rustled another michigan tractor

[ohiofarmer 3,265]

   My buddy Jay needed a tractor pretty quickly. His Huskvarna blew a head gasket and is barely alive. He liked how tough my Wheel Horses are and I told him I would be on the look out for a suitable machine.

   Bob Ellison recently put up two and I had not seen anything that looked this good in this price range.  I told him that we had the money cash in hand and that if my buddy did not have quite enough that i would cover the rest.   i also offered to send a down payment to hold the tractor. We had a messy eviction that was just disgusting , so Bob graciously worked with us until we could get up there.

   What a nice guy he is. Then i found out that he is the seat guy and the tractor came with one of his seats. It was a seat that the impressions did not meet his high standards for his customers., so he called it his own seat. I enjoyed his company so much that it was a bit difficult to make sure that all the stuff like the mule drive and the deck was all there. After all, we were 175 miles from Deploraville , Ohio. he took the time to explain how he made the two piece seat upholstery with top of the line foam and marine grade vinyl. It makes me wish I had bought one when they were still available.

  Ok, so the tractor has a 48 inch deck that Jay has already patched a bit and given a coat of Hammerite. He bought a decent amount of the stuff at auction, and it is good paint even though the color is a bit off. Bob threw in a second deck that is a 42" but has a different pulley system that i am not familiar with. He also had two extra tires holding air on rear wheels for a 520. plus, we took a few other tires for some of my junk.

  We had a few Wheel Horse stories and i mentioned my daughter had landed a job at Umich and her studies there that enabled me with the help of my daughter in Ann Arbor to trade a Briggs motor for a Kohler in a grocery store parking lot from the trunk of a Buick lesabre. Then Bob told me how proud he was that his grandson was just entering the military. Then my buddy Jay and Bob talked about the Navy since they are both navy vets. 

We are missing the clutch engagement handle, the push rod, trunion nut, and interior clutch mount.They just never were on the tractor that Bob never had a mower mounted to, so it was overlooked at the time of sale. Jay probably can make them off my spare parts robbed from another of my  tractors for a pattern.

   We will get to the pictures and process later. For now, I just wanted to mention our appreciation that Bob Ellison is such a gentleman. The fact he wanted his tractors to be used and not just flipped and sold will certainly be fulfilled in this case.  The fact the Jay has his first Wheel Horse as a C-160 auto is just icing on the cake.

  

 

[stevasaurus 22,711]

It's always a good story when Red Square members get together.  Bob is excellent people.  

[Pullstart 62,803]

Awesome story!  Bob is a great person!  I too have one of his “customized” seats that weren’t destined to be sold.  He sent it to me for free!  I’ll be proud to display this one next week!

 

 

[BOB ELLISON 2,981]

Yes it was  very nice to sell my c160s to some wheelhorse people. @ohiofarmer and Jay are nice  guys. I really felt bad about it not having the pto handle or rod but I never noticed them missing. If anyone has parts they would like to send to ohiofarmer for Jay I would be happy to pay for them. I also sold my plow tractor to @Rob J. I'm sure he'll use it plowing snow here in Michigan.

[Rob J. 1,941]

1 hour ago, BOB ELLISON said:

Yes it was  very nice to sell my c160s to some wheelhorse people. @ohiofarmer and Jay are nice  guys. I really felt bad about it not having the pto handle or rod but I never noticed them missing. If anyone has parts they would like to send to ohiofarmer for Jay I would be happy to pay for them. I also sold my plow tractor to @Rob J. I'm sure he'll use it plowing snow here in Michigan.

Bob, I love the tractor! I’ve put those wheel weights on the 160 and yes it will be my snow hog. Thank you very much! 

[Rob J. 1,941]

4 hours ago, ohiofarmer said:

   My buddy Jay needed a tractor pretty quickly. His Huskvarna blew a head gasket and is barely alive. He liked how tough my Wheel Horses are and I told him I would be on the look out for a suitable machine.

