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Even though I've had my 857 Wheel Horse for 15 or so years, I am new to this site. The 3 pictures show some of my modifications. They are taller front spindles, larger rear wheels, spring seat, individual fenders, rerouted drive belt and modified belt guard, and in the summer, the lift handle for the snow plow is used as a hand clutch, which is great for the grandkids. I don't have a mower deck for this tractor, but I am looking to either up grade the engine to a 10HP - if it will fix - and buy a 42" side discharge deck. Has anyone out there tryed doing this? OR, I may just sell the 857 and buy a 10 or 12HP Raider or Charger and have fun restoring/modifing it. Is there a site that documents the different models and the changers the factory made down throught the years? For example; when was the deck drive moved from behind the front wheels to in front of the wheels and why? I also own a '64 110 JD, a '66 B10 AC, and a '89 4016 Ingersol, all restored and used daily/weekly.

My daughter got to meet Santa Claus today for the very first time and apparently she didn't like him!

Today I went on what I would now consider a great pick. Yeah, I know that makes me sound like Mike Wolfe, but thats really what it was. I drove over an hour away to go look at a '60 Suburban (which I also bought), and the guy showed me around his barns. He had by far the largest collection of pedal tractors I have ever seen in my life. But while I was getting dirty and climbing around one of the barns, this odd ball metal box with numbers on the side and an engine cylinder head in plain view sticking out caught my attention. He said he didn't know much about it other than that he bought it from an old guy who was an airline pilot and the guy claimed it was a cargo sized 49cc foldable motor bike. The numbers on the side corresponded to the aircraft tail number it belonged in. I was like....what? It turns out it is a Valmobile Suitcase Scooter. They were designed in France and produced in Japan during the 50's. They were marketed as a suitcase scooter that could be taken anywhere and/or stored anywhere. According to reading I have done, they became especially popular as emergency transportation in airplanes small boats etc. But they really didn't sell well and the main distribution company located in NJ shortly went bankrupt. Of course there seems to be several collector forums for these things and a pretty serious following. I haven't had much luck finding too much info on value, but I'm confident my gamble in buying it will not leave me at a loss if I decide to ever sell it. The guy claims it runs fine and being a 2 stroke he said it probably will fire right up with little effort.

This popped up on CL last night, he finally got ahold of me this afternoon so I ran and picked it up...it's in really good shape!!!

Here's my Happy Holidays to all the familys of RedSquare.

I bet I'm not the only one that lit a tractor this year. Mine's a 51 Case SC. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

I had this cultivator for about a year now and I just finished restoring it.

Good Idea, I'm no photographer, but here's mine anyways.

Not like back in the day Mike, when all the town trouble makers were out blowin' up all the tractors in the neighborhood. Whew! I just spent all evening decorating the rusty 702 project I blew apart last night... what do you think?

1961 Panzer t70 i got this it was painted red and engine needed rebuild. I got all engine parts from napa, I sand blasted the chassis and found pin holes on the bottom of the tubing. They had been full of dirt mud grass and water rotted the frame out.No way to repair it. so i made 2 new frame rails for it and welded them to the rear axle. set it up in milling machine and drilled all the holes. The tubing on these tractors where made from black pipe, gas pipe odd size so i picked up some from lowes. well heres the frame now. after having this thing for three years. I got some paint on it. I have a brand new NOS deck for it too.rear diff i put bearings seals new brake linings and made new front spindles.

today I haulled my first roundhood with sickle bar its a verry nice machine after a litle working on this machine he wass running he runs pretty well what do you think guys where I cant find the model number of this tractor ???? I think ist a 754 wheel horse tombstone wheight model number the hood the first ride

Another great masterpiece from Terry AKA The Vinyl Guy!! When I got my 520-H from the original owner, he had the manuals, maintenance sticker,Onan engine tag and lo and behold a paper Chemlawn/Wheel Horse ad. After I posted a picture of it on RS, Terry offered to reproduce it into a poster and look at the results! Hats off to Terry and all the work he does!!!!

Yes Kelly, I mistyped. The pump will work just fine.

Truely a work of art....Can't wait to hear it running..... :thumbs: :thumbs:

Another average day in Loseland. :deadhorse:

My son was like that too a couple of years. Still I'm sure it's a good memory though.

Statistically speaking, it's precisely at this moment when our GT's are the most dangerous. Your focus should be on avoiding these situations to prevent the tractor from riding you.

OMG...BROWNS LOOSE...BEARS LOOSE...JUST ONE MORE DISGUSTING SUNDAY IN THE NFL Joe, I am thinking about drowning my sorrows....with the good stuff. .

She's so cute Gene. Next year she'll be excited to see him. :)

Looks like the feeling was mutual. :)

One of daughter was scared and the other one was fearless. save the picture to torment her when she has her first boyfriend. simple things like that really make parenting worthwhile!! :rolleyes:

"I Love Santa" shirt, $14.95 Visit with Santa (with 5" x 7" photo), $24.95 Look on daughter's face....PRICELESS

Just counted, I have 59 strands and 5,300 bulbs total.I didn't count every bulb on every strand, I just kept all the boxes and added them all up.

Weren't you just complaining about not being in the WH thick of things??? lol

$50!!!! Wow! Congrats on a great deal...just in time for Xmas! I bet you were driving slightly above the speed limit to get there. did the CL ad have pictures and a price? my 520-H was w/o a picture and didnt have the model number so the WH hawks must have overlooked it. :rolleyes:

Like this Lars...WOTTA FOCK SQUONK!

Kelly, I guess I should clear that up a little. It's a standard 1057 tray. Which as you would know is larger than the 'normal' lawn and garden battery tray. Sorry for any confusion. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Jake is talking for all WHN's (Wheel Horse Nuts) in the forums. Great find and, very, very, very nice! Like wow! :woohoo:

That is perhaps the funniest excuse I have ever heard! As you might have noticed by the age of some of these tractors in attendance here, they do not have an expiration date. If what you are stating would be an actual issue, we would only be able to have one tractor at a time and I know that ain't gonna float with me. In case you get it running/driving soon....... the current front rims look like the rears from a lawn tractor. (straight 3/4" keyed hub / no bearings) If they are, do not drive the tractor or the spindles will be damaged.

If you were to do something with it... IMO I would just sell it complete. Nice free-flowing muffler on it... :ychain:

Craig, weld it back up and grind it smooth. Then add a plate on the inside to act as extra support.

Wow, Being awhile since I was on Here. To let anyone know I finshed school at the end on sept. I finsished top of my class with 3.89 gpa and perfect attendance.The 99% from the frist semester was a missprint. I have a Assosetes Degree in Automotive siences. I am an ASE Master tech with the L1 advanved certivifit. I have my PA state inspection licesn class 4 ( I can inspect anything cars/trucks under 17000lbs, trucks over 17000lbs, buses, motorcycles) I have my PA emissions license, An I am PA certified emissions repair tech. I started work on Oct 1st at AAMCO as a transmisson Rebuilder. So thats what has been keeping me away these last couple of months Hey were is the dam spell check?

I thought that was Duke's Snow Chucker??? :ychain:

Thats awesome! You should submit them for featured tractor on gt talk. There trying to get entries for lighted tractors for christmas over there. ~Jake

320 CCA garden size, from the auto parts store. Get 4-5 years sometimes longer life. I don't like to, and don't, ever keep a battery longer. A tuned engine, starts easily. Winter, I use 10 W 30 synthetic crankcase oil.

my c-120