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My wife and I went to New England last week for our twenty-fifth anniversary. While heading up through Connecticut in the dark we came up to a stoplight and my wife looked out the window and said "oh no" I looked over and saw a Wheel Horse dealer sign. We were twenty minutes from our hotel and it was late. I then told her, guess what we are going to do first thing in the morning?!! When we got up the following morning she said "I can't believe the first thing we are doing on our vacation is going to a Wheel Horse dealer!" Upon our arrival I met the owner of the dealership who informed me that his dad first started selling Wheel Horses around 1975-6. I told him about my addiction and he said that he might have some things I might be interested in. My wife who has zero interest in this stuff just stayed in the car. When I carried out the big two sided metal sign she was just shaking her head. So I scored the two signs, both of which I already have but I can't get enough Wheel Horse memorabilia, a door mat, front weight kit and a vacuum unit !! All for a reasonable price. I must say that the owner really couldn't have been nicer. He told me they had tractors stacked two high in his little showroom back in the hay day. I asked him if he had pictures and he said yes he would have to dig them out and text me the pics. I will post them as soon as I get them. Needless to say this was a great start to our anniversary vacation (at least for me !!)

It has about 6” of baffled tube in the bottom of the pipe, nothing more. It’s surely the loudest of the herd! well, I couldn’t keep a secret. Had to show it to her! She’s on the fence about the light, doesn’t care if I keep the pegs, do stirrups or floorboards!

Sir: You may be the patient!!

I put the mat at the entrance to my bedroom. WOW momma was not havin' that!! She said get that thing out of my house! I'm going to leave it there just to test her patients. 😜

Putt Putt meets Star/Allis Star/Allistare/??? pay no mind to the oil slick under the engine hoist, that’s what happens when a fella like me tries to clean up shop.

My brother called me this morning, said his older neighbor was moving and was selling an older tractor, so went over to look, it's a cub cadet 1811 that he built for his granddaughter to pull with. It turned out she had no interest, so it set for 2 years in his garage. Asked him what he wanted, he said $50 and gone. I brought it home. It has wiring issues that the great members have been helping me with. Last pic is my faithful assistant.

Just picked this up for 75 bones! No idler/tensioner shaft, but it should be fairly easy to fabricate one. I have pictures, dimensions, and raw materials.

Trimmed the dash stand, and actually bolted it in place. It helped position the hood better. Momma visited the shop to bring me a coffee, we talked about our future plans for the 1073. She will think about a total restore or just enjoying it once complete. Also, another name change possibility. There are at least three Wheelhorses and a David Bradley here. A “Frankenstein” tractor. We might have ourselves a “Frank”. I love the name Frank. It’s fitting to the tractor, but also my grandfather’s name was Frank John Platte hence the name of my business F.J. Platte Services. He’s been gone since 4-5-05, before Taylor and I met. I wish they would have known each other. He was my father figure and I saw him daily, being part way across the lake I’d either take the boat or my quad to bring him dinner, hang out in the shed with him, or he’d drive his truck to our driveway and sit to read the paper, then head home. The hardest working man I’ve known was Grampa’s Frank. He drove truck well into his 90’s and kept a garden until then too. He’d haul his pontoon to Lake Okeechobee driving straight through to take his Florida buddy fishin. I could go on an on about Grampa. I guess, for now... Redsquare, meet Frank.

Steering wheel is looking more acceptable. The spring feels weird to me, but I bet she won’t mind!

Yes...I have an addiction to plows. The one on the far left is a “sod bottom” wall behind plow, presumably from a David Bradley giving the light blue paint under the black. It is about a 7” share. Planning to make a slot hitch adapter for it to put on Comanche one of these days. Plow #2 and 5 are the old style “straight beam” Brinly’s with one hole in the hitch. The two middle are standard 10” Brinly’s and of course the 12” Punisher on the end. The only other plow missing from this group that is at my uncles is my old style Cat 0 that I call “the Monster”. Still don’t have a tractor set up for that one yet...one of these days. Some of these plows were used last week and some haven’t been in the ground in years, possibly decades...

Just wanted to throw this out there. Any thoughts? I missed the last Senior Reunion and would love to see how many we could round up!

One of the frame holes are offset, so I took that into consideration in my mount design. This will double as a hanging weight/battery box mount. Oh, and the light works! That’s all for tonight, it’s family movie time!

This reminds me of my wife telling me "No dead animals on my walls!!". Soo.... when I caught my first legal musky and had it mounted I told her that I was going to hang it on the ceiling above the bed. She graciously granted me a spot on the wall .

Try putting all of that on a 25hp cub cadet from Home Depot and then use it .

I like mine it has a few extras on it!

So a few weeks ago I bought a 1974 wheel horse A-800 Ranger. When I took it apart to clean up the rust I didn’t take pictures of the 3 speed clutch and brake system. Could someone help me with a diagram or pictures of how theirs are set up please?

You know, it seems that a lot of us have ties one way or another to our grandfather’s through these machines. My best childhood memories are of pulling my grandfather to the country store around the road with one of his wheel horses while he rode in the dump cart. Great job Kevin! I’d be disrespectful if I also didn’t say miss you Poppy!! Love you!!

How about putting it in the bathroom as a night light?

Since I already have the big sign in my garage I thought maybe I could put my new one in the bedroom. She thought not. You should have seen the look I got. I think most of y'all know THE LOOK!!

It was obviously her fault! If she had kept her eyes on the road there wouldn't have been a Very Kool Doormat in her house!

