muz123 1,191 #1 Posted May 4, 2015 (edited) My first wheel horse was my wheel horse 520-H, i paid $4000 for it in 1997 and I'm still using it today. Then later on i got my ole trusty 212-6 that i still use too. Thats how my addiction to these horses started. But anyways what was your first horse? Edited May 4, 2015 by muz123 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wallfish 15,935 #2 Posted May 4, 2015 (edited) My first is a 416-8 with a front end loader. Bought it just to move some large piles of dirt around the yard and sell but once I used it, I knew it was a keeper. A couple of years later the backhoe was added. Never heard of Wheel Horse before I bought it. Edited May 4, 2015 by wallfish 12 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pollack Pete 2,273 #3 Posted May 4, 2015 The one that started the lunacy for me was a little 656.The rest is history. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinylguy 4,666 #4 Posted May 4, 2015 1968 Lawn Ranger. Paid $100 for it and mowed for 2 years before the tired Briggs repower gave up. donated her to a friend for his daughter. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
truckin88 104 #5 Posted May 4, 2015 My wife's grand fathers c120, which is the only one I will never sell, it is over my father in laws barn 10 minutes away. It needs paint etc, but still runs like a champ. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KC9KAS 4,741 #6 Posted May 4, 2015 1975 B-80 that my wifes nephew gave to me.....That was #1 and now there are 10! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
546cowboy 301 #7 Posted May 4, 2015 I've had so many I just can't remember what my first one was. Maybe the CRS is too far along. Anyway I have owned probably 100 or so and after that first one I occasionally picked up another brand but they NEVER stay long, you know how it is, too good to pass up. I know why you have never got rid of the 520, I have had 6 or 7 and come to think of it a 520H with a blown engine may have been my first. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chex313 123 #8 Posted May 4, 2015 (edited) A 1975 B80 bought used in 79 for $1000. Had it until around 07, sold for $450. Had picked up the 520H for $500 at that point. I have every digital pic I have ever taken, but I don't know where my older printed pics are. So I don't have a pic of it sadly. Edited May 4, 2015 by chex313 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Racinbob 10,295 #9 Posted May 5, 2015 The first one I was ever on was a Suburban 400 my Dad bought new when I was 5. My first very own was a 551 right after we got married in 1975. In February of 1978, right after the blizzard of 78, I bought my first new one, a left over 76 B-80 later converted to a C-160. Great memories. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
papaglide 541 #10 Posted May 5, 2015 My first was a GT14. Got that about 7 years ago, she stopped running and traded her away. Got her back and traded her away for the C-165 that I have now. I had never heard of wheel horse before that tractor. I was a Cub Cadet guy for the first 4 yrs or so once we moved to here. The only Cub that I would ever want back is the 1882 with 3-point and FEL. traded it for a Power King. I really don't know why I did that. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lagersolut 613 #11 Posted May 5, 2015 (edited) '79 C-101 the one in my AV now restored - remember the day the dealer dropped it off at Dads Brand new ...we were push mowing over 2 acres to the day Dad bought it . Yep ...I was one happy camper no more lawn boy for hours on end once a week. Works like a mule 35 years later . ( Just a little TLC ) Edited May 5, 2015 by Lagersolut 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stratostar250 919 #12 Posted May 5, 2015 My family had obtained an '88 211-5 with a bagger from my aunt when she moved to California and didn't want to bring it with her. I was about 8, and I'd ride it for hours and hours. And then my wheel horse gene hid dormant for a few years up until two years ago. And well.....since then.....we all know :) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
608KEB 794 #13 Posted May 5, 2015 (edited) I believe it was a commando 800. It had a 36" RD deck and a 8 HP B&S. I think I bought it in 1979. I was 15 and mowed about 10-12 yards with it. It had a electric clutch. It was under powered. It always had troubles on grades. After that, I didn't buy a Wheel Horse or any garden tractor for 30 years.....I was looking for a tractor with a RD mower deck. Wheel Horse was the only one that I knew of.Then the addiction started!! Edited May 5, 2015 by 608KEB 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boovuc 1,090 #14 Posted May 5, 2015 In 1989 I traded a very worn out 1975 Harley Davidson Sportster for my C-175 8 Speed which I still have and use. It had a 48 inch deck, snowplow, tire chains and wheel weights. I have all of them I would bet that whoever ended up with that AMF era Harley doesn't have it anymore! Still the best trade I ever made and no one has ever forced me off the road on my tractor! 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forest Road 594 #15 Posted May 5, 2015 The lil red monster that started it all was a c101. My dads friend bought it new. I used to ride around the yard while dad fixed Ed's Jeeps. 20 years later when we bought the the family getaway I realized I needed some help around the yard. Purchased a beat up 312-8 and darn near every accessory ever made. 5 years and 3 kids later those horses have saved me hours of labor. And that time has been well spent with my boys! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
55rj35jr 623 #16 Posted May 5, 2015 my 1957 rj35 rescued from a junkyard before and after resto 14 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 51,769 #17 Posted May 5, 2015 My first recollection of was a garden show in about 1955, my dad was looking at an RJ and as a ten year old I was so excited that I may be driving it soon. He didn't get it, opted for a walk behind rototiller that I walked behind for a long time! In the early '80s I bought a used A-81 (small rider) which served me faithfully for a dozen years or so. It was replaced by a couple of big box store riders that didn't last very long. Ten years ago I needed a tough mower to take care of some property we had purchased. While attending a Hit & Miss show I picked up my 1055. This rekindled my fascination with that had begun fifty years earlier. The 1055 is still my go to tractor for snow plowing, don't know what in particular makes it so good, but it is the best pusher of the bunch. I have added lots of other horses to the herd, but the 1055 is a keeper. 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bds1984 1,384 #18 Posted May 5, 2015 (edited) My first was my C165-8 that I've had for 20 years...I'll never get rid of her! Edited May 5, 2015 by bds1984 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tsmall07 49 #19 Posted May 5, 2015 520-H that I got last fall for free. I'd never heard of WH before, but I knew it looked cool and I knew I wanted it! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Don1977 604 #20 Posted May 5, 2015 My 1977 C-120 bought new with a 48" deck, many hours and three engines later. 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 19,570 #21 Posted May 5, 2015 My first was a 701.....it was a freebie and it was a runner! I sold it a few years ago at the WH show and have regretted it ever since. Mike..... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmsgaffer 2,043 #22 Posted May 5, 2015 My dad bought an 84 i think C-105 from a WH mechanic in 1988 or so. (I was two). Mowed the grass and pushed lots of snow with that tractor. Then engine went the second time and he bought a heavy duty green one. I asked him to hold onto it for me for when I had a place of my own. 7 years later I bought another WH just for the engine to fix my dad's but I haven't stopped buying them since! (and I still have yet to get his running!) 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horse46 512 #23 Posted May 5, 2015 C-101 is my first and only one, for now 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lane Ranger 10,495 #24 Posted May 5, 2015 I have posted this before on Red Square but it is still our first encounter with a Wheel Horse our father bought for $300 in 1961. This was our first contact with a Wheel Horse -a used 1958 Wheel Horse RJ in 1961 ! 50 years later we bought another RJ from Clay Brooks and now have three RJ's ! 14 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coadster32 793 #25 Posted May 5, 2015 (edited) Cool topic. Mine was a beat up 551. Here are before and after pics. ">http:// ">http:// Edited May 5, 2015 by Coadster32 12 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites