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1986 I had just rented & moved to an old farmhouse that required a rider to mow the lawn. It was tradition that whoever lived in that house mow a small cemetery just down the road. A bro saw a tractor for sale on the side of the road so went and picked it up. A 1967 1067 I had no clue then what it was. $350 for it and prolly overpaid at the time. 1987 bought my first and current place and the horse mowed the lawn here. Only problem was a thrown rod but repaired and kept it going. About 1996 when I bought a 246H from a friend the 1067 got put in a corner for years. Fast forward to 2015 I pulled her out of the corner and had full intent to scrap it. Back in the day, BI (Before Internet) when she was working getting parts was near impossible. Toro & dealers wouldn't help a guy out with a '67 they just wanted to sell you one of the shiny new 3, 4. & 500 series tractors. Way out of my price at the time. There was no sentiment to the older models. Figured it was no different today. Just for grins before going to scrap her I did a quick search on her and found RS. I then learned about the collectability, round hoods, seniors you name it. I quickly fell in love and had to have me a roundy. Strange part I wasn't really a tractor guy despite working on farms most off my younger days. I built custom Harleys for a hobby but was souring on that quickly due to very inflated prices for HD crap. Guy posted a FREE Suburban here and quickly snapped it up. Thought wow this is a really cheap hobby..... till the missus wanted a candy apply red one! Sold all my Harley crap and went whole hog on Wheel Horses. Met @Achto here...he's a bad influence BTW .... and a bunch of other cool dudes who are bad influences as well .... and now up to 30+ tractors. The 1067 when I pulled her out of retirement The 246H... my main squeeze for many years. The FREE 'Burb after a mechanical resto. The 1067, after resto.... my first. The running herd as it stands now.

I was enlightened at an early age, this picture is 47 years old.

I think it was around 2017 when I went over to a coworkers house to do a chore that she needed done. I saw the 1994 520H sitting out in the yard...at least 2 flat tires. There was a leave vac trailer set up nearby. In the shed was a 36 inch Wheel Horse rototiller. I asked her what was her plans for the Wheel Horse and she said " If you want it, I'll sell it to you". She had no idea what the package deal was worth, and neither did I. I told her the 520H, rototiller, and leave vac, was probably worth more than I could give her, but I would give $120 or $140(can't remember), and we had a deal. Brought it home and rolled it in the shed. Found RED SQUARE ! I HAD BEEN BITTEN ! In 2020 I decided to see how bad of shape the 520H was and decided to "refresh" the old tractor. Finished the refresh in spring 2021. I WAS IN LOVE ! In the spring of 2021 a friend gave me a 1984 Work Horse GT-1600 8 SPEED and I am working on refreshing it, and restoring the 48 inch SD deck that goes with the 1994 520H right now. LOVE AFFAIR ONGOING !

So some might remember last July I scored a nice 856 at auction for a nice price. With it came a box of old and new parts along with tools including a high tech tools of a 8 penny nail with the point cut off labeled as a "shifter detent tool" and a 1" washer labeled as a axle seal installer". Really showed this PO was serious about his horse. All parts were labeled as to what they were for. Springs, old cotter keys you name it. Manuals with hand written notes you name it. So the guy that brought the tractor to the auction had some kind of relationship with the PO. Guessing caretaker, neighbor or possibly kin?? He made sure that all things went to the auction winner. After the auction he approached me and said he was glad the tractor was going to a good collector and that it was going to have a good home. I must have given him one of my cards as a couple of days ago he called me and said he had some more things that belonged with the tractor and he wanted my address so he could send them to me. This is what he sent..... cost him 88 cents. A cd and a tag for the deck. Now didn't have the heart to tell him I had already downloaded everything from here. It was obviously very important to him make sure I had everything that the PO had for the tractor. Also didn't have the heart to tell him I gave the deck to the 'Hosen @Pullstart who is probably going to butcher it up and try and make a hover craft out of it! Must be a homemade cd right fellas? I have not yet viewed it but ther was notes on some stuff in the box referring to things and downloads from RS.

Hmmm, Mag 10 roasted acorns.

