Leaderboard

Biggest Horse and smallest Horse working together today on some road maintenance. After dressing it up with the York rake Lawn Ranger will pull the roller over the repairs...

Hi Guys, I just picked up my first wheel horse today for a lockdown project. I don't know a whole lot about these tractors. I am hoping this is a good source to learn. Is there a good source for parts that anyone can share? I was told this is a 1967 704, is there a serial number chart to verify? It has a 7hp k161 kohler motor. What do you guys think about the purchase?

I run small stacks on a couple of my 8HP machines. I think they’re much quieter than the pepper pot style mufflers.

It is so basic and simple and it is an absolute monster. Just for kicks I hooked up my yard roller and cut and rolled at the same time. I didn’t even have to use the “low side”. It’s a little (not so little) torque beast.

Thanks so much for the welcomes!! One of my first jobs was working for a Wheel Horse dealer/lawn and garden center. And I finally got one!! It was a major score. Came from a collector that had 62, yes 62 Wheel Horse tractors. He used this one to mow a 1/4 acre. No smoke, fires right up, runs like a champ. Got it for $350!!!!! And as a bonus, my wife, who never cuts the grass told me to get off so she could run it!! She loves it too!!

The missus checked the hen house this morning and carried these in. The smallest is about the same as large size sold in stores.I wonder if the Col Sanders picture I hung up in the hen house had any effect?

Not too worried about drones, I have a shotgun or two loaded in the safe

The unwanted rodents in the chicken coop lately haven’t responded to my request to vacate the premises.

On this last item ---- I had 3-4 relatives (needless to say ....older relatives) that had and used one. When I was about 10-12yr old my great uncle needed a small catch basin where water drained off to fast. So he told us kids "go get the mules and the "SLIP" and lets dig a catch hole here" So, hooked up 2 big brawny mules to the slip and the oldest cousin, about 17-18 would ride the handles. Took some 'finesse' to keep the angle of the blade just right - to deep and it'd throw him in with the dirt, and too shallow and it wouldnt pick up anything. When the 'slip' got full he would lift the handles and out the dirt would dump. Bout 2-3 hrs had a nice shallow 'dip' there and it would hold water til the next rain. All I have ever heard them called was "slip' - no doubt that was'nt the proper name , but it fits.

Beautiful horse! As a new WH owner, I've already found this community to be super welcoming and helpful!

I don't know much about the earlier models either but you have come to the right place.This is the friendliest,most helpful forum of any kind on the web.

JCM speaketh the truth.Sometimes I think the folks on this forum collectively own more than were built!

I started out with 1 and never thought that I would need any more than that and look what happened. I can't take credit for 2 of them , the first 2 in the row on the left belong to another member on here @ebinmaine and this is small potatoes compared to the 40 or 50 or whatever other members on here own. Your in big trouble now. HaHaHa You want pics your WH brothers have them.

I’ve been watching this forum and I have informed the wife that this could become addictive. Lol!! Time to make more room in the barn....

Another job for same client was her own personal closet. Cherry is the species on this one. Center island is a “jewelry box” with all velvet lined drawers with custom compartments for her jewelry.

Here’s the Corona Cruiser with Briggs Vanguard and open header. Emory’s hot rod black hood with Predator 22hp and straight stack. D160 with twin Nelson mufflers. Just realized I have a thing for the big twins!!

I have seen my Grandad use one to back fill around the foundation of the stone house we built in the '50s. He was quite efficient using it with a team of ponies that were voice trained. He did have the reins around his neck, but they were very seldom needed. To dump the scoop, there was a short chain with one end attached to the rear of the scoop and the other end attached to the drawbar. With the ponies backed up for slack, he pulled the chain raising the drawbar to vertical and short hooked it to the rear of the scoop. When the ponies pulled, the front edge of the scoop dug in and flipped the scoop up side down dumping the load. You are correct....some do call it a slip or scoop or drag. It has been adapted to three point tractor hitches in both the pulling position and reversed where it is pushed in reverse. Also adapted for use in surface mining with enormous drag lines.

Filly and Rebel have the stock pepper shakers

Screamin’ Jimmy is quieter than you would think he should be.

Then her sisters got tired of field work and had to jump in the act..... Hard to believe it once looked like this...… even then not a bad somewhat original…. Gotta Hand it to Tom to getting it back to where I even took over.

Thanks for the warm welcome. I will check out the vendor section for sure. Here is another picture from the other side showing the 704 decal.

@Hoythunter25 to It looks like you made a great purchase and you've come to the right place for information and advice. There are no dumb questions here so ask away. We're glad you found Red Square.

Yeah ya best have a talk. A hair covered horse is a herd animal. For some reason paint covered horses appear to be the same. And be careful about where you park them for the night as well. They multiply on their own.....

Thread the big bolt in. When it hits the end of the crankshaft keep turning. It will push the crank out of the pto. Garry

Ok let me go real slow here........ two and a half to three hours

Use the DIAL-A-HEIGHT knob to STOP the deck from dropping too low. This is a C-120 Auto, but the 8-sp should be the same. This is about the best pic I have to show what to do.... Here is a better pic of the Height Setting Apparatus...

