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A few days ago while I was complaining about my sore shoulders from wrestling this "killer tiller" through my strawberry beds along side my pole barn, Mrs. K made the comment " all those little tractors...can't they help you". Sure enough, the next day when I went to the barn, there sat the 314 Hydro with the blade off for a new scraper bar that a member made for me.........It looked like a mount for a TILLER. A little cutting with the radiac and its ready to mount up. Drill a few holes, add two braces, and make a belt tensioner. More seat time...less sore shoulders.

And I don't mean sleeping either!! Got the blade on with the 5 sector angle bracket. Each tire is filled with RV antifreeze and of course the weights. About 340 extra LB's plus the 2 link chains.

I don't have any plates, screws or bolts to talk about but the last few years have been a real roller coaster ride health-wise to say the least. I do still have a triple lumen Hickman central line but you don't want pics of that. So it's more of an illness than injury situation for me unless I get too weak from the treatments to walk unassisted. On a lighter note, I got a negative result from the spinal tap I had on Tuesday. No leukemia cells detected. So things are looking up and I hope so for all of you as well.

I picked up a 1977 C-120 Automatic yesterday. The PO said the engine seized while mowing on a steep bank. I have not tried to turn the engine. For what I paid, I couldn't let this deal pass. The PO robbed some parts from the C-120 to put on another Wheel Horse, but this could have some possibilities! Oh...and a deck came with it, but 1 spindle shaft is broke.

Already in the works Ken & Steve! That's what I needed an old plow frame for. Next year is customs for the featured tractor so I definitely need to bring something different.

Oh yeah... I remember the day the Squonk got that Skonk .

One of my neighbors is trying to offload a C-81....for free. He just wants me to get rid of it. I don't have a big property and most of it is rocks.....but I could see using this to plow my rather large driveway although I'd need to buiild a shed to store it. As a newbie I'd like to ask for some help. Currently the tractor doesn't start. Previous owner says he can see the fuel filter isn't showing any activity so my guess was that it's the fuel pump that needs to be replace. Engine tries to crank but it's most likely not getting any fuel. Any help is greatly appreciated. He added weights to the rear wheels, filled the wheels with windshield washer fluid, and it has chains. Also has the mower attachment. 8HP. I haven't taken possession of it yet because it's at the bottom of a steep driveway so it will be a royal pain to push it up to get it out! Hm not letting me upload even one picture. Pics.

Looks like... all that's needed to put it to work is a 50" sickle bar hangin' off the side.

I didn't see them in the stands during the game but this did pop up after the game. That's John aka Brrly1 on the right and for those who aren't sure who the guy on the left is, this should clear that up for ya..

A few weeks back, a RS member had a front tine dethatcher for sale in the classifieds. It really was a JD dethatcher, but painted WH red. I thought about buying it, but all of the front tine dethatchers I had seen had a manual lift that was somewhat difficult to use. Now, if you could attach the dethatcher to the lift already on the tractor, that would be worth having. Given that I probably would have to invest $100 or so in materials and fab cost, I decided to prowl CL and I came upon a FREE dethatcher. It was a bit smaller than the JD attachment, but the price was right. I had to add a rod to the front mount bracket so it would engage the front tach-a matic and get a pivot bracket built to accept a snowblower lift rod. To keeps costs down during welding (since I cannot do it myself), I decided to use the lift rod from my single stage xi blower (which has a horizontal fitting at the end and is shorter than a classic blower lift rod) and the lift flag from a classic blower. The only error I made was that I designed the pivot bracket directly on the center of the tractor (like it is on the xi),not remembering that on classic tractors, the rockshaft for the blower is offset from center. The 1/2 inch clevis pin would not go thru so I substituted a 3/8 bolt. The pix below show it mounted on my 314. It works like a dream, just don't try to make a turn with it in the down position-it behaves like a blower does when turning. Total cost when I was done? $100; $55 for the steel cut to size, $40 for welding, and $5 for the shaft collars.

Hello everyone. I Have been the proud owner of a Toro Wheel Horse 520H for the last eighteen years. 20 horse Onan with 48 inch deck and snow plow I bought with 23 demo hours on it. After learning parts are no longer being made and just having had to replace my belt tensioner pulley between the engine and the hydro because of a noisy screaching pully bearing I thought maybe I should look for a forum now that I have almost 1,100 hours on it in case I need some future advice or a potential source for parts. I look forward to learning a great deal from the information here on this forum, and hope I will be able to contribute some as well.

With all of the preparations everyone are making it wouldn't surprise me if we didn't get any measurable snow at all. The blade, chains and wheel weights never came off the 1055 this year so I guess I beat all of you. Sort of like the folks that leave the ice sickle lights on the house all year, until July they are seen as procrastinators, by August they are considered proactive. Nice setup Mike.

