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I know y'all enjoy kids riding Wheel Horse tractors. After all, they are the future to keeping this hobby going. My grandchildren visited a few days ago and I was finally able to get some pictures of them on my favorite Wheel Horse tractor. This is the 1962 552 that by dad bought new when I was just six years old. It took me most past four years to restore which I converted into a model 502. My grandchildren Liam and Abigail enjoyed some seat time in the saddle for the first time. So, this would be the fourth generation in my family to ride this tractor. My grandson Liam is just about at the age I was when my dad bought this tractor new 53 years ago. So, here you go. I hope you enjoy these special pics of mine.

Picked up an 854 last week. This machine has hydro lift. Runs perfect. I think I am just gonna paint the wheels and call it a day. Are the wheels white of the almond color? Thanks for looking.

Both 520H's washed and sunning themselves. The one on the right as sitting on the seat is the unit that started out as an early 90's. I got rid of all the column controls, added foot motion control, installed SW gauges, a Wheel horse steering wheel, Wheel horse logo on the engine etc. All Toro has been eliminated and early decals installed. I just noticed that I forgot to re-install the rear hubcaps. 520HC is nearly done, just need the hood and fender painted then final assembly can be done. Cleat

Here are some pics of what I did after work today. If this don't make ya smile nothing will....

Crappy pictures, but the horses are up and ready to ride! D160 W/loader, D180 W/ blade, 520 W/ deck, and a C175 W/deck and way in the back a C125 W/ a deck Oh and a C195 not awake yet.

In Germany for work. Located this Farm Museum close to where I am staying. Interesting pieces, including a few I found interesting. Garden Tractor, Walk Behinds and bigger ones. I do not read German, so can't provide much info. Enjoy. (The blue Garden Tractor is a 1957)

Had a difficult time trying to get this video on here today! Tilled dads garden on Friday afternoon. Still wet in some spots but should dry now....Oh wait....More rain for tonight!! Oh well, I tried. http://vid762.photobucket.com/albums/xx264/kc9kas/Garden%20Plowing/D200%20and%20tiller_zpsyw4orzpl.mp4

Picked up a 6' x 3' plastic dealer sign today. It's in very nice condition. Thought I got a pretty fair deal . The dealership changed hands recently and there's quite a bit of stuff going out the door. I'm happy he was wide enough to realize there is some value I. Some of this old stuff. They have 2 more signs in Florida NY. If you need more info PM me. Haven't decided where to put it just yet. I was considering above my garage door. Unfortunately I think that'll land me in some pretty hot water with momma bear. Hhhmmm.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

feels like I'm jumping on the "it's a sunny day" theme... but it has been a nice day in the UK, and for various reasons a few of the horses made it outside for some fresh air. It's the first time bendy and C4 have been side by side too the GT14 got an airing too

Picked up a 2007 60th anniversary today woth 107 hrs. The story behind thi machine is a customer called me at the dealer 1 year ago andtold me he wanted to sell this exact serial number tractor that he bought new from us with a 48"deck and a 48" plow weights and chains . So I pulled up the sales slip he paid 6800 roughly out the door in 2008 . He told me he wanted 1800 ! At that time I was strapped for cash . So he ended up selling it to his neighbor at that time it had 40 hrs. Then the neighbors wife didn t like it then sold it to an older guy who then had a hard time getting his leg over the steering wheel used it for about 8 months. So I asked him for theserial he sends it toe I run it in our database come to find out its the se exact machine . So for now I have the 50th and 60th anniversary along with some others can't wait to get my new home Monday and line the garage with them.

I love this thing. Lots of tinkering last summer. Carb rebuild, painting the tin, cleaning the wasp nests from the cooling fins on the Kohler. She is almost there. She runs decent, a few tiny backfires so I still need some carb adjusting to do. Some wheel work to do. Probably the first times in a few years she is doing what she was made to do. Got her from Cutlass aka Shawn. Thank you sir!

This is the first wheel horse I've ever bought. But it wont be the last

I have to give him an A for effort because he made it work but he fails miserably when it comes to common sense. He is one of the reasons we have warning labels on products.

My daughter saw this for sale on the side of the road on her way home from work and sent me these pics. She wanted to know how similar to the Commando 800 I restored for my grandson (her son). It also has a very nice Wheel Horse dump cart but I can't post that pic until I hide the phone number on the for sale sign. From the pics it looks pretty darn nice. There are a few discrepancies but I don't see anything that's a big deal. Actually, my only question is if this belongs to anybody here. Oh yea, it's just outside of South Bend, IN.

That is not me

Ezra been to Disneyland?

You sure it ain't chicken pox Mike? Anyway, good luck!!

Finally got around to sanding, priming and then wet sanding the tins last weekend. So this morning it was off to Stevebo's house to shoot some green paint (He wasn't to thrilled about running green paint through his gun). We got it all done and now it's all sitting in the "Wheel Horse" barn overnight to cure. He didn't want any pictures of it happening and I obliged him and didn't take any. Well low and behold I got home and my son who had come with me said "look at the picture I took of Steve painting the John Deere parts". So here's the proof:

All them 's look ready to bust out, and go.

She's saying, " Back off!1 This one's mine! "

Well, I've not managed to get much done this week due to a mixture of illness, visitors and having carpet fitted at home.. Both foot plates are now bolted down, I found some bike mounting brackets with captive nuts which came in handy and are much more fun to use than drilling through steel box.. This bit of box does not carry any weight and is only there to stop the top of the foot plates from vibrating.. I will add a little bit of bracing though. Here's something to make you laugh, it did me... I ordered some air filters which arrived yesterday... I may of got my sizes wrong! The hood stand has had a couple of bit's of box welded to it. Which along with a couple of hefty mounting brackets has put a lot of strength into it, no longer does it wobble when the steering is turned. The n/s foot plate has been fully welded and ground down.. I did for a while yesterday think about having foot gear change and a suicide clutch, but decided I'd rather have both hands on the wheel when the clutch is dropped at 9000rpm This is the mount for the suicide shift made for a bit of thick steel and a cut down bike swing arm bolt.. Shifter mounted and the linkage worked out, though you will have to wait until the linkage is done before you see it. The fender pan has been bolted down, but I thought a photo of 6 bolts would be boring so I didn't take a photo.. And to finish off this update, I needed to work out where the pedals would go so I climbed aboard, at which point Nigel wandered (not waddled ) in and grabbed my camera

I always thought the 1045 was the transition year, round fixed fenders, square hood?

I think your deck will be just fine. Blue is the belt routing, green is your missing parts. This is the same deck:

Movin on out, RAWHIDE! YEE HAW!

I know a great place for you to put it, In a box , with my name & address written on the box and into a mail truck. Great sign , I would love to own that.

to paraphase the video "if I take several bum lithium ion cells and place them into a gutted lead acid battery, the result will still be better than the dead lead acid battery" well yesssssssss ....... but 1000 times more dangerous to recharge properly! And the previous power supply video suggests our battery charging basics are not quite what they should be. So stay tuned for future campfire follies! This is like changing out a punctured 10 year old spare tire in my car with a 1 year old punctured spare and justifying to the effort by saying that at least the hole in the newer tire is smaller. Complete disregard for the purpose of having a spare to begin with. And lets rewind the tapes on this video and the first video. In the first video, the comment is made to indicate battery acid is not dangerous because it is 90 percent water and half percent acid and some "remaining other stuff". Fast forward to the above video, sandals and shorts and GLOVES on with a lead acid battery splashing wildly into a bucket. The scene is followed by comments regarding having to take a shower to remove battery acid and a finger point to his camera tripod eaten away by battery acid. Now I'm confused Rinoa Super-Genius - BATTERY ACID - friend or foe? Let's go to Thumper for the safety tip of the day.

Got me another horse this week, 210-H

I knew a welder years back (not me) who was repairing a truck frame on a COE, didn't remove the battery or even cover it. When he stopped to check his work the rod hit the battery terminal, exploded it and fried every wire in the truck. His leathers, gloves and hood diminished his injuries. My guess is that this is his grandson, got to be!

Yes. Yes I did. 3 hours and 50 lbs of /16th 6013 rod later..... what has been seen cannot be unseen. The homemade contactor switch made from the 2x10, door hinge and Kmart flat blade screwdriver is - forgive the pun - burned into my brain.

I just watched that while sitting here eating my breakfast. I'm confused. I can't figure out if I started my day off with a good laugh or if I'm in a state of shock.

Putting a Predator 670 cc engine in the 83 C-175 (could not resist the price)

A NEW MEMBER AND NO ONE MISSED OUT ON A GOOD BUY! Bob, another good example of the numbering system being a problem is the 1054A, in 1965 they couldn't call the big boy a 1055 because they already had that number being used on the short frame model, so they added an A. PS, none of the hood decals on the 1045/1055 ?? were right for either one.

This isn't a very clear picture as it was taken through a window. We have this pigmy date palm just outside the window that had become too big. It can't be transplanted and I knew that, unfortunately, it had to go. The issue has been forced by the fact that we are getting new windows in a few weeks and working around this will eat you alive. I was looking at it forming a plan of attack when I saw this cardinal nest. Can't take it out yet. Just eggs at the time but now there are three babies and the daddy has taken over feeding them. They should be out of the nest by the time the windows get here and from what I understand cardinals don't use a nest twice. Apparently the mommy gets them hatched and then daddy feeds them while she's building a new nest. It's cool to watch them out the window.

I have the ags on my loader filled with Rimguard, and have an additional #88 of weights bolted on each rim. I ALMOST never need the weight box with this set-up, which is nice, because the loader is long enough to present some problems moving in tight spaces, and an extra "16 of weight box on the back end only makes things worse. My other tractors have bolt-on weights only. It is nice to be able to take the weight off for the tractors that run on the grass in the summer. I don't think the wear issues differ much between fluid filled tires or Weights on the rim, although I would think that torque from a spinning, fixed weight would be higher than torque from rotating fluid. Physics gurus feel free to chime in here. At least the load in those setups is on the ground. Weight boxes hanging off the frame are another story. I have always wondered if that setup would damage the rear bearings over time.

Here is a really good post on how to route the belt that you are missing through the mule drive that you are probably missing as well.

Im getting rid of a couple horses cause my garage is full, Nice tractors though!

704 was my dads first wheel horse

I rebuilt my KT17 II last year and it ran about $1000, new rods, pistons, valves, cylinders, bearings, sleeves. Some of the parts are becoming difficult to locate. Documenting my KT17 II overhaul:

Those tractors are tough as nails. I have a 211-5 bought new in 1985 keeps going and going! Those briggs engines are unbelievably reliable.

And I thought I was a HACK If you think that 1st video was dangerous with batteries, check out one of his other videos here. No need to wait too long for the fun stuff in this one!

OK, you get the best photo of the week award! No need for anyone to try, can't top that.

That looks like a real nice machine and well kept. I kinda like the look of the plastic rear fenders myself.. Whatever you spent it was money well spent and it is totally worth getting the missing parts for the deck. That tractor will last a lifetime if taken care of. Take care of it and your son will be handing it down to his kids.

My filled tires come out for winter use. I use one of those car wheel dollies to help mount ithem on the tractor. I jack it up, remove the summer tire and roll it into position with the dolly. I also have studs and lug nuts on all my tractors.

Wow. I am impressed at his reasonable ability to perform surgery with a rusty MACHETE. Holy freaking cow that's a big soldering iron.

Liquid Weight – keeps the weight exactly where it should be, low and close, plus it doesn't stick out, isn't seen and doesn't get in the way of changing tires. It can weigh (water = 8#/gal up to Rim-Guard = 11.5#/gal) and costs less than steel weights. Con– A puncture or leak in the tire can be a problem, dedicated tire, loaded tires are hard to move and mount. Solid Weight – is easy to move from tire to tire, lasts forever, keeps its value and is easy to add or subtract more weight. Con– Expensive usually, in way of lug nuts, may be unsightly. my 2¢ opinion, Glen Personally, I've got 3 tractors with loaded tires and really like them, and have found that weighted FRONT tires really make a big improvement. I especially like tri-ribs on the front with weight for much better steering and control.

I just took a look at mine. This just might work. There's about an inch or room in front of the right wheel and virtually unlimited on the left. Moving them would affect the adjustment but it probably could be adjusted back to where it should be.

Final update on this project of which I am dedicating to my father he and my mother brought me into this world in 1964 and he left us on 9-29-14. I have always like the hood stand on the 64's and since I did not have a serial number for this one I made my own 92914 this tractor will always be close to my heart, this one is to date the best one I have restored. Dad if you are looking I hope you like this one. Will be taking this one to Pioneer Power this year and every year, as my father had come down to see us for the years I have been going, he loved to people watch and spend some time with the Wheel Horse faithful. Thanks Guys Enjoy and thanks for looking

One of these All I've found is the manual But I'm still looking

Yes Mike, I was real pleased with the DVD and seeing it when new. The Deck (same as the L/Ranger 5-2322) is the original. Modified to fit the Tractor at the Assembly Plant in Belgium. Euro models were adapted to use up the old versions unsold in the U.S. Belgium also used up all the old Short Frame Hood Decals from the Named Models. This Raider 12, being one of the new (ish) range of Long Frames had the front Tach-a-Matic mount, but not used. Also the rear pivot Frame holes for the 'T' bar Lift, near the Transmission were undrilled. It had the Belt Tensioner unit fitted where the rear bolt fits in the Mid Mount Bracket on the R/hand side. See next pic- Here's another blurry Screen Shot of it in 1982 (best view I could get) where is was used for Stump pulling !. It is now looking a bit of a sorry state with no Deck or Lift Lever and the rear light is damaged and obviously used for general labouring/towing before being laid up around 1988 - And just a reminder of what it now look's like and the only change is the use of the U.S version of the Long Frame Hood Decals (Ed Mayhews) and Stainless Button Head Screws on the Grass Screen-

Cubs did have the same tranny as the Farmall cub.....I think that the IH tranny is pretty strong.