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Stumbled across this on marketplace. Kinda neat but not much use when the grass gets high...may belong to a member here?

I just wanted to share these. I was going thru pictures on a camera card and found these I took about 3 years ago. The 702 was my father in-laws, It was my first of my round hoods - it has been in my wife's family since 1965. I picked up the 854 about 8 or so years ago with a stuck intake valve and a bad 4 speed. It now runs great and has the 8 speed Unidrive from a 1979 C81. Bill

Well now that I can post pictures we wanted to share this with all of you! Here is the beauty that my husband is really proud of and now owns after a year of wishing and wanting lol. He picked it up last part of January 2020!! The old man bought it a few years ago from the original the owner we understand. Now the guy my husband bought it from, said his health wasn’t up to it so he set this tractor inside his shed strapped on pallets and covered up! He posted it for sale several times over the past year, but we felt it was out of price range at the time. Then it disappeared so we figured it sold then it came up again different pictures! However many conversations later we have it in our heard! They both settled on a price both could be happy with! So our youngest daughter made the trip with her Dad to get this 854 and have some quality father daughter time as I couldn’t get off work. It’s a surprisingly well kept surviver, having the original paint. The blade has its decals, original paint and the mower deck the same plus it has new wheel horse brand belts on it...! It was a day in travel time but the following day he was playing on it.. Replaced the battery, added gas! Then noticed gasket on the fuel tank had dried out and was leaking and the fuel pump was leaking against the engine as the gasket was placed up side down. That has now been replaced and a gasket for the fuel tank ordered but it stopped leaking so the gasket is on hand if it starts again. He added rear weights and chains and it’s now his go to tractor! The HY-3 lift allows him precise height of the blade! Has used it twice moving snow and comes up with excuses to use it for other things! IMG_7087.MOV

It looks wider in the front, even from the back. It’s just that tubbed rearend look that is deceiving... The rear is currently about 2-3” wider and will be widened another 3” or so.

Please move if needed mods! Check out what I just saw on one of the auction sites! Very nice tractor, but the price!! $5,999! It is all original, but for that price you’re getting into Sr range. Maybe this seller is just reaching for the sky, but I don’t think anyone will ever pay that price. I’m not sure about the rapid price escalation of the prices of parts and tractors. Affordability is one of the things that I love about our hobby, but it might start to exclude some of us at the current rates. This isn’t meant for anyone here, as we all are in it for the fun, but it just seems like times are changing faster than our wallets!

I picked up a hella stout wagon today, it has a tag on it Jake's Nashville Tennessee. Has 18 inch tall side boards with slotted angle iron attaching it all together. I removed the sides and set them aside for now, I will need to put new tires and clean the old grease out of them so it rolls easier, then fix a tongue so I can use my 656 to pull it. It is very heavily built for sure. 30 x 60 will sure be a nice size.

She’s a go getter. Nice job you two.

I plan on turning it red some time soon, it was red once before but looked more of a simplicity orangish red, the place this came from did recently sell off his simplicity and all the implements, I bet he had this painted to match it at one time. 1 inch diameter axles should Cary plenty of chicken feed!

But on the flip side...I hate ads with no price or where the seller just says “make me an offer” or “best offer”. I pretty much pass on all those type of ads. I’m glad we “outlawed” make an offer ads here on Red Square! At least this guy has a starting price so you have an idea of where he wants to be price wise (outer space in this case )

A guy that pays that is looking for a divorce. Hmmm, maybe that would work?? You can tell the seller is not a Wheel Horse guy. None of us would post a price that ended with $ .99, we would all be like $250, $25, $6,000, etc. Can you imagine telling someone...you bought your horse for $399.99???

Heck, if I can't get that for my 312-8 I'm not going to sell it!

The second V is cut out and the area is wire wheeled clean. The MIG is running low on 75/25 so I’ll roll the TIG up front next time I’m in the shop. G’night y’all.

Dan and I set a round hood on fire today... well mostly Dan ... I was pretty much there for air compressor wrenching! Too bad you guys don't get to see the finished goods 'till the unveiling!

Trina did a little more grinding on some "pahts" today. She wore different socks so you all would know she has different socks. Foot rest rear bracket Seat spring and back rest bracket.

Maybe his wife is putting pressure on him to sell it off and this is his way to keep it

$5,999.99? Why don't they just say $6,000? Anyway, I think the seller is on a different planet.

That’s what I keep telling myself every time I have to hang up another pair of pants because they no longer fit!!