It was crazy, what happened to John and me at the game. Because the game was on ABC, they put the Wildcats on what is usually the Visitors side...so the cameras in the boxes would be able to keep them on the cameras. We, were supposed to be on the visitor side...and we end up on the Home side at their Homecoming game...sitting right next to the cheering glee club dressed in Purple. Lucky for John, the game was one sided for the Iowa Hawkeyes, because the 1st quarter was close and the cheering section (for Northwestern) was driving him nuts. The bad day for Northwestern, ended up being a good day for John...cracked me up. We were surrounded by some excellent people around our seats, that we became friends with...one guy from Boston, who flew out to see his daughter at Northwestern and came to the game. And the usual yahoos from Iowa that John attracts, and they are great company for sure. What a nice day!! I know we will do this again...it is just such a good time.

Leaves just started to fall this week, and snowthrower with cab still stored. I pickup the 60" deck next weekend for the 523Dxi! Freeze tonight and tomorrow night though. Long-term forecast predicts a wet winter.

Still got the decks on the 704 and C-160 for leaves Glenn

Mike. your sure ready. me still waiting for all the leaves to turn then drop. then the snow stuff goes on. Glenn

Leaves are changin fast. Took these just for you Craig. The're both in my front yard and were all green 4 days ago!

This sleeve hitch is centered And your hitch is like this You may need to remove the 2 bolts that hold the hitch onto the plow and turn it over so the entire plow is moved over to the right.

Hi Craig, Here's a couple of pics of the front weight carrier

Craig I had all shrouds fine sand blasted to take off all old paint. I saved all bolts redid them with a 6" wire wheel them clear coat them. I MEAN ALL BOLTS. When you are retired I guess you have time to do this. It is getting there. Will be a nice winter project to get it running. Jim it is new recoil that I had. So I guess extra rope for different applications. I have to trim it when it is all back together.

I agree they are not safe to use in their present condition. That's why I'm doing the extensive time consuming repairs. I would be more worried about the wheel buckling under the weight than blowing up because of the low pressure used. When I finish the repairs the tube or tire would rupture before the wheel.

Nice job. If your wife hadn't said anything would you have built it? Seems like our wives have a way to get our brains in gear and sometimes they don't even know it.

Take the clevis off the front of the plow beam and flip it over. It is offset and will move toward the left, allowing the plow to track farther to the right.

The 64( Lawn Ranger) is the only year with that hood and rear fender configuration. Let me try to find a pic of mine...

I have some PM me if your interested

Rog, Steering wheel is on the wrong side.

Well I'll be darned! Some clever work there!

Thanks for all the comments. Maybe I should go for a patent and market it as "The MAD MAX KILLER TILLER"......... Naaww, I probably wouldn't live long enough to get OSHA approval. Anyway, who wants to go to work when this is so much fun.

to Doug

john where's your chearleader outfit?

No socks as usual! Who did Iowa play, The Bears? EGAD! Looks like the guys had a great day.

You definitely came to the right place. A wealth of knowledge here andI best of all are willing to help. Take a look at the benefits of being a supporter.

As you are viewing the picture, the tiller is turning CW. This is the correct direction for the sharpened edges of the tines. For safety reasons, this requires the tilling to be done in reverse. You always want the tines to enter new ground on the down stroke side so if you hit a rock or root, the tiller lifts up over the obstruction as opposed to hooking it underneath and probably breaking the drive train. This is the opposite direction from the original walk behind where the downstroke was in front and it was operated in a forward direction. I had to turn the tiller around 180 deg. to get the drive pulley in line with the PTO, therefore the change in direction. Actually it works very well in reverse. I have found I can pull in to where I want to start tilling, put the hydro in neutral, and hold the brake, Then, using the hyd lift, slowly lower the tiller head to the depth I want. Then just using the brake to control speed, let the tiller push the tractor in reverse.

Snowin there now Mike. My daughter is in Erie and it is snowing there.

Looking good! Too bad old man winter has to _______ on your parade.

Well I got new Hydraulic lines and fittings installed. Also got 3 point installed. And the steering tower and tie rods connected. With temps now too low for paint, the project is pretty much at a roadblock until Spring temperatures allow me to paint the body panels, as well as the engine. With steering wheel temporarily mounted I decided to roll it out into yard to get some pics of current status. Then rolled the beast back into its cave to hibernate for winter.

See there, it's not just them Techys... and Series 1's, that go boom.

You might want to add Titanium to that list. I joined the "Titanium Club" on June 24 - with my six inch plate and eight screws.

Bob makes a goo point, I have titanium in my back and he will soon. The "Golden Years" refers to the gold the medical community make from us old codgers.

I built this one on a Westwood tractor chassis.

Heck, I am from the Paleozoic era...I am afraid to go to sleep anymore.

Heck, I am only 29; though I have celebrated 41 anniversaries of my 29th birthday.

The old Wheel Horse part number is 1232. That number was superceded by Toro #100863. You can get them locally from auto parts stores as SKF9815, or CR9815.

I figured it was something like the shift rails. Are you going to make both horses whole?? Cool, freezing and trying to move it was the only thing that kind of made since to split the casting like that.

Just damn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not just a diamond in any ruff,,,,its the gold at the end of the rainbow,,,,ALL THE GOLD !!! and happily ever after congrats !!!!!

yupper, I would double check with a good meter. Then make sure you have a good ground or just temporarily ground with a jumper to be sure. Then look at replacing the regulator.