wh5208speed 646 #1 Posted June 11, 2015 Well, it's official....I have a tractor problem. Really don't need any, but low and behold I just keep finding these darn things and I just hate for them to sit in the barn and go to waste. I tell the wife that "I am going to look at it" and she says, "you mean buy it". "So why do you need the trailer if your just looking and why do you have the cash envelope from the bank if your just looking"? I reply, "well honey, I would hate to drive all the way there and decide I would want it and then have to drive back and get it....that would wastful and would be bad for the ozone and the polar bears if I had to make an unnecessary return trip". So I load up my traveling crew (2 golden retrievers and a bullmastiff) and off we go for an 1:15 min trip to "look at it". So I pull in, and she says, "I see you have "looked" another tractor onto your trailer".This little horse has had a quick sanding and a bad rattle can spray job. It lost its decals and I need some help identifying it. Thought this group could help a fellow member out. Owner said he thought it was kinda rare, but has had it as a backup for the last 5 years.Thad (thankful for an understanding or tolerant wife, in Ohio) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,196 #2 Posted June 11, 2015 You know, she's right Thad? You've done a great job of "looking another tractor" into your collection . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dennys502 246 #3 Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) Looks to be a 520-8 judging from the axle and hood. Edited June 11, 2015 by Dennys502 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muz123 1,192 #4 Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) Looks to be a 88 or 89 520-HC. 520-8? Edited June 11, 2015 by muz123 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boovuc 1,090 #5 Posted June 11, 2015 As was stated, looks like a 520-8 Speed. It can't be a 520-HC with a manual lift. Does the tractor have a Tach, Fuel gauge, Power/vacuum gauge, Hour meter and volt gauge on it? If not, what gauges are on the tower cluster? If that is an 8 speed manual which it looks like it is with a manual lift, it is a rare Wheelhorse. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScottCT 15 #6 Posted June 11, 2015 Lol! When I got home with the 312 that I went to "look" at the first words out of my wife's mouth were "and you just happened to have your trailer with you". Nice find. I hope to stumble across a 520 some day for my collection. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dcrage 630 #7 Posted June 11, 2015 For what it is worth, I was able to expand the pic enough to read 8-speed on the side of the hood Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dennist 139 #8 Posted June 12, 2015 With your screen name I know you need no help with id Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
