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Well I can't believe it's been another year since my accident , time sure flies by . It's crazy to think 6 years ago I was up walking until that 25 mph crash changed my life forever . I guess now I don't think about it much anymore as you just except what life hands you . I try to keep a positive attitude about life . Thank the lord for my wife who takes care of me , along with family and friends . With that being said I want to thank everyone here . This forum has gave me an outlet and you guys don't judge people on their opinions . I'm sure glad to have gotten addicted to this whole Horse thing . How can these little red tractors bring so many people together and good people is beyond me . I've been to many tractor shows in my lifetime and I can tell you the WHCC show in PA is on the top of my list (even the wife liked it ) . Springs, around the corner so the Mentone swap will be here soon then the Big SHOW before we know it . Now to get my projects finished in time . I can't wait to put more people with faces and see some of my OLD friends . Thanks for putting up with my little rants , off the wall comments and stories this past year . RULES ! Hope to see ya in PA . ACman

Had 2" of snow with ice underneath, so it was a good excuse to try out my new plow setup on my 1076 hydro lift. So when I finished, I rolled out the rest of my 'work crew': C-120 with heavy tow hitch, 1076 with plow blade, 417-8 with snow thrower & electric lift, and a C-85 to pull garden equipment. Have to run them once in awhile to keep them working. Jim

Hello all, I have plenty of friends here on the 'square and I think most if not all CT members know me or of me. I decided to post this because if you dont laugh you'll cry. This is one of those stupid things you do and MOST times get away with... not this time, but nobody got hurt. The scene... its snowing like heck, lots of slick stuff and ice... add in a 30 hp hydrostatic mid size JD tractor with FEL. My sick friend/pseudo boss calls the shop and asks me to move a few boats around so the yard can be plowed. No prob, I 'git er done.... Then I step on the hydro pedal and the tractors rear end kicks out, hmmmmmm flash back to manchester CT Caldors parking lot circa 1989 with Vin and Matt and the '68 Nova. DOUGHNUTS!!!! So here I am doing doughnuts on tractor and having a ball... then I loose it and tractor goes into bad skid. I search frantically over next 2 or 3 seconds for brake pedal... no dice, I look up, think to myself awwwwwww poop and crash. FEL opens driver door on my Silverado like a can opener. Yep... 45 yrs old and pulled a real stupid move. Nobody hurt... anybody else got similar stories? Tony

hey guys been a while since i been around. so last night a friend txted me i live in indiana my friend lives in california. he says he knew someone north of me with a wheel horse and the guy was wanting to give it away. so i said sure txt me address and time to pick it up. so a few txt messages later i had a time and place set up for tonight. didnt know anything about the machine or condition i figured a old beater that was rusted from sitting a loong time. well i got to the guys house rang door bell he opens garage door and this 1961 701 wheel horse with hood fenders seat and spring was there its just a little dismantled due to frame being cracked (which ill fix). now to top it off its got the hydrolic lift on it and came with a snow plow. i need manual on hydrolice lift and pics of it installed would be nice too because it looks odd on the location. but heres only picture i have of it. i am planning on rewiring it and getting it running and fixing frame and hood and using it and take it to shows.

It's all fun and games until it's not anymore! Bummer.....

It will be easier to clean those drain-holes along the bottom of the door now Good to hear only the truck got screwed up !

"To each, his own", but I have to agree....some things just aren't right and this is one of them! I will stop at this point and not elaborate!

Actually it's flattering that our favorite brand is often the first choice when someone wants a "tribute" tractor. Mike.....

Not interesting... just wrong.

It's in the right location

This is my new hitch that I had Tom the hitch guy custom fab up for me. It's strong adjustable and looks good. Can't wait to get it and install it. Thank you again Tom.

Any chance there were any security cameras running at the time?

remember the yellow and green Horse last year.??? I'm just sayin .olololo

Yeah, that's just not right!!

Well seems somebody knows who built the better tractor !

Nice looking crew! When i saw this, i showed the wife and said, now see this fella has it right...one tractor for each job. She rolled her eyes. Then i went to her shoes,and said seems like all these different pair of shoes have only one job each to do. Then she looked at me and smiled, with no comment.....I win! I think I'll look for another wheelhorse!👍😝

Another "old dog" is still learning. To me a V8 was this. or this

Don't need the AC anymore

While the Minions' posteriors are a visual the world simply does not need, Please...Oh Please Minions...DO NOT TURN AROUND! The Mods are already monitoring this thread...Oh wait, that was a Mod who posted it...!!!

Not a chance, that was back in the '60s.

Nope.... no cameras. Just an idiot acting like a dumb kid and now paying the price. Truck is an '05 with 203,000 which doesnt make it Ok, but it stings ALOT less than a 2017 with 300 miles would feel!

