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Hey all, just acquired my first tractor, a Wheelhorse D200 yesterday. Eager to learn all I can about is and get it running and back to work.

@ebinmaine

Down the road she goes... going to miss this old girl.

I spent some time finishing up this carb rebuild. Whilst I was doing that the BBT person started moving firewood from our under the barn overhang to the small woodshed she just recently built on the side deck. She moved 5 or 6 loads with me helping some between the carb cleaning. That little woodshed is now just about half full.

Spent the weekend roughing it in the cabin.

Eric @ebinmaine isn't spreading an addiction, he is a missionary spreading the word of Wheel Horse.

The boys have their humans trained well.

Our Meeha AKA Mirror in her standard issue high speed wobble.

Trail cam at @ebinmaine's place: Wheel Horse discussion last night around the campfire...

My boy Jeffrey loves tractors, snow blowers, lawnmowers, and trailers. He loves biting the tires for some reason. He gets almost as excited as I do when starting up a Wheel Horse.

This is a C121 Hydro I picked up from @PWL216 Trina and I will be going through it and reassembling for my parents to use as a mower next year. I'll be starting a thread fairly soon but the work on the tractor will be put off a few weeks so we can get some things done on the barn workshop building.

@peter lenaEven though it’s not my birthday, I’m took that advice. Rainy Sunday afternoon + wood stove = nap!!

How you spend the last day of deer season when you don't have any tags left.

Thanks folks! Great day so far. Got a couple excellent books on local history. One is about barns in Maine. One of the cover pics is a big barn right up the road! Also got a nice cold weather gift. A heated vest. Sweeeeet.

Factory used 16ga...I tend to use 14ga The ignition on a battery ignition WH draws about 4 amps...

This was my boy Jesse with one of our first pheasants. I’ve only had one dog. He passed at 12 1/2 years old. I did a lot of research about bird hunting dogs and I finally decided on a Springer Spaniel. Best decision I ever made. Great hunting dog, great family dog. Only downside is he, and I assume most Springers, need constant exercise, which I was good with since I needed the exercise too! He’s been gone two years and I honestly think about him everyday. Great dog! If I ever get another dog, it will be another Springer.

I'm not sure what type I have but I believe it's a 1967 Wheelhorse, Want to give thanks for the gentleman who posted the info for front tires, 4.10x6 I believe these will fit my mower, with the deck being on now it tend to go towards left side front tire, and the tires they had on it were way to big was hitting the deck, I found and old tire laying around and noticed it fit but the hub is to big yet, so on the look out for hubs to put these tires on, Restoration project, here is a roof mower that I put in the parade this year, love the older mowers, this Roof Mowe you see was produced in the mid 55 era, and hit the markets about 1960. its a 2 speed and mows and runs great, when I get this wheel Horse done I ll post it as well. thanx for the ear all

@ebinmaine The C-121 looks to be in good shape, they will like mowing with an automatic. Speaking of they, first you get your neighbors involved with a Work Horse, now your parents with a C-121. I believe that you are now spreading your addiction to others. Maybe it’s time we had an intervention Eric? …………Ha! Just kidding I love it!! As you probably know those 78-79 C-series are some of my favorite Wheel Horses. I’ll be sure to follow along with the thread on this 121 for your parents. Here’s what it should look like when you are done. ( Picture for reference only ) 🤣🤣

Hum, the both rims between the Horse look a bit extraordinary for the rear on it 😎😂 but the tracta at all seems to be in good condition are these the rims for let me remember how was the project called - aaah yes Collossus - right wasn‘t it

Happy Birthday. 53 is just 35 turned inside-out !! Bill

That red tractor on the end was my life post surgery a couple of months ago. After they put me on a catheter ,it was no longer " shutt " But everything is good ñow

After 10 years of use I decided to pull some major maintenance on the 520 Snow Chucker. This includes changing oil in the ONAN Engine in the HYDRO belts and Greasing and lubing all bearings an linkages. I ran into a situation with three Molded sealed bearings in the pulleys. Wheel Horse Nor TORO does not intend for these to be serviced just replaced. I looked at some YOUTUBE videos and a gent used a needle grease gun attachment to grease a rubber sealed bearing. This was found at AUTOZONE for $5.00 bucks. Well how about a metal sealed bearing? I decided to mic the needle then use a MICRO Drill & bit drill the bearing with a vacuum attachment set up to suck up any micro fine chips as not to get into the bearing. Once drilled I pumped the bearing full of grease. You can rotate the bearing and reinsert the needle adding more grease. I then used a Q TIP soaked in Lacquer thinner and cleaned the area with the drilled holes. I then mixed up some JB WELD and sealed the drilled hole back up. There are two of these pulleys on the SC Tall Shute 2 Stage Blower and one on the 520. This fix should last for another 20 years. As they say if there is a will there is a way. ~Duke

