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The newest member of my herd came to me from our very own @Vinylguy. A big bonus to this acquisition was @WHX24 & I getting to hang out with Terry & Lola at their fantastic camp site / Summer home. It did needed a little TLC. After a new flywheel and a couple of minor adjustments to meet my personal tastes it is right as rain. I took my first week of ownership to make the repairs so that I would be able to take my new tractor to a show the following weekend. My future plans for this tractor is to repaint the S/G belt guard and the fan shroud on the engine. The rest of the paint and the custom decals are in great shape so the only other things on the menu are to maintain & love it. Without further ado and a big thanks to Terry, I'd like to introduce "Terrance" my new 857.

Pulled the 854 deck today. Went from this... to this in less than an hour. Long way to go, but we're starting to see it's potential.

I'm out in my front yard making the rounds on the tractor and I am coming up the pathway through the woods and glance over to my left to see this staring me down! This thing was not even scared from the sound of my tractor. Just laying there without a worrie! I hope he knows that by fall he needs to be getting out of the neighborhood because I will have them in my sites!!

Day two of yard clean up Have I ever mentioned how much I love Wheel Horse Tractors? Especially ones with loaders?

"shirt with two pockets" "fastest minnow in the bucket" After 76 years, I thought I heard em all.

Once you get a loader, you will always have one!! So handy, especially for guys like me with bad knee's and back. Handy as a shirt with two pockets as my Dad used to say! Randy

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beautiful machine, Terry's hood decals on that one inspired the decals he did for my 854 custom

I do. It’s just an 84 with t-tops and a 5 speed. It lives in my mother’s heated garage. I’ll try to remember to grab a pic when I’m there next. I’ve had Richcz28 as my user name since AIM. I play with a t-bucket with most of the time these days. -Rich

My Dad was full of them, but I can't share all of them in mixed company!! Randy

Priceless Very busy .... then we have the gall to ask for some last minute decals to pick up while we were ther! Wished we woulda had time to throw some more corn bags while we were there. Even set up for night tossing!

The thing I find totally amazing is that all three have good tail lights! Everything I get has busted tail lights, previous owners must have never backed up.

Yes it is a ford 8n 1952 as far as we can tell, has a front distributor anyway. Have no idea the make of the loader as it was on it when we purchased it and the PO did not put it on either nor did he know the maker. Tractor runs a brush hog well and thats its biggest job, outside skidding a few logs and so on.

About 30 years ago I was in the control room at the Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant (south of Miami) and we received an alarm that there was a problem in the switchyard. About ten seconds later the phone rang and the control tower at Miami International Airport was calling to find out what the explosion at the plant was. The electrical arc was visible for over 50 miles. Upon entering the switch yard we saw a pair of electrical bus bars (2" X 8" solid copper) were partly melted and the partial remains of what we presumed to be a large Racoon. Had to be a big one because the bus bars are 24" apart. 500,000 volts can make a mess of a racoon!

Keeping our fields mowed down so they don't get over grown with junk. We just mow it and let go back into the good old earth.

Hello everyone, New to the forum. I though I would tell you a story about my uncle who had a Wheel horse dealership from early 70's to the 90's. He had the dealership here in Stowe Vermont. He pass away last year. Since he had no children and I was the only one of his family that worked (from 80 to 90) for him, I was the lucky one who cleaned out the dealership. I took me all of three minutes to sell it. I still have the baggers, a few lawn tractors. 211-3 B115 and Kohler parts What I found: 520-H, like new, 418-8, Like new, both Toro branded. Both fully operational and untouched. About a dozen old tractors in different stages of repair. 7-8 garden and 4-5 lawn tractors. A workhorse lawn tractor. About $20K in new original parts, about 10K in Kohler (Still have) (pistons, rings, rods, gaskets, you name it.). 4-5 WH new baggers in the box. Tiller, generator, snow blower, blade attachments. A B-145 Electric (same as Electrak) with deck. Set of ag tires for D-series. Dealer stuff: 6' X 18" dealer sign still in the box, brand new from 1973. brochures, manuals, patches, plastic bags, posters, tools kits, all Wheel horse branded. Talk about going down memory lane. It is ok to dream.

a FEL is allway‘s a handy Tool, unbeatable for it‘s „save your Back“ usability.

