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Classic study in human nature. I guess it depends what side of the cash register you sit on. Buyer screams foul when he pays seller $20 for a $2 part or service which buyer could have made / performed / located by himself. Vendors proclaim commitment to the hobby when they sell something for $20 that was made for $2. Guess the best bargain on the site is .......... me. Troubleshooting advice is always 100% free - for now anyways. World keeps turning .........................

Just brought home another load, a load of pallet racks to put Horses and Horse stuff on. 12,000 lbs per shelf rating should do it. Now I need a small electric walk behind forklift. If you guys want to organize and make more space this should do it. Got it all from a Surplus place in Indiana really cheap.

Had a couple of my 520H's and one of the 418A's out to due a little cleaning in the garage. thought I would hose the dust off em and take a pic. I hope you enjoy.

Another one owner survivor here.

FWIW - I was looking for an answer to this question a while back but came up with my own solution. I motorized the chute on my 523dxi blower with a GM window motor. It took awhile to figure out how to connect it to the star drive on the motor. I ended up using a twelve point socket and a short 3/8 extension to connect it to the rotator rod. It works great and is easily removable. I drilled a hole through the socket extension to clip it through the rod. Hope this can someone looking to do the same. I had some requests for more photos

Here's pics of my 45 minute ride around the tree farm today. Got the fancy yellow saddle on the horse and leaving the pony at home! And Back home again!

Grade 5 will be fine... truthfully, Grade 2 (common zinc coated cheap bolts) are fine for most of the bolts in these tractors. The grading is the hardness of the bolt... what it's going to take to break it or shear it off. Most of the bolts on these tractors are just holding stuff together with very little shear forces in play. Using Grade 8 or 9 is a waste of money. Remember, the harder a bolt is, the more brittle it is.

My local Lowe's has a fairly decent stock of stainless steel nuts and bolts now, but price checking yesterday for five 3/8-16 x 1" carriage bolts for my snow plow, and they were $1.05 each plus $.30 for a washer and $.85 for a lock nut. Same products from Boltdepot.com would have cost about $.75 for everything.

Hmm, how much is a bag of squirrel feed these days? We better get stocked up before the price increase.

there are other ways of getting oem parts and not paying those prices. for example the headlight is just a GE 4411-1 sealed beam. the Onan spark plug wires are still available new under an Onan part number for half that price if i remember correctly. (even that was too much for a basic plug wire......) research is your key here, this forum is a wealth of info with some searching, and the internet is full of oem parts with some searching too. most of the time the original equipment supplier still has their part number on the part and you can find sometimes the parts are still being manufactured.....

I consider it a miracle in today's world to be able to find original parts for a 24 year old tractor from a long out of the Wheel Horse business company. If Wheel Horse had not sold out and remained in business, many more parts would still be available. What gets me though is the fact that this dealer had a NOS part collecting dust on the shelf. He probably only paid about 10 cents on the dollar when he bought it, and now he has the nerve to try to sell it at highway robbery prices. Just my 2 cents worth.

So... it has been less than a week since my brother and i pulled off our trade of my C-161 for his 417-8. Today I was SUPPOSED to be just sneakin out of work for an hour or so to take a look at a 520 Steve might be puting on the block and to check out THE BARN. Little did I know that a Block Buster was about to take place. Here is a little history on what a Block Buster is according to my brother and myself. It is when there is a creative swap with MANYplayers involved to even things up. I walked away with a 520 and a nice 1958 18 hp Johnson.. Steve got himself a MINT 1957 18 hp Evinrude, a very nice 42 inch rear discharge deck, some outboard repair work on two of his outboards and a little cash on top.. (I hope I haven't forgotten any details?) Keep in mind we put this all together in less than 15 minutes! Now that is how its done! The 520 I walked away with is on the right less the deck and leaf vac that Steve is keeping. Its funny because the 520 on the left was mine that Steve got in our very first Block Buster deal. I have wanted another 520 since giving that one up, nothing can push the snow like a 520.. This 520 will probably get a nice worker refurb..

