More old house finds

[Jack45 69]

My dad had mentioned that he had found another Wheel Horse in the back of an old house he uses for storage.  It ended up being one and a half.  One was intact minus a mower.  The other was taken apart.  He says he has all the parts for it somewhere (again minus the engines).  The intact one was my grandmother's and he said that she had the motor rebuilt several times and could never get it to run right.  It has been gone for years.  Everything seems to be in good condition aside from being 50 years old (estimate).  There were a couple of other surprises too!  A spring tooth harrow (yes it was hanging on the wall) and a mower deck that he claims is wheel horse but I am not sure. I could use some help identifying it.

 

I am not sure how I am going to attach the mower.  I am not sure my running WheelHorse has a motor shaft long enough to put another pulley on it.  I brought the spring tooth home but couldn't fit the mower in the car.  My boys refused to ride in the trunk!

That mower deck is heavy and made out of some pretty thick steel.  Everything is smooth on it though.  I have an underside picture too I can post if anyone is interested.

[Pullstart 66,867]

Awesome family find!  Have fun putting them back together

[ACman 7,655]

One RJ and half of a suburban . Does it look like a suburban hood laying on the RJ hood ? The frame looks to have a cast iron front axel . Those front rims look nice . Keepers for sure . Does it look like maybe an trans sticking out behind the frame ? 

[953 nut 60,097]

  You have a 1958 or 1959 RJ and a wonderful cultivator. Your grandmother had great taste in tractors. As ACman said the other is probably a '60 or '61 Suburban.   Very nice start of a great herd of 

[Jake Kuhn 1,579]

Nice score! Yep I agree with others that is a 58 or 59. Mower deck does not fit either of the tractors, it is from a newer round hood. 

[Tankman 3,523]

Great find and a very worthwhile project! Be sure to update your progress. 

[Jack45 69]

I have to admit I thought they were all the same.  Here is a picture of the front end that got cut off above.  I had to do a bit of climbing to get to this stuff.

[roadapples 6,983]

Worth the climb and  

[KC9KAS 4,744]

Quite a large treasure find!

[AMC RULES 37,196]

Am I to understand...               

you haven't gone back, and brought home the rest yet? 

[dells68 7,499]

Run!  Run Forest run!  Go get 'em.  I'd love to have that rj.  Nice 

[CasualObserver 3,411]

Looks like a nice find.  Your deck appears to be a 62ish model...  Compare for yourself in the gallery here.... 

And the cutlivator looks to be an oldie with the twisted bar... meaning it would be an early AC-6.

[danjmah 74]

What an amazing find! And cu-do's to whoever stored these treasures not letting them go to the scrap yard/trash.  

[Jack45 69]

4 hours ago, AMC RULES said:

Am I to understand...               

you haven't gone back, and brought home the rest yet? 

 

I am hoping to get back next week to pick everything up.  It is a three hour drive.  I also haven't mentioned to my wife that I acquired a lot more "junk" (her words not mine).

 

The mower looks exactly like that 62 picture.  My dad said it came with the parts machine sitting on the RJ above.  I am pretty sure he didn't realize that they weren't the same model.  They do kind of look alike.  My dad has had them sitting around for 20+ years since grandma died.  He plowed his driveway for a while then he got into bigger Bobcat toys. 

 

The RJ was my grandmothers that she bought the first or second year, according to my dad, along with all the attachments.  I have a blade, spring tooth, disc harrow, 1 bottom plow and a four wheel trailer.  When I get back there in a week, i will see if there are any other treasures waiting to be unearthed.

 

I want to restore the RJ but will need a motor for it.  My dad hated that old kohler on it.  I took it to engines shop class in high school in 1988 and we could never get it running there either.  My dad junked it years ago unfortunately.

[TDF5G 2,073]

Great discovery!  Have fun with them!  

[953 nut 60,097]

7 hours ago, Jack45 said:

My dad hated that old kohler on it.  I took it to engines shop class in high school in 1988 and we could never get it running there either.  My dad junked it years ago unfortunately.

Fortunately there are K-90s and K-91s for sale on this site in the classified section and of course on . It sounds like you have a treasure trove of hard to find attachments too.   

This manual should be useful to you.