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Oddly enough, I never made a video of this tractor "in motion". It was nice today, so I asked Mrs. R. to follow me around with the camera.

Hi, I am Jeff from Indiana, I have been using the forum for sometime now getting valuable information to keep my horses running, thought I should open up a bit and share a couple of pic's. The 855 has been in the family since 1968 when my dad bought it used, the C120-8 was given to me by a deacon from my church about 6 years ago, and the B80-4 is my daughters (its almost done). The decks are off the workers for spring clean up.

SEEN THIS TYPE OF LOADER ON YOUTUBE. I SEE THEM ONLY ON JOHN DEERE SO I MADE ONE. WORK IT A DAY OR TWO THEN PAINT

A couple nuts, bolts and brush paints... she'll shine right up!

Whatever you decide to do, dont loose track of the choke,throttle assembly,and the footrest.

Thanks........the 855 really needs freshend up, it took so many decades to wear the paint off that I dont have the heart to change it

Ken I am thoroughly impressed! And for those of you who have been to Kens house up on the mountain.... Isn't it funny how tranquil and quiet it seems up there.... I was up there and his neighbors were as quiet as a mouse...And then there is Ken..... Lol Romping around, revving chainsaws making a racket! lol

It has been ages since I have posted anything. My new job has me traveling constantly so I don't have much time at home. While I have a break I thought I would share my latest project. I wanted to build a trike but after looking at a several, most used a chain and sprocket set up. I thought was a bit too complicated. If you had a tractor using a drag link for stearing it was much easier. I had the remains of a 1277 and to keep the wife happy I needed to keep cost to a minimum. So began my quest to build a trike with a simple steering set up using what I had laying around the shop. I removed the rear plate holding the front axle. I wielded two plates to the underside of the frame and mounted a 2.5 inch bearing plate that I purchased. Next I set up the frame and leveled it. I then mounted a pipe and wielded a tab to the top and drilled holes at the bottom and used all thread for my axle. I used some 4 inch wheels I had laying around. I played around for a few days with several configurations for the steering before I settled on one to use. I wielded a bolt to the end of the steering shaft. I then wielded a piece of flat bar parallel with the frame on the end. This minimised the arc of the plate as the steering wheel is turned. I then used a piece of flat bar to tie the steering plate with the front tab on the upright tube using rubber gromets and poly insert nuts to allow the bar to flex. I cut a notch in the frame at the front for clearance. It stears just fine with this set up. All of the wielding was done with a MIG which dosent get hot enough to be perminant. After disassembly the pieces were taken to my Uncle for final wielding and cutting. The only engine I had laying around was an Onan 140 Elete so that will be my power. I did a final mock up before disassembly. At this point the project is back from sand blast and I am waiting for warmer weather to begin fiinal paint and assembly. I hope to have it ready for the Wheel Horse Collectors Club Show in June. Time permitting I will post some of the build picts here. Wildbro

Good afternoon everyone. I am at the Annual tractor show in the Carl Sandburg Mall located in Galesburg Illinois As many of you know I am heavily involved with the Illinois Fallen Heroes Traveling Memorial Wall and am working the info table at this posting. The picture is of a C-125 Custom Puller. The owner brought his hood in last Month and wanted the original hood decals replaced with what you see on this photo. I think it turned out very nice. Please excuse my poor photos (phone camera)

I am new to the Wheel Horse community as well as this forum. I "inherited" a couple of Wheel Horses (C-195 and Bronco 14 Automatic) and in my search for parts diagrams I came across a pretty good site with diagrams for basically any Horse out there (as well as many other pieces of equipment). I figured I would share it. Many parts are for sale directly from the site. If the part you need is not available, you can atleast obtain the part number here which will aid you in finding the part elsewhere. http://www.propartsdirect.net/pages/oemparts?aribrand=HCP#/Toro_Consumer/01-19KE01%2c_C-195_Twin_Automatic_Tractor%2c_1982/3-POINT_HITCH/01-19KE01-43-1982/810315R1-15R10018-0008 That is the link to the diagrams for the '82 C-195. However, click on new search on that page and you can search for diagrams for other pieces of equipment. For Wheel Horses, click on new search then in the drop-down boxes, follow this path: Toro Consumer > Riding Products, and then select your specific model. Mods, if this has already been posted, please delete. Just trying to help out others in their quest for parts. Enjoy!

i just got a 60' comercial deck and I believe a pretty rare front attachment bracket with the swivel wheels for mounting a 42 or 48 inch deck out front will try to put pics on here later!

I got hit with 2 ft of snow when the Blizzard tore thru CT. The 520 looks pretty innocent but when she puts on her work dress she is all Biz. Grab a bowl of popcorn and enjoy the show, its a little long but I think its all good. Its not too often I get to push 2 ft of snow! The snow the plow truck left at the end of my driveway was wicked deep!