Today was a really good day. We were able to get all the framing in less the rafters. They are all loaded up on the top of the framing ready to be installed. They will be back on Monday. Jeff and Ken both stopped over today. Jeff had the day off so he hung around and helped out. Ken came over on his lunch break and we did a little tradin' I will post pics of what I got on my end in another thread. Here are the pics of where we stand as of tonight. The first pic shows Jeff (Fireman) up helping set one of the last beams in place.

Hey Frank...at least he stopped and asked about it. We horse hunters have been doing that for years...looking down tree lines...along houses and barns. The difference...we stop and ask. It was probably Geno that stopped.

I've had a "round nose" WH parked on my driveway most of the summer (702)...a couple weeks ago a guy from "inter-city" KC pulled in and said he had been watchin' that ole lawn mower and wondered if I was going to throw it away...needless to say I jotted his lic # as he drove away (without the WH) but he got a piece of my mind!!

I'll send you a Swiffer duster over cause that's what you'll be collecting when they are on the shelf!

Don't look, but I think AJ has picked the perfect slate this week. We shall see. I probably just jinxed him.

Can be explained with one five letter word. Hint. First letter G. Last letter D

YEP CHIPWITCH : $12.95 FOR A DOZEN GIANT PUMPKIN SEEDS FROM A CATALOG SEED SALES PLACE! But they are getting bigger !

Better get anything you have to have now, they will probably cost more next year.

Hi All, My grandpa bought this 1972 Wheel Horse Commando 800 Special brand new. He used it to mow his yard and move snow in the winter up until probably 15-16 years ago when my parents acquired it from him. They used it until about 10 years ago when it developed some issues (I’ll get to those later) after a rebuild. Now, it’s my turn to play with this old beast. My wife and I just bought a house and we needed a lawnmower and snow mover. Best part, this one was free. It needs some love and work but that’s ok. I bought the snow blade yesterday because it was a good deal and I figured if I have a push blade and a snow blower that means I can start looking for another tractor to run the blower It has a few issues, maybe I need to post those in the engine area, but overall I like this little machine. It seems fairly simple and easy to work on. First issue is with the throttle and I think is causing the second issue. When I move the throttle lever the cable housing moves a bit and then starts to move the cable. It’s hard to describe so I have a few pictures. Second issue is there is no throttle control besides idle and wide open. I think this is all being caused by the throttle cable issue above. I can manually move the lever on the carb and it’ll go whatever speed I ask it to. Even Ellie approves Serial Tag: Engine: Throttle cable issue (coiled housing moves): Gas tank hold down? I feel like there should be more parts here that aren't wire... Couple more questions, what is a good place to get a new seat for these? Mine is weathered and cracked. Not very comfy on the butt Is there a preferred vender or a list of vendors that have a good reputation or am I better off going to a place like Mills Fleet Farm for parts and things? I’m new to this whole Wheel Horse game and want to get this thing going well before the snow flies ïŠ Thanks in advance for the help.

Hey Geno when's your Meet & greet @ your place going to be ?

You guys and your Nice big buildings for tractors...Very Nice Geno!!! I'm kinda Jealous!!

Yeah...red and ivory... perfect colors for the new Warehouse.

When will this new... " Warehouse" grand opening take place Geno?

Dang Geno ! When do you find time to sleep your on a man on a mission all the time

It will look like Home Depot in your garage when you get done. It will be nice for sure.

So Ken came over today and picked up his new 520. I got the restored Evinrude 18 and 42 inch mower deck. I did not take pics of the deck but it is a rear discharge and really nice for sure. Here is the 18 mounted on my 55' Crestliner. It looks really nice on that boat for sure.

I would've had a video of the start up procedure had I known you were going to be so generous by putting fire in the hole for us. Half expected you to be bent out of shape because we were all over your tractor when you walked up. Actually wanted to apologize for our behavior, but really...you should take it as a compliment. Your Tri-Po 400 is an awesome build Ethan. i'm very honored amc rules. And it is a total compliment when people are smiling looking at my work. Thank you again for showen interest, taking/putting pictures on this site. Once again very honored and happy your were interested and looking at my tractor, and no need for a apologize

Nice herd of the Clydesdales there.

No worries KC9. There's lots of that racking to go around and with that loaded up he couldn't rustle more Horses. That's some nice stuff Geno. I'm also looking forward to see it up and loaded. You sure do things up right. Just watch. Now he'll paint it.

If it's one thing I'm good at it is finding a deal. If I paid what most people want I wouldn't have much.

Holy crap, thanks for posting that! I was a little freaked out by the hardware store price on stainless . . . boltdepot looks great, I'll try some of them!

I ran across this on parts tree a few days ago... enjoy. BTW... anyone need any of those, I'll make them for you at the bargain price of $30 each, free shipping!

Not sure about 3 treckies, but once i originally built the belt system linked them all together, it was then I found out the it was not gonna start. Starting 3 small engines was way too much to start with the rope pull or even pulling on 2 of the rope pulls at once. It was neccesary to get one engine(pony motor) to start, then engage a lever to start the other 2. The one 5hp engine does struggle for a bit to start the other 2. Once I finish this tractor, I will have a electric start to start the pony motor, which will them sart the other 2. so starting is alittle bit of a process, but seems to work just fine so far

Dealer purchases, last resort. NAPA, TSC, salvage yard, all have pricing well below dealers. Can't stand parts lists that read in part, "Bolt, TORO P/N 000000." Or, "Nut, TORO P/N 000000." Ridiculous pricing! Hardware store for those items too!

Haven't done anything lately been busy here with some other things. I did order some hardware and m,ade sure that I got enough to do a few more of these tractors. I am going to use these stainless steel screws to mount the dash plate and the cover tunnel cover. EBay 50 1/4-20x3/4, $10.58 delivered and 10 U-nuts for $5.99 delivered. Local hardware wants $1.00 a piece for the u-nuts. If they are what I think they are I will order a few more bags of them.

Thank goodness for NAPA. I just RETURNED a $35 coil wire to my local Toro dealer when I found the same replacement part at NAPA for $23. I was stupid enough to buy the original because the counter guy said (after my eyes bugged out ) "That's a solid core wire, you can't get that at an auto parts store. They are all carbon core now." I walked out thinking, daughter = college = $$ = WTF Of course I checked him and was saved by NAPA (eBay usually works too). Toro dealers are like car dealers - avoid them unless they are the ONLY source for what you need. You will pay

Oh boy . . . that WAS some beautiful grass

Cool party shed

Hydro's tend to crack the frame flange more than the 8 speeds. Other than that, if you are asking about durability, the 8 speed, sunstrand, and eaton 1100 are all great. The eaton 700 I personally would only want to own if it was purchased new. To many people do not change fluid often, or at all, and the 700 model will fail.

WELCOME !! I know of three gentlemen in my area with little reds And all those great fellows in the shreveport area. Don't give up they are here. After. Moving here 8 years ago I stumbled on to one about three Blocks from the house while looking for a lost dog down an alley. Then got a nice 702 up near Tulsa . You will find one then some day we can Have a mid south meet and great thing. Jim Rodgers

Here are the pictures I took. They are duplicates from the other thread but I will post them here as well. The panoramic shot is pretty cool. To bad it was the end of the day when everyone was loading up! EDIT: Going to add the larger panoramic shot as well that way you can zoom in!

U suck Brian !!

1985 417-8 all original

Man Shawn that is awesomely out of control!! . How do you even try to decide which one to use when it comes time? Probably which ever of the 8 or so that are right up front lol.

I think you're asking a lot of it... can't imagine it would be good for your deck.

My wife had a garden there until about 10 yrs. ago. She moved it out front because our beagle kept stealing her tomatoes and the lab stole the zucchini!