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Here is last nights pick up. Got this one from Mark (Saber) here on the board. The first 2 pics are what he sent me that he took. I was amazed when it was getting cleaned up the water was beading up everywhere. He kept that thing waxed! He and his wife are just great people.

NOS 420LSE Brian

We'll apart from the stack & a different fuel tank & seat , although I still have the seat but is the base is toast , my gt 14 is original

Still cuts grass in the back yard on occasion. 1961 Suburban with original Clinton motor.

Been in the family since new. All original except the front tires, deck wheels, blades, filters, spark plug and carb. Scary thing is it mowed 2+ acres 1-2 times a week for 25 years. Just goes to show they can work hard and still look pretty new.

'67 model 877

Well, its off to Vegas for my daughters 21st birthday and time is a bit short. If anyones interested in a short 5 minute video I threw together of Scott's North Central Indiana Meet and Greet Have at it. Not my best work but the pressure to provide quality pictures and video to keep all of you happy is killing me! :*****: Enjoy------

A couple of years ago, one of our Maryland members, Redbird and her husband Dave, had a meet & greet. They had a great off-road trail. Hills, streams, etc. I will try to find some pictures and post them later.

I sure wouldn't want anything hanging out the front or back when I'm mowing. Seems like an accident waiting to happen. I also wouldn't want a deck on my Kubota that has a bucket and backhoe on it, it would hang the tractor in rough terrain or tear the deck up. Just because someone sells something that does all of that at once doesn't mean it's a good thing.

Yes. But you know they are always closed when you accidently leave it on. Murphys law!

Here are the pictures I took. They are duplicates from the other thread but I will post them here as well. The panoramic shot is pretty cool. To bad it was the end of the day when everyone was loading up! EDIT: Going to add the larger panoramic shot as well that way you can zoom in!

Must have been so CRAZY, it drove right off the thread!

1979 C-161 twin eight speed Black Hood with Briggs 16 horse twin cylinder engine, fiberglass hood and plastic fender. 1983 C-175 twin automatic Black Hood with Kohler KT17 17 horse twin cylinder engine with 278 hours and plastic fender 1989 520HC with ONAN 20 horse twin cylinder engine with 620 hours (my main mower and my favorite horse) 1995 416-8 eight speed with ONAN 16 horse twin cylinder engine with 316 hours 1989 257H with Kawasaki 17 horse single cylinder engine with 116 hours.

Here are a few pictures I took on Friday. I think Michael Conley took a ton of great pictures. Great meeting and talking with you sir!! Here is Scott's 1952 Ford (with a flathead V-8)...this really sounded nice. Here is what it looks like on Friday... Some neat parts that Scott has... T-shirts sent from Lars... It was a great time. Thanks Scott I should have taken pictures Saturday, but I never got back to my camera. BTW...Duke and MJ's glass ware is incredible. Squonk, I have a couple of things to send you from the raffle. Edited by stevasaurus, 05 October 2014 - 11:13 AM.

Here is the tractor that I picked up off CL locally. I swapped the front and rear tires off another 520. It came with a very low hour 48" deck, tiller and 520 long snow plow. It has 650 hours and runs really strong. I mowed with it today and the deck is the most quiet and smooth deck I have ever used. I hope to paint up the wheels and buff it out and maybe new decals from Terry.

That's a dandy! I see the tie down on the engine. It wraps around it then slips through the front vertical support on the railing then crosses over the front of the tractor. Put yer glasses on Mike!!

Got another half for October! Mrs. "Shallowwater" is on a business trip, and I don't think that my partner in crime will tell. This one is older than me and was made in the "Cheese" state.

Reminds me of when I sold my Goldwing. Guy shows up in a beat up car and hems and haws about money. I still end up selling it for close to what I wanted. He comes back the next night with a new Escalade pulling a brand new trailer!

Ya know Geno it's awfully hard to talk a guy down on price when you show up in a rig like that. I think if you showed up at my house the price would go up.

A few cans of this will help. Think of it as "camo" paint to ease the horses.

You are correct. As pictured, that side goes toward the transmission.

Early 70's, a round hood. My sons and I rebuilt our first Horse, was a basket case. Loved the RD mower, towing a sweeper. Great mowing. I then moved snow, then turned earth. WOW! Now I work on Horses with the grandsons. The boys wanna ride 'em cowboy.

He's invaded Indiana

Been in our family since it was two and was owned by a wheel horse tech before that. Full time worker until retired in 2009 or so. I havent even had a chance to clean it up yet, but its in real good shape except for a few paint bubbles on the hood.

I had never heard of wheel horse tractors until about 12 years ago. I had a go cart when I was about 8 years old and my uncle who was about 5 years older than me was a pretty good small engine guy for his age. Him and my dad taught me about engines and got me interested and I have tinkered with small engines off and on my whole life. I started working on mowers and l&g tractors as a sideline thing about 12 years ago. I bought 4 or 5 riders from a guy at that time and one of them was a wheel horse. I don't recall the model but it was a vertical shaft 38" cut and I think 3 spd.Like I said I had never saw a wheel horse till that time. I mowed with it once and knew immediately it was much better than the snapper or craftsman I had been using. There isn't many wheel horse tractors in this area,I don't know why,I guess they were never marketed very well here. Untill a few years ago it really pained me to see a good wheel horse parted out because they are scarce around here. That changed when I realized we all need the parts and there are an abundance of these tractors in some areas that would end up as scrap in a lot of cases. I've had a few different models in the past few years and now I have a 417-A with a dozer blade that I love, and I just picked up a hxl 44 that will probably be my mowing machine, I haven't got to check it out just yet.It will have to beat out my simplicity Broadmoor that I have used for the pastfew years.

U suck Brian !!

It started for me back in 1966 when my Dad bought his first Wheel Horse, a used 854 with a 36" deck. I learned how to mow on the 854 and it was the first real responsibility my Dad ever gave me. He had the 854 for 13 years and then traded it on a new '79 C-101 which I still have. I have so many fond memories growing up and mowing with these tractors, that's why I will always love Wheel Horse. They were always simple, rugged and reliable and more than capable of doing the job. You just have to love tractors like that. That original 854 is long gone, but when I had a chance to buy an old 854 to restore a couple years ago, I just couldn't resist. Now it has grown to an addiction, since I also have a 1045 and an RJ-58 along with the 854 and C-101. I would have more if I only had the space.

Thanks Denny I'll have Mrs Funengineer shoot a video this winter [emoji1]

1985 417-8 all original

What a beautiful setting for such an event! I only wish I wasn't so far away.. Was there an official head count? Looks like the place was packed! My favorite pics are of the many different shots of Scott cruising the kiddies around with the wagon train. Its hard to tell who was havin more fun, Scott, or the kiddies!

I didn't see any homeless bus stop photo's but this one is close! Looks like the soup kitchen. Check out that poor soul way in the back. All right, who's the kid with DA BARES coat?

I plan on having a block and tackle type lift to get heavier items such as my old antique outboard collection up to the second floor. No plans on an elevator type lift tho.

1994 520H 355 hours. I bought this about 9 months ago.

Monkeying around in another mans post......

eric j

Geno It's the nature of this forum. It gets to you and makes you want to help any way you can. I have received so much help from others here I just want to return the favor any way I can. It's the same for everyone else here. What a great bunch of guys and girls.

Fun plowing with my 702. Pulls the 8 inch plow great.

Nice, that looks like a keeper.

Man... spare engine too?

I hope this helps. I tried to get as many angles as I could, If you look closely you will be able to determine the orientation of the gages. I have not worked on this tractor as yet but I am now sure that if I have to remove any of these wires, I will not only take photos, but will label them. What a nightmare. If you need more photos just let me know. I have a meeting tonight but can do more tomorrow.

So, its been a while... wheres the info on this catch?

I think I can say you're the only collector I know of with a snow blade collection!

Ford 9n with a FEL was the very first tractor I started on at 5yrs. old. Yeah, go figure, how does a 5yr. old drive one of those tractors, without power steering? How does one even depress the clutch far enough to shift gears.... There is a whole bunch of "how’s" in those first 2 sentences.... Anyway, ford 9n, great little tractor.... Had the FEL on the front and sickle mower off the back. Used it to glean the fields when harvest time came.... You see, back in the 70's the combines were not as efficient, as they are today. If the drum was not constantly full of ear corn to separate, it would shuck full corn cobs out the back.. This was standard across all brands of combines. So what you did was take a tractor with a FEL and walk the end rows... Well at 5yrs. old that was my job.... Take the tractor out to the field after the combine went through and pick up all the full ears of corn lying around... We would get anywhere from a wagon, to a wagon and a half of corn... Usually about 325 to 500 bushels. Now, that is a lot of waste back then..... At $1.25/bushel that paid for all 3 of us kids school supplies for the following year. That included new clothes.. So the 9n brings back some very fond memories..... I can't talk good or bad since I was only 5 and by 7 I had graduated to the International 806 Diesel.... All I know is, if a kid wants to bad enough, he/she will find a way to get it done! Rob

I think everyone knows how I feel about the green tractors. I spoke with the moderator/admin staff and the ruling is that you lost your membership here on RS . LOL just kidding. I have to say it is a nice looking machine for sure. Good luck with it.

It's almost done, just waiting on the light switch and cold start switch.

Yes, I picked it up in Indiana. Thad (Smuggling Horses back to Ohio)

There are those that will look at this and start to wear safety glasses, and there are those who will still say that it won't happen to them. I have been lucky in my 64 years. Even when wearing safety glasses, last week I managed to get a tiny bit of aluminum in my eye while cutting with a sawzall. It came out with eye wash. We also read all the warnings on here about proper breathing protection when painting, but I bet many still ignore it. A lot of these problems don't show up right away, but later in life when you can't breathe like you used to, you start to think about the dumb things you did earlier in life. Please listen to John and those who have warned about proper safety equipment. You only get one set of eyes, and one pair of lungs. Protect them! Thanks for sharing your experience John.

Fits any tractor with a hitch up front, and adds about 100lbs. Sits out of the way just enough to still be able to raise the hood. Two outer weights are removable. Just needs paint: