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I saw something today that few of us have ever seen although I will bet that all of us have a desire to find some day! While the original RJ belt guard was almost new condition the cardboard box marked Wheel Horse 80-312 contained a set of four New Old Stock Wheel Horse hubcaps front and back still in paper covers in the box!

All original 1054 and 855 I brought home last weekend

Finally got the 520-8 unloaded today, going to mow with it tomorrow, the 42" deck is all I have ready for it right now. Shouldn't have any trouble pulling it.

Got the 416-8 working hard getting ready for winter, hauling a few cords a day from back in the woods

I’m in the midst of restoring a GT14 to her formal glory. And I keep reading that the 14 had her own set of attachments. So far the only attachment I have seen so far is the tiller. Can someone post some pictures of the other attachments such as a snow blower. Here are a few pictures of my restoration:

I'm rolling my pennies NOW !!!!!

Found this one last night... Also got a nice Echo ARM-210 striaght dhaft trimmer and a old craftsmen bench grinder for an extra $35. Grinder works and the trimmer just needed a new fuel and good carb cleaning. It started on the second pull! Single stage Snow thrower in great shape. Has a the drive shaft in the lower middle though with a bracket that attaches to the frame via four pins? The PTO has a small belt to a side pulley on this bracket and then another belt that runs down the middle of the tractor to the drive shaft on the Thrower. Thinking of swapping out parts from mine to make it a side drive pulley and throw the extensions on there and new bearings... Would this work? You might be able to see the pulley in the middle of the thrower... It has the holes for the upper shaft as well.

Ok so see how your chain is diagonal and going backwards, well it’s not supposed to do that so the arm you have the chain connected to is the wrong one, if you reach up in there you will find another lift arm, bolt the chain to that one and if the chain Is still slack unbolt it from the arm on the mower deck and bolt it back on with another link.

Those hubcaps would make great clock faces. Just drill a hole in the middle for the hands..

Here's hoping... they don't end up stuffed in a case, somewhere in Ct.

Better get the deck off, almost snow blade time. Son and grandson are pickin' wood up for the stove with our '90 520-8.

Great looking machine! Nice to see it being used and enjoyed. I love getting out to cut firewood. Takes your mind off of the everyday worries.

After you get the parts you need, get as many rags as you can get your hands on!

Welcome to Red Square RD. Can you post a picture and/or model number of your deck. I'm thinking you probably have a 36" rear discharge deck on that 876. Would be a RM-366 = Rear discharge Mower 36" 1966...could be a RM-326. Here is the link. If this is what you have...these decks are a dime a dozen. Put a list in our want adds, or contact one of our vendors Like @A-Z Tractor

POR-15 all the way. Takes a bit more prep time, but outlasts everything else I've ever used.

Well, you know Eb... it is that time of the year.

Nothing better than... an old in it's original work clothes. Except, maybe...two of 'em.

I think the 1054 is actually a 1965 1054A. The wider saw tooth tires on the front and turf tires on the rear were about the only difference between the 1964 1054 and the 1965 1054A. If it is the 1054A it is probably the best existing example on earth! The hood side decal as shown on the OM cover did not change from '64 to '65. The serrial number sequence would be another clue. Check your tractor's serial number against the list that Garry has compiled here, if it falls in the high 49XXX to low 50XXX range then that would confirm it. Nice haul!

the rod use to bind up and bend or break, wheel horse replaced the rod with the chain. I've had several tractors with the rod over the years, the chain works much better. the rod would only be use full on a show queen and then might give problems in my humble opinion. good luck eric j

So... the Pond's had a GPS-enabled self-driving BEFORE Al Gore invented the internet and the US Government was tracking all of us from space??? Where's the GPS unit located? Does it mow your whole lawn like one of them Roomba vacuum cleaners? NICE looking machine!

Is that the same as lining up the newest,,,,biggest,,,duelist ?? Craig,,,,,my son and his friends have a saying,,,,,built not bought,!!!!!!! Lane,,,,,if these sell....im in,,,,just tell us when and where.. ololol Howard,,penny pockets in va

I have used a pneumatic nibbler for years, works great. Best advice I can give is to do your cutting over the trash can or be prepared to pick up the thousands of little nibbles on the floor; what a mess.

Looking good......and really nice shop.....

Dad brought Clyde up to the Heritage Farm Day and drove it around some watching the plowing. I was so bummed that I didn't have it set up for him so he could try it--soon. Zach had a blast riding with Grampie and checking it all out as we were plowing. Clyde looks right at home in the fields, doesn't he?

I live in what could be refereed to as a desert! You just don't generally see any listed for sale within a hundred miles. Low and behold I picked up a 418 C on that was listed as having a bad transmission only four miles from my house. Always wanted a Kohler twin and here I was picking one up in my own back yard. When I picked it up Tuesday I asked about the symptoms and as he described it I told him it was probably just a bad idler that had eaten the belt. I offered to let him back out of the deal but he didn't want to. This morning I had a chance to check it out and sure enough that is what had happened. Last spring I bought a parts tractor from Kyle @fast88pu and as luck would have it the belt and idler from it were in great shape so I didn't even have to leave the shop to pick up parts. The 418 has a great running twin, wheel weights, rear axle bracket for a snow plow, a good 48" SD deck and now I know it also has a good strong Eaton 1100, not too bad for $ 225. The paint and wiring are atrocious, but that will get taken care of in due time.

Can you elaborate on this please. I would think with 6 forward speeds and 2 in reverse that the right speed wouldn't be a problem.

If it is any consolation, I've always known that I ain't right! What fun is it being normal? I teach 2nd grade and always tell my kids that if you aren't doing anything wrong and you aren't hurting yourself or anyone else, have fun. Life is too short not too! on my friends, on!

Nothing better to see... than a good looking earning it's keep.

We had a apple cider pressing get together out to cam today and I got to see my bil. For now he wants to get the engine off the tractor and see if we can figure out why the engine will not turn over. He is hoping it is a broken connecting rod , something we can try to get parts and fix. Time will tell probably I will keep you informed as we go. He was asking though , how do you get the crank out if we need to I guess this engine is horizontal - east /west piston travel. I told him I had no idea but if we need to,.. we have a good place to ask about it. Edit, the first thing he wants to do is remove the engine and we would be doing that outside. The weather today is not cooperating so we will wait till another day to get started. I wanted to make this post because I do value all the help I am sure we will get from you all. But if anyone has been following this thread they might have expected a post on todays progress,.. and there will not be any progress today.

Do you have a death wish?

The front end loader is my personal favorite. C-195 with a three point hitch will use them too.

Putting the front attach a matic on a GT-14 opens up a lot of possibilities for implements common to Wheel Horses. Do it!

Not being completely versed in these decks as well, it is my understanding that although it may fit, the horsepower should be enough to support the 60" deck. That HP should be at 20HP. Hope this helps.

Craig, that's the best picture of you I've seen yet! How did they get you to sit still long enough to take it?

Thank you erij for your reply. That is exactly what occurs when I try to use the rod. It appears to bind and not rise as smoothly as the chain did. My 160 is a worker so maybe it’s best if I continue to use the chain and not the rod. Thank you again.

As our President would say "That is FAKE NEWS". Any attachment that can be used on the mid-mount Atach-A Matic can be used on a GT-14. The standard 48" mower is the same one that was used in '67 on a 1267. Any pull behind wagon, lawn sweeper etc. will work. The 54" snow plow is the same as was used on the 953, 1054 and 1054A. If you have a three point hitch on the GT-14 it opens up a whole new world of implements that earlier models couldn't use. Take a look at this brochure from 1969.

This image is from Hodge71's (Jeff in PA) post in the Gallery section here. I believe the Solenoid location can be seen here?. Not familiar with the Model but clearly an advantage of having an up-to-date gallery of models/images. Hope this helps.

Wow, you can walk around it without hitting anything. Nice job going there. Sorry not much help with original question.

Koen..... Time to buy something nice for your wife...... Just a little advice from your uncle Doug...

Moves way too slow for my ninja skills.

Might be handy for some smaller custom mods.

That just may be in its future.....Thanks!

Time for new "shoes" for Clyde. After the show in Berlin last week and all the positive comments Dad got about Clyde, he is more motivated than ever to get it set to his liking. He is going to be traveling through Ohio at the end of the month and so he will stop by Miller and pick up a set of 7.60-15 AG's. He said that he didn't want to miss out on prime painting weather so he peeled the turfs off the rims and look what he found... Can @Shynon shed any light on this inscription? Then he took the hoops to the sandblasted to clean them up. The rims are in great shape and perfect candidates for a fresh coat of Antique white paint! So that is just what Dad gave them! Now they wait curing until the end of the month when the shoes arrive. I'm soooooo excited to see what this thing will look like with those tires on it... Now it is time to set up and paint the plow.

Its made form 1/8" x 3/4" flat stock. 22-1/4" long. Top of the V is 16" across... bottom flat-ish spot is about 3/4". Makes each side about 10-3/4".

I'm not gonna say a dang word.... I did some pretty stupid things in my day... never had a camera to wave at tho!