I just found this suggestion and I am going to try this this afternoon! in response to changing the belt... i just remove two of the three bolts and loosen the third bolt that holds the flange bearing behiind the pulley. this creates enough "play" to move the pulley away from the housing and remove/replace the belt. this worked like a charm but I did remove all three carriage bolts and loosened the set screw on the bearing! The shaft moved enough to remove the old belt! I will install the new belt this afternoon!

As usual I have the typical fall issue of mice moving into my shed and tractors. But I think something bigger like chipmunks are in now. Fired up my plow tractor with a Mag10 and the horizontal exhaust and these acorns shot outa the muffler like small cannon balls!!

I would spend $200 and toss all of that spent vinyl. Taping, gluing and covering will keep coming back at you.

Well, I had my Horse sitting in the shop for a while. It came to me to work on it, and see if I could get it working after some pretty horrible deaths in my family. Originally, it was a complete rust-bucket, had a massive hole in the hood from someone putting a battery on the hood, which leaked out and ate a hole in the steel. The hood was broken, cracked, etc. The transmission was full of water... thus, I had to disassemble it. I cleaned and scrubbed every component, put it all back together. Then, I took a look at the Tecumseh which was sitting on my bench. I took it apart... it was a complete mess. Broken rod, scorred crankshaft... broken cam... etc... So, I decided to put a crate engine that I had, Massimo engine, on it, just to see if it would run. Keep in mind, it had no seat... So I literally sat on the metal underneath where the seat should be. I bolted the motor down, put the original STOCK belt back on, which had age cracks, etc... and sure enough, it moved! After riding around with the old girl, even doing a little work with her, moving some brush piles, I took the engine back off, and began sanding 1/4 inch of rust off. I literally spent a full week sanding and repairing body panels. I cut a square out of the hood where the battery ate a hole, and fixed the rest of the hood. I began thinking what exactly I could do for the square I had cut in the hood... then the light-bulb came on... a fuel tank, which fit perfectly in the square hole I had cut. As I was working on the body, I ordered the nicest seat I could find, and began deciding what color to paint the old girl. I thought about going with red, but my neighbor told me that it could only be a Wheel Horse if it was red... so I decided to spite him and go retro with black and white. I then bought some nice, expensive tires, had them put on my a local shop, and painted my rims which had 1/4 inch of rust of them as well... I then began ordering engines. First, I ordered a Tillotson 212, which I heavily modified out to 25 horsepower. That engine was outrageous, but I wanted to fill the entire space under the hood, so I ordered a 457, and heavily modified that. I began talking to a farm machinery place by my home, and they told me that for my tractor to be valuable, it needed to have an implement. So... I paid the piper, and bought a 600$ snow/dozer blade for the front. Along the way, I have modified various things, including pulleys, front wheels, battery box, etc... I love my Horse more than anything else I have. It is really something when you build a Horse through your pain and grief. Sometimes you break-down and have to stop for the day, sometimes you get so involved in the build that your pain actually let's up. I feel like God gave me this tractor for that time in my life, and even now, it puts a very big smile on my face every time I start it up, do work with it, or even just ride it to feel the breeze. Some people wonder why I have Woodstock smiling and Snoopy blowing a rasberry on the back. I'll leave that to you guy's imagination. Don

Pretty much ever since we installed the wood stove upstairs Trina has been wanting to change the look of the factory mill scale colored steel heat shield that sits on the wall. Over the last few weeks she would get the stove so it was cooking right along and then feel the wall behind it. Always warm. Never hot. So she commenced to the standard issue poking around online and was able to find some stickers that are a metallic base of some sort and rated to withstand a continuous 120°. Some very careful stickah placement and a sharp razor blade around the pipe and here's the result...

Well, my story is rather simple. I always wanted a atv, but prices here are way up here. I couldn't even afford a chassis. So I bought me a small lawnmower. chaindrive. But it was always breaking. And needed something a bit stronger. Somebody called fearlessfronts on YT had a sears diesel and seemed to be very strong even in mud or when pulling down a shed. His buddy had a Wheel Horse and since I had seen some vertical shaft Wheel Horses on the local CL, I posted a wanted ad for a horizontal shaft Wheel Horse, and that's how I found my raider 10. My first Wheel Horse and off course it wasn't running. That was November last year, almost a year ago.. Now I have gotten the microbe as well. I love them and would choose one over an ATV any day!

One pair of safety rated flip flops issued per paid admittance...or was that @ebinmaine ?

It‘s a 2.0 litre Pinto Engine, sat for few years. unbelievable first Start... with the old gunk of fuel. i be impressed.

I can't recall my first time seeing a Wheel Horse, I just remember always wanting one. I finally got the chance in 1999, when I found a 310-8 sitting in a barn under an inch of dust. The PO said it wouldn't start, and had an uneven cut. He said he'd take $50 for it. When I got it home about an hour later, I cleaned the battery terminals of blobs of corrosion, and it cranked on the first attempt. Purred like a kitten! Then I replaced the cutout of plywood that had been used as a gage wheel, and mowed my lawn. It cut great! A few months later, an F3 tornado came through our neighborhood. My old Murray mower got tossed, and my homeownwer insurance paid enough for it to completely restore (every switch, wiring harness, seat, wheels and tires, steering wheel, everything) the 310-8. It is still my most dependable go-to machine.

Don't do this Kevin!

Can you unbolt the bearing and move shaft and all? You only need like a quarter inch. The older blowers used the cast 3 spoke pulley which was no problem for a puller. Too bad they switched. @Lane Ranger

June, 2013, My wife and I, with two young daughters were on 1.7 acres and needed a new “mower” to replace our free Simplicity mower, if I recall. I was scouring CL for something old to fix up, vs something new. I found about 1.5 hours away Bob Rock, who has built the amazing articulating 4x4 tractors for some years, selling a 502 with a rod knock and a mower deck. Game on, found my cool old mower! Shortly after, I found a couple C-101’s randomly that one needed an engine and the other had, so those came home. I don’t have a ton of pictures of those, sadly I was a non-supporting member for quite some time. Since 2018, my collection has grown to something that I’d never imagined all that time ago. I think what really struck the hunt of more tractors is quoting my wife in 2018 while on our new 10.5 acre homestead and me asking permission to not mow 3 acres with the 42” RD and C-101, was “If you go get a new zero turn [so I can have my big front yard], you can have as many Wheel Horses as you want.”

When I was a kid, my Grandpa had a ~70's WH, likely a C series. We'd stay at Nana and Grandpas mountain home for a few weeks in the summer and Grandpa always put that WH (and all 5 of us) to work. Fast forward a few years; my neighbor noticed 13 year old me in the driveway all the time working with my older brother on his Chevelle. Her Dad owned a small engine shop, Toro/WH/Lawn Boy/Stihl/Bobcat/Little Wonder dealership and was looking for a sweeper. She mentioned me to her Dad. I got the job. And my WH love affair began. Part of my job was uncrating and assembling brand new WH tractors. Oh yes. I did. Every day after school and weekends. It's OK if you're jealous. Now, all these years later, I finally have my own. What's your story?

reminds me of that song "Acorns roasting in a Wheel Horse muffler" I had all kind of critter issues until last year when a 4' black snake took up residence at the pole building. All I find now is a skin shed every now and then.

Looks like the critters storage shed is your muffler!

Did a little wood hauling with the 308-8 on Front End Friday

And Norman needs injectors, I have a school bus to turn into a camper/party bus, babies to sit on and a couple other tractor projects too A while back (maybe still) there was that show “Mountain Men” where Eustace hosted co-op camps. I can see it now. “Come to PullStart Stables for a small nominal fee per diem and learn useful ways to not get injured and some how to! We’ll have hunting, gathering, tractoring and fixing junk galore for all of the most adventurous types!”

A little coffee cup action

I just found this suggestion and I am going to try this this afternoon! in response to changing the belt... i just remove two of the three bolts and loosen the third bolt that holds the flange bearing behiind the pulley. this creates enough "play" to move the pulley away from the housing and remove/replace the belt.

