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After I read that the Sears-forum is gone shut down because have financial concerns. I finally got around to buy my "support" member ship. Wich allows me to show a pic of my work today. Got some spare time and had these old WH rims with Goodyear AG's laying around. Probably not gone keep them, but I think the "test"-one turned out very well. If tomorrow there is no rain, It's the other one's turn.

Man I love having my front receiver, so much versatility! I got this 2k pound winch from my brother since he changed his bucket lift setup to use linear actuators and didn't need it anymore. Then I bought a harbor freight ATV winch plate for $6 and welded it to a drop hitch that I got years ago which I never used because it was the wrong amount of drop. It puts the winch at a nice height and sticks it out from the front enough to get the hood open without interference. So this was basically a recycling project and I'm only out $6.

Helped the wife plant some flowers... It wouldn’t be very helpful if a horse wasn’t involved right???

Mid mount engine PTO to standard farm equipment 540 PTO. Not super practical but it’s pretty rare and in good shape. Found it about 5 miles from home in a “hoarders” woods. Buried in the weeds while making a deal for some wheel weights. Wheel horse cast iron of course! mounted on my 1055 for now.

Did they give you the secret handshake, decoder ring and WH hat with the horns yet?

@JoeM, have had similar thoughts on selling any of my stuff, my first concern is will the next owner maintain my level of regular maintenance ? probably not. when you put the hours into these rigs , you are attached to them and have a concern that they live on. I would have to show the next owner how to run it . years ago I sold a pristine dirt bike , serviced, maintained , cleaned / waxed , next day he stuck it in a tree ! its tough to sell anything that you have made a part of you . my wife would say , that I treat my stuff like living objects , I guess I do . that's part of the horse sickness that many of us share . pete

Your dog is living a great retired life here in Florida .

Ooooohhhhhh shiny. I wish mine looked like that!

Been thinning things out a bit last year or two. Kind of like the little blue pill syndrome. You got to have some place to put them! I'm to the point now if I can't keep them under roof cover, and I am done with tarps, I'm letting them go. But........ I am finding a strange feeling after a sale, even if the price was right, that stack of cash just seems like it is not worth the value of the machine sold.

Right up my ally Bailey... 855 is bucket lister. Be careful of that PTO @c-series don is on the hunt for one!

EXCELLENT

Wait a minute!! There's a decoder ring??? Dang!! Mine must have gotten lost in the mail or something

I said 1/4-20 in my head, that’s gotta count for sumpin’

Laying in a hammock would not be helpful if a Wheel Horse was not involved...

Last week I decided it was time to give the old garage shop a facelift. New neighbors next door cleared some wooded area and now it's visible to one and all, and was looking sorta 'ghetto'. After the English Ivy was ripped down, pressure washed, and some repairs to the stucco. Next, a fresh coat of paint color that closely matches the siding of the house: Guess I better do something about those windows too. Lotsa rot! here's what remains of the one on the left after removal. GOOD GLASS! 1/4" thick tempered! Those windows are 48W x 18H So I raided my lumber stash and found some rails and stiles that I saved from old bi-fold closet doors. REALLY NICE clear pine tight grain. Did a little cutting and milling and ended up with a pretty darn nice new sash to put the glass into Dry fitting on the radial arm saw table: And finally, the Wheel Horse glue up bench. The glass is laid in to square the sash and on wax paper so it don't stick

Figured I'd make a post about this old rig I've been working on. See.. my Horses are being good for a sudden change this year, and my '57 Economy doesn't have to do much more than putt around the yard and make people smile. Been looking for a little loader for quite some time. Never could get to the few I found fast enough.. this one had actually shown up for sale several times over the years, always by the same fellow, for the same low price.. then vanished. Right up the road from me.. not the kind of place you knocked on the door tho.. Bull Mastiffs kinda have that impression on people. Anyway, by a stroke of luck, I happened across it once again, called/emailed as always I have.. got a reply this time and dragged it home.. The previous owner has .. not been kind to it. It my not look too bad, but it's been run for years on hydraulic fluid, which is a no no on a hydraulic drive Case. They require motor oil. Every. Single. Fitting. Leaks.. Over a gallon an hour just trying to run around the yard. It won't make a hill unladen in high range. Low range will creep you along OK enough, albeit at roughly 2mph. Has a 14hp K series and was built sometime around 1973. Came with the hydraulic PTO driven rototiller, 3pt hitch, mower deck, and some .. 'spare parts' which turned out to be some of the drive linkage from pedal to rear end. Missing the forward/reverse lever entirely. It's now rigged like a treadle and doesn't work too hot. Been a project for a while, have a lot to do with the hydraulics.. I've never seen a more messed up Carter carb, he had drilled extra jets into it, bowl was full of JB weld on account of the corrosion. A wood screw took the place of the low speed needle. It turned over kinda slow.. as it turns out, he rat tailed the headlight wire from the key, to he starter terminal of the solenoid.. I dont mean just the terminal. No. I mean he literally slit the insulation from the L terminal, pulled the wire over, around the S terminal, on down the dash, where he shaved the wire again and wrapped it around the solenoid.. Kinda did wonder why the lights came on when turning over.. There was a literal section of christmas tree light wiring under the dash too.. How it remains as half decent looking as it has is beyond me. But anyway.. that's ol 644.

Jim Kemp’s mufflers are really nice. I added a heat shield to mine and run it pretty close to the hood.

If a really well mannered fellow from Long Island shows up mumbling Wheel Horse Wheel Horse Wheel Horse over and over again.... Well I don't know nothing...

So you’re planning some repair work or another project and just getting ready???

Sometimes it seems as though letting a tractor go is almost like losing a pet.

Cool, one of the rare attachments.

Hey Ed, this is a 1055. The attchment is a recently acquired PTO-66. I posted pics of it on the forum here. It takes tractor pto and converts it to 540 farm implement style.

No ignoring at all, those are some valid points! It's likely to end up with an adjustable wheelie bar very soon, as I am still not super comfy with steep hills, and uncomfortable = less enjoyable ride. I do my best to push the 'most of us are not destroying these machines or modifying them to the point they could never go back to stock', especially on here where a lot of folks somewhat frown upon things like this. To me, it is a true testament to how tough these Horses were built, and a great way to make use of some old, worn out parts that are well beyond their service life and not necessarily worth overhauling- like spindles, axles, cracked and repaired frames, etc... Heck, I still have the governor intact and adjusted correctly haha..

Started up the WH Custom Truck, went on first try. Tried the hydraulic bed and took a video. Couple details and it will be ready to show. The truck has the has dual hydraulic controls, one for the bed the other for the original deck / rockshaft lift. Got some crazy idea I may want to plow snow with it some day. I also has a rear rockshaft if I want to put the sleeve hitch on and use a box scraper.

Today was Kohler day in N. Berwick,Me. The Onan stayed out of sight. Lined them up from 12 HP to 20. great day today. Went for a trail ride and the trails need some pickup. Will wait for a little bit more wind to take the blackflies into a neighboring State.

Yah and we all know all know Ed Dog is suspected of being a scurvey one...come clean Ed ...figured that was too nice to be Skunkies...

Rylee and I are running a 6K on Saturday for World Vision to raise money for places such as African villages to get fresh water sources. We figured we should start training! Tonight, we jogged the perimeter of the field, almost 2 miles. Now, it’s time to cry about my legs.

Mafia is gonna take care of those chairs so they don't show up at plow day.....

I don't have to feel sad about selling anything Wheel Horse related very often.No body wants to buy anything I have for sale any way.Stuff sits in classified section and or CL long enough that I just say screw it and end up keeping my stuff.Too bad.Sold a 2 stage blower and a 48 inch mower deck to a kid a couple yrs ago.Real nice respectable kid.I ended up giving him a free Wheel Horse tractor to go along with his purchase.Oh well.......

picked up a couple more wheelchairs this weekend...

I know these aren’t super old pics but this is me and my late father on the 855 I inherited. Mowing pic is 1992 and the pic of me pulling the aerator was the first time he let me drive 1995. Remember that day vividly.

