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Don't you wish.... December workout....

Bowtieguy (Frank Rufenacht) hooked me up with a very nice Wheel Horse D series. I bought his D-160. The old girl was well cared for and not abused in any fashion and seems to have a lot of life in her. The best part about the tractor is that it seems to be 100 percent unmolested and in a unrestored state, and other than an axle bearing (see picture from the rear) and fresh fluids, looks to be very solid. Apparently Frank, his family, and I share a commonality, we hail from Switzerland. Frank's family has been here for quite some time, but I came over on the boat, well it was actually a 1964 Constellation Comet, but I was born not far from the Rufenacht ancestral home of Rufenacht, Switzerland.

I've had a few requests over the years for close ups. As with life it's just something I tend to forget. It started with a Scotty Moreau built 3" receiver hitch. And an old WH ballast box I had laying around. Some 2" square tubing and 1/2" plate a little time welding and here she is. During the winter it carries 4-44lb suitcase weights and 5 gallons of gas. I usually take it off for mowing duties. It's been pretty handy when I have a tree down. It's just the right size for a chainsaw, fuel. And oil. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

These are genuinely unique 'OLD' photos. I doubt if you have seen even one of these. They are both interesting and truly historical. The Statue of Liberty's torch is parked in front of the western side of Madison Square in 1876 . A German Tank almost falls off a Russian bridge on July 4, 1941 . The first armed airplane of the Serbian army in 1915 . Women welders at Lincoln Motor Company in 1918 . Times Square in 1922 . The dedication of the Washington Monument in 1885 . Race official Jock Semple tries to push Kathy Switzer off the road after she attempts to run the Boston Marathon, which at the time was men's only. Number 390 pushing Jock away was Kathy's boyfriend. 1967 . Trapeze mining in Bonne Terre Missouri 1917 . Julia Clark in her Exhibition Plane, 1911. Miss Clark was the third woman to receive a pilot's license from the Aero Club of America. She was the first female pilot to die in an air crash in the United States in 1912 . Greyhound in 1923 . The crew of the USS Lexington abandon ship following torpedo strikes on May 9th, 1942 . The first photo of the Earth from the moon taken by Lunar Orbiter in 1966 . The attack on Pearl Harbor taken from one of the attacking Japanese aircraft on December 7, 1941 . Southwest Airlines stewardesses in 1972 . Inside the turrets of the USS Massachusetts, 1898 . The funeral of Victor Hugo in 1885 . Hannah Stilley, born 1746, photographed in 1840. More than likely the earliest born individual captured on film . A balancing act atop the Empire State Building in 1934 . Ansel Adams, 1979. He broke his nose during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and never had it fixed . "Högertrafikomläggningen" - the day Sweden switched from driving on the left to driving on the right (1967). The Dalai Lama at age 2 in 1937 . The London Underground in 1890 . Paul McCartney takes a selfie in 1959 . Smuggling beer during prohibition sometime between 1920 and 1933 . Illuminated tires invented by Goodyear in 1961 . Directional sound finders used to detect incoming enemy planes in 1917 . The aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake . The PGM-11 "Redstone" - the World's First Nuclear Missile displayed in Grand Central Station, July 7, 1957 . Construction of The Lincoln Memorial in 1921 . No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5646 / Virus Database: 4299/9173 - Release Date: 02/24/15

I used to teach basic Photography (film, 18 years) at the local Junior College, still have a lot of 'old' friends sending me these things: http://www.omgfacts.com/lists/18285/This-Is-The-Oldest-Video-Footage-From-New-York-City-And-It-s-Absolutely-Incredible?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Viral&utm_campaign=onsite_share - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - How The Internet Got Started - According To The Bible. In ancient Israel , it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a healthy young wife by the name of Dorothy. Dot Com was a comely woman, large of breast, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she was often called Amazon Dot Com. And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why dost thou travel so far from town to town with thy goods when thou canst trade without ever leaving thy tent?" Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle bags short of a camel load, but simply said, "How, dear?" Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the towns and drums in between to send messages saying what you have for sale, and they will reply telling you who hath the best price. The sale can be made on the drums and delivery made by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)." Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the drums. The drums rang out and were an immediate success. Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price, without ever having to move from his tent. To prevent neighboring countries from overhearing what the drums were saying, Dot devised a system that only she and the drummers knew. It was known as Must Send Drum Over Sound (MSDOS), and she also developed a language to transmit ideas and pictures - Hebrew To The People (HTTP). And the young men did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy horsefly take to camel dung. They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Sybarites, or NERDS. And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and the deafening sound of drums that no one noticed that the real riches were going to that enterprising drum dealer, Brother William of Gates, who bought off every drum maker in the land. Indeed he did insist on drums to be made that would work only with Brother Gates' drumheads and drumsticks. And Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being taken over by others." And Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel , or eBay as it came to be known. He said, "We need a name that reflects what we are." And Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators." "YAHOO," said Abraham. And because it was Dot's idea, they named it YAHOO Dot Com. Abraham's cousin, Joshua, being the young Gregarious Energetic Educated Kid (GEEK) that he was, soon started using Dot's drums to locate things around the countryside. It soon became known as God's Own Official Guide to Locating Everything (GOOGLE). That is how it all began. And that's the truth! Live life one day at a time and make it a masterpiece! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Bet you didn't know exactly how these things worked: http://www.omgfacts.com/lists/16320/22-Things-You-Never-Knew-You-Needed-To-Know-So-THAT-S-How-16-Works

Hope it works out for you Glenn. Your wife is gonna wish she didn't pester you to join! At least you can tell her its all her fault!

Finally made it to the family get away. Let's just say we have a weeee bit of the white stuff. 2-3 feet depending where you're standing. Old faithful fired right up! Special thanks to the Northern tool $19.95 solar battery charger!!!! Once again the old girl exceeded my expectations! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Imagine a set of those Goodyear illuminated tires on a WH... at our big shows, Friday night cruise?

I agree that I would not wait to get over there and dig a path. I have been there before myself. Last year I loaded up my 520 with plow on the trailer and drove to an older guy's house to plow a path around the side and back of the house to pull out his late father's 1054 with mower deck mounted. Pulled it out with the 520 and loaded it up on trailer. Then headed back and loaded up the 520 and called it done. If you wait then he will start to do some research and you know how that goes..... Here is my 57' I got from the show last year and a few others who are still in the Red Square family...

Hi everyone,sorry there hasn't been much news. I needed some time to get my head around all that has happened this week. I have been transferred to university hospital in Cleveland. Suffice it to say the news was not the best. I have developed acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Say that three times real fast, eh.I'm not in dire situation they say, and I feel pretty good at the moment. I will be here for a few weeks for treatment. I can't thank you all enough for your kindness and prayers. I am grateful and humbled. That's all for now. Wish me luck. Jim

Just send me the address Glenn... I'll get right over there.

57 is the far one a 56 is in front Brian stock motors would be 3.6hp on 35's

I should hire a couple guys to clean a path to the door. Glenn

Not certain what engine/tractor this is on but if the engine runs strong and it's not smoking, missing and idles OK, then I would guess it's OK. There is no real good way to look for issues with a valve through the spark plug hole unless you were looking for catastrophic damage. The head has to come off to view the valve and seat properly.

That one does indeed look nice and original and you should have it working shortly -- and enjoying it! I've got that exact same D-160. Seems the big block 16hp one lunger versions are somewhat scarce - Im rather glad mine has that engine, thank you. Mine had led a pretty rough life and had some terrible "modifications" done to it - a board for a seat, boat gas tank wired on to back, awful mess of a front trailer hitch mount, welded on! and Ross steering box wiped out. But the good news was it had a fairly recent factory Kohler complete engine replacement and the hydro seems to be in good condition. Have got all those probs straightened out and I use it a lot. I also have a D-180 that Ive had for some 25yrs - these D's are just plain bad a**!!

Sort of reminds me of the "trunk" of my B-60.

I fly often for work and its always United Airlines....but if Southwest stewardess's go back to shorty-shorts I'll fly Southwest everytime! Thanks for posting these pics. Mike..............

It only took about 10 min to clean out the horse stable. Just a bit longer to tend to the wood shed and front entrance. Several years ago I'd have spent hours with a walk behind Ariens. These days 1-2 hours max and I'm finished. Oh how I LOVE my horses!!!! Knock on wood!!!! Our little enclave has been blessed. Having a few good neighbors doesn't hurt either. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nice little Horse barn. Started digging out the Trailer today. Need to get it out by June!

lost my senses awhile back and bought this wheel horse senior that needs help bad. It started when I called about an add on craigslist from a gentleman selling a wheel horse collection but there were no pictures or any tractors listed. when I called I asked what do you have for sale and he replied what are you looking for Sooo for the heck of it I said a wheel horse senior there was a moment of silence then he said I have one but I was not going to sell it . so we talked for awhile and found out we knew who each other was from the wheel horse show he was looking for some information I had so we traded e-mail address and hung up later I e-mailed him the information we was looking for and told him that if he ever decides to sell the senior to let me know. about two months went by and I received an e-mail from him wondering if I was still interested in buying the senior well one thing lead to another and a deal was made and now I have my work cut out for me too save this one this one will be a learning experience Brian

Hi Brandon, I'm north of Tulsa 25 miles, not many of us GT nuts in Oklahoma that collect any tractors, I think this makes 17 GTs for me, of various brands. I go to school at Rogers State in Claremore, might being going to OSU next year

Congrats on the purchase! I really enjoy my D and my favorite thing about it is the 3 point. Glad to see that yours has the 3 pt and with a little work will be ready to go. Not many of us Horse nuts down here in the South-central. Where in OK are you?

Easy call! I use one for chopping walnuts in the fall! Duh!

Thanks for all the kind words. I have never met any of you, yet you speak as if we are long time friends. The power of the horse I assume. It's quite impressive, and I'm honored to be a part of it. Thanks again. Bob

a 57 RJ should be a RJ35 with all belt drive could have a clinton 1200 or a kohler K90 engine there are some differences between the early RJ35's a 57 would have the larger three spoke steering wheel with plastic handle a larger belt guard and four bolts on the rear of the hood to hold it two on top and one on each side and it has wheel horse molded in the front of the hood sheet metal Brian

Sharpen up you shovel and get over there!

Dumb luck or good luck it can all be the same.

That's cool Glenn. I hope it turns out to be a complete gem for you. There's many here much better versed on the RJ's than me and I'm sure they will chime in shortly. Can't wait to see some pictures.

Innovations have been coming fast and furious here at Wheel Horse Plaza! I hope to be able to bring Ezra to a plow day someday. It needed to have the lift cable put in it. The factory set up has been discontinued so lets use what we can get our hands on. I had installed a cable I made up with Lowes components but I wanted something better. A cable for a 520 is still avail. so that's what I went with. Note: I did this exact same change on my C-160 Auto. but I want a gear tranny tractor for plowing. Neither one of these tractors have the provision for a rock shaft either. The Parts: Toro # 108145 short clevis and a Toro 108144 cable. These are pricey. Cost me $63 bucks but like I said I wanted something better and sometimes you just have to pay. Also included is a $3.00 piece of brake line for the conduit and a 5/16" NC thread yoke end from McMaster -Carr. I have 4 tractor suppliers near me and 3 of them don't know what a yoke end is and the other one had a drawer for it but it hasn't been refilled for 2 years I used a slot hitch but I think a clevis hitch will work the same. I was using an 8' WH plow but now with the beefier cable I'm more confident to use my 10" Brinly The cable is too short to work so I welded on a 5/16 bolt for an extension and cut the head off new cable won't fit in the existing conduit so the 3/8 brake line is needed. the openings in it need to be deburred before using Seat and trim were removed. I wedged the rear panel up after unbolting from the trans. slid out the old conduit and slid in the new. After sliding the cable in and attaching to the slot hitch I measured the extension bolt and cut it to length needed. Yoke installed in the up position Now in the down position. Rear view. Plow in up position. Plow in down position

Here is what I am working with, the rig under the tarp is a 5000 watt generator .

