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Another reason I love this forum. I remember seeing this a few months ago and thought, huh, that's neat...then I read the comments. The vast majority of the facebook comments were hyper critical "why would you do that" "that's just dumb" "kills the value, you're an idiot". You all are a wholesome group, and I appreciate it.

I will be buying tomorrow from my son in laws dad a 856 wheelhorse! It needs a little TLC but nothing major runs on starting fluid. I will get it dialed in. Has a deck. It is in over all in good shape in my opinion. Im getting a heck of a deal i even talked him down on it. If the frame has any issues i have the spare frame that is an 856 frame from the old man that redid my wife's kohler kv181 motor. Pretty excited!!

Had to do some concrete chipping and hammer drilling today at a construction site that doesn’t have power nearby yet. These little generators are so awesome because you can literally drive right up to where you need to work and the 14 horse Kohler uses almost no gas at half throttle and that’s all you need to power a couple of appliances off the generator.

I have 18 (I think!)

Hey there, I’m new to the group but was told this was the place to learn all about wheel horses and to talk to some cool, knowledgeable, wheel horse lovers. I got into these tractors because my grandfather was a die hard fan, and when I was younger I loved to tinker with them. I have a 1986 312-8 that is my toy, it’s on bigger mud tires and has a 14 hp predator engine on it. I use it to pull a trailer around my property. I also have a 1989 416-8 that I just required to run a front blade attachment.

I think you are right Mike...the cool factor. On the other side, I started going through a bunch of show pictures I had. seems, I was thinking a lot of the walk behinds and real early riders had different types of steel wheels. Here is a few...

Today the gravel went in. Concrete comes on 3/16.

It wasn't the Mennonites, I think it was the Norubbertireites.

The 312-8 i restored for my son Used rustoleum Regal Red with hardener, clearcoat and Terry's wonderful patriotic decals to top it off. He's used it as his weekly mower and it has held up great.

I have these two rear engine riders. I dont want to sell them but as some of you know my health issues have me considering letting them go. One is a Work Horse 832. The other is a RR-65 Wheel Horse REO Lawn Skiff. Both machines run and work as they should. Both in nice shape for their age. That being said they are what they are ... rear engine riders that their only use is to mow small yards. You dont run across these everyday is the reason why I hang on to them. The 832 if you Google it the only pictures of ones that come up are mine and another one listed here on this forum. The REO is in great shape for being 55 yrs old but in 1965 they didnt think much about safety and I would be leery of selling it to someone who just wants a mower to mow his lawn. Do they have more sentimental value then real money value? I know its easier to come up with a tractors value but what about these little guys ?

Just wanted to share the progress and details of the devastation that has hit our city here in Tennessee. Nashville has seen its share of disasters In the recent years. With the great flood of 2010 which l had a big part in the community and now with the recent chaos to the Tornado in 1998 down town. I Just heard that there was a total of 10 reported tornadoes in and around Nashville on Tuesday. We are truly the volunteer state. People helping people and this makes us Tennessee strong!!

I saw this ad on FB a while ago and been dying to ask if these are homemade or a rare wheel horse accessory. Either way I'm at a loss to guess what they would be for.

Great Pict - think an absolute Calendar candidate. i love it, to see Rig‘s used as they be planed or designed for 👍

This afternoon I was able to fabricate the front mount for the hood. Going to use the dash and hood from the Electro 12. The reason being the fuel tank and mount for the C-160 will not fit behind the dash with the Lister-Petters installed. Thankfully the dash fit the pedestal on the C-160

854 before After

So i was just chatting with the PO of the GT. I asked if he had an engine kicking around. Nope he didn't. BUT when I showed him a pic of the piston and mentioned the connecting rod he gave me THIS to offset the blown engine. What a deal.

Hard to forget what they look like .. as I was telling the story to EB. We had a semi local old mower shop with a bunch of outbuildings. A crate of those very same brackets fell through a rotten shelf and landed on me.. They aren't light. Hard to forget. Shall we say, your picture hit me like a ton of bricks..

1054, 753, RJ59, 2 of my 1045's one original and one restore that I wish I still had.

A Benjamin would be best!

It's starting to look like something. I have a nicer seat. This was. Setting here.

I also think the steelies in the picture here are more for the “cool factor” or show and weren’t built for hard work. The inner part or rim looks to have only three spokes. I bet if you were hauling logs out of your forest Eric and you whacked a big ol’ Maine potato sticking outa the ground just right you would bend that steel grating tread section.

I have a different philosophy. If it ain't broke, work on it until it is.

I wouldn’t want it to roll on my foot.

