CHARGER9AUTO 3 #1 Posted October 23, 2007 Mike, I have a 1961 Wheel Horse 551 Suburban tractor with BD-4261 dozer blade if your interested it ran when I last parked the tractor . it has a new used recoil starter I bought from Ray's mower shop . Ben Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,300 #2 Posted October 23, 2007 Thanks for the offer Ben....but right now I have an itch to get a big HP Wheel Horse. Something with a hydro tranny and hydraulic lift. Thanks Mike......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CHARGER9AUTO 3 #3 Posted October 23, 2007 Thanks for the offer Ben....but right now I have an itch to get a big HP Wheel Horse. Something with a hydro tranny and hydraulic lift. Thanks Mike......... Mike Your welcome . Ben Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 11,877 #4 Posted October 23, 2007 Do you have the original engine on the 551? I had to ask.... Sorry! I've got a 551 with a "cardboard box full" of motor, and it's missing a few things.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CHARGER9AUTO 3 #5 Posted October 24, 2007 Do you have the original engine on the 551? I had to ask.... Sorry! I've got a 551 with a "cardboard box full" of motor, and it's missing a few things.... I have the original Tecumseh or Lauson engine on my 551 it's for sale if your interested I really don't know how much the tractor is really worth . Ben Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 11,877 #6 Posted October 25, 2007 Where are you located? I'm kinda cheap, so I wouldn't begin to try and tell you what it's worth. I'm just looking for the engine anyway, and I'm thinking you wouldn't wanna bust it up. I know I wouldn't... BUT.... Kevin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CHARGER9AUTO 3 #7 Posted October 25, 2007 Where are you located? I'm kinda cheap, so I wouldn't begin to try and tell you what it's worth. I'm just looking for the engine anyway, and I'm thinking you wouldn't wanna bust it up. I know I wouldn't... BUT.... Kevin Kevin I live in MONSON MA. Ben Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muka 9 #8 Posted January 7, 2008 ben i live in springfield still have tractor i am interested give me a call kevin (413) xxx-xxxx edit: Kevin, you probably don't want to post your phone number on boards like this. You're better off sending Ben a PM or e-mail with your contact information. Ya never know who reads these forums. Phone number edited by (nylyon) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nylyon-(Admin) 7,264 #9 Posted January 7, 2008 muka welcome to Redsquare. Sorry for the editing of your post, just don't want you to start getting prank calls. Hope you enjoy the site, and don't forget to post plenty of pictures! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sorekiwi 761 #10 Posted January 7, 2008 muka welcome to Redsquare. Sorry for the editing of your post, just don't want you to start getting prank calls. Hope you enjoy the site, and don't forget to post plenty of pictures! Yeah, theres a lot of horse-traders with questionable ethics 'round here... Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CHARGER9AUTO 3 #11 Posted January 7, 2008 ben i live in springfield still have tractor i am interested give me a call kevin (413) xxx-xxxx edit: Kevin, you probably don't want to post your phone number on boards like this. You're better off sending Ben a PM or e-mail with your contact information. Ya never know who reads these forums. Phone number edited by (nylyon) Muka, I live in Monson MA here is my '61 551 without the BD-4261 Dozer Blade it's off the tractor . Ben Attached Image Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WheelHorse_of_course 99 #12 Posted January 7, 2008 This was the tractor my Grandfather had and me and my siblings all learned to drive on! The Lawson was very hard to start so my grandmother christened it the "little b@ast@rd"! The replacement techumseh was easy to start. Had a little wagon (I remember riding before my leg was long enough to drive) and a drop spreader (I wish I had that) and that was it. But grandpop always had some chores for us to do moving rocks or something else with it. In 1988-1995 my brother and I ran a small commercial vegetable farm and the little b@ast@rd pulled our first farm stand out every day for the first 5 years! My brother still has it and I assume his kids are learning to drive it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,496 #13 Posted January 7, 2008 Muka, I just want to give you my belated "welcome" to the site. Glad to have you with us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rollerman 290 #14 Posted January 7, 2008 Ben your 551 looks nice. I have a 401 model here...thats the 1st type I drove. PS your going to need a bigger tractor & dozer blade to move that rock in the back of your picture. :P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CHARGER9AUTO 3 #15 Posted January 7, 2008 Ben your 551 looks nice. I have a 401 model here...thats the 1st type I drove. PS your going to need a bigger tractor & dozer blade to move that rock in the back of your picture. Steve, I picked up the 551 for $300 with BD-4261 Dozer Blade about the over sized rock it was there when my parents purchased the house in 1979 before I was even born . Ben :P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muka 9 #16 Posted January 7, 2008 Hello Ben, nice horse what are you asking for it? my dad just built his house out in monson on chesnut street he bought the barn and land we built house.there is a guy on old whales road who has a ton of old tractors do you know anything about that?have been down that fifty times with my seven yearold son kevin3.never found it. do you have manuals for tractor and attachments i bought the whole book from 1954 til 1968 could make you copies if you need them would like to look at tractor talk about price .have been collecting wheel horse about 10 years and still going. would like to thank everybody for there warm welcome and help kevin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CHARGER9AUTO 3 #17 Posted January 8, 2008 Hello Ben, nice horse what are you asking for it? my dad just built his house out in monson on chesnut street he bought the barn and land we built house.there is a guy on old whales road who has a ton of old tractors do you know anything about that?have been down that fifty times with my seven yearold son kevin3.never found it. do you have manuals for tractor and attachments i bought the whole book from 1954 til 1968 could make you copies if you need them would like to look at tractor talk about price .have been collecting wheel horse about 10 years and still going. would like to thank everybody for there warm welcome and help kevin Kevin, I want $350 for my 551 with BD-4261 Dozer Blade I have no clue about the fellow who has tractors out on old Wales Rd . same here I've been collecting Wheel Horse Garden tractors for over 10 years . Ben Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muka 9 #18 Posted January 9, 2008 ben thats just to much money right now thank you kevin Attached Image Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CHARGER9AUTO 3 #19 Posted January 10, 2008 ben thats just to much money right now thank you kevin Kevin, I will sell my 551 with BD-4261 Dozer Blade at the Wheel Horse show for $350 . Ben Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldandred 15 #20 Posted January 10, 2008 Kevin, I will sell my 551 with BD-4261 Dozer Blade at the Wheel Horse show for $350 . Ben I didnt know you were going to the show this year Ben :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
