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Found this pic the other day of my father pulling me in the wagon with our 701. Thought I'd share it with everyone. Those were the good ol days! :-)

Good Day, I just wanted to express my sincerest thanks to the contributers on this site. I have spent many hours reading the posts here and they have helped me figure out the "secret code" of the Wheel Horse electrical system. I would like to send out a special thanks to Nick (KM3H) "416 No Start Electrical Problems" and to Gino for his great advice under this topic. I'm looking forward to learning much more here. Your members have a wealth of knowledge they share on this site.....I just wanted to say THANKS! Best Regards To All, Dave

Mounted my mid mount grader blade to the 314 last night. I was hoping to use it for removing the english ivy in my front yard. I purchased the grader blade off of craigslist for 100 bucks. It is a home made job, but is pretty heavy and I think it will work really well. I bolted some cultivator tines to it so it would rip into the ground a bit better. After using it a little bit last night, I think I am either going to have to flip the tines over so that there is only about an inch sticking below the blade, or move the threaded rod that is used to set the grader angle. Currently the blade cannot be lifted all the way off the ground which makes for driving in the yard a bit of a pain. The thing that is hitting the frame of the tractor is the threaded rod. The blade is so heavy that I did not feel the need to put the solid link onto the tractor, but after using it, I believe that I will. Grader blade w/out tines: Grade blade w/ tines: Grader blade mounted to tractor: Ivy: Ivy: No after picture shots yet

Well some of you know that KenB is big into vintage boats and outboard motor collecting and restoring. He got me hooked... Here are two of my boats before and after pics. I want to thank Terry for all his help in making the decals. He made a set of reggie lettering and Crestliner side decal that is being shipped now for the aluminum boat. I love the horses but as Ken says it is a nice change to have another hobby.

Ok Here is another Thanks Duke

Okay, here are more pix , after the action was done . See below. Sorry this took so long to post. A storm this morning caused a few branches down and I needed to clean them up.

Got my W.H. Push mower out today taking it to the big Mansfield,Ohio show this weekend (Sept 6&7) featuring Wheel Horse...

Lookin good Steve. I'm still undecided about which boat to bring to the meet this Saturday. One yr. I was so undecided It came down to this..

This show also has a very cool small scale train set-up you can actually ride on for free...

Nice pics everybody....Thought I'd add a few of my own now ........A few snap shots of wheel horses in the parade.

I don't get not running at full speed for cutting grass. Here in GA, our grass gets dry and tough and even with sharp blades can be hard to cut unless you drive slow. I wanted to be able to cut grass in high 3rd with my 160 so I upsized the pto pulley to spin the blades faster. I set the high idle speed to 3600-3650 with a tach and keep it that way when mowing. For other lighter jobs, its set to give enough power for what I'm doing. As far as splash lubrication in these motors, I can promise that there is plenty of oil flying around inside at the 1200 rpm idle speed if the oil is full. Imagine dipping into the oil 20 times a second. Oil everywhere.

Bob has a sense of humor? HAHAHAHAHA!

Can you guess how I got this $100.00 520-HC home? YEP! Good ol' minivan. It was a tight fit.

This is my first, and probably, only restoration. I couldn't have done it without the help of you good folks, and I thank you for all the help and advice. Thanks especially to Steve, Gene and Zane, and there are many others whose names escape my memory right now. This is my first attempt at posting pictures also, so I hope they are there. Thanks

Hey guys.. i found me another horse for some weeks ago.. it is a 68 commando 7 that is in ok cond.. but need a alot of tlc.. i also got a blade whit it and a deck,, but deck has a few rust holes that i need to fix.. or ill might leave it as is.. not sure yet. it has a really cool headlight.. ill need to get me some parts for the pullstart(recoil) so if any one have some parts for that pm me or so... Lars

And Andrews "all in one" Garden Ranger set-up. All in all a Great show Looking forward to next year!

And this little guy was built with a hit and miss engine.....Really cool to look at...

The honor is mine, Thank You!

Yes indeed Sir! It would be an honor.

Dang it! You mean that's a bad thing.. Is this where I start step 1, admitting I have a problem..[emoji14]

You mean you haven't downloaded the mobile app & have a RAM mount for your phone so you can type while mowing ?

That makes me want one even more!!!

Bought a lot of stuff and this was in the lot. 518-h needs engine work. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The Commando 7 was an export only model, built in South Bend, only sold overseas. As far as I know, you'll not find one in the U.S.

Now I feel really left out! With all the Hawkeye logo stuff I seen laying around (Wah,wah,wah). Looks like MJ has found a new hobby, just as long as she can keep you at bay!

Well I did build a dump truck when I first got into the hobby and was doing a lot of fabricating. I didn't us a Wheel Horse though because I had quite a few 'FREE' Craftsman's around here. I used two frames mounted end to end and overlapped. I did a lot of work on that project and learned a lot by building it.

That was funny! Bugs lost his head!

I have 5 k181 8hp wheel horses I have no complaints about them they are hard working little motors I'm impressed what 8hp can do.

Jasen, don't be surprised if you get differing opinions. I respect them all. For mowing and I run them wide open. For pulling a trailer or just driving from point A to point B, I run about 3/4 throttle or a little higher.

Here's a couple I wouldn't mind seeing!

next thing to do is adjust the clutch discs in the trans. I believe that explains my acceloration issue. OK Van, here is what a 6'3" 260 pound guy looks like on a short frame. My size 14 clod hoppers don't fit very well on the foot pegs.

Here are some more.

I lost my grandma last year and at her estate auction I wanted to purchase something I knew would be around for a while that my sons could enjoy. That's where her 1989 312-8 comes in. I think I paid $325 for the tractor and deck but no mule drive (it was misplaced years ago) and the tractor wouldn't always start. I pay the neighbor kids to mow my lawn, so the deck wasn't really important to me at the time, and with no mule drive, kinda useless. I ended up trading my father-in-law the deck for a storage tent for the back yard. That was kind of a mistake. I'll explain more later. So late last winter, I started looking for a Rototiller for my 312-8 and that's when I stumbled on this site and shortly after that is when the obsession started. In the last roughly month and a half, I have bought four more horses, a snowblower, Rototiller, snowplow, belly blade. The horses are: GT-1848 that came with the snowblower, a 252-h with deck and snowplow (needs work), a b-165 with deck that needed a starter gear (fixed) mows good. And my most recent purchase a 518-h with a deck, snowplow, belly blade, and a bunch of spare parts. That tractor needs motor work and is for sale: I'm not good with engines. So far I've learned a bit on the ones to stay away from and some good deals when I see them. So, it turns out the tent works good to keep all the junk out of the barn and keep the horses in their stables. I'm married with two little boys 5yrs and 2yrs. Surprisingly, my wife hasn't gotten too mad over the fact I still pay the neighbors kids $20 to mow the lawn with 5 horses in the barn. Sorry for the novel, I guess I was rambling, Matt Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yesterday my son and I put the Charger 12 to work out in the back woods. First we used it to pull 3 oak logs out of the woods to where we could use the chain saw to cut them up. The log chain hooked to the hitch did the trick with those logs. Next we had to take care of a second oak tree that had fallen down last year. There was a nasty stump maybe 300++ pounds to remove, not too bad a job because the tree fell over and most of the stump came out of the ground. We wrapped the log chain around it and with a lot of coaxing and prying with the shovel, it came out of the hole. But with a bigger Horse that job would have been easier. The Horse dragged it down hill to the burn pile, for it's final resting place. G.

He'll have to change his name to Fire Breathing Horse or something for sure. You might need a name change too after that, wow.

Yeah, what RMC said!

Have you checked the point gap? Try about 18 thous and see if it helps with the knock.

John- The BEST color. It is actually called Bright Red made by Petitt Marine paint. Easypoxy is the kind.

If it initially starts fine, then I don't think timing is the issue. Setting the points to .020 should have you close enough.

That's kinda what I was thinking Gene, but when it does crank, the starter turns pretty fast. I've got it on the charger, so I guess we'll see what it does tomorrow. Thanks

James, that thing looks like it will uproot just about anything it comes in contact with!!! I think with some fine tuning you will have a very valuable tool for your Wheel Horse. Lets see some after pics when you get everything ripped up!

That a great little find I didn't even know they made a commando 7 I have two commando 8 and one 6 l like them all

Thanks guys. I'm talking to the guy later today. Sorry CasualObserver for breaking the rules I tried posting just the photograph in my post but I'm not a savvy smart phone user and couldn't figure it out. I'll try to do better next time

The 8HP is not as good as the big blocks. I have never owned a good one, they all needed rebuilt badly. The first rod damaged the cam but did not break it. The rest is history as the crank has something wrong. It will make a good parts engine, but at this point I would bet the crank is shot.

All due respect to those who run less than full throttle, but every small engine manufacture states in their literature that it is to be operated at full throttle at all times. Many of these engines do not have oil pumps and get lubrication from a splash. The faster the splash the more lubrication. The faster the flywheel turns the more air circulates to cool the engine. When you turn three blades as fast enough to cut grass it takes a lot of horsepower. Remember that the blades have an upward curve which uses energy and causes air resistance.

I bought the snow thrower at the sale in pa this was when I first got it home I've got wheel weights and chains on it now missed out on a snowcab

Ever notice how everything just looks better when it's wearing red?

Geno, we should also caution you about another site phenomenon that occasionally appears around here. It's the Redsquare "Trunk Monkey". You know the type. You offer someone some good sound advice and along comes the "Trunk Monkey" who thinks he knows everything and is smarter than everyone else and starts bashing the crap out of your opinion. Usually it's some "flash in the pan" who is actually pretty smart but gets in over their head by making a bunch promises they can't keep and leaves a lot of unfinished business hanging out there in limbo. You know, the guys that take in everything they can read and then consider themselves to be some self taught Guru on everything from soup to nuts. So now you deliberately go search a thread to find an answer to a problem that's troubling you and, you guessed it, nothing has been done for the last two years to complete the thread. "LIMBO" There may be an answer to the avoiding the "Trunk Monkey" , that being the installation of the "Trunk Monkey Recall Button" pictured below.. which is explained here.. Please continue sharing your information with us though. We all truly are enjoying your posts and I in particular look forward to hearing much more from you. I don't even care what color your beard is. Shucks, I hope this post isn't trivial..

Best yard sale pick ever! Fix it up and you will NEVER regret it. The GT-14 is a beast of a tractor. Took me about 7 years (off and on) to get mine "right" and it is my "go to" tractor. Congratulations!