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Beautiful day in southeast Indiana. Had the herd out for a little run and exercise. From left to right - '95 520H, '93 416H, '82 C195, '83 C175.

Since Bob has bumped this thread, (thanks Bob!) i thought id share a decal change that #1 is going through right now. #1 has been more than earning its keep lately with all the snow we've had. the tall chute blower/416 combo is just tearing up the snow around here. couldn't ask for more from this revived from the dead blower, the auger has a small balance problem which needs to be sorted, but for now its going to be used as is for the rest of the winter........ so since #1 has been working so hard its getting a reward with new decals, hood and seat pan decals are done and on the tractor, just waiting for the hood stand side decals to arrive in the mail and they will be on too..... Thanks Terry for putting up with me again!!!! #1 hasn't had much time in this thread of late so here are some pics..... this will be the hood stand side decal design, probably should have waited until i got these on too, but whatever, i feel like posting something right now...........

For anyone wondering what an E-81 is.... With a fully charged battery(s) this would be a great swap-meet or flea-market or tractor show cruiser!! Mike.........

Well,I really didn't need another 416H,but you know how it goes.I've been watching this 416H on Craigslist for about 3 weeks.With all the snow we've gotten lately,I couldn't believe it wasn't sold by now.Went and looked at it yesterday,made an offer, and brought it home.Has a single stage tall chute blower,plastic wheel weights,and tire chains.It's a 1995.I think it's the newest Horse in my stable.Just over 400 hours.I haven't been overly impressed with the 2 stage blowers.I'm gonna try this one out.Maybe I'll have 2 or 3 two stage for sale here soon.I can't believe the shine on the original paint on this tractor.Gotta put my cab on it for next Winter.Enjoy the pics.

Again with the spell check.....Should have noticed something fishy. Not sure if its a FLUKE or what but usually leaves me crabby when it does this.

I think you'll need both... one to mow with, the other to plow them spuds.

Kicked back some piles with Elvis to make room for more of the white stuff!

Also I drill 1/8" pilot holes first then go bigger if bigger than 3/8" I go 1/4" then up sometime trying to drill a big hole from the start don't work

Constant collisions with snow banks will catch up to any machine after awhile. Mostly knocking things loose! If you tighten things up during and after winter, maybe not so bad. Just remember the steering takes a shot from your own body's inertia with every sudden stop or hit. Make sure your battery is held down nice and tight too! I think it was Newton that stated "objects in motion tend to stay in motion". It isn't good for it and over time, it will hurt it verses if you didn't constantly slam into snow banks. Issac Newton................Fig Newtons......................Fig Newtons with a rum and coke! I wonder how those two would go together? Whoops! Lost my train of thought. Doctors said it was from constant deceleration from slamming my tractors into snowbanks!

Wheel Horse Senior & Lever Steer registry update !! So far we have 26 Seniors and 14 Lever Steers on the list, The State with the most Seniors goes to Ohio with Indiana 1 behind. The battle for the most Lever Steers is a tie with Ohio and Michigan. Please help add to the list, if you have a Senior or Lever Steer or know someone that does send me a message and I will add it, Just need basic info Name, State, Year if known, Hooded or not for the Senior. Thanks to everyone for all your Help !! Ron Greco rsgreco@embarqmail.com

Per PM request here is pic of mine along with the serial number of the engine.

Somebody will have a Wheel Horse mounted generator you could plug into....as long as you don't mind doing yer hair in the middle of the showgrounds! Mike..........

Found very hard to find Wheel horse tractor today. I got a call from a friend a few days ago who knew a friend that knew a friend that his cousin knew a friend's mom and his moms dad had this tractor lol. Well it was a sweet barn find Wheel horse 420LSE!!! The production plate is missing on the hood but the owners manual I think it's number #77... Awesome Find!!!! I don't even know the value on these tractors don't see to many up for sale.Its been sitting for years now but I fire up engine and runs very good. Overall tractor is in good shape and needs alot TLC. Super excited!!

Its been sitting in a garage since 1980. I also have the part that goes under the tractor but I have to pull it out of storage for a photo. The back has a slight bump but I have sure it can be restored. Not sure what all is in it but I think with a little work it could be up and running. Thinking of selling it in the future to someone who would fit it up. Just collecting more information about it. Had no clue Wheel Horse was so well loved!

When I worked at Napa. I started replacing my worn/broken bits with the std. Napa Hand Tool line of drill bits. They were just plain std bits made by the same Co. that made B & D. They were the best bits ever. super sharp and lasted. I was replacing lot's of ball joints on the Chevy trucks and they worked the best on the rivets. That was 15 yrs. ago. Who know who makes the bits now. We had a retired engineer who was a good customer that came in one day and the conversation turned to drill bit sharpening. He said the drill doctor only sharpens the point and there were several different angles in one bit. He offered to sharpen all of my bits by hand from 3/16 on up. I got them back 2 weeks later and it was unbelievable how easy they cut.He told me when the bits are made the machines can only sharpen them so much on one pass and it would cost a fortune for the companies to make bits as sharp as he could!

I love digging thru boxes loaded with misc hand tools at flea markets and stumbling across a good name brand. About 4 years ago a guy had a box out with a $2 each sign on it.....dug thru it and found a Snap-On L710 1/2" drive ratchet that was perfect! Been using it for 4 years now. Just spent 2 hours under my truck last night on a cold concrete floor swapping out a snapped front sway bar link and once again I used my $2 Snap-on ratchet! Mike..........

That lil tractor never worked up a sweat. Thanks for the vid Craig Rick

If a knot head like me can convert a horizontal Allis-Chalmers blower to fit a vertical Toro/ Wheel Horse 210-H anything is possible!

I expect to see a pic of that within your property line today!

Ron, Is it possible to see the list of owners ?

Enough Roundhouse.....clam up

All great suggestion. Just try to keep the seafood out of the onan. Especially shellfish, really tends to clog things up Sorry, cracked me up this morning.

I have made a few signs but not many.. these signs I made was cut out of thin 1/8" either oak or ask (depending on the sign pictured) and then glued to either walnut or heat modified poplar. They are finished with clear house paint. which is the best you can get for being in the elements.. Better than that expensive stuff they say is designed for outdoor use by a long shot. It is nothing more than buying exterier house paint and having them not put any color in it.. It looks white but will dry clear. Anyway I had been contemplating offering something just like these shown but with the Wheel Horse Logo on each end.. They would be a nice feature to hang at the shows.. with either your name or your screen name to people would know who you are.. Anyway these here I made for friends or family this last Christmas. Picture of the roosters and the jeep are Ash glued to walnut. Sorry for the poor quality photos but these are before they had a finish and my cheap phone camera.The one with the eagles is made of oak and a two sided sign and glued to a poplar board that I baked in the oven for an hour to make it dark like walnut.. If there is enough interest I may be convinced to make a few with the W.H. logo.. Measures about 15" long and 5" tall

My Electro light switch has done its time so I have been on the look out for one. Sure enough one pops up on eBay NOS with correct part #. Before you know it this thing sells for $37.00 .I guess that guy really had to have it. Did a little research and found that it is a Cole Hersee. Sure enough its in their catalogue with all the specs, dimensions...etc. A little more searching and they pop up everywhere. Got two for a total of $14.00 and they even sent a free little led flash light. Bezel is a little undersized even though specs are the same as original, however the bezel is interchangeable with the new switches, it just clips on. New bezel does fit correctly and cover cutout if one wants to use it. So just do a little research. These things are out there.

Well after the engine swap to my spare and removing a lot of grass under the tower along the frame, tightening loose bolts, adjusting and tightening the transmission linkage, fixing corroded connections and ones that looked bad, I finally ran the tractor with the spare Onan. Runs real well so far. Just a little puff of smoke on start up and nothing after that. Smooth idle and great power especially compared to the original engine with the failing rear cylinder. I mentioned in my earlier post about throwing some Carlisle 26 x 12 x 12 rear meats on the tractor and eliminating the duel wheels I had on it. (You can snap axles with duel wheels and especially on a tractor your working). I appreciate other members warning me about duel wheels and axle issues! The 26 x 12 x 12's would give me enough of the stability I was looking for with the duels without the added stress on the axles. (Plus at 26" high, they are really cool but I'm 57 years old so that doesn't count). Problem is anything that high is not going to fit under a horse's fenders plus the side rails. I was asked to post what I did "if" I got them on the tractor so here are some pics...... Used a plasma cutter and trimmed the lip off both "upper" side rails then "rough cut" an area around the gas cap on the fender tub so I could reach in and remove the gas cap since it would be "under" the tub surface. (First 2 pics) Next measured a needed 2.25 inches of height on the fender tub to clear the tires on the top. Next I bent the upper foot-rails inward with the missing lip so it would move past both the side pieces on the flywheel side and the belt guard on the PTO side so the tire would clear......barely!!!!!! (The Next 2 Pics) Next.......I used half channel slotted strut, (inch and 5/8th's) which happened to be leftovers used by electricians at my place of employment and I cut pieces of heavy-duty polyethylene, (HDPE), I bought online to make my 2 and a quarter inch risers for under the fender tub. The HDPE is hard but bites on the metal and eliminates vibration. Kind of a cross between a gasket and a flange. Pics of the strut and the HDPE plus the much longer bolts I needed are shown beside the stock bolts used under the seat and a picture with them bolted together under the fender. (Next two pics). The gas cap is very easy to get to and take off and on and so is the tranny dipstick and the adjustment area for the transmission's linkage. Pros............These tires with their width will give me the stability using the loader I needed verses the stock lug tires. I had to eliminate using the duels which were pretty cumbersome in tight places. These new tires also barely stick out beyond the bucket which eliminated compressed snow with the dual tires on each side. This was a big PIA when clearing snow off a driveway and especially along the edges. Being a tad higher gives a feeling of being on a bigger tractor and I still have plenty of room between the steering wheel and my legs. I actually have more lower leg room now! I have a little better ground clearance in the rear though the front remains the same so it's not much of a Pro. The ride feels better. Can't explain that one but it feels that way. Easy modification! Not much to it! Cons...........You don't want to get your hands/fingers between the tires and the metal on top and on the side-rails. It will tear them up and quickly! With that upper lip gone on the side panels of the foot-rails, the tires will throw mud/water through the slight opening onto the foot-rails and possibly on the back of your boots or paint legs. The tires took more room on the sides which makes getting on and off the tractor with the loader a little hairy! With my size 12 boots, you don't have much room getting on and off it! You can really notice the cut-out I made for the gas cap. I plan to make a little plate with some magnetic adhesive/vinyl on the back painted red to cover this though. Pretty sure I can come up with something to stop the water or mud from splashing through the foot-rail too. It's hard to really see the size of these tires on a garden tractor unless your right there. PS....the tires were bought used and on some pretty interesting rims that a person welded together. Thanks to Redsquare member and neighbor David, (chev0545), for letting me wheel & deal on them for use on this little project!

look at the angle lever where it is banging into the brake pedal. note that there is a square notch ( or should be) on the opposite side of the angle lever. disconnect and flip the angle lever around. you will need to flip the angle lever hardware too but if you download the owners manual, it has the instructions. that notch is for any of the models that had the brake on the right. with the hydro, it doesn't matter.

There is the start of your problem - wrong switch. The original is part number 111215 replaced by 103991 at any Toro dealer. A Napa replacement is 7-01893 Don't get them mixed up because the only difference is the I on one and the M on the other. You must use the M. That should eliminate the short at the pto switch. Let us know what happens next. I hope no further damage was done. Garry

Looks like a mad bull. Nice

Very nice setup. I like it.

Finished my custom, bolt-on (2 bolts), twin header. This thing sounds unbelievable now.

The 416 is snowed in at the moment, so I can't look. But if I remember correctly (and we all know about my memory ) its on the front of the carb as sitting on the seat. Or could be on the back? but it's definitely at the bottom of the bowl.

I am in the process of restoring my rj 58 and am looking for information getting a new serial plate decal as well as others. Any leads? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Pheasant in the grass and my favorite Moose!

If you don't go for it Bob, I may be interested if it is close and the price right.

Don't make 'em the way they used to. The old Kohlers are dependable with oil changes and clean fuel. The '85 416-8 won't be stopped! Each time I fire up an old Kohler I wish I was in as great a shape. Those old Kohlers will be here after I quit breathin'! Grandsons inheritance fo' sure.

Just to close the loop. For whatever reason, the Rigid and DeWalt drill bits weren't cutting it. I bought a Bit Doctor, sharpened them up and still no-go. Since I had the Bit Doctor I decided to clean up and try some old Black and Decker bits that I had since before I was married (over 25 years). Bingo! Go figure. Thanks to everyone for the suggestions.

Ron, that's a great idea keeping a registry of the Seniors and Lever Steers. Do you know how many were originally manufactured and/or are estimated to exist today compared to the number actually registered so far?

I just got done building my own land leveler. Thought I'd share the pics. Very happy with it as it will cut right down through snow and ice on the drive and pull gravel. It's 5 ft wide and being pulled with my sons 73' 16 auto.

That's great! So what is it? 702? Mike..........

Heavy wet snow here yesterday... worked my work plow like a dog, trying to keep up with the storm. Got in it this morning...was frozen like a rock. Drove a mile and a half, working the circle, before it finally broke free, and could turn the blade.

I started to renovate the deck as the weather warmed up a little. I found that the underneath was in pretty rough shape, after a good clean and rust treatment I have given it a thick coat of Hammerite, I hope to get another on before spring for added protection. It has had some previous repairs which I didn't see on first inspection, although they look sturdy enough, and there is no more rot to be concerned about. I got carried away with the wire wheel while doing the top side, so more paint required. I'm going to just hammerite it as it's a working part, not to bothered if it doesn't match the

WOW! things have been crazy busy around here, made a little time in the shop this week, and some quality time with the welder today. I took a 1257 belt guard which was way too long! I shortened it by a couple inches to fit between the toolbox and the motor (no I didn't leave it this long either wouldn't want to rub on the crankshaft) made a few cuts to match the profile of the hood stand I added tabs and welded everything back together filling a few holes so I can drill my own later. And as mentioned in the previous post the hood still managed to be short, so I had to cut and add another 1 3/4" section to the length here it is mocked up I need to make little patches for the sides of the hood. other than some welding on the hood I think this is the last of the BIG modifications, hope you like it!!

Here's my 1257 I built this summer, added 8 speed trans, rebuild 12hp kohler, rebuilt starter generator, new wiring with solenoid. Love mine glad I built it. It's my go to horse. Tom

Today lake effect kicked in 18 inches here south of buffalo.... Big D took care of it. Also I got a thing for these Wheel horse Sleds lately this is my 3rd one now...

Same team as last year. Except 2 stage swap out for a more manageable single tall shoot.

FINALLY!!! The Fruits of Sqonkfest 14 can be revealed! First the Kohlers And then the Teckys

520H with 44" two stage blower Brian

It will be me on the 310-8 again this year -- Been clearing the driveway with this set up since 1991 (?)

I'm still mowing ... LoL Will get pics/video when I put the plow on or .... have to use it. Thankfully I usually end up doing several neighbors driveway's too ... more seat time!

Do any of you have any advice for making a D180 a dually w/ Turf tires? I am told that I need a ring in between the rims (12") and some long carriage bolts or threaded rod. Does anyone sell a kit or at least the rings? Thanks, Mike