Jesse 4 #176 Posted August 29, 2019 On 2/19/2016 at 12:44 PM, TDF5G said: Yes, that's possible. Or the color photo may be a different tractor, maybe a 1965, if his leg was just not in the way! Some keen eyed enthusiasts here will tell us. Dad traded tractors every few years through the sixties and seventies up until he retired, and he always put light kits on them. He became friend's with the local WH dealer and he bought vehicles from Dad every few years also. He took pride in all his vehicles including the WHs. I remember getting yelled at; "don't scratch it, or get my feet off the seat, quit fooling with those knobs, leave that alone," etc. The dealer always like getting his trade-ins. They would sell quickly he said. I wrote my name in the dust on the hood of dad's 310-8. I only did that once. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
neil 2,409 #177 Posted September 11, 2019 A few more Indy wheelhorses 6 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Magoo 226 #178 Posted November 15, 2019 On 2/17/2019 at 2:39 PM, AMC RULES said: The second photo is from the town I live in, Franklin, IN! 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TDF5G 2,069 #179 Posted March 25, 2020 Here is a couple more vintage pics from circa 1998, my daughter and my father. 1975 B-80 and 1996 314-8. 2 3 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PeacemakerJack 10,738 #180 Posted May 7, 2020 This is a great thread! Love the historical pics as well as the “personal history” pics. It is so awesome @TDF5G that you and your family not only so lovingly cared for your machines but that you also took pictures of them/ with riders. I know that you have seen the pictures that my mom took of us with the 875 elsewhere but I’ll include one here just because it fits so well with this thread... My dad and I in the late 1970’s Dad and I last fall at JC PD IV. I’m a little big to sit on his lap while working land these days😂. I graduated to my own ride! 3 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TDF5G 2,069 #181 Posted May 7, 2020 2 hours ago, PeacemakerJack said: This is a great thread! Love the historical pics as well as the “personal history” pics. It is so awesome @TDF5G that you and your family not only so lovingly cared for your machines but that you also took pictures of them/ with riders. I know that you have seen the pictures that my mom took of us with the 875 elsewhere but I’ll include one here just because it fits so well with this thread... My dad and I in the late 1970’s Dad and I last fall at JC PD IV. I’m a little big to sit on his lap while working land these days😂. I graduated to my own ride! Thanks. I grew up around Wheel Horses and I have some great memories. My Dad took great care of his tractors just like he did with his vehicles. I remember visiting the local WH dealer with my Dad when I was a kid. I wish had some pics of that! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PeacemakerJack 10,738 #182 Posted May 12, 2020 We picked up a GT-14 tiller and a Brinly Cat O plow from a guy about 4 years ago who was clearing out the last of his collection. When I told him it was going to my youngest son, he went into the garage and came out with this framed ad and gave it to me for Zach. Now it hangs on the wall in my shop until Zach has a place of his own! 3 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coulter Caleb 532 #183 Posted May 13, 2020 On 5/7/2020 at 9:29 AM, PeacemakerJack said: I graduated to my own ride! It is awesome that my dad grew up on a wheel horse and it is still in my grandfather's garage and works(I know cause I have driven it) It is great that I am growing up on a wheel horse and making memories that I can pass down to my son!!! 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JDStheHat 2 #184 Posted July 21, 2020 Amazing what one can find on the internet. After being inspired reading her grandfathers memoirs, my 30 year old daughter suggested I start putting together my own. As my earliest memories were spending my summers on a farm in southern Illinois, I figured I'd start there.I was not much more than ten at the time, but the things I remember were the tractors, I remember graduating to the 2 cylinder John Deere with the hand clutch (somewhere between a 520 and a 630), but I started on a Wheel Horse. I remember going to the Indy 500 in 1963, where there were Wheel Horses, but there wasn't a whole lot of money on the farm, so I'm thinking it was an earlier model. Thanks to all of your pictures, I realized it was their first model, the RS-83 Senior. I wasn't sure, but when I saw the wheel to rope start it on the front and I knew I had it. (Wasn't sure if a Senior or a lever-steer, but ours has a steering wheel!,NEWBIE!) If I can add any pictures I will, but in the mean time, thanks for pulling all this together. Jack 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,187 #185 Posted July 21, 2020 10 minutes ago, JDStheHat said: Thanks to all of your pictures, I realized it was their first model, the RS-83 Senior. I wasn't sure, but when I saw the wheel to rope start it on the front and I knew I had it. (Wasn't sure if a Senior or a lever-steer, but ours has a steering wheel!,NEWBIE!) If I can add any pictures I will, but in the mean time, thanks for pulling all this together. Jack Here is a thread about the Lever Steer and other Seniors. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haydendavid380 759 #186 Posted January 31, 2021 My parents bought a farm in the early 90s and it there were two horses left in the barn. They gave the B80 to me and my dad used the D series for small chores. 5 3 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brockport Bill 1,661 #187 Posted March 5, 2021 never knew there was a WH 700 series Zero Turn - learning more every day -- these photos i took from my 1989 brochure when i bought my 312-8 -- Thirty Two yrs ago 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PeacemakerJack 10,738 #188 Posted March 5, 2021 I seem to remember Jim @WHX24 going to look at one of those on the used market here locally in the last couple of years. I’ll bet you that back then no one would’ve dreamed that those machines would end up being the go to mowers a couple of decades later. Thanks for sharing that brochure👍🏻 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 27,565 #189 Posted March 5, 2021 7 hours ago, Brockport Bill said: never knew there was a WH 700 series Zero Turn That series was a rebranded Dixie Chopper 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,814 #190 Posted March 5, 2021 (edited) Yep Bill Dan and I went to look at one just down the road. Had a Kohler twin in it and was in fair shape for it's age & ran good. Guy let me drive it and it was pretty slick for a machine that was built when z turns were a novelty. It had some zip fer sure. Guy was asking only 650 for it but we passed as I am mower heavy so really didn't need it for that so what would a guy have done with it? Was at a Kubota dealer getting robbed for oil and filters yesterday and they had a line up of Scag's that were just awesome machines. Just 'cause a guy ain't hungry don't mean he can't look at the menu! Edited March 5, 2021 by WHX24 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brockport Bill 1,661 #191 Posted March 5, 2021 i am amazed when i see the commercial guys show up at neighbors house with zero turns and they are done in 10-20 minutes 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,212 #192 Posted March 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, Brockport Bill said: i am amazed when i see the commercial guys show up at neighbors house with zero turns and they are done in 10-20 minutes For real amazement, check out the Toro Grandstand Multi-Force Stand-On. Hydraulics, mower, snow blade, lights--just wow. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lane Ranger 10,968 #193 Posted March 5, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, Achto said: That series was a rebranded Dixie Chopper Phil Humphrey the Wheel Horse dealer in Greencastle, Indiana was on the Wheel Horse dealer council when Art Evans started Dixie Chopper in Fillmore, Indiana. To help start the company Dixie Chopper needed more markets for its products and convinced Wheel Horse to buy branded zero turns on the Early Dixie Chopper platform. Dixie Chopper has been sold twice now ! https://www.dixiechopper.com/company-history/?back=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fclient%3Dsafari%26as_qdr%3Dall%26as_occt%3Dany%26safe%3Dactive%26as_q%3DAlexa+did+Art+Evans+create+Dixie+chopper+mower's%26channel%3Daplab%26source%3Da-app1%26hl%3Den more history https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Chopper Edited March 5, 2021 by Lane Ranger 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,067 #194 Posted March 5, 2021 6 hours ago, Brockport Bill said: i am amazed when i see the commercial guys show up at neighbors house with zero turns and they are done in 10-20 minutes Even with suspension those guys get the crap beat out of them they are going so fast. Mower decks bouncing all over leaving crappy cuts. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,130 #195 Posted March 5, 2021 Not just an ordinary driver, you gotta be a smoove operator there buddy! 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redtruck 1 #197 Posted April 19, 2021 Great pics, thx for sharing! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crazyredhorse 295 #198 Posted April 23, 2021 some nice old pics.when I was kid drove one of these around the yard for years.always thought it was a wheel horse till lately looking through horses couldn't find this model till I found this pic throttle on hood and I knew this was it 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crazyredhorse 295 #199 Posted May 9, 2021 On 4/23/2021 at 1:02 AM, Crazyredhorse said: some nice old pics.when I was kid drove one of these around the yard for years.always thought it was a wheel horse till lately looking through horses couldn't find this model till I found this pic throttle on hood and I knew this was it Learned today these were made by Quick manufacturing and that business was sold to toro in 1966 so maybe it is a wheelhorse 🤷♂️ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,187 #200 Posted May 9, 2021 Not a , but growing up on a farm we were introduced to tractors at an early age. 4 1 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
