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Well it has been a long coupes of days after 27hrs labor my wife gave birth to the newest member of our family. Mom and baby doing great! Future WH nut ...Maxwell Raymond Prondzinski

... the early Fall weather, that is... nearly perfect weather for late September. I could take this all year long. We have not too much rain here in south, central PA recently, but the lawn is still green and growing like crazy. So, after mowing the lawn yesterday, I let my three work horses out to graze. My1995 model 314-8, 1967 model 857, and 1990 520-H are so happy, they went into doing a little rodeo dance as the sun was setting.

Sometime a guys has to do what he has to do! I am presently down to 9 from 24. When they start flowing out the stable doors and into the yard its time to have some intervention. Whats left in the stable is my restored 56, 58, (701 in primer and parts) 702, and 68 Lawn Ranger. 2) 520's and the 417A. One of the 520's will be a loader the other one if for parts. Not Shown is The Senior in my shop and the 520 Snow Chucker.

I generally attempt to avoid domestic chores, but my wife pointed out that one job is Biblical;

I had a great day working on the new to me '95 520. The guy I bought it from swore he 'never used a power washer on it" I believe him. One man's credo is another man's totally disregarded quirk. I blasted the crap out of it today. Also got the stripped transmission plug out, changed all the fluids and filters, fixed the throttle cable, tubed the front tire, vented the belt guard, replaced all the rusted machine screws with stainless, replaced the fuel lines, adjusted the carb... And I bought a new chainsaw, cut up a dozen trees, used the splitter and loader, dried the 520 with a backpack blower (and cleaned the garage when my wife was out...she hates the blower in the garage, but in her absence, the vote was one to zero in favor) Today, I was a power tool GOD!

Some of you will recognize this right away. Decided to make a minor upgrade on my 520H. It was a simple project. I had the Fab shop bend it up and I put in the contours and notches. It's not 100% perfect but close enough for me.

Traded for this over the weekend. A 1985 310-8. I have read a lot of good posts regarding this model tractor and I think that she will fit in fine. I missed having a lower h.p. Wheel Horse since I sold my B80. This is the closest that I could find. I am not sure if I will do the front spindle/ wheel replace thing or not. Any advantages to doing it? After driving it around, I can tell that I like it a lot. I love the red face. I'd the hitch original or just a pretty well fabricated home made one?

I found a deck for my '79 B111 5 miles from home after everyone told me I'd never find one for this model!! It's a '78 model 85-36XR01 and has now been restored (scrape and paint, new belts, new blades) and works fine. I've mowed 3 times with it. Here's what it looked like when I bought it!!!!!!!!

I have had good luck using four pieces of all-thread rod and nuts to align and pull up together.

I am no fool! If photos of me using the backback blower to clean out the garage ever became public... My wife is sweet and charming, but she knows how to use the backhoe, has lots of land in the most remote part of the U.P.... You would NEVER find my body!

Bummer....no pic. I guess we'll all have to take your word for it... . Mike............

HEY! IT COULD MEAN BEER!!!!!!!

Well it made it's maiden voyage without the axles melting off so I must have done a good job packing the bearings. Buffalo to Syracuse.

Congratulations. I see a lot of "nap time" tractor ride duty in your future. It actually works well at 2 in the morning too, but the neighbors don't always agree.

Thank you men! That was it. I tightened the nut a little and it's working well now. Again, Thank you!!

No proof... means __it never happened.

Here's hoping... you drop the hammer... Ed...zilla.

Sounds like... you need a new testiment. .

In my house Hebrew, cause Shenodrink.

Yes, a RD deck will work fine providing it is for a C series or 300/400/500 series WH

Great job!! Looks almost NOS.

Yeah the umm " pancake" type.. Metal tank is installed...ill go get fuel filter in awhile

Yep, no easy way out on the bearings...just good old fashioned, labor intensive fun. If you drain the trans and run about 2 qts of diesel in it for about 15 minutes and then drain, (before you take it apart) it will make for a much nicer, less messy experience.

Tom's a grampa!!!!! Congrats!

Con rod arrived today so hopefully going to get at least some of the motor back together today

Windex works for me

Not the prettiest, but so far, is functioning as should...