I was cruising out in the country the other day and turned down a road I have never been on before. I felt like something cool was down here somewhere, but I was looking for a van to buy. Then I found this old Ford doodlebug tractor in a farmers driveway! I thought it may be a WH Senior but as I looked at it I could tell it wasn't, bummer, but hey this thing is bad ass! Looks like a early Ford AA truck frame cut down to tractor size and all Ford drive train. I talked to a guy that was renting the farm house and he thought the farmer wanted $1000 for it but he wasn't sure. I wouldn't pay that much but maybe $500 or $600 would be ok. I gave him my number but I haven't heard back from him yet. Dang, where was that road at again?!

I have been down Okeechobee Florida bass fishing since Thursday and I got a text from a friend that knows I like Wheelhorses that there was a C-161-Auto at a consignment sale back in Ohio. He sent me some photos of the tractor and we set a max bid price. He ended up winning it!! So this is the 1st horse I have ever bought whilel being in a bass boat fishing in Florida!! Must say that technology can have it's benfits. Here is a of pic that he sent me from the sale. I hope to get it picked up sometime durning this upcoming week. Thad (Sun burnt from fishing in FL)

Good morning RedSquare! I wanted to give you guys an update on my GT-1800 that I picked up about two weeks ago. Took us awhile to fix the wiring but now she starts right up. This weekend she got new oil, sparkplugs, air filter, and Mobil 1 Synthetic 10W-30 in the hydro.Here are some pics before and after. Enjoy! Here she is two weeks ago loaded on the truck: In the local car wash: Here she is now:

Hello All, Connecticut got a foot plus (looked like around 15" at my house) of wet heavy cement snow yesterday.... my 141 was doing its job when I heard a bang followed by what looked like a large black "snake" coming for my head---lol. The original belt couldn't take anymore abuse after the blizzard and it snapped right at the point where it was joined. A trip to the dealer drained my wallet of $48 for a 9750 belt.... I spent all day thinking about the drive pulley and how it hasnt moved since the day it was installed. Well I went home and there it sat in the driveway broke.....I couldnt believe that I loosened the two set screws and heated the hub cherry red with my mapp gas torch and give it one tap with a hammer and it popped pff and sat there sizzling in the snow. WOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO if they only all came apart like that! Cecil and Betty must have been looking down and cut me some slack! Tony

Funny thing about auctions, You dont have any idea what something is worth until the bidding is over,and next weekend it may quit at half that or twice that, And that seems to be directly affected by whether I am there and interested in the item or not.

Well that is part of a 603, did you get any other parts with it?? like the hard to find steering wheel, to bad they chopped the top of the dash tower off

got her going today! I still need to get a gas tank for it but it seems to slow down on leaking. I will search for one but this can work for a little while. Here is a picture after I got it back together with the rebuilt tranny in it. I drove it today and the tranny is really nice! ~Jake a interesting background LOL

The drive belt guard comes off first. I have circled the belt guard fasteners in yellow (remove completely) and the footrest clamps (loosen) in orange: The tractor pictured above is a 1990 312-8 with a manual PTO clutch on a Magnum 12. That should be the only major difference between it and your 315-8. Once those two pieces are out of the way, the idler pulley will be visible. Remove the bolt securing the idler pulley to the clutch arm and remove the pulley. Do not bend the tab above the pulley to get the belt off. The lower belt guide on the engine can be loosened and dropped enough for the belt to clear. I believe the top bracket (bolted to the engine just above the drive pulley) for the rod that holds the PTO clutch may interfere with belt removal/installation. (sorry - can't remember) If you can't get the belt past the guide on the bracket, remove the bracket from the engine. Remove the belt from the tranz pulley first, then the engine pulley. Install new belt on engine pulley first, then tranz pulley, and reinstall idler pulley last. Depress clutch pedal to make installing the idler pulley easier. Once belt is installed and under tension, adjust the lower guide at the engine pulley so it is 1/8" away from the belt.

Hopefully, all the squirrels will head over the Stevbo's trailer and check out the electric wiring.

Here's my puller. It was a special tool for GM when the x body front wheel drives came out. We never used them The wheel bearings about fell out when you removed the bolts. Picked it up for a buck when the dealership moved into a new bldg and they were cleaning out. Fits the WH hubs perfect and run the impact on it.

Well I have been replacing alot of axle seals. Have been lucky using a 3-jaw puller and have not broken a hub. I figured my luck might run out one of these days. So I thought it was time to make a puller. Went to the local machine shop to get the stuff I needed. Well I ended you just having them make it for me. For the price and me not really having the time. Here is some pics of it. Got to use it yesterday and it worked great. I don't know why I waited so long to get this done. Here are some more pics.

Yes the idea was mine. I took them an old hub and a drawing I had made to them. Also I do use a 1/2" drive impact wrench. With the impact you really only need your hand to hold it from turning. But if you did not have an impact you could put a wrench on the nut that is welded on at the top for the all thread. Then use a ratchet to turn the all thread in.

Many thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes. I am happy to report that the 2-man Maynard Hotel has been replaced with the new 6-person Maynard Hotel. which will be at the WHCC show this year. Also, it has been a very productive birthday so far. My wife and my son and his family gave me ca$h with a note that says it is to be used to finish the 701 project. So now, I think I will go out to the deck, grill some pork chops, then .

just found this thread. i think some info on tire sizes needs to be cleared up first. the 1054 came with 6.40-15 tires originally. in my opinion the 5.00 -15 tires wont look right on there. you really need to try and find the same size or maybe wider, i know 6.70-15 was another size thats been mentioned in the past. these tires (in the right size) are hard to find and expensive. thats another 'unique' thing about the 953/1054 tractors. again, this is just my opinion, and you dont have to listen to it if you dont want to. i was lucky enough to find a set of nice 6.40-15 originals for mine. i got them from kelly, a vendor on this forum. another thing many people dont realize is that 'new' tires dont size like they used to. you really arent getting the same sizes as back in the day. every new tire ive purchased in the last 12-18 months (admittedly they have only been carlisle brand) are undersize compared to the older ones they have replaced...... edit: heres how standard size 6.40-15 tires on the standard rims look, i dont think any narrower would look right......

That's your family's history...I wouldn't touch it.

Happy birthday young at heart, So many decades, where to start? With energy, like that pink bunny, You make us look lazy, that’s not funny! Never-ending old school ways, Filled with stories, to Amaze! Listening has been lost with age, You belong on theatre stage. If you manage to forget, We’ll remind you, don’t you fret. Happy birthday young at heart, Smile with joy, you old fart. Happy Birthday Bob.

Additional discussions of the replacement cables:

oh the joys of having more than one horse! most mow & pull carts & sweepers. i leave the snow plow on the raider 9 the c-161 8 speed does most of the garden chores. but the 310-8 will help some this year. the raider 10 - 12 mutt does duty in the goat pasture. the smaller tractors commando 8, workhorse 800 & commando 800 mow with rd decks & pull trailers, i used the 518 yesterday to pull the car trailer around as a long workbehch. & honorable mention goes to the a-81 rear engine rider for quick steering & a large footwell for mowing along the road & picking up BOJANGLES trash & other assorted litter oh and i forgot the designated kid tractor a charger V8 automatic, it brings smiles to all the younguns that run it. but too much ideling around has started to seise up the KV181 so ot will soon be replaced, i have lotsof tractors & most get used weekly no show tractors here but this is the commando 8 i took to the big show last year, goot topic Jay

Hi Van, The 310-8 and others of that series in the late 80's have a little 3 amp charging system that doesn't use a rectifier/regulator. Such is mine! I had a 1975 Sportster for decades and I needed to change out that AC Delco regulator in it. (Among a whole lot of things to that AMF manufactured POS). Save Old Iron would have pursued another career path if he had owned it! It was easier to just hook the thing up to a battery charger each night then to track down the electrical snafus in that two-wheeled sh**-hauler. And this is the nicest I've talked about it in years! If you ever owned an AMF Harley, then you should know what "AMF" really stands for! Thanks,

It really wasn't all that fun.... . Mike................

Wildbro do you have a small 120vac mig welder? I also have a 120vac 140 amp mig and I build trailers with it. The biggest key to using these welders is a good power source. You'll lose a lot of amp draw using light extension cords. Also are you using gas or flux core wire? But as for your project it's looking good!

Nice Truck Craig! My wife loves those short bed trucks! Glad your back on your feet again!

You can still buy the shifter boot at a Toro dealer (p/n 3577) or you can buy them off eBay for a few dollars more.

At the dealer...when I walked in...I thought I over heard them saying...here comes careful Craig. Wife says no...actually, they were saying...careful, here comes Craig. "Whatever dude...just get my keys!"

Finally getting off the couch and back to work this coming Monday... sporting the new pick 'em up, I almost can't wait to go. NOT!

I'll be there. Probably too close to the food vendor again.

Actually me helping out today was payment for for Steve hooking me up with some of that epoxy coating and chips for the floor of my trailer . To tell the truth, it's nice living so close to a friend and fellow collector. Every time we get together it's like a mini meet and greet. We're helping each other out with some repair or project, or wheeling and dealing, or just b.s.-ing about tractors!

It sure was :romance-grouphug: