546cowboy 301 #1 Posted February 4, 2012 I started going to a local scrap yard last year and picked up quite a bit of non-wheel horse stuff. Here's some of it Jacobsen 53500 (same as a Ford LGT-195) 1996 Toro/Wheel Horse 269H Before I worked on it After I worked on it A Husqvarna YHT2348 John Deere Yard Cart I repaired I also picked up a couple sets of wheel weights, a shaft drive tiller,JD 212, 194 Simplicity Regent 14 and some stuff I can't think of at the moment. I got a these from a local dealer 1999 Simplicity Landlord DLX at a price I could not pass on and this 1990 Wheel Horse 612Z I also had a Sears SS16 with cab and blower I got cheap from a auction There are more at a website I have www.cowboysredhorses.webs.com Go take a look! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,131 #2 Posted February 4, 2012 That big Jake looks like a beast. :eusa-think: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake Kuhn 1,555 #3 Posted February 5, 2012 Wow,you have gotten alot of tractors! :bow-blue: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,338 #4 Posted February 5, 2012 Are you flipping them to make some horse money? Mike......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
546cowboy 301 #5 Posted February 5, 2012 Well yes that is the idea of picking them up Sparky. You can get them at a low enough price to be able to make some money on them. There are many more people looking for cheap mowers than for a good Wheel Horse. Depending on how far gone they are whether they get redone or used for parts. I don't consider myself a collector but I will do everything I can to save a Wheel Horse and as everyone knows you have to choose stuff you know you may be able to use. Almost anything that has a Kohler in it you can find a use for that engine or parts of it. I bought that JD 212 just because at the time I needed a Kohler starter. I sold the trans out of it for twice what I paid for the tractor. I still have a good engine except for the starter. That big Jacobsen is a rare tractor and it needed a brake drum and axle. I could not find one anywhere but I found a guy in Michigan that wanted it. He collects Ford LGT-195's so it is the same tractor. Another thing about scrap yards is some won't sell you the tractors. I have no clue why they won't as it's money in their pockets. I sold 11 Wheel Horses last year and that money goes to buy more Horses. I want to see these go to people who will use them not the scrappers and strippers who gouge everybody for parts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
71_Bronco 1,072 #6 Posted February 8, 2012 It's amazing what people will throw away. That J.D. yard card looks really nice, I'm not even a J.D. fan and I wouldn't mind owning that. Though, it would look odd being towed by a W.H. :eusa-think: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