A tank from an Older Cub Cadet fits where the Wheel Horse tank went. It's one of the oval metal tanks. Yellow goes good with red. Not. Hope to have the rear fender pan seat and running boards fitted today. I'd like to have this done next week so I can get started on this.

usually you'll find that the gen head is the starter, oil pan different configuration, some engines not equipped with an oil filter, governor has ten fly-balls to maintain 1800 rpm, just removed five to reach 3600 rpm. The gen engine for tractor use would need oil pan to accept starter, install ring gear on flywheel use electric fuel pump or replace the camshaft with one that has the lobe to operate a manual pump. Remove 5 of the 10 fly balls from the governor for 3600 rpm. Would not worry about not having an oil filter the Onan's use a large capacity oil pan and regular oil changes will keep your engine happy. Most gen engines have less than 100 hrs or less. Th gen armature is held onto the engine taper with a long bolt the goes the fill length of the armature. You can press the shaft from the armature, machine it to suite your needs, use a shorter bolt to secure the new stub to the tapered crank end. I love my Onan engines they always start regardless how cold it gets here in Central Canada.

Unplug the voltage regulator rectifier. Measure the voltage between the two wires coming from the stator. At full throttle it should be between 30 & 50 volts AC.

Like @ebinmaine said, keeps the exhaust out of my face and I like the look.

@Oldskool Might take me three or four weeks but I could get that to my house. I have to go to Western Mass at some point. That would cut a Fair chunk of the journey off...

This will chase off most unwanted visitors, just remember to turn it off when YOU are going into the garden. https://www.havahart.com/critter-ridder-motion-activated-animal-repellent-sprinkler-5277

Let me see if I have a couple pictures 1076 before. After 400 Suburban before After Mclean 4 wheel tractor before After Raider 12 before After 1045D before. After

Hello Matt...Welcome to Red Square. Those Maroon strippers are going to fit right in here. Enjoy the site.

Trying to copy rice-land tractor wheels??

Gotta ride rough as hell,but at least no more flat tires.

@Stormin you just calm down and let the man work on the tractor.

That Horse has been at the Big Show off and on over the years.

Door made today and the hinges set so it actually works lol. Ordered the steel plate for the door and that will arrive next week. Just got to sort out some locking bars for it now. Fred is champing at the bit to get in there. Mick

I think you made an excellent choice. You would have been kicking yourself for years if you'd made that trade. There are plenty of smaller hydro tractors around but your C-160 is a prime piece.

If the transmission works okay there is no need to split the case. If you don't know the history of it and you want to check it out inside then now is obviously the best time to do it. The shifter boot can be had from Wheel Horse Parts And More. Definitely want to replace the seals right now as well. Also, check your wheel bearings. You don't want much up and down play.

There are a few thoughts that come to mind. First - I would think the safety of the item is not something you need to be concerned with unless you have modified it. Second - Do these really have that much dollar value? As you said more sentimental value. Third - and this is the more sensitive question that only you can answer. Do you need the few hundred dollars you might get for them? So put them on a listing site (CL, eBay, FB marketplace) and see if you get any takers. Another option is donate it for a fund raiser for a organization of your choice. You might get more comfort knowing you supported a cause or group. Good luck with your health and here's hoping you find a solution that works for you.

It's a C-145 so it has the floating mount. Check your grounds. Check the impedance from the battery negative to the coil negative with the points closed and that there is batt voltage at the coil positive points open or closed. All that is good, new coil is bad. I had the new NAPA coil on my C-125 crap-out in 10 minutes.

Just for grins and giggles, have you thought about seeing about machining the old block and crank? I’d start by building an E-tank for the block and all the associated parts, source a set of valves and get a quote. It might surprise you how cheap you can rebuild it...

On a 1969 GT-14 it is here. Second picture is 1971. Garry

Tractor belt sizes have been added to this page. Click on the picture For attachment belt sizes they are in the attachment manuals for each one. Garry

Thanks for the reply. What I discovered was that the wire from the rectifier to ignition switch was dead for some reason. I ran a jumper from the rectifier to the switch using my volt meter and then I had 14.5 volts. So, I disassembled the wiring harness, the bad wire and removed the ignition switch and rectifier. I sanded all the contacts clean, checked the wire for conductivity and today i will reassemble. Mostly because of all the dirt and rust there was poor contact. Have a great day.

No scaredy cats here just monetarily challenged lmao

Still not scared! Just a part of a rebuild.

What can you expect from show biz? Not only did they cheap out & not paint the rims, they used a John Deere in a song about Ridin' a Horse. Had they actually done their research maybe they would have contacted @Bear G do display one of his custom 's.

!982 C-125. Before. After. 1978 C-121. The Black Horse. Before. 2nd from left. After. 1979 C-81. Bought part restored.