Mows4three 824 #1 Posted August 25, 2018 (edited) My wife doesn't always "get" me, but she surely cuts me a lot of slack. When I bought my first Wheel Horse, a 312-8, two months ago she just shrugged it off as a whim. When I located a nice C-160 Automatic four weeks later she started to question why I needed another. She even went with me to pick it up (secretly I think she wanted to make sure I brought home only one more WH). After talking to some friends and family I have come to find out that several of them admit to having Wheel Horses garden tractors over the years. They spoke very highly of them but, curiously, always out of earshot of their spouses. I even found out one uncle of mine had rebuilt two of his own Kohler engines and rebuilt several more Kohler engines for his neighbors over the years. I am pretty sure the work was always done late at night, in his shed, and I suspect it was done by the light of muted kerosene lanterns with cheap cigar smoke hanging in the air. A buddy of mine expressed to me that he has a bit of tractor envy after seeing me bring home a second Wheel Horse in 60 days. After he mentioned this to me I thought I had a problem but, bless his heart, he straightened me right out. According to him: Owning one Wheel Horse means you are just a recreational user. Owning two Wheel Horses means you have an appreciation for fine machinery. Owning three Wheel Horses means you have an attraction. Four, it's turned into an obsession. Five, it's pretty much a full blown addiction. and six, well you really need to join Red Square and begin your next post with: Hello, my name is ________________, and I have a Wheel Horse problem. He's also convinced that Rustolem Regal Red should be reclassified as a gateway drug. Have a great day and hope the weather holds out...! Edited August 25, 2018 by Mows4three 4 1 1 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 51,014 #2 Posted August 25, 2018 5 minutes ago, Mows4three said: Owning one Wheel Horse means you are just a recreational user. Owning two Wheel Horses means you have an appreciation for fine machinery. Owning three Wheel Horses means you have an attraction. Four, it's turned into an obsession. Five, it's pretty much a full blown addiction. and six, well you really need to join Red Square and begin your next post with: Hello, my name is ________________, and I have a Wheel Horse problem. Why did your list end at six? ? ? Lots of us have significantly more that that, heck I've got six 953s and several others too! 3 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 35,146 #3 Posted August 25, 2018 Where's Jim? @WHX20 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 23,798 #4 Posted August 25, 2018 To paraphrase a quote from the movie "A River Runs Through It": There's a fine line between 's and religion... 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c-series don 7,644 #5 Posted August 25, 2018 I have 16 running, driving, usable Wheel Horse tractors. Why? I don't know!!!! 4 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldredrider 2,547 #6 Posted August 25, 2018 I have to pause a minute to think how many I own. Six, or is it 7? Wait! I forgot one, it was it 2? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 35,146 #7 Posted August 25, 2018 3 minutes ago, c-series don said: I have 16 running, driving, usable Wheel Horse tractors. Why? I don't know!!!! This could be one reason. 8 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c-series don 7,644 #8 Posted August 25, 2018 That's definitely one reason Ed! 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 36,936 #9 Posted August 25, 2018 Thirty six was my last count... seems you guys are just getting started. 5 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KC9KAS 4,741 #10 Posted August 25, 2018 @Mows4three Great stuff you posted! A few weeks ago I was looking over a Wheel Horse maintenance (computer) file I have. I counted 15 garden tractors that I had recorded. I thought there is no way I have 15 WH GT's. I checked the files again and 15 looked correct. I went to the pole barn and "shed in a box" and only counted 13! Ha I thought...then I remembered 1 at my step daughters and 1 at my brothers house....Yep, 15 is correct! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JAinVA 4,617 #11 Posted August 25, 2018 The guys that complain about not being able to find one may want to know who is hoarding all of them.I guess I'm as guilty as anyone at eight or nine I think 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,849 #12 Posted August 25, 2018 Here what started years ago merely as a visual attraction to a cool looking old tractor resembling a miniature of a "real" tractor, has become a way of life. Just this last week with the mud slide and flood we had one once again proved to be an invaluable tool to help me out of a bad situation. Incredibly even the wife for the first time ever had kind words for a wheel horse, not to mention all the onlookers that simply gawked at it in amazement on what it could do. 7 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
midpack 801 #13 Posted August 25, 2018 2 hours ago, c-series don said: I have 16 running, driving, usable Wheel Horse tractors. Why? I don't know!!!! Because you can! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjg854 10,642 #14 Posted August 25, 2018 Because he doesn't have 17 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevasaurus 22,197 #15 Posted August 25, 2018 I've been up to 8, but back down to 4 at the moment.....space is the real issue...so I go into the garage, open a quart of 90wt oil, open a pint of Rust-O-Lium Regal Red, and give a good healthy spray of Val-Spar Linen Beige and sit back with a Rock & Rye. Heaven!!! With my back...the 857 is the Horse of choice to sit on. Some good music is also soothing. 3 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marv 844 #16 Posted August 25, 2018 Dang, something is wrong i just counted mine and i only have 9. That's bad it is not an even number. On the other hand if it was i would need another one to make 11. The fellow down the road didn't want to sell his to me. What is the matter with people like that. Marv 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gsummers 236 #17 Posted August 25, 2018 I feel left out, I only have four. 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,849 #18 Posted August 25, 2018 As far as how many, I am up to 13 running complete ones and probably enough parts to assemble four more. It's just not easy to store them any more. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 62,338 #19 Posted August 25, 2018 5 hours ago, Mows4three said: Hello, my name is ______eric______, and I have a Wheel Horse problem. Running: My honey's 657 My 1974 B80 My 1267 Running Soon: 1974 C160 1973 no name 12 1974/75 C100 Probably enough Parts to build 2 more....? 2 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 35,146 #20 Posted August 26, 2018 My buy/sell ratio has changed over the 25 years that I have suffered from the dreaded WHA. The first 20 years, I would buy 3 and sell 2 / month. The last 5 years, I buy1 and sell 2 / month. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roadapples 6,980 #21 Posted August 26, 2018 6 complete 2 parts tractors and a speedex 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
buckrancher 2,660 #22 Posted August 26, 2018 heck I have right around sixty of them and still buying Brian 7 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 36,936 #23 Posted August 26, 2018 Show off. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c-series don 7,644 #24 Posted August 26, 2018 Buckrancher, you have a NOS E-141 in the stables? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dells68 7,494 #25 Posted August 26, 2018 (edited) 19, 17 running. Still loving them and building more storage space! Notice the horse trailer in front for a size comparison. Sadly, my horsed only get one bay-the others already have been claimed by an antique VW and farm equipment. Edited August 26, 2018 by dells68 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites