T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,345 #1 Posted July 22, 2016 One of my first Wheel Horses was back in 2007. I bought it from a JD dealer in Iowa and a member of WFM brought it down to St. Charles, Missouri, where he was picking up a John Deere RF 110. It was a 1998 314-8. I used that 314-8 for a couple of years and sold it in 2009 to a missionary who was in Guatemala. And this is where the story really takes off. His son lived east of Greenville, Illinois and made bi-annual trips to Guatemala for his parents delivering supplies and goodies. The missionary was a retired airline pilot who felt the missionary call. He said they needed a good mower at the camp there in Guatemala and the old Craftsmans just wasn't holding up. He had a Wheel Horse a long time ago and knew they were stout machines and somehow he saw my ad on CL. So he wanted to buy it and he was going to get his son to bring it down to him on one of the scheduled trips. So, I sold it to him and trailer it to his son in Illinois who paid me when I dropped it off there. Today, I wonder how well that 314-8 is doing on the missionary field. From Iowa to Missouri to Illinois to Guatemala. That Wheel Horse has traveled and I bet it still is doing God's work. It was a nice tractor too. 14 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elliot ness 1,916 #2 Posted July 22, 2016 Great story . About a great W/H and a goodly mission. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,345 #3 Posted July 22, 2016 Things have surely changed since I took those photos. Those pictures were from the day I brought it home, back in August 2007. Some things have changed, i.e. the green trailer was sold and I bought a new one, just this year. The blue 2WD V-6 Dakota was traded in for a 4WD Quad Cab V-8 Dakota. Right behind that trailer now sits a 20 x 25 foot garage. And that Wheel Horse is in Central America, probably mowing the weeds and grass around the missionary camp, and who knows what else it's doing. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KC9KAS 4,741 #4 Posted July 22, 2016 Great story! Do you have means to contact the son that took the tractor to Guatemala? Maybe he could provide "The rest of the story"! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,345 #5 Posted July 22, 2016 Yeah, I thought of that, but I don't know if I have that information anymore. This was back in 2009, so I've changed phones since then (though my current phone is an old iPhone 3GS that I had for years). I have to look to see if there was any email traffic on this, though I doubt it. I think all was done by phone. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TDF5G 2,051 #6 Posted July 22, 2016 That's a good story. Thanks for posting it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 36,945 #8 Posted July 23, 2016 Another on a mission. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TDF5G 2,051 #9 Posted July 25, 2016 On 7/23/2016 at 10:15 AM, AMC RULES said: Another on a mission. I like that movie. One of the best ever! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Retired Wrencher 4,880 #10 Posted July 25, 2016 T-MO It always seems that things come around back to you in God`s way. You Just never know. But at least some one is using it and enjoying it. Nice Story. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites