c-series don 10,146 #1 Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) My son in law has been bitten by the Wheel Horse bug,(because of me obviously!) and now has a C-141 automatic and a 520-H. He has a friend who has been to my house plenty of times and sees the fun we have with our little tractors. We convinced him that he should have one to cut his grass, plow his driveway etc. So he found this C-145 Automatic on FB market place in Brooklyn NY! Which is about a hundred miles from here. Came with a 54” plow and chains, was used to plow a driveway and sidewalks in the neighborhood. It didn’t run when they picked it up, but after a few hours here at the Wheel Horse hospital we had it running like a top. It has the wrong hood decals but he can live with that! Edited October 12, 2020 by c-series don 6 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 60,353 #2 Posted October 12, 2020 57 minutes ago, c-series don said: Brooklyn NY! Who would have thought of finding a in Brooklyn. Looks like it is in nice shape too. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 28,594 #3 Posted October 12, 2020 Love the Black Hoods!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 72,993 #4 Posted October 12, 2020 Looks like a Happy dude!!! EXCELLENT A 54 inch plow??? Musta been from a big wheel tractor? Got PLENTY of weights? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c-series don 10,146 #5 Posted October 12, 2020 I have some plastic WH weights I’m going to donate to him to help with his addiction!! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ro-Go 76 #6 Posted October 13, 2020 I'm about to restore my father's exact tractor. 1984. Killer find. Mine will have lived it's entire life about 70 miles north of Brooklyn. Southampton -- doesn't get much nicer. Though I can do without the rich people, sorry. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c-series don 10,146 #7 Posted October 13, 2020 16 minutes ago, Ro-Go said: I'm about to restore my father's exact tractor. 1984. Killer find. Mine will have lived it's entire life about 70 miles north of Brooklyn. Southampton -- doesn't get much nicer. Though I can do without the rich people, sorry. I could definitely do without the rich people too. I’ve lived here for 50 years and the more people that move here from New York City the more I want to move. However my family has lived here for almost a hundred years and my wife’s family for more than that. It truly is beautiful with all the bays, the ocean, farm and woodland that’s what attracts the city people. Unfortunately they have driven the price of real estate up to the point that the local people can’t afford to live here anymore. Here’s a couple pictures I took the other day Sorry if I got off topic! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ro-Go 76 #8 Posted October 13, 2020 32 minutes ago, c-series don said: I could definitely do without the rich people too. I’ve lived here for 50 years and the more people that move here from New York City the more I want to move. However my family has lived here for almost a hundred years and my wife’s family for more than that. It truly is beautiful with all the bays, the ocean, farm and woodland that’s what attracts the city people. Unfortunately they have driven the price of real estate up to the point that the local people can’t afford to live here anymore. Here’s a couple pictures I took the other day Sorry if I got off topic! Don, I'm fourth generation Orange County, NY. My ancestors arrived and built a life in the late 1800s. I live in my grandfather's house, built in 1947 on the very farmland my family tended -- which I rebuilt myself with family friends. This area, originally farmland and gorgeous (and very Polish), continues to be overbuilt into a vacuous suburb. I have close ties personally to Montauk, and my wife and I visit at least once a year...so Southampton was always a stop. The situations are different but the same: too many people, and, worse, too many people with money and opinions. Ruinous. The giant houses are an abomination, too. Both are still beautiful, though. I hold onto that. We should meet sometime, in person. Cheers. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cschannuth 3,817 #9 Posted October 13, 2020 1 hour ago, c-series don said: I have some plastic WH weights I’m going to donate to him to help with his addiction!! I push a 54” with inside and outside weights and fluid in the rears and my C-161 does great. He’s going to have a blast. That seat pan even looks solid. Nice find! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