   Bob Ellison recently put up two and I had not seen anything that looked this good in this price range.  I told him that we had the money cash in hand and that if my buddy did not have quite enough that i would cover the rest.   i also offered to send a down payment to hold the tractor. We had a messy eviction that was just disgusting , so Bob graciously worked with us until we could get up there.

   What a nice guy he is. Then i found out that he is the seat guy and the tractor came with one of his seats. It was a seat that the impressions did not meet his high standards for his customers., so he called it his own seat. I enjoyed his company so much that it was a bit difficult to make sure that all the stuff like the mule drive and the deck was all there. After all, we were 175 miles from Deploraville , Ohio. he took the time to explain how he made the two piece seat upholstery with top of the line foam and marine grade vinyl. It makes me wish I had bought one when they were still available.

  Ok, so the tractor has a 48 inch deck that Jay has already patched a bit and given a coat of Hammerite. He bought a decent amount of the stuff at auction, and it is good paint even though the color is a bit off. Bob threw in a second deck that is a 42" but has a different pulley system that i am not familiar with. He also had two extra tires holding air on rear wheels for a 520. plus, we took a few other tires for some of my junk.

  We had a few Wheel Horse stories and i mentioned my daughter had landed a job at Umich and her studies there that enabled me with the help of my daughter in Ann Arbor to trade a Briggs motor for a Kohler in a grocery store parking lot from the trunk of a Buick lesabre. Then Bob told me how proud he was that his grandson was just entering the military. Then my buddy Jay and Bob talked about the Navy since they are both navy vets. 

We are missing the clutch engagement handle, the push rod, trunion nut, and interior clutch mount.They just never were on the tractor that Bob never had a mower mounted to, so it was overlooked at the time of sale. Jay probably can make them off my spare parts robbed from another of my  tractors for a pattern.

   We will get to the pictures and process later. For now, I just wanted to mention our appreciation that Bob Ellison is such a gentleman. The fact he wanted his tractors to be used and not just flipped and sold will certainly be fulfilled in this case.  The fact the Jay has his first Wheel Horse as a C-160 auto is just icing on the cake.

  

 

I bought Bob’s other tractor. Luckily for you I didn’t take both of them home. 😂 I did try and steal your seat though but Bob wouldn’t have any part of it. 

[SylvanLakeWH 25,494]

Great story!!! Good people…!

 

But..,

 

While everyone is blabbering on about one southern border, we here in Michigan obviously got ourselves a heap o’ problems on our southern border…!!! 
 

 

Ohio…!?!?!? 

 

[roadapples 6,983]

Who knew that we have such good people here...except for the fact that we see it pretty often. How many times has someone said "yeah, I've got what you need, give me your address and I'll send it to you". Makes me proud to be a support member of this site....

[ohiofarmer 3,265]

   Well, Jay got the control for the mule drive finished. He took a rod from a shock absorber to span the dash stand,. Then used some old linkage from a junk motorcycle, turned his own trunion bolt and threaded that and the rod, i took him the control handle and rod from mine and he used that for a pattern to clock the throw handle properly. A glass door knob finishes it off. He worked pretty hard restoring the deck to workable condition, and about all there is to do is fashion the rear wheel adjustment lever for the deck.

   Bob has a nice push bumper on that unit and the mule drive still installs OK without removing it. I may have Jay fab up one of those for me.

On 6/15/2022 at 6:01 PM, SylvanLakeWH said:

Great story!!! Good people…!

 

But..,

 

While everyone is blabbering on about one southern border, we here in Michigan obviously got ourselves a heap o’ problems on our southern border…!!! 
 

 

Ohio…!?!?!? 

 

     yessir, look who's complaining. i seem to remember raiding the stash at Sylvan Lake for a couple of little decks for the 8 horspower

[SylvanLakeWH 25,494]

6 hours ago, ohiofarmer said:

    yessir, look who's complaining. i seem to remember raiding the stash at Sylvan Lake for a couple of little decks for the 8 horspower

Well… er… uhm… I recall some cash… more space in the garage… er… 

 

 

Hope they are working out well!