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Here are a few progress pix of “The Low Rider” that Nathan Amyx built for me. It’s ALMOST done. Nathan is an incredible fabricator. tell him how you want it, and he pulls it out of your head and makes it a reality. Pinstripe guy came today. A True “Old School” artist! Still have to get the seat replaced and tires white lettered. Hope to have that finished in the next week or two.

This link popped up on my model engineering forum today. I thought it might be of interest to our members. Certainly made me sit up and watch lol. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-18/largest-tractor-in-the-world-for-its-time-celebrates-a-century/12445794

Is that a piece of railroad track on there where the winch cable attaches?

@PeacemakerJack @WHX24 @ebinmaine @JCM @elcamino/wheelhorse @Achto Just unloaded and hitched up my new garden making tool ... Sold the 414-8 I just finished to my BIL then sold the 315-8 as a gardening set-up and got this soil chopper Cherokee TC-050 chain drive slip clutch 6 tines/flange and as a bonus it should fit the Kioti in WV as well.

Now available : completely new, manufactured by us , exact replacements for the PTO brake assemblies as found on Kohler and Onan powered horses . These are manufactured using the correct gauge steel and the correct pad thickness & feature all the bends as needed for a perfect fit! They are available in red or black at a cost of $27.00 shipped. . Paypal friends and family , cash , check , or money order accepted. PM me here, or call / text during normal business hours. DO NOT EMAIL

I just realized that it's been like 3 weeks since I posted a garden update. Where has the time gone? And finally got a GMG Davy Crocket pellet smoker. We did stuffed green peppers this afternoon for lunch and they were fantastic!

I was around 8. and no that is not a young Jack Nicklaus in the background!

Ok here goes, we moved into our new house in 1990. At the time I didn't have much money left for a fancy tractor so I bought a cheap Craftsman lawn tractor. One of my neighbors owned a 1979 C-161 8 speed that he bought new. I told him that if he every wanted to sell it let me know. Well one day in the spring of 2000 he called and said he was trading his Horse in on a new model and was I still interested in it. Well yea I was. I saw over those 10 years how well he maintained it and I was on my second cheap mower and it was about shot. So we made the deal and I've had it ever since. A few years later I needed a winter project so I took it apart and redid it completely. In the spring the first time I rolled it out he came running over saying how it looked just like it did when he brought it home new. 41 years old and still running strong!

I finally had a chance to install the new shifter retaining set screw on the 310 today. Thanks @A-Z Tractor ! It took about 12 minutes to install. 7.5 minutes was getting out a #1 Phillips, allen keys and a 3/8" open end. And then I decided to mow. But it was beer:30 and I still don't have an adult beverage holder. I looked around the garage and found a solution (temporary) and installed it. May I present, "The Three Minute Beer Holder!" Oh, it'll never survive even the 1st leg strike, but it worked today. hahahah! And later, I found a Wheel Horse in its native environment.

When I was a kid, my Grandpa had a ~70's WH, likely a C series. We'd stay at Nana and Grandpas mountain home for a few weeks in the summer and Grandpa always put that WH (and all 5 of us) to work. Fast forward a few years; my neighbor noticed 13 year old me in the driveway all the time working with my older brother on his Chevelle. Her Dad owned a small engine shop, Toro/WH/Lawn Boy/Stihl/Bobcat/Little Wonder dealership and was looking for a sweeper. She mentioned me to her Dad. I got the job. And my WH love affair began. Part of my job was uncrating and assembling brand new WH tractors. Oh yes. I did. Every day after school and weekends. It's OK if you're jealous. Now, all these years later, I finally have my own. What's your story?

Was just thinking last night about my Lawn Ranger I just picked up. I'm gathering parts here and there for when I eventually redo it. My 3-year-old daughter loves tractors and loves going for a ride in the trailer pulled by my Commando 8-8. She also loves my dads big Kubota. Part of me was thinking about redoing the Lawn Ranger for her, for when shes a little older. I was thinking about a black / rasberry color scheme. Black wheels, black seat, like a couple other WH's on this site. But instead of red, do a redish-pink color, almost like a rasberry. Thoughts? Would this be a bad idea?

Came across this dozer blade contraption on marketplace for $600. I am not sure what he was thinking with the ball hitch. Gooseneck trailer hitch maybe? Spent a lot of $ on the winch lift too.

last weekend I took the commando 6 out for its final run. time for the ugly caterpillar to turn into butterfly, still have some motivation after finishing up the case tractor, today I took it all apart, surprising how much of a wheelhorse fits in milk crate, saw too it had a spot for cigarette lighter, I will add this one from a 65 mustang that I have

I have owned this Corson (made in Maine!) for 15 years. Along the way, it’s got new seats, a new carpet, newer motor (91 30hp)...and loads of other stuff. Anyway, I did electrical work for a buddy, and it turns out he does fiberglass and car polishing, and said “you can make the top of that boat, the dark red part pop!” I gave the boat to him, and I was wondering what kind of 55 year old red paint... pop... I doubt it! But, boy was I wrong!! The Corson is just begging for me to take it fishing!!😀👍

Well done Jeff! You will be able to do some serious garden work with that thing. AND...if the local highway crew is short on equipment or manpower, you can offer your services to make roads through the countryside Love the progress reports on the garden too!

Trina and I played car mechanic for a bit this morning then she and her mom played in the forest for awhile. They moved a BUNCH of wood around, split some, brought it up to the yard. I got the Charger Hydro moving on its own power.

Loft is complete. Looks like I'm going to have room for the grandsons 701 when we get it back together.

This is the building that will be going on the concrete pads, should look quite smart once its finished. I might make a few roof lights for the ends to help the plants, but we will see how it goes. The middle section will stick out a metre more each way to help create a bit of shape and of course more parking space.

Over (improperly?) engineered? YES. Too much beer? NO.

Our garden is getting there. We have finalised the building plans. Two greenhouse type things with a wheelhorse shed in the middle that can take four machines, and all the attachments Garden is growing nicely and we are eating the potatoes. It was a rush job, but we are looking at the long game with the real rewards next season. Still have a lot to rotovate.

The pin striping is a work of art, tasteful and an excellent touch. It is almost a lost art anymore. BTW...the horse looks fantastic also.

I was 10 or so my mom stopped at a Gilson / Wheel Horse place in town to pick up some parts for dad. That was my first rub with a WH. I remember having a couple sales adds and dreaming of one. Never had much money so it was later on (in the eighties) I bought a used one from a co worker that moonlighted at a WH dealer. We cut our grass, at the time +1 acre of hill, for more than 20 years with that 75 B100A. I did have to re-power it with a 12 during that 20. In the mid 2000's, I found that WH's were much less expensive and abundant, I began to tinker as a hobby and as they say "they like to multiply." i figure by today money, you would have to spend 10k or more to get the same quality.

About 4 years ago Trina and I were using an old Murray lawn tractor to pull stuff around the yard. Rocks. A little wood (weren't burning much yet). Brush. Whatever. Our neighbors across the street and up the mountain a bit live on an old farm property. At some point in the past a previous owner had built a house sized pile of rocks in the middle of a hillside pasture seeing as to how the walls were all plenty big enough. We were getting rocks from there and using them to build the multiple stone walls around our yard. The little Murray had an 11 HP Briggs I/C engine with a Peerless aluminum 5 speed. Plenty of power but not super rugged. Also really not heavy enough to be moving 1000 pounds of material to and fro. I decided to go up a notch in tractor (or machine) size. We mulled over getting a work type ATV or a garden tractor. I like the slow steady heavy pull of low end torque so we went with garden tractor. I searched around some for a decent piece but was new to the game and really didn't have the experience or knowledge of what was out there. Having been raised using old Cubs that was certainly on the list but the prices were not reasonable. I asked a trusted small equipment repair shop. One of the workers had spent a lot of time in a Wheelhorse/Toro dealer in his past. He said we really almost couldn't go wrong choosing something from the 70s or early 80s with a gear drive. I watched the local CL and @Stepney had a 74 B80 for sale in need of assembly. We picked it up and dropped it at that same repair shop. They put it all to running condition. We began using it around the yard and immediately were impressed. That would eventually become Patriot Horse. Sometime around there I began researching to find out what it was that we had. Found a lot of information online and of course Redsquare. A few months later I found a very rough C160 not too far from my parents house in Western Massachusetts. That landed here and disassembly began. The next spring we found what would become Trina's 657 Pony. Full restoration done. Then @Stepney found the chassis that would be combined with what I already had to become Cinnamon Horse. 1974 C160. In August 2018 we found an online auction thanks to a Redsquare member. That set us up with - literally - a uhaul truck full plus several utility trailer trips. And on and on and on....... We currently have 4 that are functional and 4 ongoing or future project tractors.