WELL GUYS I AM BACK AGAIN AS I AM TRYING TO HELP MY NEIGHBOR WHO BOUGHT A VERY OLD AND STILL IN SOME WHAT NICE CONDITION FOR 200 BUCKS ;WELL HE DID FIND THE CORRECT KEY AS WHEN I POSTED THE LAST REPLY ASKING ABOUT THE CORRECT KEY ;SO NOW THE MOTOR HAS NO SPARK ;WE HAVE REMOVED THE FLY WHEEL AND CHECKED THE POINTS WHICH ARE GOOD AND SET CORRECTLY ;SO COULD IT BE THE CONDENSER OR THE MAGNETO IS BAD ;AS WELL WE CLEANED THE MAGNETS AS THEY WERE REALLY RUSTED ;SO WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY THOUGHTS AS TO WHERE TO GO FROM HERE AS THOUGH THE YEARS OF COLLECTING THESE FIND OF HORSES I HAVE NEVER OWNED ONE LIKE THIS OTHER THAN THE CHARGER 10 I have WHICH IS MY FAVORITE OUT OF THE 7 HORSE I HAVE ;AGAIN THANKS I AM TRYING TO TALK HIM IN TO JOINING THE GROUP AS THERE IS SO MUCH HE CAN LEARN ON HIS OWN AND BECOME A WHEEL HORSE FAN ;

If Ttina doesn't beat you to it.

AT the BS $5,999.99 would buy a lot have to get Pullstart to be the load master .

Couple extra snap shots

Maybe if it comes with a mint low hour 420-LSE! It might be worth it!

Well, I finally got back to my creation - it’s been a long week with something to do every night. I just finished tacking the tins together. I’m using my new inverter welder - talk about a learning curve! It burns much hotter and blows through much easier than my old transformer welder! Both are flux core, but this little dude really has the punch! More later.

I'd respectfully disagree with the decline of interest in our hobby. The WH Show is getting bigger every year, and prices are going higher on decent tractors. Maybe it depends on your location, but interest seems great in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Connecticut, New York, etc. The garden tractor shows in general seem to attract many young people. It's encouraging to see younger men take up our hobby as we 'old codgers' are forced to downsize. Jim

Yep, It'll never sell at that price.

I think I need the weight, especially up front! Not a bad idea Richard.

Cuttin’ and stompin’...

You're such a tease Jim

I did as above today and some other things. The regulator on the tractor was badly corroded so I hucked it in the trash. I have a regulator from a 77 C-160 on there now and I moved it... To the exact outside of where it was. I added a ground wire for the VR. I found that the 2 AC wires were corroded and the insulation was completely off in one spot. Cut that all apart and rewired them. The ends of the VR/ignition switch wire were no better so that got the same treatment. Checked the kill/ground wire. It has a small spot near the ignition switch end that will be heat shrink wrapped. Trina took the plastic cover off of a C series dash and polished up the bare metal. I installed the key switch and throttle cable. Not happy with the throttle cable so I'll either rebendify it or swap out for a new one. Next will be to find a spot for the starter solenoid then finish wiring.

The size of the point gap determines the TIME the points are open. NOT the strength of the spark. The longer or shorter it takes to open and close them determines where/when in the rotation of the crankshaft the plug gets fired.

Well made it back to were I was and made a little ground

Oh, another luck knight.. independently for what or where you look, there is allway‘s one „Luck knight“ they upping a price to astronomical ranges. mostly they tell you stories about the things, like this was Elvis GT or similar... or it is extremely rare while.... blah blah blah. Whatever he tells, ( it’s extremely rare, or even lies or however) i think it‘s a normal thing on the market one is the first whos tryes. As long as this price will be payed, he seemed he’s right and earned a lot of Money with one single Deal, if this is a fair deal or not, that’s the other side of the medal - but if not, just the buyer is the horned. The market regulated mostly itself the Pricerange. So as on desinterests once he can keep his 5999,99Tractor for the eterinty or he must drop the price to a reasonable range to sell it. That‘s normal markets rules.

Well, I got the front cut out for my legs and @Ed Kennell my arse barely fits between those tubs! I’m going to have to stiffen that body up some before I go much farther. Any good ideas?

What a funny Day... Because of no snow, i do the monthly checkup and Enginerun on my machines, after the Horse has it’s check done and still is running in idle, i do it on the Beast. Both engines starts without any issues, all machines work in all functions as expected. then i recover the Horse , but whilst the engine on the Beast was still running, i spontaneusely decide today, to have a longer ride today with the Beast to recharge the Battery fully. So i started my today’s Tour firstly thru the forrest, later along the Country roads. I drove with 2/3 throttle smooth and steady the Way. Few minutes later i see a Police Car on patrol (first time in our Area), but i know everything is right and clear. They just drove about few hundret meters and ask me some questions thru the open Window.. 😂😂 All was fine with Paperwork and they leave me. What a crazy Check..🤔😂😂😂 i still crossing the Raulroad and then come a long straight so i decide to see if my Fella is at home or not. still on his place, but he went out. than i jump back in the Seat and fireup the Beast to continue my Tour. on my way back, i passing few Fields down the Railroad i drove along on some country roads to the Valley, where i purchased last year my Potato seed. i grabbed a 10Kilos and put in the FEL (what a great trunk) while i talking with the Farmer and his lady, 2 neighbours of him come to us and ask me several things about the Beast. They both thinkering to buy such a small tractor as an addon for the Boy‘s, especially for their Boys, later they offered me they want purchase also for themself but the Ladies - you know.... 😂😂😂 to give them more fun to do that work. I told them this Garden Tractors was just my hobby, nothing i wanna earn money with, but it seems i started here a „hype“ for small tractors today...🤔 ... and it was not really their Boy‘s they get fire and flames on...😂😂😂 While we are talking about the“ small GT pro and cons“ few neighbour come and we had a nice conversation. They told me i was the first one with such a small roadlegal Minitractor who droves in this Area. ok, i get some dubious views about the max speed on 14 Km/h but it moves and i be independantly and - it is my Hobby no more no less. We discussed a lot about fuels, new one or older one, and different points what they can do. Than i must give them a small Demonstration on my small selfmade FEL, what it is able to do. they be impressed, what that little thing can handle, they doubt it will handle. the bigges laughs i earned for my counterweightbox... but i can live with. they thaught i transport Pig feed... 😂😂😂😂😂😂 but the pallet fork becomes still its interesting. Lifting 450Kilos was enough for most of their needs. I carefully try for initiate maybe within the next years a plowday, maybe somedays 😎 and get in first some curious views of how and what i meant, i told them about my Fellas in the US are doing this, that‘s much more fun than „just pull“ with the bigger machine. This can be done later still further but that is just a challenge of Fun. It can be started as an plow for Fun and ends up in a challenge, but Fun must be in foreground on this „Plowday“ So everybody can learn and test if his setup was good or if there are possibilities to enhance or imporove. This idea get‘s different responses, but i felt about that conversation, the interest is given.👍 Than i thanks for the Coffee, we get from the Boss (Farmers lady) 😂 and i continue my Way. with the seed in the FEL i drove back home. along Country roads, and finally passing the Forrest back home. I like that view thru the Mountains they about 50 Km Far. i just missed the snow, but not this day, that was a perfect excuse for no Snow. End of the day‘s result: What a nice ride with a great meeting - and the Battery in the Beast is now definitiv fully Charged.

I bought and sold a lot on CL in the past, but about a year ago I discovered FBMP and I have gotten much better response there. I joined the Wheel Horse Group. So WH ads are normally the only ones that appear.

Sure is Eric. At least where I sit.

Brrr it's 36 here in Central Texas and that's cold enough for me! Should hit the mid-60's this afternoon. forecasting 70's Saturday and Sunday. @ebinmaine @1995 520H+96+97 I had a 1996 Ford truck like yours in my younger day. I I remember right, your grill looks like yours is a 65. Both of ya'll keep that minus stuff up there in Maine. Ok I'll admit it, I'm a little OK with cold dry weather, but we usually get cold wet weather and it chills me to the bone..

Thanks to all for the nice comments. The rear tires were switched to narrow up the 702 as it lives at the back of the garage. The 8 speed is great for plowing as we fan out the cars on the grass when it snows and plow thru between them. The low range is handy for cutting the grass in confined areas. Bill

Ok, made a small start on the project. propped the floor joists ready to remove the course of brick that will allow the steel lintel to go in. Widened the hole in the sleeper wall and carted all my tools in. The concrete floor is just the waste from when it was built so I can dig it out and get some headroom. Storm Dennis approacheth so indoor work is good, just done two hours litter picking in the wind and rain. Mick

Warm and toasty down there Ed. It dropped a bit more after I took this, this morning....

I would box the frame from front to rear, just a few added pounds of insurance.

After you started the tractor and the lights didn't work, did you remove them and bench test them?

Everyone’s favorite, so long as I don’t see your crack!

There's six levers on the hoe I made and yeah, it's a pain in the @@@ when using it until you get used to it. But still don't think I ever have. 2 are for the stabilizers so 2 joysticks would certainly make it much more user friendly. That was my first hydraulic adventure and wish I knew better as the instructions called for dividing 2 sets of 3 spool valves. Definitely need to upgrade that to joysick control. And @DarrellF Don't forget to look for one with float on one of the spools or if you can add it to the valve. The float feature comes in handy.

I measured within a few thousandths on my depth to the wheel bearing face. Close enough for the girl I go with!

Two down. I’ll clean up and cut down the Wheel Horse spindles next.

One VW spindle machined. I drilled and tapped the end to have a bolt that holds the wheel onto the spindle. It beats tracking down special left and right hand threaded fine thread 18mm locking/clamping nuts.

I got home today and put some more parts together. Got the piston in along with the new rod. All machine work looked great and all specs as well. Hope to fire it up this weekend!