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Good news, guys. The name Wheel Horse and the logo will live on, with new Wheel Horses tractors and implements being built. MTD has purchased the Wheel Horse name and logo from Toro, and will start building new equipment with the famed Wheel Horse name and logo. Ridney Dongerfield, a spokesman for MTD, said, "Wheel Horse never got the respect. MTD is proud to announce that Wheel Horse will be joining our line of garden equipment, joining names like Troy Bilt, Cub Cadet, and Bolens." The new Wheel Horses will be built using MTD's reputation for quality products and is expected to look similar to a Yardman, but with the famed Wheel Horse logo, name and color scheme. Prices to be similar to a new Cub Cadet, with several models being planned. Models will include tractors with various deck sizes, engine sizes and features. Expect new tractors to start appearing February 30 of next year.

Put the new shoes on the horse today since the wheels were good and dry. Wheel weights back on tomorrow. And a nice straight hood is in the works. Some minor body work and then prime and paint. Old one has major damage.

April 1, 1965, The Sound of Music first came out in the USA with its world premiere in New York City on March 2, 1965, as a limited "roadshow" release, with a wider nationwide release on April 1, 1965, marking its debut in theaters across the country.

It needs to be put back together.

I see it came with a boat anchor for your next lake trip.

HORSEFIXER ON YOU TUBE

I found a chunk of 1/2" thick x 2" wide steel bar and made two more spacers. I now have the rear hitch spaced down 7/8" I now have 4-1/2" of lift on the blade and still have some down float when fully lowered as well. Not a lot when compared to my big tractor and it's cat 1 three point hitch but better than it was. Hopefully now I can move it around the yard in the summer without ripping up too much sod.

I have 3/8" thick spacers. Maybe I need to make thicker ones.

Wishful thinking but MTD??? Should be JD that will reaally get blood boiling!

A bit of a shocker for sure. I can remember when Duke was VERY active on the forum. I pray his family is comforted during this time. Regardless of what his health was, this was way too soon!

Today I put the 417-A with blower away for the year, so I had to move some tractors around. Figured I’d snap a few pics, couldn’t wait for side shot Saturday to post 😂 Sorry for the grease on the front wheel of the 418-C I removed it immediately after I took the picture 😂 I figured I’d say that before one of you wise guys said something about it!!

Go to Tractor Supply and get a 5L820 and a 5L810. Use the one that fits best and return the other and you'll be fine. It's a Hydro so you don't have to worry about clutching.

The external characteristics for “6-speeds” are: - 1-2-3-R shifter - Hi-lo shifter - No top-side hole for a dipstick - A 1” pipe extension on the oil fill at the lower left rear of the transaxle (allows filling oil to a higher level) - ¾” input drive shaft (that’s also shorter than later 8-speeds’ ⅝” shaft) - A brake drum that brings the brake band to within an inch of the rear axle housing casting - A brake drum that turns clockwise when the tractor is moving forward There was at least one “8-speed” that also had a LSD--I think it was the 5073. This had a topside dipstick port and the brake drum was farther from the rear axle and turned counter-clockwise and had a ⅝” input shaft making it externally indistinguishable from an open-differential 8-speed. As for the rest, the link to the thread in @953 nut’s post (above) has the relevant information.

Absolutely beautiful machines, and a little grease will just earn you a pass from Pete!

lol I appreciate that. I was contemplating buying another one for my 73 WH because it needs a new seat bad but I don’t wanna drill new hole in the fender, I was also thinking of using the U-shaped seat spring mounts which should bolt up, and making a cross bar and bolting a ford 8N seat to it because I like the red and white seat covers available for them. Just haven’t decided yet.

Here we go, got them both done. Going to pull the front axle to check on the axle pin and spindles see if I can tighten things up.

EXACTLY. HAHA. 😂

It does 😀

Actually, the seat shown looks like the one I put on all of my builds. These have several different armrest mounting points. I get these now at Princess Auto but I used to get them at tractor supply before they closed. Arm rests are very hard to find new now it seems.

Glad you said something Cleat. Thought maybe we have to have another ungly seat contest Black duck tape is all I can tell ya Don. Sometimes hard to find a replacement that takes those arm rests. I've learned to live with ugly seats.

I didn't take it that way, no problem. The "give up" corner is full for now, so keep

Looks like it should be a 1971 Workhorse 800

Even if this was true I don't think I'd want to buy them since they would be made by Made To Die

April fools

Ha Ha, I'm glad that terrible mess was taken care of. The poor seat needs some love. On a positive note, I like how high your blade lifts on the 418. My 520HC does not go that high before it contacts the tractor (where abouts I can't remember right now).

I made an @Achto, Wisconsin approved bench mill/lathe combo out of a death wheel on a hand grinder and ran it atop a skill saw blade. I trimmed up a yank start ring and installed it on top of the cooling fan screen. The larger diameter makes starting easier and the recoil has given me fits since we put this tractor together. In preparation for the plow day next weekend, I replaced the clevis hitch with a slot hitch, so I can run a longer plow that I have available.

Put new seat on the newly acquired 312-8. This seat was not a direct fit for this tractor. It had a bunch of holes but they were about a half hole off . Easy enough to fix because the previous seat already had an adapter on bottom and it fit new seat great. This is a very late model tractor and dont really know if all the 300 series has the same seat bolt pattern. I am very pleased with the seat it has the heavy rubber type cover and sets very good.

Definitely has more traction than the right wheel I had on it.

They finally caught it. It's all safe & sound. I ever mention that I can't eat kangaroo meat? It makes me jumpy

So sad to hear. I really need to finish the front end loader he started, I’m so close. He was one of the first few semi-local guys I met in this hobby, and we talked for about 2 hours it seemed while I was picking up a tiller from his house. Momma wasn’t quite impressed with our ability to never end the discussion, and neither were my young kids in the Suburban

The only guy I ever knew that had a Hula dancer in the cab of his snow chucker.

@cleat I don’t have any spacers on the rear axle bracket. In fact I’ve never used spacers on any of my tractors. Usually I just use the factory solid lift link in the furthest out hole in the rockshaft.

I have a couple old big tractors with positive ground and old school generators and the whole thing works great... but that your coil + is fed from the ignition switch is a question. I think (not sure) they will run with the coil reversed just not well. In your case I would switch back to a negative ground. After you do make sure have 12v at the small + on the coil when the ignition switch is in run. The S/G will polarize itself the first time you start it. Does your Generator red warning light work at all?? Also from your photo it is hard to see if your regulator is wired correctly. It is easy the terminals on the regulator are marked . The 3 you can see should be F field and that wire should go to the F terminal on the generator body. There is a B and that wire will go to the + on the battery (when you redo you r system). the L load goes to the cigar lighter. There is a hidden terminal on the bottom of the regulator it goes to the A terminal on the generator body along with the heavy wire already there.

Then I guess its a good thing the man I found with it said he would have to take it off the tractor first, so maybe I will buy the whole thing or hopefully at least he will have what I need to get a complete swap.

alrighty folks. the people of the mighty horse stable have spoken. imma run that bad boi

Don't worry Ed, I don't pull anything with it. Only run the sickle Noticed the sickle side was much heavier when I jacked it up to change the tires I may have to add more weight to the opposite side Maybe I'll put an 8 speed in it so I can go slower and cut more efficiently sometimes even first gear seems too fast for the sickle Does your 753 have high/low range Kevin?

Haha not this one! Too many tractors right now.

@WHX?? @Achto I heard you guys had a kangaroo sighting this last week.

2010 WHCC Show

Met him when I joined in '15. Kinda thought he was a dink at first but then got to know him and he was helpful on a few of my projects. I used his tricks on my deuce. We used to yak about the HVAC trade & the Navy. The 520 the FEL is on came thru him, was so clean and well tuned and the best 520 I have. Now every time I hop on will think of him. RIP Bob.

My favorite memory on Skype. Bob was a big Michigan guy. Had Michigan rugs, blankets, flags and even toilet paper! One night on Skype was me , Duke, Jim D, @stevasaurus and @C101powerplower (Koen) Of course the topic was Big 10 football and Koen made a sarcastic comment about Michigan, Well Duke went nuts!!! Jim D an Ohio St. guy was sitting in one of those old metal swivel desk chairs with the big recliner spring. He started laughing and reared back and flipped the chair over! He completely disappeared behind the desk and his head phones went flying. Never forget that night!

Semi related. Yesterday, Mrs 8n had me take her to the local Hobby Lobby to pick up some sewing supplies. While there, I wandered into the model making asile to see what was being offered. An AMT '53 Ford pickup kit caught my eye. Recent issue with Coke Cola decals. The other thing that caught my eye was a 40% off sign. The kit is now on the shelf of 'someday' projects. Other than the decals and some tools, it appears to be the same kit I had built back around 1970.

Picked up this "Conversion Kit" on fleabay. Not super common so I was happy to see it. On the tanker I needed to come up with a hose transport tray/shelf. After staring at countless pics of 1:1 scale trucks an idea started to form. These are pieces of styrene L from a box store used for edges of tables or other furniture. I ordered a couple different sizes and experimented with the right visual. The part being attached to the trailer side is 7/16" by 5/16". The outer piece that's glued to that is 1/4". I'll cap the open ends with a tiny piece of scrap. The rest of the pics are basically a visual mockup for my own aesthetics just to see how things will be lining up later. The truck being used is a parts rig from ebay. Glad I did this simply for the reason of lining up the landing gear alone. The kit directions have it a hair too far forward. There will be a minimum of 3 outlets on this tank. Front, center bottom, and rear. Possibly more at the bottom. That isn't the norm on a modern fuel tank but this is not a representation of a modern tank or a fuel tank.

Because I'm adding two rear sections of the tank together there was a gap at the very back bottom of the trailer. I used sheet styrene to fill the area. Two small pieces for the sides and a larger section in the middle.

I believe this to be true. It seems that the sheet would need equal pressure on & from each side.

Got the project tanker trailer back on the desk this morning. Last week I used a black marker to accent where all the visible defects and mold lines were in the plastic. Wet sand those marks off. Wash & dry, then recheck the surface. Mark more if needed. I found this method on YT. Seems similar to the way @Achto uses different primer colors to find highs and lows. Works excellent.