Ordered some sheet metal to spread the Snowblower in width. i will cut the sides and insert each side a piece of Sheetmetal to extend. The Collecting wheels be allready prepared for extending. Goal is to reach 96cm that it will fit in front of the Horse. driven it shall be via the Jackshaft, i built for the Front disc Mower. Curious if this will be work.

Oak and hickory trees all over the neighborhood. Blow them in piles and use the front blade to push them to the railroad track easement. Nice rich black dirt under the piles.

Oak leaves here too... Mulch many but no way to handle all of them. Lawn would be caked...

Yup. Tired that, too. I've got enough leaves that if i mulched them all, I'd bury the grass in about 1" of mulch. About 2/3 of my leaves are oak leaves, which take forever to decompose.

Here's a pic of the cover. The barn at the upper right corner is the one on our road.

@Racinbob have a good birthday , rainy out there , today , thinkin wood stove , and a nap , Pete

I have a c160 auto with that seat, I don't like it to be honest,arm rests always in the way.

Changed the water pump on my truck, 326k miles on this one. 2004 Chevy w/ Duramax

I've also started an account for my father. When I get the thread going for the work on the C121 he'll be able to follow along.

Took this random picture of Lucy at work the other day. I’ve never met a dog who seems so unimpressed by anything in my life. She just kinda looks around like “This sucks “ meanwhile she doesn’t even know how lucky she is! She’s my first female dog, now I know why they call them *******! Seriously though I love her, she’s my best friend and WE are lucky we can go to work together 👍🏻❤️

Oh, Nice haul @ebinmaine...!

This is a seldom seen, antique, open tiling spade for digging trenches in clay type soils. When digging in clay it is like cutting cheese with a knife, the deeper you go the harder it is to push because the cheese sticks to the knife that is why cheese cutters are made out of wire. This tiling tool uses the same principle of having less surface area for the clay to stick to. These were blacksmith made and many ended up broken from abuse.

Made an attempt at getting up leaves in the yard today… rain tomorrow. There is only one Magnolia tree in my yard. Got the shop roof and Wheel Horse barn roof blowed off and the rest blowed into piles. This year I was gonna try a tarp instead of loading my 10 cu ft trailer and making a hundred trips to the curb. Gonna let the Work Horse work today… That did not work out so well. I WILL get the leaf sucker running and operating before next fall. I have been saying that for about 5 years. I am whopped and did not get it all done… It started raining and the Work Horse got rained on… Neighbors Christmas lights…

Good stuff. Stinks when you first open it, but it goes away after a while. Never seen anything better on bare (or blued) steel for rust prevention.

Leo decided today after a 10Km Walk, hey man it‘s time for a Movie on Tv and a littlebit tasty goodies. don‘t ask where he sit.... Prince Leo decided to sit on the Couch...😂

And you thought watching paint dry was fun!...1 day later.

Happy birthday Eric hope you have a wonderful day. I can still remember 53, I. Think?

Happy Birthday 🎉

Happy Birthday Eric!!!

Happy Birthday Eric ! Hope you have a great day.

Many Happy Returns Sir,🎁 Have a great day 🕺🏼💃🎂🍺🍾🎉🎈and many more 👍 Doug🇬🇧

Thank you Bob!!

It is an open tiling spade, used for cutting trenches in clay type soils. Digging in clay soil is like slicing cheese…

After seeing the pics of your daily driver, I would say you’re more than qualified to tackle the restore… So since you obviously “know a thing or two”, I am guessing you were just taking a poll on whether or not we think you should restore it… I vote yes ! I like ‘em pretty, but I am working on my 1977 C-160 now. She will get made mechanically sound, but will remain in her work clothes. Here are some pics of my refreshed 1984 Work Horse GT-1600, and my 1994 520H… you decide…

Let's back up a step. Whether it's a trailer, truck, garage, basement, shed, or any other ramp.... Not trying to be negative. Use this an understanding of a learning moment that you don't want to duplicate. If you NEED to go fast, something isn't right. Get sand. Get help. Get slats on the ramp. Get tire chains. Wait until later. Change the situation to your favor.