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She’s a 1982 C-85 in incredible shape. Ran the Kohler numbers and it’s the original power plant. Runs good, fires right up. High and low range checked out. The 36” RD is solid and quiet. Tires are all matching and in nice shape. Battery is brand new. AND!!!! The worlds ugliest rear fender is mint

I found this 520-H (1993) with a 60 inch deck, 48 inch snow blade, Wheel Horse badged plastic wheel weights,chains , hub caps and a set of NOS mower blades. It has a local history and the PO is happy to see it go to a good home. Now there are some issues but i have to look it over.The price was good to be true. I have to say the deck is the heaviest ive ever wrestled around and ive done my share. I thought i was going to blow my back out trying to load it. Second pic shows a much easier method😀.

Last weekend was our 13th UK Wheel Horse round up, one of our biggest attendance to date with 34 entries. heres a few highlights

Today my son's scout troop had their big end of year event. Typically you have to be "registered" with the troop (at least have child abuse clearances on file) to attend any over-night event. The end of year celebration is typically a camp out that goes from Friday night into Sunday afteroon, and is one of two over-night events the fathers can attend and stay over-night. They do skits, activities to showcase the outdoor skills they learned that year, and Saturday night is a camp-fire with the end of year award ceremony where they receive the pins, badges, and other awards they earned since January. The end of year ceremony also involves a "bridging" where Trailmen who are advancing levels do a ceremonial walk across a bridge, and the new troop leadership are announced. Due to issues with boys leaving after the Saturday night ceremony and not having enough hands to break camp efficiently the last two years they changed it up a little. Instead of a camp out, the middle and high school aged trailmen setup and ran a carnival type deal for the younger boys and families, which was also used as a fund-raiser for their big bi-annual trip next summer. This one was very exciting for me, because my son finished all his badge work for this year, bridged to the next level, and received his leveling award for the elementary level, the "Timberline Award". This is not something that one just falls into by showing up, it involves a lot of other work outside regular meetings. From the organization's website: So I am really proud of all that he accomplished this year. Unfortuantely I don't have any good pictures from the ceremony that don't have a bunch of other people's kids in them as well, and I don't want to post their faces since I don't have permission. I just have this one of his back when he accepted his Timberline patch:

Today would have been Cecil Pond’s 101st birthday. If your family and friends are dismayed over your love for these little red tractors you can blame it on Cecil Pond for bringing us the well built beauties.. He was the co-founder of Wheel Horse Products Co. Inc. along with his father, Elmer, and was the primary inventor of the modern American Garden Tractor and riding mower. Pond was born in South Bend, Indiana, to Elmer and Ann Marie Pond. He graduated from South Bend's former Washington-Clay High School, and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. In 1946, Pond returned to South Bend and in June of that year, married Betty Alber Pond. Mr. & Ms. Pond were the parents of three children: son Gary Pond, and two daughters, Linda, and Constance. 1946 saw the beginnings of Pond's manufacturing future. Pond joined his father Elmer, who at the time was building two-wheel lawn tractors from angle iron, surplus automotive parts in his garage. At first, the Ponds' company was simply called Pond Tractor Company; however, since Elmer’s brother Harold owned a similarly-named company "Wheel Horse" was chosen, and the name stayed with the company even after its acquisition by Toro. In the late forties, military veterans returning from World War II began moving to the vast new suburbs then transforming the American landscape. Their suburban homes had larger lots that demanded more attention—and the Ponds' riding garden tractors found many ready buyers as a result. In 1954, Pond introduced his first four-wheel lawn tractor, an event which altered substantially the lawn care manufacturing business. By 1957, his Wheel Horse Products Company recorded sales over $1 million (US $11,158,291.81 in 2024 dollars.) for the first time. Just two years later, the company's sales more than doubled, to $4.5 million. In 1975, Pond sold Wheel Horse Products to American Motors Corporation. At the time of the sale, Pond oversaw over 500 workers at his plant and over 3,000 dealers were selling the brand. Cecil Pond passed away December 30, 2011.