Congrats. Enjoy them while they are young, it will go by quickly, and you will miss them when they move out.

lol...I'm out here in the shop right now, trying to build the "guides" for it

hi ROB what is very important is to control the rpm of the shreader ,i did calculate , same as if it would be the engine max rpm 3600 rpm at full I would get rid of the bad engine completely and support the impeller properly with a new shaft and a couple of flange or pillow style bearings and drive it with a vee belt off the engine via a clutch. A shear pin in the new impeller shaft and driven pulley would be a must have. As stated before, the unit needs to be mounted solidly to the tractor frame. I'm only familiar with farm tractor PTO's. I think they're only either 550 or 1000 RPM. What is the rpm of the D and is it fast enough to spin a chipper/chopper? hi RONHATCH basekly This project finally came to the top of my list when I saw the amount of blackberry vines I need to dispose of this fall. I stripped the non running engine down including valve removal. I left the piston in. Added a Vee pulley to the flywheel. Some wheel chocks and spacers to tighten the belt. I know the chipper is turning in reverse....I have put a reverse twist in the belt, and the initial test seems OK. Some concerns are the small size of the flywheel key. I have replaced the aluminum shear key with a steel key. The radial loading on the pulley end may be a problem....time will tell. Keep in mind this chipper is for vines, weeds, and leaves. No wood. very job , similar to what i was building, make shure you control your maximum rpm ,that should be aprox 3600 Easy to do, but the real question is - would the knives and shreader be able to handle that much torque? They do make chippers that run from tractor PTO's but their internal components are much thicker, to withstand the amount of hp/tque. that the tractor will be delivering. Rob hi ROB what is very important is to control the rpm of the shreader ,i did calculate , same as if it would be the engine max rpm 3600 rpm at full I would get rid of the bad engine completely and support the impeller properly with a new shaft and a couple of flange or pillow style bearings and drive it with a vee belt off the engine via a clutch. A shear pin in the new impeller shaft and driven pulley would be a must have. As stated before, the unit needs to be mounted solidly to the tractor frame. I'm only familiar with farm tractor PTO's. I think they're only either 550 or 1000 RPM. What is the rpm of the D and is it fast enough to spin a chipper/c I would get rid of the bad engine completely and support the impeller properly with a new shaft and a couple of flange or pillow style bearings and drive it with a vee belt off the engine via a clutch. A shear pin in the new impeller shaft and driven pulley would be a must have. As stated before, the unit needs to be mounted solidly to the tractor frame. I'm only familiar with farm tractor PTO's. I think they're only either 550 or 1000 RPM. What is the rpm of the D and is it fast enough to spin a chipper/chopper? hi RONHATCH basicaly you can modify any implements by by changing the diameter of your pulley but it is tricky . first i want to avoid using to much rpm and torque on my old D180 ,so i give around 2000 rpm because as you know , it is not new model , also second try to give an rpm of 3600 at the chipper but with my calculation i do rev. it more at 4000 rpm ,my empty crankcase is fill above the crankshaft for cooling ,it has been trouble free, what i don.t like is when you need the chipper for a bit of time ,it does take quite of time to set it up together . MVI_1431.AVI

Jim The 8 hp Kohler is a drop in replacement for the 6 hp techy. I'm pulling my H60 because 1.) the carb always needs to be adjusted and 2.) They are harder to come by than the 8 hp Kohlers. I want to store the original engine while its still in good shape and I want the original engine around should I decide to sell it. I've already found a motor for a good price.

Given the possibility of the balance gears making their own exit hole, and that they don't seem to reduce vibration, I know I will leave them out if I ever do a rebuild. Regardless of why they fail, with no clear benefit, it just seems like a risk I would rather not take

sorry for the lack of updates lately, back to sixth form an all! anway, drive belt is on and as far as i can tell without running the engine all is good, the clutch works as it should. before i run the engine i would like to brace the front of the transaxle and double check everything like the chain tension and alignment. since it is quite a short chain if it was to jump a tooth or something it would definitely break something! thanks for looking callum

Hi All! I've been lurking on this forum for a few days, and now I just had to post! Two years ago I came back to the US after growing up mostly abroad, and needed to do some serious yard work. I bought a wheel horse; the first one I could find, only because my mom recommended the brand. It came with a plow and a rusty but working mower deck. Last year I used the plow a whole tonne - and that thing would plow! If there was a pile too big, I just needed to back up, and gather some speed before hitting the pile, everything would move! The tractor was unstoppable! Exhilarating! I loved it! This year I finally got the deck welded together and started mowing - it was amazing! That thing ran over and chewed up everything in its path...Bushes, brambles, trees, rocks, until a bolt snapped, and the blade, bolt, washer, and spindle cap went God-knows-where. And thus began my baptism into the Wheel Horse world. After much searching, visits to the local Toro dealer, and about 5+ hours of driving, I have collected spares for everything except the missing blade. I've also learned that I am the proud owner of a unicorn; one of the rarest wheel horse tractors, and an even rarer mower deck. What I have: 1979 Wheel Horse C-111 tractor, 11HP Briggs&Stratton engine, 8 Speed, Model 91-11B801-22782. Apparently it was only made that one year. Luckily, from the looks of it, I THINK that I can use attachments from other C series tractors, am I right? 1979 36" Rear Discharge Mower Deck, Model 95-36MR00-09449 (the only place I could find that model number was on TORO website; all other sites only listed the 36MR01) (I love the rear discharge though) (I also learned that this is the only one that uses a needle bearing journal on the spindle without an inner race, and the only one with heavy cast-iron spindle caps, and also the only one with a double-D hole on the blade with two additional guide pins) 1979 42" plow Sand-filled wheel weights on the rear wheels. It is in decent condition. By that I mean, not much rust at all, good seat, new fuel lines, everything works, but a rat chewed the spark cable (patched it with electrical tape). The paint is pretty tired. For starters, I have a few questions: Where can I get a blade? Am I right that any other C series attachments should fit? I'm looking for the grader blade attachment, a front loader. and perhaps an electric generator. Should I buy a second deck (would like to upgrade to 40")? Which decks should I avoid? This is a workhorse, my only tractor, not a toy or show piece. As noted elsewhere, Wheel Horses have the tendency to multiply! Well, I'm facing that now... and wanted to ask: What is a model I can look for that won't leave me stranded for parts! Thank you! P.S. Pictures to come, some day. I am very bad at uploading pictures!