Here is an idea that works well for hub removal. Once you have the hub under tension a few hard blows along the axle part of the hub (not the flange) can be helpful.

My brother gave C105 #1 to my son for use in his lawn / snow business 5 years ago. He was 15 at the time and was mowing 10 lawns and plowing driveways. Had been doing it since he was 10. Off to college two years later so I inherited it!!! I found “C 105” #2 on CL as a roller and built a Predator powered rat rod for fun. Finally, using all old wheel barrows, folding chair carts and repurposed “stuff”, built the “Sylvan Lake & Wheel Horse Northern Railroad” (SL&WHN) to pull the nieces and nephews around the neighborhood...

The "clutching" happens at the engine pulley by belt slip in the groove. As mentioned, the pulley groove needs to be clean and smooth. If there is a rubber sided belt on there it will grab quickly so the drive belt needs to be a cloth covered belt.

I was looking for a fixer up project, something to get my teeth into while I was still a beat cop. I'd never heard of Wheelhorse but I saw on on ebay and took a punt on it. All the way to Snowdonia in Wales to collect it. Non running, beat up and with lots of stuff removed. The owner had built a house from huge blocks if Welsh slate, these were dropped in a lay by half a mile from the site, that little tractor pulled every bit of it down the rough track! You've got to have respect for a little beast that managed that feat after a long enough life cutting grass. 12 years is a long time to rebuild any project, but other things happened along the way. I'm now the extremely proud owner of a pretty and useful tractor that I get to play with whenever I like. I'm definitely a Wheelhorse lover and my little red Fred will always be in the stable built for him under our house.

The oldest son of the man that owned that blazer to my knowledge still has it yet today. Gets it out from time to time during the summer never leaves the garage during winter.

When my oldes son was a freshman in high school we tinkered on some old engines together. I found an old Suzuki TC 90 Trail/Street bike and he got it running the took it apart and did a nice job painting it up. He and a friend rode it around the neighbor hood a lot. One day the friends dad asked him if he wanted a non running lawn mower to tinker with. It was a 1985 312-8. I had never heard of a Wheelhorse. We got it running but the deck was bent and one spindle cut unlevel. I ended up taking it to the farm to cut my trails to my feet stands. Fast forward to this son getting married, buying a house and needing a mower. After using the WH at the farm for several years I realized how heavy duty it was and decided to do a full sand blast restoration. I found RedSquare as part of that restoration and the rest is history. WH are not plentiful in Texas, but over the last 5 years I now have two workers and 5 project/parts tractors. I have 2 other sons that will get a restored WH for their house someday. I wish I had kept that Suzuki TC 90, but the boys wore that motor completely out and I was to busy with work and family at the time...sold it at a garage sale

Now you have given us some info. I would recomend replacing your belt and clean your pulley's. Any surface rust will cause some grabbing. Be sure to get a quality implement belt from a NAPA or such. Someone will be along to help with a part number. We have manual's for download down the page a bit. Randy

My father had a couple that I enjoyed using, when my wife and I first got married in 1973 I had a Gilson 11 horse, by 1985 I was ready for something better. One of my friends from school had the wheel horse dealership at that time, so it took a while to convienence the wife why I needed a $4,000.00 dollar tractor. My friend told me if I took good care of it, it may be the last tractor I would have to buy. 417-8 with electric lift, still have it today along with a couple other horses. Included is a picture of a couple my father had.

Built in Madison Maine. Great old school boat, trolled for Salmon on Sebec Lake about 5 years ago where I owned a couple of camps. The boat was owned by my neighbor who recently sold it for a smaller boat. Had a great weekend and enjoyed fishing in a real Maine classic boat.

Corson used very good quality materials. I nearly bought an older one a few months back, wound up with a 1958 Chris Craft though. She looks nice!

Here is a few more photos.... it looks outstanding!! Better than I have seen it in the last 15 years!!

Hello y'all, I hope everyone is staying safe and staying healthy. If not, i pray that you or whoever is afflicted be healed soon. I hope to learn a lot from the forums and hopefully can use some of you young whipper snappers for your brains (ideas, how to's and such). Lol. Btw i am only 30, much respect for the older generation(s)! For me, well... If i would have found this 5-6 years ago, i would have said I am new to Wheel Horse. That is about the time my dad bought the 312-8 (that i now own). That purchase and talking to my dad about implements/attachments that i could purchase is what got me so interested in wheel horse. Like i mentioned, i started with a 312-8. When i purchased from my dad, it came with a mower pan and a snowblower (wrong model tho). Wisconsin winters were brutal and a regular snowblower was taking me 2+ hours to clear the driveway. Thats when i bought my B-100, included in that deal was a mower pan and a plow. Boy... that B-100 has plowed a lot of snow. I love it. I had also bought 2 lack luster tillers at some auctions. Well, that made me look for a tiller attachment. Found one relatively close and went to go look. $200 later, i had a tiller loaded into my truck and i had asked if he had the tillers mount for the rear axle. He said he wasnt sure, but he has a wheel horse sitting in the back. Told me to go look. I look over this 854, and there is no rear mount. Just as im getting up, he asks if i want the tractor. I said i only got the $200 i gave you. He said free of charge. And thats how i gained my 854. (854s hood is in my shop) I want to start restoring my wheel horses, pretty paint, new decals, clean them up. I am proud of what i own. And now im looking at getting a D200 with FEL and a backhoe. Its a sketch time to buy but i could use the tractor for house and cabin work. Pics are attached. Please ignore the messes. They aint the prettiest tractors, but they all run.

IT MOVES ON ITS OWN!!!

I wanted something to tinker with, so it was then that I bought my first 68 Commando 8. That was about 10 years ago. I remember the my mother was going to buy and liked the looks of it. So when I saw the pictures of it I knew that was going to be my project. Once that one was on working order, it was time to look for another project. Of course it would have to be another . Just so happens it was another 68 Commando 8. So now I'm up to 6 tractors and a bunch of attachments. Built the horse barn and put an addition on that. When will it end When they pry my cold dead fingers from them

Thinking Drinking! John Wayne said it best.

All wood, I never get on with brick construction like the Brits here seem to use all the time. Detailed plans in head, but I have built my own houses so this won't be a problem.

The lapping machine has a small motor affixed to the bottom of the aluminum pan, a counterweight attached to the motor shaft creates an orbital motion. The motor is bolted to a cup, the eccentric runs inside the cup which is attached to the bottom of the aluminum pan which sits on rubber snubbers, springs would also work. Epoxy the motor cup to the bottom of your choice of plate. Diamond grit or peel and stick wet n dry abrasive paper.

Individuality makes it easy to find in a parking lot. Make it hers.

Ed, I have never seen a dip stick in the fill hole on a Wheel Horse transmission. Everything you have said about that thing leads me to think that somebody stole that out of and engine and put it in the fill hole. It certainly looks like an engine dip stick. I would throw that out and get the right plug. The correct fill level for any of these transmissions is for the oil to start running out of the fill plug hole...why would you need a dip stick in there.?? You're lucky that it has not caused any damage.

Wow !! But it ran when he parked it two years ago rite?

That's about a tiller n a half Jeff. Nice.

In the 70's I was a youngster who loved mini bikes. I was costantly working on them, my favorite was a Tecumseh powered Bronco. Anyway the local small engine/power sport dealer was like a candy store for me. I think I spent every Penny I earned delivering newspapers in there. The place was Mears Tractors on rt. 125 in Plaistow NH. They also sold Wheel Horse and I always admired those beautiful red machines. I bought my first home in 1992 and decided I needed a garden tractor for mowing and snow removal. Not having much money at the time I bought a used Work Horse 1642. I cleared snow and mowed my property for many years with it but it had the front mounted mower which wasn't ideal for my needs so I bought a 310-8 with a bagger. Then a low hour 312-8 with a 42" recycler deck and now a 520h. I really like the Wheel Horse design, it's simple( discounting 520h wiring!) and just like my old mini bikes, easy to work on.

Make it your own or in this case her own...

@ebinmaine One 20 gallon and one 30 Gallon. This is when I was pressure testing the tanks.

Charge the battery, fill the tank, and turn the key. She'll probably fire right up.

I was looking for a loader and found one with a WH attached. Didn't know what it was and I intended to pull the loader and put it on one of my Cub Cadet's. Came here and found out what I had and before you know it, fell in love with the Horse! The folks on the forum is why I now have 4 and probably spend too much time here running my mouth!! Randy

Last night I cut a hole in the fuel tank shelf so I could install a metal tank. Got that bolted in.