Stormin 9,985 #26 Posted May 14, 2020 (edited) On 5/13/2020 at 5:42 PM, Sparky said: Over in the UK weren’t Wheel Horses re-branded as Mountford (or something like that)? Did that company specify that they were to be painted green? Wheel Horse had a factory in Belgium. Mountfield imported them into the UK and badged some of them as Mountfields. My C-121 and C-81 are Belgium built and badged Wheel Horse. The C-125 was USA built. I've never seen a green Mountfield. Edited May 14, 2020 by Stormin 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mickwhitt 5,138 #27 Posted May 15, 2020 It's currently up to 680 dollars which is too rich for me based on the type of machine it is. Must be some collectors over here if it's a rare one and worth it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mickwhitt 5,138 #28 Posted May 17, 2020 Finally went for 560 GBP Quite a lot for something that didnt appear to be very good. Seen some go much lower. The hunt continues lol 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 9,985 #29 Posted May 17, 2020 Something will turn up, Mick. Patience is a virtue. Seldom possessed by man, and never by a woman. Correction to my post above. Though the C-81 is a Wheel Horse, the serial number is a Mountfield one. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dan.gerous 2,696 #30 Posted May 17, 2020 45 minutes ago, Mickwhitt said: Finally went for 560 GBP Quite a lot for something that didnt appear to be very good. Seen some go much lower. The hunt continues lol I got a well used C-125 with a rotovator, mowing deck and a bunch of useful spares for about that price. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 9,985 #31 Posted May 17, 2020 That's a good deal with rotovator, deck etc. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dan.gerous 2,696 #32 Posted May 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, Stormin said: That's a good deal with rotovator, deck etc. She is a bit rough, but everything works and its a solid little machine - and its already been earning its keep, probably do a light restoration this winter if I have enough free time 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meadowfield 2,758 #33 Posted May 18, 2020 On 5/14/2020 at 7:51 PM, Stormin said: Wheel Horse had a factory in Belgium. Mountfield imported them into the UK and badged some of them as Mountfields. My C-121 and C-81 are Belgium built and badged Wheel Horse. The C-125 was USA built. I've never seen a green Mountfield. read my previous message, none were made green - some folks just like green 90% were imported by Mountfield - irrespective of where they were made... my GT14 and one of my C-121 are US built, but have Mountfield plates. They weren't branded or sold as Mountfield - unlike Murray mowers which they imported in the late 70's/80's and branded them Mountfield. We've had a few 7/25's - I cut my teeth on one of those mowing half an acre every week when I was 10. The side plate on the Wheel Horses is purely for them to maintain a record of what they imported and sold. Lots of machinery over the years has been tagged like this. Land Rovers are have a chassis number SALVxxxxxx but people like Bowler, Twisted,Khan, will give them unique numbers to track them. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