Favorite? Probably from 2013 until about now. I can’t pick the best memory, but ranking at the top would be the friends I’ve made in the last 12 years, the fools I reluctantly accept as friends (), and the journeys we’ve made along the way. I can’t tell how many miles I’ve racked up for these little tractors, or what kind of money I’ve spent. My first Big Show was epic, I never planned to spend the majority of the weekend packing my truck, but that’s what it turned into! Seriously, I thought my truck was full with just Putt Putt! Bringing tractors home to my girls, and seeing them develop motor skills like running a clutch smoothly, backing up well, operating trailers, plows, and such, building confidence along their young way, that’s pretty awesome. It built their ability to do engine swaps on trucks, drive a stick shift Jeep, break stuff, and smile a ton! Their first big show was just as awesome! Watching them cruise around, gather parts, make their tractors their own, and planting that seed that collecting old rusty stuff is ok, has been sweet. They both have summer and winter vehicles, Rylee has a pile of her own tractors, and our driveway looks more like a parking lot with projects! Country life is good clean living, and I don’t mean no dirt. How could I not mention actually shipping a tractor to Bavaria!? A journey of a lifetime, I picked up a 656 in 2018 from the Big Show, and it made it’s way to Michigan, then crated up in 2020 and shipping to Chicago, then Jersey, then The Netherlands, then to Stephan. Meeting my bro face to face last year at the Big Show became a big favorite too. We had a weekend for the memory books! @Racinbob and I had a conversation in 2018 at the hotel one evening. We all have different walks of life. We have different views, responsibilities, ages, health issues. We all have one common interest. Wheel Horses. Quite the bunch has gathered, and it’s pretty rare to find a bad egg! Picture heavy…

This is part of a collection that belongs to my friend and his son. They are a hard working farming family that has been very successful. I mean these people work nonstop, whatever they have they deserve. I’m not sure how many they have but I know this is not the whole collection. Then they have the tractors that they work with. 99% of them are IH’s too. I think they have around fifty in total. Today I was driving down the road and came across this at one of his locations. Immediately I pulled over and took pictures, to the best of my knowledge this is the first time they have put some out for display. After taking pictures I called him to say thanks for putting them out, it made me happy!! Of course he didn’t answer the phone, probably because he was working! Hope you guys enjoy……..

I'll add painting and drying parts by the wood stove in December and shrinking shafts in the freezer to that list of ways to raise a wifeys temp. Oh, and tanning a bear hide in her bath tub really reached the boiling point. That one cost me a $10K bathroom remodeling job.

Install of the new tires and HD wheels and Spindles is complete. I bought the 310-8 from @Sparky for my daughter when she gets her house. Like all 310’s it came with 6” rims which made it look like a little tractor. I put a wanted ad in and received a response from @grinchsr and @ebinmaine for spindles and rims. Eric only had a set of HD spindles with rims and was gracious enough to send them down to me. Taking advantage of the deal @RED-Z06 found on the 8” tires, I was able to complete the new front for the 310-8, looks more proper now I think. Thank you to all of you for your help with this! Now I just need the HD hub caps!

First show of the season next weekend, so today a few of my tractors enjoyed a spa day in preparation.

The new girl in the garage here got an oil change, topped up trans fluid, a quick visual once over and right to mowing! She passed the striping test

While buying a C-85 today I saw this old double sided sign laying around. Just couldn’t leave without it! ( FYI…my name is Mike for those that don’t know )

A willow tree fell down so I started to cut it up. I cut some weeds down with my 953 sickle because the bugs and locusts were attacking me. I really need some 14 inch ags or 15 inch wheels with ags. Those bald snow tires get stuck too often The 953 stalled and the electric fuel pump quit. I took the shifter plate off and tapped it with a socket wrench hammer and it started running so I was able to get it to the garage I guess I should put a new fuel pump on it too.

Got both the tractors washed.

Yanked the 36”RD and gave it a scraping and a bath. Pleased to see it still has red paint underneath!

Well since Kev all my good pics but yeah all the people I met. Watching @jeremi3210 & @PeacemakerJack boys grow up and my girls grow up to fine young people. I never realized it before but when you meet younguns when they are weed hoppers and don't see them often before you know it they are all grown up! I thank the hobby and RS for that slice of life. When I first stumbled on RS just looking for parts for a ragged 1067 I met @Achto and saw his rat rod. I thought man what a hillbilly. Then he got me into collecting & restoring & eventually exhibiting at shows and camping and drinking capt's. Then I met @stevasaurus and thought what a fruitcake. Then I met Pullstart and figured this guy was on something... or off his meds...I remember Kev calling me a genius for taking a bike to the Show. It got better after I hung out for awhile and before you knew it I had @Racinbob sending me dog points and Hank @JPWH sending me steering wheels out of the blue. Then there is the MN and their goofy plowing. Yeah look where that got me! Then you go to a couple BSs and actually meet guys like Squonky and wonder how can I not bust some stones. Ya Think!?!?

