves just us with a 100 less pounds , a LOT less money into it "nothing" and she brougt him home a trophy. I told my boy dont say anything to them about it just say good job, put the trophy up and we will let it go, enough has been said.

Well, found round hood, finally. It's supposed to be a 1960 Suburban and as far as I can tell that appears to be the case, no numbers I can find. It looks pretty good but needs to be completely restored except for the engine. The tranny leaks from both axles as does the brake shaft, paint is gas soluble, probably Krylon, clutch is completely inoperable but repairable, loose steering, cable linkages missing, left foot rest missing, rear tires are shot... etc.. Lots of work ahead but thought this would be a great winter project. Here are a few pics for your viewing pleasure, BTW, the wife tells me I'm on "lock down"

Just hide them for awhile she will never notice

Nope you didn't miss it Chuck. I received the art work this morning and will be starting a separate thread here soon for ordering details. Here is what the designs are.....I believe I will be going with the one on the right. If you also notice we are going with red shirts this year!

on this side of the pond they have show for them Koen

My husband passed away 4 years ago and I have a Wheel Horse in the garage. Problem is I know nothing about it. It does have a snow plow attachment. I hate seeing it just sit there. I was wondering if anyone could give my some information on it if I post pictures. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I live in Indiana. Thanks so much...Kim

You've been watching me!! As part of my retired wifely duties I was doing that today.

Isn't that what is all about... our native American history? It's our "hot topic" everyday here.

Boy it must be a slow day when the hot topic on is ...... Hooked on Phonics & Native American History ....

Don't stop now! You haven't lived until you've brought home 9 at once, I know. 5 followed me home last Sunday too.

No worries there, just look at all that garage space.

I don't have a Wrangler, I've got a "real" Jeep, a '79 CJ-5! To be a real Jeep, it must have round headlights and leaf springs C-85

Ive got a 12 inch and an 8 inch moldboard plow. Had a 10 inch and sold it. The 12 inch plow - by far (for me) gives the best results. However it is HEAVY and is a hard pull. I now use it with my 520H with rear weights and ag tires. The foot control kit from Matt and the hydro steering makes for a nice plow tractor. The 12 inch clevis hitch Brinly plows are hard to find. If you think you might get a larger Wheelhorse, I'd buy it while I could. Here is a pic of some plowing with the 12 inch moldboard last Spring

Nice 60 suburban,,, my motto is "Happy wife happy Life" thanks for sharing...

You guys are terrible. When a person becomes addicted you are supposed to encourage them to stay them away from temptation. You remember the part that says "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."

Nice looking burban. When your wife tells you these things.....you're on the right track.

Well boys and girls guys and gals, it is approximately 2 months and counting until the Big Ten season starts up. It was a long hard winter and I have as well as others have been waiting for the this time to arrive. This year we have two new teams added to the Big Ten with Maryland and Rutgers joing the group. The leaders and legends divisions are history, only lasted two years. We now have the east and west divisions. East is as follows Ind, Maryland, Mich, Mich State, Ohio State, Penn State and Rutgers. The West is as follows Ill, IOWA, Minn, Neb, Northwestern, Purdue and Wisconsin. FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT for IOWA!!! Duke I can call and sing it to you ol' buddy!!!

Yep, 5 qts...have a manual for your new ?

Pictures can be deceiving but you still have a great little tractor to work with. The heart is beating good so that's a big plus. The tranny seals are easy but there are things you'll want to check in the process. You won't lack for any help you need from the folks on this site.

Stop on by Gino. I will whip up something and we wiil have a binge of one kind or another.

Now don't let this get out Richie.......I keep a pot of oatmeal cooking on the F-150s manifold. They can't resist that oaty aroma.

Looks pretty cut up and modified. My guess is that it was once a Charger 12. The way it's been butchered, I would say that it would definately be a "challenge".

Thanks for the info, Martin. I'll scratch it off my list.

I bet you'll like this Kohler restoration smiley better.

Oh!!! Now I get it. That emoticon is someone putting out another Tecky fire.

So i went and picked up dads 551 and got it going and put a deck we got off ebay for 50$ its not much to look at but it cuts grass and runs good

But Wheel Horses are not evil!

Some guys have all the luck. Awesome find!!

Looking good. Now the fun begins.

If I'm not mistaken the deck is supposed to be run down, withe the gauge wheels in the ground. If that is true then the tire size would make no difference.

Nice score, looks to be a great foundation to start a restoration with. My wife had a pretty good idea of what she was getting herself into when we got married back in 1992, I even warned her I didn't plan on changing my ways too much. I was originally in the muscle car hobby and blew thru thousands each year on my cars. In comparison these little red tractors and my boat and outboard hobby are much cheaper on the pocket book. The trick is finding a happy balance of time spent on my hobbies and time spent of the honey do list.... I think I got it figured out, 70/30 seems to keep her happy.... Life is good.

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Not too bad though, pretty clean... looks like someone got the process started for you.

Thanks Glenn and believe me my wife doesn't hesitate with the X-Rated comments either.

Looks nice to me. Thanks for the pics. I won't tell you what my wife said to me..it's X rated. Best of luck. Glenn

Yes the tractor did come from Charles. He is a great guy. He went to one of the Carolina's to visit his Aunt and dropped it off on his way. My neighbor and I waited for him and unloaded it. The previous owner went at it with a pair of dikes and removed all the gauges by simply cutting the wires. It will need a complete wire harness which if will have to reconstruct. Wish I had an old one to use as a guide. All the gauges and parts came with the tractor and it had less than 350 hours on it. Metal is very clean. I pulled the air cleaner and the plugs. What I found was it looks like water got into the carb throat. You can see the stains on the choke which is closed. The choke cable is frozen also. As soon as I put the engine back in my 416H I will pull this one and check it out. I caught myself up on the net this morning of course checking out any Wheel Horses in my area. What is the matter with me. I have more on my plate than I can finish in my lifetime. Sick.

No matter what people call them it seems like they either love em or hate em. I've always said the ahh sound too AMC. I said aaaaaahhhhh when I saw your pics earlier too.

It's the end(seh)is what people get creative with. I've heard it...see, say, sah. Correctly, I think the(seh)is pronounced "ahh" To me it's...Tecums-ahh.

( teh-KUM-sah )

My buddy used to call them "te-junk-seh"

I will definitely keep you in mind when I sell!!

I probably started mowing on this tractor when I was about 6 or 7 ,and up to about 18 when he "retired the old girl" and gave it to me, I did a complete tear down and repainted it with apple red from the wheel horse dealer in the mid 90's. The original 8 hp was pretty tired, so during the restoration, I re powered with a 12 hp kohler. 02' DL never finished It's still in my storage unit, need to drag it home and get it going again. 02' DL never finished

When Stevbo get's done with his barn, he's been hired to dig a moat around Iowa. As a side note,whoever joins me in the boiler room for cards, has to help me find my missing refrigerant leak detector! Mike Steve

What do your front weights look like? Gotta pic?

And here is where we are today with the rolling frame. I left many pictures out cause I have to many. But they are important when putting things back. Many of you know that.

That's fantastic inspiration I'd love a rod like that.. It kinda reminds me of this. An Australian Chamberlain tractor

An overdue update... Thought I'd get in the action on fender repairs, by the time I welded up the holes in a c series fender, I thought it easier to weld up the very rusty raider fender. Here it is with most rust cut out and patched And with the last patch in place Time for a short video showing the final transmission arrangement and steering. http://youtu.be/S6zzlN8f1-0 And some pics with the body mounted and engine It was going to Newby, but now the GT is going there's no room... :(