So I've bought many wheel horses, either they were complete to begin with, or they always stayed a bare tractor, etc. Today I made my first few passes with this 656 I recently got. Newer motor, and the deck that came with my Raider 9. Only thing I had to do was change the deck drive pulley from the larger raider 9 pulley, to the small near 1:1 pulley from the deck I have for my other 656. It's seen the torch unfortunately... but it had the exact pulley I needed. With a trip to the hardware store for a belt, I give you!
Tire chains will come off for mowing of course.