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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.

Sure does look like fun P chop... this here is my idea of having some WH fun.

WOW! Great picts Lane. That thing really does work nice.

We even got to see it lit up already, thanks!

​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.

​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

Nice find......I would empty it and keep it somewhere clean and dry. Mike.....

A long overdue update... bendy now has decals! I finally made an exhaust , it was annoying the neighbours Cue a piece of child's swing, a table leg and lots of holes Filled with fibreglass and welded up and a nice stainless heat guard And finally.... Bendy now has a remote locking diff Used a bike brake cable in order to span the articulation joints and make life a bit easier. Spring loaded selector keeps it in or out of lock And a quick video http://youtu.be/Kw6FG_wYTqA

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....

Jason, I didn't know you had involvement in those manuals groups. Neat! CDM started a lot of resource sharing groups over there and I just assumed the manuals groups were part of his initial effort. It's been so long I don't recall who did what. It's amazing how long some of us have been screwing with this junk. Jim, I should take your lead. I keep saying I'm going to do liquidate, but I just don't make the time. I'm hoping that this will be the year that I finally start moving some things out the door. I have a few "keepers" that will never leave (Lever, Senior, Rj35, 420LSE) but I have generally lost interest in having so much stuff. I'm in the 40's too. Want to make it more managable. Problem is, I think guys have gotten cheaper! Hate to take big losses just to make room, but might do it. i also added some other colors to the fleet and find I like some of them as much as the horses. Steve

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.

For testing purposes, either way will work. Connecting the jumper to the coil + may be more convenient. Remove the jumper to stop the engine.

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 know the ammeter looks cruddy but it gets good voltage in and out. What tool are we using to indicate the presence of voltage? multimeter ? incandescent test lite ? LED test light ?

The switch "map" for the tractor shows these terminals connected together in the RUN position In the OFF position - no connections between any terminals And in the START position

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!

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 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 1977 C-120 bought new with a 48" deck, many hours and three engines later.

My first recollection of was a garden show in about 1955, my dad was looking at an RJ and as a ten year old I was so excited that I may be driving it soon. He didn't get it, opted for a walk behind rototiller that I walked behind for a long time! In the early '80s I bought a used A-81 (small rider) which served me faithfully for a dozen years or so. It was replaced by a couple of big box store riders that didn't last very long. Ten years ago I needed a tough mower to take care of some property we had purchased. While attending a Hit & Miss show I picked up my 1055. This rekindled my fascination with that had begun fifty years earlier. The 1055 is still my go to tractor for snow plowing, don't know what in particular makes it so good, but it is the best pusher of the bunch. I have added lots of other horses to the herd, but the 1055 is a keeper.

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

'79 C-101 the one in my AV now restored - remember the day the dealer dropped it off at Dads Brand new ...we were push mowing over 2 acres to the day Dad bought it . Yep ...I was one happy camper no more lawn boy for hours on end once a week. Works like a mule 35 years later . ( Just a little TLC )

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.

A 1975 B80 bought used in 79 for $1000. Had it until around 07, sold for $450. Had picked up the 520H for $500 at that point. I have every digital pic I have ever taken, but I don't know where my older printed pics are. So I don't have a pic of it sadly.

1975 B-80 that my wifes nephew gave to me.....That was #1 and now there are 10!

Bob are you taking about belt 1599 , 139.5 long by .5 wide. That one of the thing a lot of people don't under stand it is not the tiller but what mid mount idlers that you are using on the tiller. Kevin The 110265 is a HA belt in not a v belt. BUY a oem belt. A v belt 141 long dose not work good at all. Um, so am I correct? Also, isn't it different size do to the engine pto mounts being slightly different from the briggs to the kohlers?