A more recent example of a Wheel Horse memory that sorta' sums up the nature of this group was the WHEEL HORSE EXPRESS at its best. I had seen an Electric A-60 for sale in Wisconsin, it was what I had been looking for because it would provide greater mobility following my stroke. However, it was rather geographically undesirable since I live in North Carolina. @WHX?? and @Achto agreed to pick it up for me and while they had it they mounted a badly needed new set of tires on freshly painted rims and made some other much needed repairs. They then loaded it up and took it to @Pullstart's plow day where @Mike'sHorseBarn transferred it to his trailer and delivered it to the 2024 Big Show where I took position of it. @Tractorhead attached a milk crate to the back of the A-60 for me so I could make the rounds at the flea market. @JPWH wasn't able to make the Big Show in 2024 so @squonk and @rjg854 loaded some of Jay's purchases in my truck for the trip south. A few weeks later @JPWH was able to pick them up while he was delivering a couple of parts tractors he had brought south in 2023 because I was hospitalized following a stroke and couldn't make the Big Show that year. Also, @Sailman had an unfortunate incident with a tree falling on his Wheel Horse shed and had sourced the parts he needed for the repair but wasn't able to come to the show so his parts and pieces went into my truck. A few days after the show I had lunch with @Sailman at a little restaurant that was only an hour's drive for each of us. If there is a better group of friends anywhere in the world I would love to meet them! I am prevailed to be a part of this family.

What an excellent thread. It's all about Red Square!! This site welcomed me when the membership was under a 1000. It has always been about helping anybody that had a question...member or not. So, it has always been about the people that frequent this site. I've made friends all over the world (and SKYPE) has had a great hand in that along with going to all the shows through the years. I think the best thing that has helped bringing people together here is the "digital camera". With that said, being able to give back to Red Square has become what has kept me young all these years. My videos to the different transmission builds has made it easy for me to talk to people and walk them through the process of saving a Wheel Horse. I don't want to make this to long, so I picked out a short entertaining video...one of my best efforts. Please enjoy and Thank You Red Square.

Today I broke my own rule. The rule was to not get or be remotely interested in the "riding mower" versions of the Wheel Horse. I've only ever been attracted to the garden tractor variety of the Horse. Well this little one fell into my hands and I figured I'd tinker with it. Had it running within 10 minutes. It needs a new starter solenoid and shutoff valve/grommet on the fuel tank. I putted around the yard checking all the gears and to my surprise it even has an electric pto... ooooo fancy huh ? Model 210-5 with a 30 inch mower deck actually cuts pretty nice. The hub caps are probably worth more than the machine itself. Might have to keep this baby horse around. Our annual tractor party and parade is coming up mid July so this can be an extra seat for whoever wants to go for a ride while we travel the neighborhood. Lots of people come out and wave as they know we do this every year. What makes me smile is the little and big kids too who love to participate .

Ok, I know it’s Friday and I’m jumping the gun. Please forgive me 😁 Today I had to roll parts of my lawn before mowing because moles are wreaking havoc on my lawn. I put down some Mole Scram and hopefully it works! I will also put down some grub control. It was so bad that I didn’t want to mow and scalp the grass. Good excuse to get the 418-C out for some fresh air. Then got the 416-H out to mow and vacuum.

Painting has begun for the HD Spindles and Wheels

The memories I have regarding Wheel Horses and Red Square continue to get better every day. My first post on Red Square was responded to promptly with more information than I had ever expected. That was followed by numerous welcomes and additional offers of assistance. Until that day I had never had such a satisfying experience on a website. I became hooked on Red Square and attempted to answer as many questions as possible as well as learning from others. One thing I noticed right away was that when you give an incorrect answer (yes I've done that) you aren't chastised over it as seems to be the case on Facebook, someone provides the correct answer and life goes on. Over the following couple of years I became a full fledged member of this new family of Horse-A-Holics and was eager to meet everyone. My first planned visit to the Big Show was put on hold due to the need spinal fusion surgery. I had pre-purchased a 953 from @Ed Kennell that I wasn't going to be able to pick up, @Wheel-N-It and @Jrblanke stepped up and brought it to North Carolina for me. Total stingers, but members of this family of outstanding people. The following year I made the pilgrimage to the South Mountain Fairgrounds for my first Big Show and hadn't even unloaded my 953 when @stevasaurus came up and introduced himself, inviting me to join them for dinner. This was followed by countless others whos screen name I recognized but never expected to meet in person. The family friendly nature of the forum and the work done by our moderators to keep it that way is so impressive, as is the sharing of experiences and life lessons that we share. Each successive Big Show has become better than the last and the people make it special. I look forward to seeing all of you in a couple of weeks.

Im not gonna post as much as Kevin! 🤣 My rat rod was a really fun project & I really am not into that theme. My suburban was really too rough to cost effectively restore & it had no emotional/significant value to me. So here's a before & after pic. My diesel RJ project was also fun. Sold it. My plan is to build another diesel with some parts I have & the RJ I bought from Pullstart. Have to confess that my RJ, 753, & 953 I got from Buckeyes were already restored. Saved me the grief & expense.

If it is here’s a simple map of what’s what. Not exactly a Hollywood Map to the stars but close ADDRESS for GPS= 615 Narrows Rd Biglerville Pa. Blue= general parking for all including trucks with trailers. Yellow= parking for campers and the people who camp out. Red= the actual WH Show area. Purple= the oval track around the center display field.

maybe I've gotten on my knees a time or 2 LOL My daughter came walking around the corner of the house at the exact time when I was on my knees pressurizing a rear tank 418-C. She says "Oh my God, you're #$%#^%& your tractors now" then turned around and walked away before I could explain. LOL

With your name in Red, rest assured you are giving the gift of keeping RedSquare going for everyone!