@stevebo @Sparky @Terry M

I fired up my old ‘69 Chevy last night, for the first time in forever. Fresh rec. fuel and a battery. Love it! I keep saying I want to get it back on the road. New rubbers on the ground and under the hood, and a clutch for that beloved three on the tree. Since we’ve owned it, maybe 9 years, this tear hasn’t gotten any worse. Does anyone have experience with doing a repair? It doesn’t even need to be perfect, just back together. I even thought about a Mexican blanket for a seat cover, but I’d like to close it up first.

@Pullstart In your story, the last sentence, where “you can have as many WHs as you want”…. Um.. game on!!!!👍😎

The old people in my family… well Uncle Jim at least… says if you’re gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough.

“Deal” is an understatement!!! Nice!!!

Did the change yesterday. while ago, we where at a Class meeting from Mrs.Tractorhead. i see a Van, an old Ford Tansit MK2 Type 100, what i drove at my first Job Training and the first Year as Technican. I just inspected the Van, because i loved that Van and i knew it‘s most horrible Rust nests and be Surprised, that it have not too much Rust after it’s 40 years of use. sure there be a few, but nothing that prevents a rework. A while and few Beers later i talked to Klaus, because he looked for a small Tracta for his Wife. Se had a small Store where she sell‘s products from local Farmers. The Farmer just put it outside their Areal, because the Way to the Store is too small for the huge Tractas and she must carry all the goods with a Wheelbarrow to the Store ( about 500m). To solve that, Klaus was looking for a small Tracta and we decided quick - we did a change. Van to 212 WheelHorse. Ok, we have a Deal ! yesterday Klaus arrived with the Van and we put it into the Shed. than we loaded the Wheelhorse onto the Trailer and he got a good new Place. it was a funny Pic the Wheelhorse on that Trailer, there was place for more.... but no, i keep my 656. doing an Oilchange, check the Airfilter and the timing Belt and also the Coolant. The Battery is done, my spare Battery is on the Charger...

Well, that gives me the thought that you will have lots of projects for the winter and by spring they will be runners too. Jada and Rylee can each build their RJs (the Twins) and you can finish the "Dump Bed Project".

Father in Heaven, you are the giver of life and the great physician. You know our needs and wants. Please heal Bob Ellison and comfort his family. We know that his heart has been damaged and the physicians are doing what they can, we know that with your healing hand on him Bob will be cured. We also know that you can make him whole again, you can repair damaged tissue, you can enable him to continue to serve you on this Earth. Lord, hear my petition. Be with his family as they experience this storm in their lives. I don’t always understand your plan for us, but I do trust that you work all things for the good. Please continue to be with the physicians who are attending to his needs and Bob’s family as they see him recover. I ask these things in the name of your Son and my Savior, Jesus Christ. All glory and honor belong to you. Amen.

Leave it to @WHX?? to live up to the kenOSHA motto: Always use appropriate ppe for the situation… What a Boy Scout…

Lowell and I would like to give you a bit of an update on Scottie. This past summer Scottie had attended a few tractor shows, hanging out with his friends, learning how to drive, getting ready for his SENIOR year in high school, getting himself ready to attend school on a regular basis since the day of the car accident, and finally figuring out what he wanted to do for his Senior photos. Scottie was laying low and was letting his body heal and taking it easy. School started the weekend before Labor day and he attended school the first week and he came home sick. He was tested positive for COVID because it was going around the school. Scottie just took it easy while he was out of school for 2 weeks. He went back to school and he came home and said that he was not feeling well, had a headache, lower back pain, difficulty urinating, having bladder spasms, and was really irratiable. I call his urologist in Rochester and he had ordered a urine sample. Sure enough Scottie had another bladder infection, so he started Scottie on antibiotics and scheduled us to come and see him later that next week. Scottie's infection is all cleared up and we went to our appointments. The Dr. ordered x-rays of his pelvis area, ultrasound on his kidneys, liver, bladder, and urethra and a urine flow study. We met with the urologist later that afternoon to see what our next steps were. The Dr. was so amazed at what the results were that he could not believe his own eyes. Scottie's tests results were showing he had no issues. His urethra is completely healed and connected to his bladder, his kidneys and liver are functioning at a 100%, his bladder is healthy, his pelvis is all healed, and he is emptying in bladder completely on his own. PRAISE Our Lord and Savoir Jesus for this miracle. That day of the accident Scottie's prognosis was to have a suprapubic catheter in for the rest of his life and today he is urinating all on his own. One thing that Scottie will have to deal with for the rest of his life is having bladder infections and being on antibiotics for that when they occur, but that is minimal considering the alternative. Scottie is still leaking at night and sometimes during the day but the urologist said that is because the sphincter is not strong enough to stay closed, but there is therapy for that and we have to do other things at home first before we can start the therapy. Scottie is still suffering from his traumatic brain injury and is having bad lingering headaches and there are days where he needs to take brain breaks to help his brain out. We are asking for continued prayers for Scottie and his headaches. We know that God performs miracles everyday and we have seen our fair share of miracles with Scottie since the car accident. We know that God can handle this too, so please pray that Scottie's traumatic brain injury heals to help him with his headaches. We want to say...Thank you to all of you for your prayers, kind words, your thoughts, and most importantly for being family to us when we needed it the most. May God bless you and your families.

My brother gave C105 #1 to my son for use in his lawn / snow business 5 years ago. He was 15 at the time and was mowing 10 lawns and plowing driveways. Had been doing it since he was 10. Off to college two years later so I inherited it!!! I found “C 105” #2 on CL as a roller and built a Predator powered rat rod for fun. Finally, using all old wheel barrows, folding chair carts and repurposed “stuff”, built the “Sylvan Lake & Wheel Horse Northern Railroad” (SL&WHN) to pull the nieces and nephews around the neighborhood...

I was looking for a loader and found one with a WH attached. Didn't know what it was and I intended to pull the loader and put it on one of my Cub Cadet's. Came here and found out what I had and before you know it, fell in love with the Horse! The folks on the forum is why I now have 4 and probably spend too much time here running my mouth!! Randy

Most of you know Bob Ellison, he is the one who was making the seats for the Wheel Horse Garden Tractors. His wife, Donna posted yesterday on Facebook that Bob had a mild heart attack on Monday and she is asking for prayers. I know some of you may not have Facebook and so I asked her if it would be okay to put it on Red Square to inform y'all of her request for prayers for Bob. I know and have seen with my own eyes the miracles that happen because of your prayers and how we all rally around our very own. Please keep Bob, Donna and their family in your thoughts and prayers and may God Bless each and everyone of you!

Little mouse in my pocket told me it's my niece's b day today Pullhosen @Pullstart. Happy Happy Rylee the big 12 but next year it's the terrible teens! Keep growin gal! Got a little pic heavy here.... I'm not sorry!

Stumbled across this too, glad I did. My dad’s uncle Brian bought a 520 H new from the dealer in his town in 1988 with a dump cart, 48” plow/dozer blade, 48” sd deck, a lawn vac, the standard vinyl cover and chrome hub caps. Then when I was probably 3 or 4 when he decided it was worn out so he bought a newer LT because he didn’t need too much out of it since he had an old back hoe and front end loader that could do what he needed. I remember riding a half hour over to his house with my dad and brother who is only 2 1/2 years older than me and they loaded a perfectly fine 520 and all the goodies that came with it into the bed of my dad’s F-350 Super Duty and took it home. Then years went by and my dad thought my brother how to drive it and then one morning my dad went to plow the heavy wet snow and it wouldn’t do anything. The following spring I was supposed to learn how to drive it. It then sat for about 3 years, then an inexperienced young (and particularly good lookin’) fella started doing some (not great) diagnosing and found some threads here on RS on problems with it. Then one day I got the gauges and lights to work, then a few weeks later it cranked. Months went by and I tried diagnosing the ignition. Then my old man had to show me up with the months of research with a short video that said to disconnect the seat switch. I cranked it with total doubt and of course it fired right up. Months of research that made this make no sense to me (now I get it though). Later I had more work to do but after it sat 5 years not running, it sounds like new. Now onto the 607. Much shorter story. This past August I saw in CL an add for an old WH non-running with an old Greyhound engine, predecessor to the famed Predator engines. So I texted the seller and eventually went and looked at it and paid, went back with my brother and his 1999 Chevy Blazer and towed a U-Haul with a good-condition-for-its-age 607 in there. On the way one of the ratchet straps broke, but we made it. Then I ate lunch poured in less than a quarter tank of fresh gas and cleaned the spark plug and, boom fired right up. I need to order all new bearings for the tranny this weekend but what are you gonna do because after all “it’s a Wheel Horse, of course”. Anyway, I hope I didn’t soak up too much of your time.

This has never failed me...

My intake manifold gaskets arrived at the lawn care equipment center so I swung by and picked them up... Also received my new clutch disc from K & B Horse Parts ( @76c12091520h )... progress on the 1984 Work Horse GT-1600 8 SPEED anticipated...

I said my piece over a year ago but I'm glad this was brought back to life. Cool stories!

Yes sir... Been there done that... Worked on the John Deere... got through... turned the key... no start. Thought maybe I didn't orient the crank and cam properly... then figured out... oh... eh... forgot to put the starter back on... Don

Stormy’s got a Little Monster on his tail!

Ah, yes. The thrill ride of 4 wheel drums when they get wet. I have not had to ride the brake to dry them out after going thru a big puddle since about 1980 or so - don't miss it!!! Bill

I have used my magnums for the seven pins connectors.

Been meanin' to do an update here for a few...months. My (undiagnosed) arthritis was giving me some damn good challenges the first half of this year. I started this thread at 272. Got up to 279. I'm like oh HELL no I ain't doin the 280s again. Did some self examinaterizing on my intake and exhaust patterns. Well this morning I'm very happy to report I'm down 18 lbs from that last peak. I'm participating in an online wellness program through work and have a goal to do lose 8 lbs by November 22nd. One down/seven to go. Now this is better.....

Been really trying to organize…. but realized today that there’s more runners in the rack and projects on the ground! Got most of the plows / ploughs together too!

Our Heavenly Father, We all join in hearts and minds to lift up your child, Bob, to you... We ask that you send your Holy Spirit among us O' Lord, to comfort Bob, to heal him, and lay out your many blessings and abundant grace upon him and his family. We ask in your perfect sons Holy name, Jesus Christ the Lord of All. Amen and Amen

About 4 years ago Trina and I were using an old Murray lawn tractor to pull stuff around the yard. Rocks. A little wood (weren't burning much yet). Brush. Whatever. Our neighbors across the street and up the mountain a bit live on an old farm property. At some point in the past a previous owner had built a house sized pile of rocks in the middle of a hillside pasture seeing as to how the walls were all plenty big enough. We were getting rocks from there and using them to build the multiple stone walls around our yard. The little Murray had an 11 HP Briggs I/C engine with a Peerless aluminum 5 speed. Plenty of power but not super rugged. Also really not heavy enough to be moving 1000 pounds of material to and fro. I decided to go up a notch in tractor (or machine) size. We mulled over getting a work type ATV or a garden tractor. I like the slow steady heavy pull of low end torque so we went with garden tractor. I searched around some for a decent piece but was new to the game and really didn't have the experience or knowledge of what was out there. Having been raised using old Cubs that was certainly on the list but the prices were not reasonable. I asked a trusted small equipment repair shop. One of the workers had spent a lot of time in a Wheelhorse/Toro dealer in his past. He said we really almost couldn't go wrong choosing something from the 70s or early 80s with a gear drive. I watched the local CL and @Stepney had a 74 B80 for sale in need of assembly. We picked it up and dropped it at that same repair shop. They put it all to running condition. We began using it around the yard and immediately were impressed. That would eventually become Patriot Horse. Sometime around there I began researching to find out what it was that we had. Found a lot of information online and of course Redsquare. A few months later I found a very rough C160 not too far from my parents house in Western Massachusetts. That landed here and disassembly began. The next spring we found what would become Trina's 657 Pony. Full restoration done. Then @Stepney found the chassis that would be combined with what I already had to become Cinnamon Horse. 1974 C160. In August 2018 we found an online auction thanks to a Redsquare member. That set us up with - literally - a uhaul truck full plus several utility trailer trips. And on and on and on....... We currently have 4 that are functional and 4 ongoing or future project tractors.