875 Wheel-a-matic

[Krice58 156]

I don’t need any more. But I don’t know if I can help it. Every time I say that, I see a good deal. 

[kpinnc 16,665]

2 minutes ago, Krice58 said:

I don’t need any more. But I don’t know if I can help it. Every time I say that, I see a good deal. 

 

Congratulations. Acknowledgement is the first step in regulating the sickness... 

 

Personally, I have never had a problem quitting. 

Edited yesterday at 03:25 AM by kpinnc

[702854boy 412]

I tried messaging the dude for the red heads before it got posted into this thread but he hasn't messaged me back yet

[ebinmaine 76,609]

6 hours ago, Krice58 said:

I don’t need any more. But I don’t know if I can help it. Every time I say that, I see a good deal. 

 

That is why I stopped looking at CL years ago. 

I don't do FB. 

 

Neither Trina or I have searched for a tractor since the first 3 back in 2016 & 17. 

 

We now have over 15 here and sold, given, traded that many more. 

ALL of them have "found us"...

 

[953 nut 63,601]

8 hours ago, Krice58 said:

I don’t need any more. But I don’t know if I can help it. Every time I say that, I see a good deal. 

[Retired Wrencher 6,279]

20 hours ago, squonk said:

I have an 875. First year for the "Wheel a Matic hydro which has slight differences with the later Hydrogear and Piston Piston models. The only more modern attachment that can work that I know of is the long frame snowplow if it has the extra hole to move the rear mount bar closer to the front. 

 

That’s a looker Mike.

[Retired Wrencher 6,279]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

 

That is why I stopped looking at CL years ago. 

I don't do FB. 

 

Neither Trina or I have searched for a tractor since the first 3 back in 2016 & 17. 

 

We now have over 15 here and sold, given, traded that many more. 

ALL of them have "found us"...

 

That’s great Eric. Yes C/l is not what it used to be. I still look in the farm section for tractors. Not much to look at but every now and then one pops up like the one I saw last year was a no name, 12 beautiful looking tractor and of course I was too late. People still post them there though under wheel horse or wheelhorse.

[sqrlgtr 1,826]

9 hours ago, kpinnc said:

Personally, I have never had a problem quitting. 

I have no problem quitting or starting back. I quit and started back at least 4 or 5 times last year.

[Pullstart 68,670]

9 hours ago, Krice58 said:

I don’t need any more. But I don’t know if I can help it. Every time I say that, I see a good deal. 

It happens…

 

 

[WHX?? 53,876]

4 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

We now have over 15 here and sold, given, traded that many more but don't have a round hood to park in the living room. 

There fixed that ... 

[WHX?? 53,876]

5 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

ALL of them have "found us".

'Course not to far off there EB. When I first succumbed to the addiction I had to look for them. 

Now they seem to fall out the sky. Some for free and many $100 rollers with a motor that fired right up. Some really nice ones for short money. 

People would see my junk yard and line ups from the road and just stop and see if I ran a tractor repair shop and ask if I was interested in another horse. 

She has since made me move them to unseen quarters  

 

Alice the C-120 came from a drive by for very very short money ... 200 ...  ... with a magnum, a deck and a show tiller!!!

Widowed PO just wanted to see it a good home.

Edited yesterday at 03:49 PM by WHX??

[sqrlgtr 1,826]

@Pullstart I think this is pic you was looking for.Hauling aChebby and pulling doodge

Edited 22 hours ago by sqrlgtr

[squonk 45,110]

6 minutes ago, sqrlgtr said:

@Pullstart I think this is pic you was looking for.Hauling aChebby and pulling doodge

Looks like a Sasquatch, Nessie or bank robber CCTV pic! 

[sqrlgtr 1,826]

1 minute ago, squonk said:

Looks like a Sasquatch, Nessie or bank robber CCTV pic! 

They going so fast had to run beside them to get pic.

[Clayton 41]

I just brought that 875 home a few hours ago. I even thought about going to look at the Electro as well. I'm pretty amazed that there are forum members everywhere. Not the first time I've seen posts about tractors I wanted to buy

Edited 14 hours ago by Clayton

[rjg854 12,735]

10 hours ago, Clayton said:

I just brought that 875 home a few hours ago.

 

We're going to need a lot more information and some  about this   ;  hopefully it runs and drives like it should.

[WHX?? 53,876]

Good man Clayton and thanks for saving. I love it when a member here gives a horse a new lease on life. 

What are your plans for it? Let us know if it runs & drives. 

[Clayton 41]

1 hour ago, rjg854 said:

 

We're going to need a lot more information and some  about this   ;  hopefully it runs and drives like it should.

 

It's still sitting in the back of my jeep. Between our 2yr old and 2month old, I didnt have time to get it in the barn last night. Hopefully tomorrow and I'll get some pics.

 

I bought it from a kid in his 20's. He bought it and a B-80 as a package. He only wanted the B-80 since it belonged to his dad or grandpa. I cant remember which. He said they both last ran 2yrs prior to him buying them

 

The B-80 fired right up with a new battery and some gas. He didnt want the 875 so he only went as far as trying to turn the key. I'd be willing to bet it'll fire up with a jump based on age of gas in the tank and completeness of the drivetrain. I'll update on that when I get the time to mess with it

[Clayton 41]

1 hour ago, WHX?? said:

What are your plans for it?

 

Well my original intentions were to use it as a parts tractor. I'm not set on that but for $100 I couldn't not buy it for the engine alone. I'll make my final decision when I get it fired up and see how well everything works.

 

I like Wheel Horse but my wife's family farm is the green tractor kind of people. So I bought her a '64 110rf. The block on her k181 appears to be cracked around the exhaust pipe thread. So I had planned on swapping engines. Ironically her engine is already red so likely from another WH.

[sqrlgtr 1,826]

19 minutes ago, Clayton said:

 

Well my original intentions were to use it as a parts tractor. I'm not set on that but for $100 I couldn't not buy it for the engine alone. I'll make my final decision when I get it fired up and see how well everything works.

 

I like Wheel Horse but my wife's family farm is the green tractor kind of people. So I bought her a '64 110rf. The block on her k181 appears to be cracked around the exhaust pipe thread. So I had planned on swapping engines. Ironically her engine is already red so likely from another WH.

I sure hope you decide to keep it together. It looks like it is pretty complete tractor.