Bought a B-80 today its been sitting for a long time it supposed to run good idk for sure it came with sum sort of snow plow

Hank, do I spy a seat backrest in there? Lol Glenn

Hats off to the folks at Wheel Horse for creating all the fine machines we love. That 857 looks right at home with its younger brothers. Looks like it has plenty of muscle under its hood with that neat belt cover.

He was a cop at the big show

Behold, the master Maxwell there, with visions... of little, red tractors dancing in his head. Congrats to Mom&Dad, and... Max.

Tach-a-Matic attachments will fit for you. Most 1973 and up Cs, 300s, 400, and most 500s will fit and of course most anything you tow behind will as well. You might like a 42" deck. They made both side and rear discharge models. I'm pretty partial to the rear discharge. Be careful hanging out around here though! You will not only find out about all kinds of attachments that will work, but all kinds of other Wheel Horses and you'll meet folks that like to help out and talk about them. Before you know it you're spending far more time than you would have ever thought exploring the World of Wheel Horses! Just a warning! Oh! And welcome!

What...wait... no picts of the Senior here?

And let me be the first to say..."Where's your Dad". Congratulations Mike.

Picks coming after I have a conference with my "guru's"

Looks like a Fine Horseman to me! Congrats!

All though i'm not as old as you, I still use to watch all those re-runs in the 70's as a kid. Your right, these shows taught you to respect others, have good morals, and generally be a good person. Not like the trash that is pretty much on every channel there is available on TV today. I'm scared of what even the near future holds for us!

Jack, thanks for the photo stripped down. There are only two hidden wear items that I am aware of. One is the the tie rods. I had a conversation with Steve (wh500special) one time about breaking and the replacements are a bit larger. My 2000 520xi has these. The other item is the Pin-Pivot (94-2205-03) cracking the weld. Unfortunately there is no easy way to check this with out taking the front axle off. Make sure that you check out the electrical items (I'm not aware of any issues though) behind the dash as it is pretty cramped in there due to the radiator. The Kohler versions are a lot more accessible. The fuse block cover that Glenn Pettit sells fits very nicely over the fuses for a bit more protection. The 5xi doesn't seem to have the same corrosion issue as the 520-H as it is mounted vertically.

Great score you have there, and yes with the money you saved becoming a supporter will be quite economical. Get us more pictures when you are done

ok chorusguy making headway I tried to heat it with my torch but not enough grip with 3 arm puller so I had to cut hub , started with drill new drill cuts like butter in this cast iron, (by the way I never touched the axle with the drill or grinder wheel ) and then cut with wheel on my dewalt grinder, I cut on the keyway slot so less cutting . 41 years old hub did a good job finally got a 2 arm puller to hold as I cut it popped and I knew it will come used chisel and taped lightly to open it and puller did the rest. now the key wont come out, like its welded from rust but its not bad rusty or pitted on end of shaft . any ways I got it off and axle looks good I think the left side was replaced it came off to easy, and I think you were right on in the upper post, I think someone tried to fix it and broke the clip trying to get off left hub, It has been replaced and they couldn't get the right off to fix it so he parked it. I know the guy that had it was a old man like me he died 2 years age so it has been sitting outside for that time or longer. any ways here are pictures that might help someone else trying to get a hub off

One last pair of photos just for comparison. Before (almost): After: Many, many thanks to all of you for the compliments. It is definitely a tractor that I am proud to own, and happy to have built. At least I don't have to worry about seeing another one like it. I'm still kicking around the idea of a rear spoiler, and I'll have to see what I can do about a pseudo-chute too.