Finally got the extended seat pan painted for the winter xi project. I don't like shooting metal below 70 and to cheap to turn on heat. lol

She saw the video. She kissed me right after recording. But she wouldn’t kiss me once she saw what I recorded

Front ish... under maintenance. Front of one / back of another! And bonus baby front! With his favorite toy. "Pickle lizard" - so named by me.

Back at it! Gave the hood one last fine sanding with 400 grit and painted the black with Rust Oluem Satin Black. 2 coats and she’s not perfect like @c-series don tractors but I think it turned out very good!

New fuel line, filter and primer bulb on the C-105. Fired right up and no leaks... And just for @WHX?? since he needs pretty pictures and doesn't know what a fuel line looks like: How NOT to install: How to install after @WHX?? eagle eyes review: And what the old line still looks like in the trash...

Woke up and planted my feet on the floor. It’s a good day.

Fully restored 36" rear discharge deck, sandblasted, all axles, carrier brackets, and levers are powder coated, deck shell and guards are professionally done in PPG automotive products. Underside is coated with an industrial grade bedliner material. All 3 spindle assemblies are completely rebuilt and the housings are in excellent condition. New idler pulley, all new hardware, new wheels, new roller, new slide bar bushings, OEM belt, OEM blades. Better appearance than new and more durable. Show or mow . $800.00 . Comment / message me here or call / text if you have any questions.

Having the privilege of being able to afford a new WH tractor in 1989. Bringing back a 420-LSE to its original state to the best of my ability and still working on it. Looking forward to our 7 th annual Meet & Greet this September with some great Red Square people. A few people from our 1 st Meet & Greet pictured.

Says it all.

My first Wheel Horse memory was somewhat of a letdown but kindled the flame that now burns brightly. In 1956 we went to a lawn and garden show to look at the latest and greatest new equipment. I was eleven years old and we had looked at rototillers and mowers of all sorts, there was quite a good variety to choose from, then we rounded the corner and I saw it! It being a bright red Wheel Horse RJ-35. I jumped on that RJ and attempted to sell dad on the notion of us having a vestal rider with all of those accessories. I guess I wasn't a very good salesman, we ended up with a walk-behind Roto-tiller and a walk-behind rotary mower.

I'm 6'1 but I have short legs. I'm ugly and look terrible in Cowboy Boots with no socks and shorts!

Thanks Kevin, I guess it didn't turn out too bad.

Hello there Horse fans!!! Was slowly thinning out a few tractors and dug out great grandpa's C195. Haven't started it in a few years. Motor spun by hand, changed oil, fresh fuel and lit the candles. Runs like I used it yesterday. Ok, fine. But body is getting bad. But mechanically is sound. So, tonight I was gathering all the Auto 18 parts and a tote shifted, fell three feet and crashed into the top of my head. No blood,no foul, but cursing followed. After yelling at everything, I found the NOS rear PTO in that tote. So, I can't find that tractor a new home, great grandpa smacked me in the head somehow and I'm taking it with me. The problem, still runs good, mows and looks cool to me anyway. But, do I repaint or leave it alone? Even if I do the cosmetics, I'm not making it a parade only machine but at the same time, I don't want it to continue to rust away.... All advice, criticism is welcome!! No matter what, it's still family but unclear what I should do. Thank you all for your help!! VID_20250606_130231.mp4

That’s how I move my 60” deck, with my C-141 FEL cause that ***** is heavy 😂

This, me in 1982 with my dad!

Finally hitched up a tiller that's been sitting around here for a few years. I think it's from an XI and I offered it for sale a while back with no bites so I made a lift bracket and modified the front mount so it would clear the gearbox on a c-series. I don't have a need for it so it's just been sitting under my deck. It still has paint on the tines and it proved this evening that it can turn soil so it can stay.

Rhodies are in full bloom!!!

There are two big ones amid too many to count. First, when I realized I’d bitten off more than I could chew to add remote hydraulics and a flail mower to what is now our 518-H++. Without the encouragement (prods, kicks in the butt, etc) of some members here, I might have given up but instead have a result I am very proud of. Second, the first time a member sent me a few needed parts for my 854 refurbishment and only wanted some pictures of the work in exchange.

Have to agree with Kevin and Ed, it's all about the friends I've made because of these tractors. If it hadn't been for the tractors, I wouldn't have met so many people from all over the country.

My best Memory? recieving my first Wheelhorse - noo Stay in 2024 at the Big Show and see all my Friends once Face to Face Memories for my eternity.