Wheel Horse in the Movies!

[jellyghost 378]

I sat down to watch "Follow that Bird" with my kids.  It's the movie from 1985 when Big Bird is adopted by a family of DoDo birds in Oceanside, IL.  He tries to walk back to Sesame St.. 

To my surprise, a late 70s wheel horse makes a few appearances, and Waylon Jennings showed up too!

Working on getting pics.... my mac blocks screenshots of itunes movies.  Edit:  This is my phone photographing my laptop.

Edited March 29, 2020 by jellyghost

[ebinmaine 67,268]

[jellyghost 378]

Is there a funny mod on the right side of the last picture?  In that scene it speeds away from Mr. Dodo with no rider.

[rj35hunter 283]

That is actually a 1973 no name year Wheel Horse 8 HP Kohler engine.....

[Pullstart 62,785]

1 hour ago, jellyghost said:

Is there a funny mod on the right side of the last picture?  In that scene it speeds away from Mr. Dodo with no rider.

 

36 minutes ago, rj35hunter said:

That is actually a 1973 no name year Wheel Horse 8 HP Kohler engine.....

 

Right, but what is on the clutch pedal?

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,268]

41 minutes ago, pullstart said:

 

 

Right, but what is on the clutch pedal?

 

 

Almost looks like a stack of nuts and a bolt but there's something else. Maybe the movement control??

[ebinmaine 67,268]

Looks like it has rear slicks too

[953 nut 55,066]

              Perhaps a DoDo Bird foot adaptor?        With those big floppy feet it would be tough to operate a .

[SylvanLakeWH 25,490]

 

or or maybe a RC adaptor if some sort to make it go on it’s own...?

 

 

Very cool pics! Thanks for posting!

[ZXT 2,401]

11 hours ago, rj35hunter said:

That is actually a 1973 no name year Wheel Horse 8 HP Kohler engine.....

Engine looks bigger than an 8 horse and the HP sticker appears to have two digits.

 

There's a box of sorts under the dash controls that can be seen best in the first picture. Looks like it has caps on the top of it, so it could quite possibly be the battery relocated there. Looks like whatever the contraption is on the clutch pedal goes through where the battery would've been been. Maybe it protrudes to the other side so that someone can crouch beside it to control the clutch while staying out of the picture?

 

'57 4 door post in the background as well.

[sergeant 291]

Well a Wheel Horse also show Up In Funny Farm with Chevy Chase I believe it was a 200 series Lawn Tractor though It could have been a 250 series Yard Tractor

[c-series don 8,663]

I absolutely love how you guys analyzed the heck out of this! Plain ole cracks me up! BTW if the tractor is in motion in the forth picture the clutch pedal is down!😜

[JCM 9,130]

If you only know  @c-series don   how many times I have said the same thing about RS members here trying to figure something out, it cracks me up, where else could you get this much satisfaction and entertainment for the low price of being a Red Square Member, if the Non-Members only knew what really goes on behind the scenes.

[Pullstart 62,785]

I’m just wondering who produced the movie and which of their warehouses in Hollywood is my first No-Name hiding?

[stevasaurus 22,706]

Don't forget about Forest Gump...  

[rmaynard 15,427]

So, while we are over analyzing things, what are these contractions?

 

 

[rmaynard 15,427]

1 minute ago, stevasaurus said:

Don't forget about Forest Gump...  

Wasn't that a Snapper?

[The Tuul Crib 7,336]

Damn l miss Waylon!!

 

[Mikey the Monkey 697]

According to Wikipedia it was filmed in Toronto @pullstart. I had the same thought. I keep Waylon alive everyday listening to his CDs @The Tool Crib. 

[Pullstart 62,785]

2 minutes ago, Mikey the Monkey said:

According to Wikipedia it was filmed in Toronto @pullstart. I had the same thought. I keep Waylon alive everyday listening to his CDs @The Tool Crib. 

 

You know where to find me... in the storage barns in Canada!  

[c-series don 8,663]

Bob, did that model not come with a front mule drive? 

[The Tuul Crib 7,336]

That was a long frame so that would definitely have a mule drive on it. 
Ain't no telling what the movie props would've added to these tractors. It may have been something to do with copyrights or something.

[rmaynard 15,427]

19 hours ago, c-series don said:

Bob, did that model not come with a front mule drive? 

Yes, but I'm not referring to the mule, but the black device under it that seems to be some sort of remote steering link going to the left front wheel.