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Part of the "Honey Do" list was to remove a large 12ft Forsythia bush. Dug a trench around it and chained it up to the loader bucket.

Got my new 55 Rj35 and my older 57 Rj35 out today for the first time this spring! They both have been sitting in different barns for many years.

This followed me home to day Brian

MY FIRST WAS A 1959 RJ MY FATHER NEW. MY FIRST I BOUGHT NEW IS A 1975 B80.

...thought I'd sneak up on the clean up with a little test patch first, to see if my idea would work. Started on the lip that slides into the frame, progressed to a corner... then I did the logo in the center, and finally the whole lens. I'm thinking I hit a home run with the first product I tried(pictured)... first shot shows the before and after.

To wet to mow this morning thought I would let them get some air. 417- a is the latest addition

my 1st Wheel Horse is a 1968 Commando 8, it's a fun little tractor, with a snowblower for it. I'm addicted, and on the hunt, my only problem is the room to store any more.

I really like the way the two piece cultivator works on the 1961 Wheel Horse 701 with the Hein-Werner hydraulic pump. It tool a fraction of the time to cultivator the vegetable garden from what a small tiller would do !

It does sound great Gary. Cool video...thanks for sharing that. dang, I love this site.

My first, was certainly not my last.

A 1965 magazine ad for Wheelhorse 7 hp tractor from the largest WheelHorse dealership in UK

I was looking around a yard sale and i found this. Its in very good condition and has no rust. Should i use it or display it?

Craig, here is the shift boot that John made.

I'm always very excited when I get a tecky running!!

I have gone from a high of 42 Wheel Horse tractors and tons of attachments and parts down to one 520Xi with a 52" mower deck. I still have a closet full of original manuals though. I find the manuals much cheaper to maintain.

Steve, you know we're kindred spirits... packrats by nature and have a deep fascination with the history behind Wheel Horse, not just the machines themselves. I was a paper collector for a long time myself. Had most of a 4 drawer filing cabinet full of it. I've slowly and for the most part quietly dispatched most of the collection out to other collectors. I really latched onto the yahoo manuals groups many years ago (back when there were only two or three of them!) and was/(am) co-owner of them with Garry and Buzz. I scanned everything I had and shared it. There's a good many of the PDF manuals disseminating through the interwebs that are scans from my collection. Once they were out there in PDF form, I felt no compelling desire to hold onto the physical paper. It was just weight pressing the filing cabinet into a deeper dent in the carpet, and besides, I never dared to use them for reference. If I wanted to look up anything, it was just as fast to pull them up on the computer, and I had no danger of damaging my precious originals! I've still got some, mostly just for the tractors/attachments that I still physically have in the collection. I do also have quite a few original old ads too, mostly from magazines from the 50s/60s/70s. Ads, spec books, things like that I've scanned as well, but still hang on to them. By the way... that "picture" project I told you about is ever so slowly making progress. Been mostly on hold for real life that so often gets in the way!

I have posted this before on Red Square but it is still our first encounter with a Wheel Horse our father bought for $300 in 1961. This was our first contact with a Wheel Horse -a used 1958 Wheel Horse RJ in 1961 ! 50 years later we bought another RJ from Clay Brooks and now have three RJ's !

C-101 is my first and only one, for now

My wife's grand fathers c120, which is the only one I will never sell, it is over my father in laws barn 10 minutes away. It needs paint etc, but still runs like a champ.

My first wheel horse was my wheel horse 520-H, i paid $4000 for it in 1997 and I'm still using it today. Then later on i got my ole trusty 212-6 that i still use too. Thats how my addiction to these horses started. But anyways what was your first horse?

I said I was done buying anymore Wheel Horse Tractors as I've had some of the best and most desirable ones out there including a Senior, 1955RJ, and a unmolested original RJ58. They have all gone off to other collectors. I do have my first 58RJ which is really a resto-mod as it has an NOS 1961 401 hood on it along with an electric start Kohler K91. I probably should have never sold the unmolested 58RJ but oh well it's gone. So I really wanted another RJ that is in it's original configuration. This came up and I jumped at it. It is missing the fuel tank, engine, belt guard, brake band and brake rod. I have a perfect and clean original fuel tank. I also have a K90 all rebuilt, painted and ready to drop in. The brake rod is no problem to replicate. The brake band should be no problem to find. I'll have to put the feelers out to try and find an original belt cover or just settle for a reproduction. The hood is missing one of the tank bands and has the usual two cracks in the area of the fuel hole. Otherwise it's in great shape. Seat isn't original but it's a very close match (at least I don't think it's original). The original throttle lever is still in place as is the model/serial tag. The steering wheel does't have any cracks and is in nice shape. It's gonna take some work but it will be like showroom new when it's done. It ain't gonna happen over night that's for sure!

I was patrolling eBay and noticed that Fordhook2000 (who I don't think is a member here) has been posting a lot of manuals for sale. Some of them are in much better shape than the huge piles I've amassed over the last 20 years and he's offering them at what look like to me below market prices. A lot of it is quite rare and catches me by surprise that it's out there and available. Years ago it was virtually impossible to find this stuff unless you stumbled upon a dealership that was going belly up. Now I see this stuff on eBay. But the really old stuff is quite scarce and all of a sudden it's popping up courtesy of a few auction listings. It got me to wonder how my hobby focus has changed. Are there many of you that collect manuals? I was compiling pretty much a complete run of paper from 1956 through the early 1980's. Wheel Horse printed a lot of paper, but this is the type of thing that isn't really that easy to come by. I don't collect rare books or Gutenburg Bibles, but it strikes me that these are the things that ought to be pretty much universally in demand. But are they? If you're not collecting the paper, why not? I asking from a somewhat selfish standpoint. I've spent a lot of time (and money!) collecting old manuals, brochures, and other stuff. I didn't enter into any of this with the desire to ever consider it any kind of investment, but I'm wondering what others think. To me, it's really neat to have the paperwork that might have been included with a tractor when it rolled out the door. It's even more cool when you buy from the original owner and they hand you the packet that they saved for decades. Copies don't really do the same thing for me as do the old, original prints. I've been doing this WH nonsense for over 20 years. I can't believe it's been that long. We've seen the internet rise in that time. Forums have come and gone. Lots of familiar faces and voices in the crowd have also gone by the wayside. Things are much easier to find today than ever before. But the cropping up of this huge cache of paper takes me by surprise. Trying to generate discussion...and see if the hobby is evolving or changing. what do you think? Steve

my favorite thing to do is ...

Glad you found us, enjoy your horse and remember, ​Trying to post pictures, so far no luck. Thank's for the welcome Idaho Jim

Too nice, display only.

​That's a whole different spelling Craig.

Sure could have used that this weekend. I'm clearing my woods with just the B-100 and a snow plow.

Brake fluid on plastic? I never would have thought about trying that. It sure did turn out great.

​looks like DOT 3 brake fluid and an rag

​I have about 13 wheel horses and I'm trying to sell 5 or 6 to get my herd down to 5 tractors. Trying to make room is a big problem. Its an addiction

Craig, it looks great. You recommended Mother's for the aluminum but what did you use on the plastic. Very nice outcome indeed!

An '89 310-8 with 37" deck got me started. I now have 5 and no room for more. I could get rid of my Troy-Bilt Horses (3) to make room....NOT!

You ruined it Craig ! You know I like them dirty....

Gary, you need to take a picture of it running just for proof for the non-believers. Any body can say that they got a Tecumsah running. I happen to have pictures of when I got my 502 running some years ago...it had set for 20 years. Now that is something to be proud of.

Getting something running when it doesn't is always an exciting feat!

Oh my gosh, SOI you are da man! That was the only fuse I did not physically pull out to look at. I figured it was good since I was getting power on the other side of it. Dang it, I thought about pulling it out the other night just to look... heck I did so with the others! but then I thought why? its working. So when I tried pulling it out it wouldn't budge, I had to take a plyer to it and it broke coming out. It had melted and bonded inside the fuse holder. Wow I feel so stupid! I knew it would be something simple but just couldnt get it, was looking farther down the road. Thank you so much for walking through it with me S O I.

Then the issue is before the ammeter. I would not overlook the fuse holder.

The answer is most likely "ghost voltage". This curve ball can be thrown at you if you are troubleshooting power circuits with a multimeter or an LED test light A multimeter or an LED test light draw almost no current thru the wiring under test so they will indicate voltage present under a "no load" or "non-burdened" condition. A corroded terminal can still allow enough current flow to fool a multimeter or LED test light.An incandescent tester is harder to fool. The actual electrics of the tractor will not be fooled - and that's why "good voltages" go dead under real life use conditions. We are gong to be heading back to the fuse / ammeter / PTO wiring connections to find out where it "goes dead" in the RUN position. I will wait for your answer as to what type of tool you have used so far to check for HOT wiring.

I went to an old friends tire shop to buy 2 new tires for my van. He asked if I was still into old Wheel Horse's and I said yes! He had 2 for sale and was going to Portland swap meet this week with them. He said one was the type that had the motor down between your legs! I told him I was interested in it and he said the hood was missing and the motor was too. No problem, how much do you want for it? He said $75.00. We went to look at it and it was a nice little 1960 Model 400 that was in good shape, 4 good tires, front rims were nice, good steering wheel, rear hitch wasn't even locked up and still worked with the lift handle, one good foot rest and the trans was in good shape and shifted like it should. I told him I would take it and the deal was made. I took it home and gave it the once over, wire wheeled the rust off of it, added the dual rear wheels for fun and sprayed it with WD 40. Now it looks pretty good, I have a 4 hp Kohler in the parts shed and a friend may have a junky 1960 hood he can sell me. I think this is a early production 1960 due to the old 1958-59 small butt seat, old style of General front tires and the 58-59 style of foot rest's. Pretty cool little machine!

there are two ways for battery voltage to enter the ignition switch thru the PTO (red) on the B terminal and apparently thru the seat switch (purple) on the R terminal. How is the seat switched bypassed ? wires shorted together or separated and insulated from one another ?

I'm right there with you!

My first wheel horse was a 1974 B-80 got it about a couple years ago and will always have it. I cant find another wheel horse like it.

I got into it after my Dad passed and I inherited the 4 he had...but I always considered them his. So my 1st one happened when I went to the Big Show in 2010. The raffle tractor that year was a rescued B-100. $5 got you 6 tickets and they called my name. How cool is that??

My story is one related to the housing market problem back in 2009. My wife preceded me to Maryland by a year due to me being tied to a teaching contract. As they say, "Things happen for a reason." My first Wheel Horse was my 59th birthday present taken that day in 2010. That is when I got "Cisco". By chance I happen to stop at a JD dealer in PA the previous Saturday while antiquing on a visit for my birthday as I wouldn't be moving for almost another month myself. I had determined that a JD 455 would suit my purposes. They had a few gas engine JD 400-series but I didn't care for them. This '98 518xi happen to be sitting on the floor and was a trade-in. I have to admit that I knew nothing about the 5xi tractors. Checked it out and stopped at my Toro/Husqvarna dealer in MD. When I was in his store in the Fall on a visit, he still had five Wheel Horse GT's on the floor. They had been ordered by the local school district (my future employer) but lost funding. Unfortunately they found funding and they were gone. I almost got one of them! I asked him about the 518xi vs. a new Husqvarna. He said: "Buy the 518xi!" At the time, I felt that the 5xi-series weren't as accepted as they are today on Red Square. A month later I found my '83 C-105 (Hopalong) in July of 2010 at that same MD dealer and did buy a Wheel Horse from him! I was finally a "true" Wheel Horse owner then. The "Skinny Filter" wasn't working that day.

MY FIRST W/H WAS A RJ35. I GOT WHEN I WORKED PART TIME AT A LAWN MOWER SHOP IN GREENWICH, CT. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD ABOUT 50 + WHEEL HORSES. NOW HAVE ONLY 5.

This was my first. I believe it was a 77 or 78 D200. Bought it to tie in my septic system when I put the addition on my house. It needed work when I bough it. I rebuilt the transmission. Rebuilt the steering. Rebuilt the carb. Gave it a new paint job. Rebuilt the pistons and replace the hydraulic hoses on the loader and backhoe. 4 new tires. This things was like mint when I was done. Stupidly I sold it. I figured I was done with the job so who need it. It wasn't but a year when I realized how much I missed it and so began the collecting.

My first was my C165-8 that I've had for 20 years...I'll never get rid of her!

The lil red monster that started it all was a c101. My dads friend bought it new. I used to ride around the yard while dad fixed Ed's Jeeps. 20 years later when we bought the the family getaway I realized I needed some help around the yard. Purchased a beat up 312-8 and darn near every accessory ever made. 5 years and 3 kids later those horses have saved me hours of labor. And that time has been well spent with my boys! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My first was a GT14. Got that about 7 years ago, she stopped running and traded her away. Got her back and traded her away for the C-165 that I have now. I had never heard of wheel horse before that tractor. I was a Cub Cadet guy for the first 4 yrs or so once we moved to here. The only Cub that I would ever want back is the 1882 with 3-point and FEL. traded it for a Power King. I really don't know why I did that.