Had my first opportunity to see how well the added rear weight works, 6" of wet heavy snow and my driveway is quite steep. Now I can plow going uphill and down, without it I was only able to plow going down and struggled to go up with the plow raised (removing some traction from the rear wheels).

That would be what you could call "a horse of another color". The owner obviously knows the best tractor but perhaps just liked a different decal? At least he picked a good brand and decent looking decal. Some of the other brand decals would have been an insult. I won't mention any names. I would give him a pass on that one, but just this one time only as long as he never does anything like that again to a horse. At least he did not use that other brand decal that would have tried to turn that horse into a donkey.

I think the color is nice on the wheel horse and I like it . I had a craftsman rider for 14 years and I put JEEP stickers on it. Never did changed that tractor into a jeep. It still ran like a craftsman. So no mater the color it's still going to be a horse.

Well we finally got enough snow today to plow 2.5"-3" and temperature is hovering at 20° or less, had my maintainer on both tractors (behind the house) but "Good Friday" still didn't crank over without a boost, finally got it going did our drive as well as wife's parents' and then the BIL's steep dirt/gravel 3-400' drive as well on the other side of the hill,Jeff.

It take all kind of tractor collectors to make it interesting.

I just came in from playing outside, we got about 5 inches or better so far. my son Mike was wanting to try the C-175 and I wanted to tryout my 522xi with the 2 stage, so, out we went. that C-175 has some balls, let me tell you, I was quite impressed and the 522xi, well we know about that. Its super. without further adieu,,enjoy a few pics. will have to go out later, supposed to snow till 8pm. Glenn

Sorry if you can't see the video.Had to go back out so we will try this.I'm doing the culdasac in front of my neighbor's house.I have a 600 foot gravel drive and from where I'm moving snow the state plowed road is over a half mile away.

I have a 417-A with a 2 stage, you're going to love yours! They are calling for 8-12" here so I'll probably start with the C-165 auto with 48" blade then switch to 417 when it gets deep. Maybe do some stacking with the C-141 8-speed with FEL, then clean up with the other C-141 with C-48" Sweepster broom! I have an F-350 with 8' Fisher plow but don't use it for my driveway cause it's no fun!!! That's just for my snowplowing business. My neighbors must think I'm nuts when I come home,park my truck on the road walk in then bust out the horses!!

here are better pictures

http://www.wheelhorseforum.com/topic/50926-7235-spring-mastered/#comment-467621

Having always plowed my driveway with my B-100 8-Speed, I was of the opinion that there was nothing better than my tough old 8-speed. Well, this morning I awoke to about two inches of the white stuff. Now mind you, I could plow that with a 2 x 4 on the front of my grandson's tricycle, but I decided this winter that the 416-H was going to be my weapon of choice. Having removed the front end loader to do some modifications over the winter, I installed the 48" front blade, chains, and rear wheel weights. The temperature the morning was 24F. The engine fired up, and without even letting the hydro warm up, it was ready to go. All I can say is wow, what a difference. Infinite control of speed while maneuvering around obstacles, plenty of power, and hydro lift on the blade. Having had major spine surgery a year ago, I worried about pulling the lift handle on the B-100, but fingertip control on the lift, no brake or clutch, and I was like a kid with a new toy. Now as I said, this was not a real test since it was only 2 inches of wet snow, but if this what I have to look forward to when the real stuff comes, I am pleased. Mark me down as a new hydro believer.

Any way ya like em, we can make em. Love me a good hot dog or three now and then.

Did you buy a lottery ticket after you took that pic how lucky can you get !

Just picked up this SMS425 sickle mower. Looks like it may have to do a complete rebuild, not planning on painting it, just mechanical. Looks like a few parts may be missing, but overall I think I can bring it back to life. When I figure out what's missing will put an add in the classifieds.

So, it was a good day. I have the 520 back together and charging. I haven't been able to get a replacement stator so I spent the day degreasing and cleaning the motor. Changed the oil, new plugs etc. I got to the point that I needed the stator so I started looking around my parts pile. I found a stator off of a Koehler single cylinder that came on an engine that had a broken rod and the block is cracked. After examining it it is almost exactly the same as the Oman. 18 poles, same bolt pattern. Just a slightly different winding-probably 15 amp. The leads come off it in a slightly different spot as well but with a slight modification it fit. I got it all together and checked the output and I have about 45 volts ac across the leads! Once I had the rectifier regulator hooked up I am getting 14.7 at the Center terminal! It might not be the correct stator but it looks like it is working. You guys can tell me if I'm doing something that will hurt the tractor. Oh and a bonus is the tach and voltmeter are both working again. Still no hour meter but tomorrow is another day. Here is is a picture of the tear drop lights on the front of the hood.

.. anybody else got similar stories? I definitely have a few but mostly when I was drinking. Glad your not hurt.

Most Wheel Horses are "peg leggers" aka---one wheel drive. There where the 10 pinion diff 8 speeds but most broke if abused and hence gave way to the common and strong 8 pinion which was available in the autos and manual transaxles. I dont know about the D250s or a few other models. I wouldnt be worried about a rebuild just yet. Tony

YES, but there were no witnesses and no photos - - - so it never happened! Besides; I was able to tow the tractor out of the canal undamaged.

Sure - pm sent

Here 'ya go bud . This is about halfway through the 2 feet mother nature delivered last Thursday .

My suggestion is to look in the owners manual/parts pages, find the part you are referring to, and then you will know to call it. eBay is a good start when searching for parts. Our own "wanted" section might also be of some help. You might also post a picture of the part and let our knowledgeable bunch of members help you identify the item.

Wow I didn't even know Murphy left my house for awhile. For the most part he seems to live here on a regular basis. Been known to venture out occasionally though.

I recently posted about adapting power steering to my D-180 using an electric power assist steering (EPAS) unit from a 02-07 Saturn Vue. I got one of the units in order to check if I would be able to 'stuff' it in under the dash of the D. You can get these things in different configurations, this one had the steering column attached (its not needed) With this and Sarges recent post on improving the axle and its components on the D's, the dang thing will steer itself!! After removing the wheel, I needed to try and get it to fit under the dash, with a bit of experimenting I found a near perfect spot! So next we have to get the EPAS to function - It will not work since it no longer has the cars computer to "talk" to it. To fix this a fella on ebay has a 'controller box' that when wired into our EPAS it can work. His link is: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Saturn-Vue-Ion-Chevrolet-Equinox-Electric-power-steering-controller-box-EPAS-/182283275302?hash=item2a70ee0c26:g:uVAAAOSw4GVYJv77 So then it was time to get the shafts cut to length and adapted to accept the shaft of the Ross system. The longer shaft is steering wheel side and is cut off pretty short to accommodate/adapt the D's wheel. I had a spare Ross steer shaft and cut the splines/threads plus about 1/2-3/4" excess and made an 'adapter' to mate it to the EPAS shaft using roll pins. The other sides shaft was already pretty short but I still lopped off about 3/4". I then bored out the square end of a 3/4" shallow 1/2" drive socket to fit over the other EPAS shaft, again using a roll pin to attach. This was in order to allow some leeway when I cut the Ross shaft to match up with the EPAS. Next we have to wire the controller box into our unit --- and this part is critical for it to function! (I know because I messed one up) Mounted on the unit is a metal box (ECU) containing the 'brain' for it. This will have to be removed and "remoted" elsewhere and here is where caution is needed - there are 4 very small wires from the motor to the box (2 white & 2 blue) these are hard wired and will have to be cut or de-soldered. Re-connecting the sequence is critical!! With the wires being so small and short and not having any experience with small wires I had problems here (this is where I messed up) Not a lot of room in the area under the hood - I finally figured out how to get the ECU mounted. There is hardly any visible alterations to the external appearance of the tractor - just under the steering wheel is a short section of the EPAS visible, and the gauge for the transmission oil temp will have to be removed but thats it. The ease of the steering on the D now is incredible, with the tractor sitting unmoving on concrete is one finger, and driving it is --- well, again, incredible! Course I dont have a FEL or plow, etc but I feel like this mod would also drastically improve the steering also. Am not familiar with the other big tractors enough to comment on this mod being possible but you guys sure ought to do a little research on it. I have a 4x4 Mitsubishi with FEL and thats my next venture with this, it doesnt look promising to fitting on it but it didnt look possible on the D til I got to tinkering with it!! edit to add a late suggestion-- When you get your EPAS and the controller box from Portugal set it up on the bench hooked to a battery to not only make sure it works, but also to get familiar with how to get a feel of what/how it it does. I didnt do this and I believe it would have benefited me a lot...

From the model list... either... 1-7841 1969 Lawn & Garden Tractor Charger V8 Automatic Kohler KV181S-37108B 8 Eaton 6 or... 1-4751 1970 Lawn & Garden Tractor Commando V7 4-Speed Tecumseh V70-125119 7 Wheel Horse 50671-4752 1970 Lawn & Garden Tractor Commando V7 4-Speed Tecumseh V70-125119 7 Wheel Horse 5067

yup was really shocked seeing the hydrolic unit lol

Great find and, "the Price is Right" too! Progress updates required.

I've seen it before, but never noticed the red safety lantern on the roof. I wonder if it is on the flicker setting.