It's the same deck, just different mounting brackets to accommodate the difference in frame width between the classic WH frame and the Xi frame. As already mentioned, the forward-swept axle on the classic 520H was added mid-run to clear the new 60" deck. It's something that the original 520H wasn't designed with in mind, but engineering figured out it was possible with just the axle tweak. Hindsight has shown that the deck weight is probably at the limit of the original design's weigh limit for an under-hung implement bouncing around and putting shock forces into the frame. 520s already have a beefed-up rear mount plate where the frame and the transaxle connect, which cures the occasional issue with cracks there on higher-powered tractors. If the classic 520 design had continued being built, they probably would have added reinforcements in the middle of the frame where it's punched or drilled for the various pivots and mount points -- that's where it tends to crack due to overloading. Actually, it's amazing how tough the basic WH frame is -- only occasional tweaks have been needed over the years to keep up with engine output increases and bigger, heavier implements -- all without having to change the original design in any major ways.

Sure enough! I'll post progress as I move along. I found a couple more of those bi-fold louvered doors in the pile that I haven't yet disassembled. They look like prime candidates to cut down and make some nice window shutters from! I love repurposing old stuff ! Every time I do, it's a new opportunity to say to SWMBO; "See, I told you there was a reason I was saving that ! " Also in the plan is a proper 'soffit' under the roof line. (It will be straighter than my scribbles ! )

Yep..be there.

Painted my 314 muffler again! I do about every two years to keep future problems away! Also ran the 702 a couple times. Gassed it up checked for issues and good to go. I am taking my 702 to Portland, Indiana for the Tri-State Engine Association swap Meet next week!

Jim, I made a set like this many years ago. I used the bottom 3rd of a 5gallon bucket that just fit inside the wheel. Drilled 4-1/2" holes to match the holes in the wheels. Installed 4 studs in the wheel with a nut on each side to keep the studs in the correct position while I slid the bucket down over the studs and poured the bucket full of concrete. The studs are cast in the concrete. I wrapped some tie wire around the studs before pouring .

Dont NEED the wheelchair till AFTER he plays with it!

@Tractorhead and @pullstart My guess there will be bandages and may be a cast after Kevin finishes . There is a picture somewhere of Kev sitting in a wheelchair being pulled by a tractor.

If I make some I will post a build thread.

You probably meant 1/2" x 1/4" x 20. Trying to beat Jim to the post will do that.

Two or three layers of thick Mil plastic is handy because it gives you a few thousands of leeway when installing or removing them.

GASP!!!!!

I always get a punch in the gut when anything Wheel Horse leaves...a tractor...an engine...a deck...random rare parts....set of Chrome caps.....But I get relief in the new owner being happy and satisfied. I never want to sell anything...…………..but ………………..Life goes on. Hmmmm now there is free space... TIME TO BUY ANOTHER WHEEL HORSE !!!!

He's got some dandies Jim... I asked her if she was gonna get handcuffed to the stove and she said no... other way around so I threw the ball & chain on one of his tractors....

If your tractor has a row of idiot lights on the dash the engine oil capacity is 2-1/2 quarts. Without the lights 2 quarts. The dipstick cap has a rubber insert that should grip the tube and hold it there. As they lose their grip with age they will pop up when started. Once started they usually stay down. The crankcase air pressure increases at start-up until the crankcase breather can exhaust the pressure. Once that happens the crankcase pressure should go to a vacuum which holds the gauge in. If you can figure out a way to hold the gauge in at startup you should be good. The alternative is to replace the dipstick. Oil blown out the filler tube without the gauge sealed to the tube is normal. I added an adhesive bumper to the bottom of the hood so the dipstick can't pop up on startup. Garry

Yeah pretty much useless but pretty neat I thought.

Well since the guy got hitched, sound like there may be fresh meat on the ground. I'm in on any Moto Mower, MF8e, Porter Cable parts,

What the heck you wanna do with that LED Bar’s ? blinding Deers to hunt them down?