Sounds familiar Years ago i was getting ready for an inspection lying on the cold wet floor in the motor pool bay (Think Colorado in the winter). We knew the inspector was death on loose jack shaft bolts on Deuces. Had the 3/4 drive socket on the bolt foot on the frame and pulling hard. Wrench slipped off and the handle caught me between the legs...That hurt and i sat up in response..my head meeting the frame of the deuce. head wounds bleed profusely but what really hurt was lower. I was the company commander showing the troops that we all had to work. Think my Motor Sergeant about died laughing

My own grampa was the same type of figure to me. Well done. I like it. Nice tribute.

It looks like it would honor the name Frank well. 👍

Stories like this, I wish I could give a laugh and sad face reaction! I had a dog who would play fetch with firewood, one time she dropped a piece on my mom’s foot and fractured a bone! Once again, dog still at ready to do her duty to fetch it!

I used to take part in off road competitions some years back. One day I was lying under my Land Rover refitting a rear propshaft I'd fitted with new UJ's. At the time I had a German Shepherd. She liked you to throw sticks or other objects for her. At the time she preferred a lump of hawthorn. A rather big lump and heavy. As I lay there on my back, lower half of my body sticking out from under the Land Rover, she decided she wanted to play. To attract my attention she dropped the lump of wood, not by me, but right between my legs where it hurts. The shock/pain made me try to sit upright. Forehead came in contact with chassis, bounced back and hit the concrete floor, back up to attack the chassis a second time. Rolling out from underneath I could have done with three hands. One for my forehead, one for the back of my head and one to hold you know where. Kelly, the dog just stood there with a bemused look and wagging her tail.

Are there rules for something like that? I think it should be.... “Get your family into things you enjoy, and multiply (toys).” I was just fortunate enough to get a good deal on the house and barns... I can’t tell you how many truck engines, transmissions or other major components I’ve replaced or repaired in my gravel driveway at the old place, because the garage couldn’t fit the truck I am not sure what to think about the light, it’s not a concern currently because it’s not in my way yet. I was looking at the picture with the 3” stack though thinking that it doesn’t look terrible right now. I tried to pull it off a while back, but the square in the light body is rounded out and it’s not priority. Maybe I should give it power and see if it works!

I broke down and set up a Cleaner I have had for a short time. Main jet and carb cleaned up really well. Choke and throttle shaft look ok. Float had hole in it I had to solder. Needle was stuck in closed position. Cleaned up well. Polished seat with Q-Tip in a drill with valve lapping compound. Just going to need a gasket set. Turns out Horse has been setting for ten years. Changed fuel lines , Cleaned tank with acetone and sealed with tank sealant. New filter.

Amen brother! I work in a cramped 1 car garage and Kev, it looks like you’ve got the TajMahal of garages! Loving this build man. Emory wants me to redo his workhorse for Christmas, why don’t you build him a cool creation!!

Kev, you have way to many toys for a grown man with kids .

Not into stacks so I’ll keep my mouth shut but otherwise I think it looks great.

You may want to invest in some form of front weights as well...

It still amazes me how many different key switches that WheelHorse andToro used on their various model tractors! I learn something new with eachswitch!

Funny, here I am trying to think of a name for my Grandpas Snapper I just picked up. Pullstart, that’s a good looking tractor coming together there, glad the misses likes it. I’m the same way, I can’t keep secrets for long before I get too excited and tell Mama Bear 😂

It's a 1952 Chevy Deluxe, all basically original. 216 straight 6, 3 on the tree. Was my father n laws. I only was able to get to one show this year. Im still looking for some to repair the 6volt radio, and have the original dash clock repaired.

I totally understand, I hope your doing well. My lab, Ruger, is a great dog, has always been there for me. My wife says he's my therapy dog, along with my therapy tractors. I have to agree..

No I think it’s called saving up for the next tractor!

I spent a few minutes the other day and Trina again today removing parts from the engine so as clean/strip/paint it soon.

@WVHillbilly520H @gwest_ca Well guys I finally got around to fixing the splitter today. 2 new hoses. Clean/rebuild carb. Clean/regap plug. Change engine oil. Change hydraulic oil. Changed gas tank...(cracked). I got thinking about the above quotes in combination and once I had the machine running I figured to start messing with the valve. As part of the draining process I was moving the lever back and forth and noticed it started to stick in place one way like it's supposed to. Notice on the end of the valve there's a screw. I turned it in 1/4 turn and the valve was/is working correctly!!! So we'll run her a bit and see what happens.

Nice Score! The door mat is for the wife right? Just thinking that she should be in the "President's Club" for putting up with your "hobby"...Boy that would make a great entry statement at the main door...

Totally off topic, but you might recognize my coffee cup today Stefan

So....AWESOME!!!

I have suspicion that the ignition switch is dying. I had to jump the coil to keep it running.

The gaskets, needle & seat are the same for K90 - K341. I always go with the OEM set, I've had better luck with them & they're not much different in price. Here's a link to a good source for them. http://www.psep.biz/store/kohler_carburetor_parts.htm

you would love the high clearance of a Big Wheel for roaming the backwoods country of Maine!

Well done sir! As stated above, get a hold of Lincoln and he'll be able to fix you up with a gasket set for that if nobody local can do it for you. I live in a rural area and a lot of my stuff is mail-order and he has become a preferred vendor for me.

This diagram of the pulleys is in there. Is this what you're looking for? Download the A800 IPL file

I dig the single head light offsetting that big ol' stack... gives it character.

You just go ahead and keeeeep that exhaust stack there. Boy I reeeellyy like the looks of that Bigg Wheeler... Mayhaps I'll have to procure me some huge rear Rollin stock.

Well thanks to @PeacemakerJack for confirming my thoughts, the seat looks pretty “at home” with the spring reversed. The hydro transmissions have a four bolt pattern unlike the gear jammers, so the tool box/fender support will need to incorporate an adapter of some type.