shorts 182 #26 Posted February 5, 2014 baby tractors, when compared to the big boys Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Road-Track 39 #27 Posted February 5, 2014 On the farm up here. There are many tractors. Each has it own forte. Wheel Horse tractors are Lawn tractors for mainly mowing or Garden tractors for mowing and more with ground engaging attachments. We even mow fields with bigger tractors. We usually call push mowers, lawn mowers. Of course some people call big rigs, tractor trailers? Who cares WH's are tractors any way you look at it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C-85 681 #28 Posted February 5, 2014 Here's how we used to rate tractors when I was in the business (years ago 60's - 80's) Riding mower - rear engine rider Lawn tractor - front engine tractor that could only mow or take a small snow blade Garden tractor - A tractor that could take most anything, including a roto tiller. Being able to take a roto tiller usually made the difference in what we called them Farm tractor - Farmalls and such But then manufactures started making snow blowers and other things for the smaller tractors, so this got confusing. Ariens came out with their YT or "Yard Tractor" (a glorified lawn tractor) too, so this threw another name in the mix. And then came all of the 4 wheel drive tractors. We sold Yanmar and Bolens (Iseki) and they came from 13hp up and we were never sure what to call them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve k 82 #29 Posted February 5, 2014 Maybe they're neither tractor or lawn mower.........They're just Wheel Horses!! As in "what do you mow with?" "MY wheelhorse" or "what do you move snow with?" "one of my wheelhorses" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
