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Wow...props to the site! Just wanted to say thanks to all the guys that gave assistance to me. I just inherited my Pop's 92 416-8. I had some problems mounting the mower deck but got that figured out thanks to yalls help. Took it out today and cut my grass...man what a machine! My dad sure knew how to pick em. This tractor is a brute...I had a john deere that I sold to my neighbor(actually gave it to him for $100) when I found out I was getting the WH. I love this tractor! Best machine Ive operated. And the memories are awesome! My dad got his first Wheel Horse back in 71 when he purchased an 18 acre farm in Chandlersville, Ohio, between his army stints. Im pretty sure it was a bronco. He taught me to ride it and I cut the yard with it after that. He did the garden with it too. I remember thinking Im gonna have one of those one day! I would rather have my Pop still around ....but this machine sure makes the loss more bearable! Wheel Horse Rocks!

Welcome to the forum. You will need one more tractor for each of your Sons. I understand your loss. My dad passed last May. He was an Army Veteran. Dad earned four Bronze Stars in WW2.

Just finished a test run of Neils design. I think they look very good at this size. Let me know what you the members think.

This is the true definition of "barn fresh". It's very complete and very solid - just filthy. The hood is real nice with the exception of one fix near one of the side bolts, otherwise the front and top are straight. It seems to shift nice, has a nice belt guard and supposedly last ran in the fall. It should be interesting to see what it looks like after a bath. The plow and deck seem to be really nice also - again, just d-i-r-t-y!

Hi Everyone, i think its time i come out of the woodwork, we just got a foot of snow, and the C-160 is down and out... time to fix er up. i'm heading straight to the engines forum, it's in pieces now, i took it apart two years ago, and haven't had the cash to get it back together. this horse is part cat i think, and unfortunately i'm working to bring around life #3. low oil has taken it out twice. if you could only see the shame on my face now... i've been reading here for a couple years on and off, and figured it's time to join the fun!! Troy

Decided to throw together an old 16HP Briggs v-twin and a rolling chassis 312-8. Worked out pretty well. Runs the 48" deck with no problem. (my wife says I need adult supervison).

Well,got about 4 or 5 inches of snow here in upstate NY.I had taught the Squaw to run a B-100 with a plow last Winter.She did so good that I told her this year she graduated to a 416-A with 2 stage blower.She did fine with that too.Maybe next year she can run the International Harvester TD-6 bulldozer.Here's a couple pics of her on the 416.That 2 stage really threw the heavy wet snow.

Kelly if you lived closer to me I'd be at your place all the time buying parts. You provide a great service to all of us with very reasonable prices. I bet you get alot more business selling parts than complete tractors, maybe some of that is because shippin a tractor is kinda pricey. There is a tractor bone yard near me and the guy won't part anything out. If I see a tractor there ( usually an off brand) that has a good motor I can use I'll ask him how much for just the motor, he'll say something like 400 bucks for the whole tractor, I'd offer 250 for just the motor and tell him I'll take it off and he can sell off the rest of it and make more than 400. He won't ever go for it and he generally doesn't sell much because of this. The motor will usually wind up locked up and useless because water got into it. Needless to say I haven't been there in a few yrs. Tony, do you happen to know if that guy is from Old Lyme CT.?

Im sorry you lost your Dad Wheelin...Its tough...my Dad was also a vet of 20+yrs with 2 tours in nam...he had the full military burial..it was amazing. I have many fond memories of the farm and stuff...we tinkered with many things...he'll be deeply missed. I hope you continie to heal. Thank you for your comments. I will be getting another Wheel Horse soon...till then I think I'll start getting this one restored and like new again. I dont want to let it deteriorate. I also did 4 yrs in the army...Airborne Rangers...but no combat...we have a great country...worth preserving. Take care.

Better to do the welding before drinking the customary "waiting for it to heat up" beers, otherwise you get welds like this:

Sorry for your loss, and I know how you feel. My dad had a small lawn business and left me 4 of those red guys with attachments. If he was still here, I know he would be loving going to all the shows that I take them now. Thumbs up.

Now its time to teach my son to ride a real tractor! yeehaw! LOL

Nice lookin' machine Chip, looks like your Pops really knew how to pick 'em. :thumbs:

Very nice Horse! You will be able to enjoy all of the fond memories of your Pop each and every time you sit down on his old Horse. Take good care of it, I know you'll have it a real long time!

A plumber that works for tractors.....interested in a B100? rofl!

sears can be a pain to work on compared to a WH and the tucky engine can be fussy. recommend a fuel pump added on some, since the tank and carb are parrell to each other. just my expirience with some models. . had my share here. lots of sears guys here in SE-MI. i never have a problem turning them. lots of attachments available for them. the roper(ss-16) i picked up was a sweet machine and had a 16hp cast iron briggs engine. that would have been the sears i should have kept.