Here's another shot of it. This is before I decided to remove the arm rests and the adjuster. Also before I changed the steering wheel and decals. My butt is skinny but in any case I'm sure you'll be happy with it.

She has tractors too?

Is the fender pan off? also look at the running boards. There may be a bolt there also It's a slot hitch of of a 60's horse

time for a bigger shed

And a nice Kohl-Aire to boot!

Everything runs in reverse. You have to remember to put your mower blades on backwards "Down There"

I don't know where you come up with this stuff, but I'm glad you do. Thanks.

I have the TSC on the right and it is very comfortable. I've actually almost fallen asleep while driving my Wheel Horse.

​ Seeing the illuminated tires on an Edsel seems appropriate. We should follow the lead of Sweden, half of the drivers are already on the wrong side of the road anyway!

When are you going to put a belly mower on it, Neil?

$102.95 at the Surplus center! http://www.surpluscenter.com/Brands/Seat-Solutions/355-UNIVERSAL-FOLD-DOWN-BLACK-SEAT-W-ARMRESTS-1-3206.axd And Bob you ARE weird!!

I'm jealous Neil! I like my C-160 8 speed but would love a hydro version!

Nice find, Neil. In the first picture..why is that Tartis painted red?

Its tough to make out from the inside but I can tell you it was an absolutely miserable 11 1/2 hour ride to get this tractor. Probably the single stupidest thing I've ever done to get a tractor. I took the 551 out and brought this back... Its home now. Rebuilt the carb this week, went to move it tonight after work and the drive belt broke so I'm running to my favorite dealer tomorrow for a new drive belt...at least I hope...Then its going to get the 56" plow I got at the end of last year for $73.50 put on it and get some snow cleared tomorrow and Sunday while its warmer

Sorry to say that Dad passed this week. He was a great guy, a Navy vet, making 52 trips across the Pacific, and 16 trips across the Atlantic as a Damage Controlman on the General George Randall, a troop ship hauling Korean War soldiers. He and Mom were married 61 years. Dang, thats a long time!!! He raised two of us rotten kids, which was also a feat!!! I'm sad for a thousand reasons, one of which is that he will not see this horse finished. He did visit the construction zone in the beginning of December, and just shook his head!! He liked it!! Anyway, I did manage to keep my head clear by working on a little project, the front winch. Came out pretty cool!!

Here is the pump for the loader on my C-175. I have the same set up on 8hp C-81 and it works just as well. The pump runs off the PTO. Eight horses under the hood can do a lot of work on a Wheel Horse tractor. The C-81 has dual wheels on the back for stability on inclines.

Hi Bill, This loader was manufactured for Wheelhorse by Ark Manufacturing. They are out of that business now. After Ark came Kwikway that built loaders specific for Wheelhorse and other brands. Brandon is correct in that they are getting hard to find not so much in that they are really rare but that folks who have them hold onto them. There are plans on how to build them for specific tractors but your best bet is to watch, wait and get the word out that you want an FEL for your tractor. It took years to find this one which wound up being about 35 miles from home when a fellow Redsquare member emailed me to tell me the tractor he was looking at had an FEL on it. (A result of getting the word out)! Also watch for Sears, Cub Cadet and Case/Ingersol-Rand tractors on Craigslist that have loaders. You can always build the subframe to mate another manufacturer's FEL to a WH. Just be ready to spend some bucks. Oh and I'll keep an eye out for any from my neck of the woods east towards the Garden State for you!

Steve... give that man a camera, a lawn chair and a lemonade! Wish I wasn't so far away, I'd love to help. Sounds like an awesome project and a lot of fun to be had. Like the old Wheel Horse ads say.... Get more done-Have more fun!

If its a really nice original 800 might not be too bad but still on the upper end. Its pretty easy to put a lot of cash in one to try and get it correct. I had one years ago that I paid $200 for, which I thought was a good deal. By the time I tracked down rear tires, fuel tank, steering wheel, steering arm, recovered the seat, and more I had $600 total in it. I sold it and just broke even not counting my time!