Glad I bought a wheel horse

[dodgecharger 33]

It is so heavily made, much better than the ones for sale new. All cast iron transaxle. Heavy angle iron frame. Just so well built. Real glass headlights. Is the 520 the last of the wheel horse line with a cast iron transaxle? I see now why you folks like these

[Pullstart 62,905]

Great machine!  Keep that back cylinder clean and it’ll run a very long powerful time!  The 520Xi was produced after the 520H and 520-8 series, that also had a cast UniDrive and a truck like stamped frame.  No MTD garbage stamping… thick and TALL!

[peter lena 8,634]

 

 

 

 

@dodgecharger agree with @Pullstart on that rear cylinder cooling enhancement , look on site for related picture ideas , pete

[lynnmor 7,307]

58 minutes ago, dodgecharger said:

Is the 520 the last of the wheel horse line with a cast iron transaxle?

 

The 520H was not produced after 1997, The Classic tractor with the heavy frame, transaxle and a smaller engine was produced for about 10 more years.

[peter lena 8,634]

@dodgecharger   like this , https://www.bing.com/images/search?     view=detailV2&ccid=Z0GUmYbz&id=0E8BD37E339C150B8F38843A7EA7793A4E435A6E&thid=OIP.Z0GUmYbzLQUC6qXBCtBHb  lots of ideas , just a metal punch . pete

[D_Mac 8,620]

You think you are happy now, just wait and see how excited you get when you buy your SECOND one !!! Welcome to the club !!

[dodgecharger 33]

I'm already kinda thinking I might need another one, one for mowing and one for blowing snow. 😁

[D_Mac 8,620]

32 minutes ago, dodgecharger said:

I'm already kinda thinking I might need another one, one for mowing and one for blowing snow. 😁

You will find a lot of us have more then just one, one for mowing, one for snow removal, one for hauling stuff, one for plowing dirt, one cause you just wanted another one, one for ............... fill in the blank. They grow on you. The more you work with them, the more you like them. Same with the people here. The more you read and follow the topics on Red Square the more you will begin to see that we are all like minded in our love for these machines. Do yourself a favor and join. With a membership you can post as many photos as you want. You will also get many many many years of experience that may or may not be helpful come time you need it. As a matter of fact we will all give you our opinion weather you need or ask for it anyways !!! I speak for all of us when I say " You got a picture of your Wheel Horse "? We love pictures !!!!

[ebinmaine 67,592]

46 minutes ago, dodgecharger said:

I'm already kinda thinking I might need another one, one for mowing and one for blowing snow. 😁

 

And grading the driveway. 

And plowing. 

And the Mckissick chipper shredder. 

And pulling heavy stuff. 

And running a generator. 

And on and on and on and on..

 

3 minutes ago, D_Mac said:

You will find a lot of us have more then just one, one for mowing, one for snow removal, one for hauling stuff, one for plowing dirt, one cause you just wanted another one, one for ............... fill in the blank. They grow on you. The more you work with them, the more you like them. Same with the people here. The more you read and follow the topics on Red Square the more you will begin to see that we are all like minded in our love for these machines. Do yourself a favor and join. With a membership you can post as many photos as you want. You will also get many many many years of experience that may or may not be helpful come time you need it. As a matter of fact we will all give you our opinion weather you need or ask for it anyways !!! I speak for all of us when I say " You got a picture of your Wheel Horse "? We love pictures !!!!

 

Well stated Don. 

[lynnmor 7,307]

18 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

And grading the driveway. 

And plowing. 

And the Mckissick chipper shredder. 

And pulling heavy stuff. 

And running a generator. 

And on and on and on and on..

 

 

With the snow and mowing, that makes at least eleven.  I am a little short because of too much on and on.

[Moonshine*Connoisseur 435]

And soon you'll be like some of us.....I have 27 Wheel Horses.....😈😈😈😈

[midpack 866]

4 hours ago, dodgecharger said:

I'm already kinda thinking I might need another one, one for mowing and one for blowing snow. 😁

4 is a good number. 1 for RD deck, 1 for SD deck, 01 for snowblower, and 1 for a plow when the snow is wet and heavy 😉 

And if you want to run a tiller... 😁

BTW, I currently have 5 running Horses. You just never know when you need a spare!

Edited April 17, 2022 by midpack

[Pullstart 62,905]

And 27-30 is enough to have for when friends and family stop by for a ride!

 

 

[mrc 812]

simple design = easy to work on/maint

 

[Tractorhead 9,064]

A Wheelhore isn‘t just only a Working Machine,

it becomes a Friend and a great Co

 

 

It doesn‘t depending on it‘s Age, it is a Rock solid Buddy you can trust.

It only needs a little care and with that it simply helps you every time reliable to do the Job.

 

I.eg on Brooming

 

Tilling

 

 

Pulling Things

 

 

 

 

Dump things

 

 

plowing

 

 

 

pushing Snow or Mole holes with a rear Rake combination

 

 

Collecting leaves...

 

 

There is nearly no restriction a Wheelhorse can do.

 

👍

need more addictions... 😎😂

[Fishroe 261]

I didn’t think I would get a second one but I did

Now I need to find a mid mount grader blade for it 

[oliver2-44 9,759]

You will love a mid mount blade. There just a fun way to get some work done. 

[ebinmaine 67,592]

1 hour ago, Fishroe said:

I didn’t think I would get a second one but I did

Now I need to find a mid mount grader blade for it 

If you're handy with fabrication you could make one. I posted a thread with size details a while back.

[Fishroe 261]

Not handy with fabrication (I wish)

[ebinmaine 67,592]

21 minutes ago, Fishroe said:

Not handy with fabrication (I wish)

No worries there. 

Quite likely one would come up for sale at the Big Show. 

 

I had one literally mailed to me from a super awesome fellow member.  

 

[Fishroe 261]

I’m keeping an eye out on here and locally

 Cut down 25-30 trees between the road and the edge of the grass. All of that needs grading.

In the turn of the road that needs grading every 2 months (pot holes)

Been doing what I can with the plow blade

From what everyone says here the grader blade is the ticket 

 

[ebinmaine 67,592]

22 minutes ago, Fishroe said:

From what everyone says here the grader blade is the ticket

Absolutely agreed. 

Trina uses her 867 Pigpen tractor with a mid-mount grader blade to maintain our dooryard.  

[ANTPER 207]

I bought one of them just to look at. I park it in my garage pull up a chair and enjoy a drink just looking at it. haha