Sscotsman brings up some really good things. I agree that when dealing with the older stuff you would be a lot better off to do the homework ahead of time yourself, rather than relying on most dealers. For example, I'm still driving a '79 Jeep CJ-5 and it is very hard to find anyone these days that knows anything about carburetors! So I have to do most of the work on that myself. Sscotsman mentions Ariens and some of his experiences finding a gear lube. Our family business also carried Ariens, in fact that was probably our biggest seller, until years later when we took on W/H . We started handling them back in the mid 60's, and off course their snowblowers were very popular, especially when they first came out and before the market got saturated with snowblowers. Before we had Ariens we carried Snowbird snowblowers and Earthbird rototillers, if anyone remembers them! On the Ariens oil thing, we carried Ariens oils, but to this day I've never known what was so special about their "L-2" oil. I've been out of the business for several years now and I've resorted to just using 90w in my own 10/28" snowblower that's supposed to use the L-2 oil. I’ve been using 90w for several years now and haven’t had any problems. No where have I ever seen a cross reference to show what else would equate to that oil, so if anyone knows exactly what that is I'd like to know what it is. Sscotsman also mentions some kind of Ariens web thing, do they have a similar thing like Red Square, if they do I'd love to know what that is so I can join that too. We didn't start selling W/H until the early 80's. Oh, one thing I left out of my earlier post that I wish I had included. I took orders for parts very seriously when I was in the business, because at the end of the year when totaling up all the sales, all those little parts sales sure added up so I didn't mean to down play parts sales at all they were a BIG part of what we did. Here's a picture of my Legendary '79 AMC CJ-5 ! C-85

I like that Eastwood idea and just ordered a quart of the red. If it comes close to matching it may get used for something other than just the bottom of the deck. I may have to try some of that rust encapsulater they have too. I have an aerator/roller that it might work nice on. Thanks for that link Craig. I have tried some of the bedliner stuff before on footrests with results that left me with mixed results. I believe that was because of my prep work not being as good as it should have been. I think if you use bedliner you need to really rough up the metal to get it to stick really well. It does work well on a yard trailer bed though and it can be painted RED!

Yep, Terry traded the 4L 138(Most cross this belt to Toro 1599) to Daddy Don for a Toro 1599. The 4L 138 fit the C-111 with the motor swap with a little finess(Lots of muscle and cursing)...and the Toro 1599 fit Terry's Classic. I just ordered the 4L 138 because the book said it was the replacement and it was too short. I am picking up that spare 1599 from Terry on Friday.

so i decided to use cold rolled 3/4 square bar,it was 40 bucks for 12 feet,and that would have been 60 bucks to buy the harrows,so i made my own ripper bar that will bolt to the blade,the blade is 1/2 plate,and its a knife so im sure its got to be good steel,so it should be strong enough,and because this blade isnt too tall i think ill have just enough room for the ripper,but it wont be far off the ground when lifted,i might alter the lift bar and put 2 bolts at the top so ill have more lift when the ripper is on and when the blade only ill use the top bolt,yes ill have to undo the lift bar and adjust but ill see tomorow when i fit her on the blade,ive got the ripper welded up,need to drill holes and then i can fit her,pics tomorow

Feed the animal. If one is good, then two is better! :ychain:

When I was a Wheel Horse Dealer I was sooo happy when anyone called or came in to buy something from me. We were a small dealer and it was hard to have enough help around. In the small engine business (which is very seasonal) it's hard to hire enough help. You go from needing 10 people to not needing anyone, so it's hard to gauge that. That being said it was tough when I'd be talking to someone that came in to buy a tractor and then get a phone call for a low price part. When that happened I always would take the person's name down and called them back when I got free again. I was glad to look up anything for anyone, but I sure did appreciate it when they supplied model numbers or even better yet part numbers. And I knew a lot of the numbers by heart, so that always helped. It can be a problem though when someone takes the time and drives all the way in to your place of business to discuss buying a tractor or big ticket item and someone calls on the phone for a part or worse yet just for information. It's hard to leave that person to answer the phone, I think of it as someone that has cut in line, so again I was glad for any business, but had to set priorities. Some people didn't want to wait to have me call them back and that was their right and I understood this, but again - priorities. We also sold other equipment like chain saws, basically most all small engine stuff. Off this subject a little, but somewhat relevant. Picture me trying to sell a nice couple that's come into our store a beautiful Wheel Horse tractor and having a drunk lumber jack come in with a very foul mouth to get a new chain on his chainsaw. After a few cuss words from the lumber jack while he was waiting while I was talking to the other customers, the prospective tractor tractor people decided to leave and not come back. This type of thing happened more than once! We often thought of getting out of the chain saw business as they sometimes didn't seem to mix well with most of our other equipment. Now I vented from a former dealers perspective! Thanks, C-85

Dont sell off the red ones to fast till you've spent some time messing with that teccy carb. All you ever hear are horror stories about em. You'll be glad you have the red ones with Kohlers (hopefully). Mike...............

Huh? JD green does what to your nuts? :banana-explosion:

Red is the color of a tractor,green is the color of crops.

Yeah remember Sparky, bad cop, no donuts. :law-policered:

Where do you keep the box of donuts??? :confusion-scratchheadblue:

Dont taze me bro!!!!!!!

Do it... Simply awesome. I saw a cub that someone stuffed a 4 cylinder Wisconsin into and changed the fenders out and put truck tires on the rear with a snowplow. It was a beast. Can wait to see it.