Same here! Always amazed at the amount of work those little 8’s can do.

Just saw this on ebay. Any idea what model it is? Not sure just how much is missing.

I certainly wouldn't give up on the tractor because the engine is tired. Rebuilding one is simple, but since you don't have the time, I'd keep my eye out for a good used runner. That would have you up and running fairly quickly, as swapping an engine is easy.

Whatever you decide to do I would highly recomend an hour meter and regular oil changes every 20 hours.I decided to mount a Predator 13 horse on a 416 h to evaluate the transaxle.The engine is now on a 520h I have.There are options.

I have done this once before, with chipmunks in a block wall. I was able to find a spot to stick the pipe in a ways and then buried it. Remember you’ll want to let it Brent a little to let the fumes settle in and the oxygen out. You could always stand near another exit with a shovel in hand ready to “bop ‘em on the head” like little bunny foo foo.

Man, didn't you get the memo on the latest executive order? Evictions are still banned in Michigan... Uh oh... and you've posted pictorial proof that not only are you evicting the poor little creatures, you are using unapproved methods that are not endorsed by PETA, EPA, OSHA, and EIEIO... You see any black drones over your property yet?

This thread reminds me... I never took video of Steve’s complete exhaust system... and now he’s in the top rack for a bit!

unusual pulleys usually come from unusual people

I just recently found a Honda baffle like the one welded in Putt Putt’s Cherry Bomb...

Frank’s got a nice bark. He needs a rebuild soon. The half of a C series muffler stuck in the bottom of the 3” pipe really lets it bellow.

Chief... this exhaust is ear piercing!

Buy a lathe?

Great job with everything! Such a cool piece of unique Americana!!! I applaud you for saving it and keeping it all together as a package. Regarding the hubcaps, aesthetics (if you can use that word related to this beauty) etc. - everyone’s got their opinion but you’ve got the tractor... yours is the only opinion that counts!!! Do what you want and enjoy it!!! Thanks for letting us come along, especially with the pictures!!!

Hi Kevin, Nice work so far, love the name, it will always remind you of the lockdown and what we are all going through. Also that some things are just more important than this PITA virus I am breaking quarantine every now and then to do community stuff, I might borrow your ninja outfit lol Mick

Well, worked on this thing all morning with little to show for it. My cousin stopped by to see it. He is a good mechanic and I was looking forward to his opinion on it. After his inspection he couldnt figure it out either ..lol. I ended up replacing the brake cable I installed after I got it to a better cable. We welded the seat that had split around the hole where you bolt it down. We also drilled another hole in the seat spring to move the seat back a bit. I am 6'5 so every little bit of leg room helps. After he left I removed the plow. Didnt see my self plowing with it anytime soon and more fun tooling around on it without it. I was going to swap the tires and wheels over but these are starting to grow on me. It also seems to be running better. Started on one pull today. Must be that Seafoam running through the carb is helping. That all being said I think thats as far as I can go with it. Not sure what I am going to do with it. I am happy it didnt find its way to the scrap yard. I will keep all the pieces together. The dump cart, lawn roller could be used on other machines but the plow no. All built by the same guy so all will stay together. I believe the axle used on the dump cart was the front axle from the Bonanza, whos hood and grill was used on the tractor. Here is how it sits now with the tractor tires on it. I have a different set of hubcaps I would like to see on it but alot of negative feed back on hubcaps. I have a pair of hub caps off of a 55 Chevy that I think would look pretty cool.

I am with you on using it and enjoying it. everyone I redid my kids climbed all over them, one quick story and i will leave your post alone! awhile back I had my mustang gt out for ice cream, I parked and this little kid about 3 ran to the car, yelling "yellow car" slapped his 2 hands up on the car. his parents looked at me with terror in there eyes thinking I would be mad. I laughed, took the keys out and gave them to the kid and told him take it out if you want, told his parents let him sit in the car. no harm it's just a car! I would want that kid to have an awesome memory's of cool cars and machines. they are just pieces of metal. no matter what it is bike, car, boat, tractor, airplane etc..... they are meant to be used and enjoyed! again awesome job on the 702, the point is, now it's done, have fun with it!

Ok since the cat's out the bag..... told ya it was gonna be pic heavy!

My son has an ‘88 Mustang notchback roller and found a powertrain from a totaled, low mileage ‘90 Mustang GT. The seller had an engine hoist to load it but we only had the 520 FEL to unload it. It was probably not the smartest thing to do but we unloaded it without incident. I had to put my forks on so I could reach it to get it pulled out before re-rigging it on the bucket hooks. As you can see the lip of the bucket didn’t care for the 500 plus pounds hanging from the forks. Fortunately, once we got the load off the forks the lip popped right back into place. It’s by far the heaviest load I’ve ever had because steering was very difficult. I’m amazed what this little machine can do every time I use it.

@pullstart Yes sir- professionals like ourselves know wires actually have smoke inside them, and if you let the smoke out, they dont 'wire' no more

NOW I'M CONVINCED!!! That rug in the bathroom DID come from Hef's estate!

Clip on..? No way.. if you're a decent fabricator, those are both simple implements and can be made to work. Think someone on here just rebuilt a Sears sickle bar for WH use.