Uhm... you cleared that offer with Management?

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.

Hi Wheel Horse People, I picked up a new to me 1977 B-80 last night. As a kid, I spent a many hours behind the wheel of a 1967 Wheel Horse. I've always wanted my own. When my shifter lever broke off my constantly failing Craftsman two days ago, I took to the Craigslist. As luck would have it, there was a Wheel Horse for sale within an hour of my home. I don't know much about the different models, but I think the B-80 is going to be perfect for me. It has the 3 speed manual trans with high and low range. I'm excited to have a real gear box. The tractor is mostly original. I think the carburetor is a replacement unit and the mower deck is definitely newer. The deck has warning stickers that just look way too safe for 1977. The B-80 will mainly be serving duty as a lawnmower and wagon puller. I have a bigger Massey-Ferguson for heavy lifting. I think the deck on this unit is 38" which should be perfect for my lawn with many trees. The tractor does run and drive, but it has a few issues to work out. I replaced the front tires last night when I got her home. The previous owner had picked up some new units, but they weren't installed. The fronts are now tubeless and even hold air! Unfortunately the wheel bearings are a mess and there is an assortment of washers and different snap-rings on the front spindles. I'd like to get some new bearings up front and have the correct order of parts. The PTO clutch for the mower deck is not engaging. I pulled the pulley off and there also was some odd washers and snap rings holding this together. A really neat washer with roller bearings inside was hiding in the grease of the pulley. I believe I found where it rides. Again, I'd like to replace the bearings here and get everything in the proper order. The 8hp Kohler, which I believe to be original, runs smooth at high rpm. At low rpm it doesn't hold idle and makes some bad noises. It sounds like it could be piston slap, but I'm not a master of small engines. Future projects will include new rear tires, lights and a small stack with the quietest muffler I can come up with. -Rich

Found it minus the pics but I got what I needed!

Yes it does....

@RandyLittrell I’m not the fastest minnow in the bucket, but I’ll stick with a FEL for good too!

Thank you very much everyone. Its the big 62. Funny it feels like 18 was not so long ago. I have had a blessed life full of promise , opportunities and the privilege and fortune of meeting many great people that influenced my life of which you all here are a big part of. Thank you .

Hello all, I'm wondering if anyone knows roughly how many D180s were produced? From what I gather, they were only built for a couple years? I bought 2 different D180s from different states and just realized they have consecutive serial numbers! What are the odds ?

HHHMMM... Sounds like an exclusive self-help group... SLOWHR - Society of Languishing Old Wheel Horse Restorers

June, 2013, My wife and I, with two young daughters were on 1.7 acres and needed a new “mower” to replace our free Simplicity mower, if I recall. I was scouring CL for something old to fix up, vs something new. I found about 1.5 hours away Bob Rock, who has built the amazing articulating 4x4 tractors for some years, selling a 502 with a rod knock and a mower deck. Game on, found my cool old mower! Shortly after, I found a couple C-101’s randomly that one needed an engine and the other had, so those came home. I don’t have a ton of pictures of those, sadly I was a non-supporting member for quite some time. Since 2018, my collection has grown to something that I’d never imagined all that time ago. I think what really struck the hunt of more tractors is quoting my wife in 2018 while on our new 10.5 acre homestead and me asking permission to not mow 3 acres with the 42” RD and C-101, was “If you go get a new zero turn [so I can have my big front yard], you can have as many Wheel Horses as you want.”

Looks like that mouse was playing a dangerous game of twister... Left foot yellow and ... ZAP!!

Just a friendly reminder to make sure you have proper ground dont need any miss haps. LOL

Sometimes you just need a bigger tractor. Here is my '44 Farmall B with Henderson Midget loader out for a short drive after working to remove an old burnt pile. Afterwards, I didn't want my '47 Farmall Cub to feel left out, so I took it for a small drive.

You picked a good name for it..

It's definitely a keeper Dan.. 'course don't listen to me I have no penchant for '67s

Oh man.... I'll tell ya whut.... Bring it up to Maine and I'll have my paint dept toss a coat of the proper color tone on there..

I've woken up in the morning with much worse.......

Like anyone on this forum ever got off topic.....

It just occurred to me I could explain that a little bit better. For most of the forklift trucks that are on the market right now there are two wheels at the front and two wheels at the back but the back wheels only have one centralized pivot point. That is one point of the triangle and each of the two front wheels are the other two points. So if you take an articulated vehicle and imagine the safety triangle...then imagine that the back end of that vehicle is capable of moving back at a 30 degree to 45 degree angle or sometimes even more. So just imagine what that would do to the back end of a safety triangle. Anytime the center of gravity leaves that safety triangle you are going to roll. That is not negotiable. So how do you compensate for that with an articulated vehicle? One way would be that if you know you're going to put 400 pounds on the back of a vehicle that is not articulated, then you would need to make it so that 400 lb would appear to be at the back of the articulated vehicle at all times. That was my reasoning for doubling the weight at the rear of the vehicle. Overkill? Not if it's keeping me from rolling over....

That hood could be fixed no problem

Sorry I wasn't clear. I have sold most of it. I still have 211-3 and a B-115. and the Kohler parts. That is all I have left. There is a local collector here with over 50 tractors and a barn to store them in. He bought everything that was left at the dealership except the lawn tractors. Everything that was Wheel Horse branded. I still have kohler, tecumseh, lawn boy and some mtd parts left.

Poop runs down hill! The inspection passed on my FIL’s new construction drains. Time to bury the pipes!

On the road heading down to pick up the C125 I brought a few days ago. We have decided to make it into a two day trip rather than doing it all in a oner like usual. Fitted the back of the van out as a makeshift camper, took one of the beds out of the RV. Have two of my old mower decks to drop off at Mick's place on the way, he is about halfway down the country. Pictures of the C125 tomorrow once we have dug it out of the garage!

Do I see a Maytag twin in the corner of the pic? I have several singles and twins.Never got any of them running.Did yours start with the help of the PTO belt??Or were trying to start the tractor off of the Maytag?? Haha.

I wanna see a pic of those D's.The tractors.......the tractors......get your minds out of the gutter.

If you decide to take on the repair correctly, patients will be your friend! I spent hours welding a few belt guards together to make one, in the tune of days! Tack weld, move an inch, tack weld, move an inch, etc... PEEN your welds flatter, then grind them off, then repeat. @19richie66 will tell you he didn’t teach me anything, but he turned me on to that process. In the end, I turned out with a flat belt guard that required little to no skim coat, then Mrs. P requested it to be cleared and not painted.

We'll get there brother man. Both of us.

Well I noticed the leak as I went to go drain the fluid to disconnect the lift lines to remove them out of the dash. So right now there isnt any fluid in the rear end. I'm thinking I may just dump a quart or 2 in there to see if it is that gasket. Nothing above that bottom bolt was wet, it was only that underside from the bolt head and below. After doing the research and reading your guys responses it seems as if that gasket would be rare to leak itself.

Nah. She likes painting and helping friends. What, twisted?

Always enjoy seat time on a tractor. You appear to be on an N-model Ford

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.

Everyone's experience is different, the below are suppliers who you should further check into prior to making a purchase. Suppliers on this list have been posted about a number of times as having a failed transaction. The sole purpose of this list is for you to make a more informed decision when choosing a supplier of parts and services. As always RedSquare is not responsible for a failed transaction. 1. Brian Miller (GardenTracrtorPullingTips.com)

This is how I repaired an 854 hood. Hope this helps. Jay