S416-8 325 #1 Posted June 18, 2022 Being new to Wheel Horse tractors and just starting to work with the plow on my 520, I started wondering what people consider as the toughest / meanest WH tractor available? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,588 #2 Posted June 18, 2022 74-77 C160. Hands down. O' course I only have 4 to go by.... 😂 7 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S416-8 325 #3 Posted June 18, 2022 ugh now I want one 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,588 #4 Posted June 18, 2022 I MAY be preferentially biased to a few years. Really the same basic tractor bones run from '73 to 85 or 86. Slightly different models. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S416-8 325 #5 Posted June 18, 2022 Well I just emailed someone on one that I would spend the winter getting working so fingers are crossed.... 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,588 #6 Posted June 18, 2022 6 minutes ago, S416-8 said: Well I just emailed someone on one that I would spend the winter getting working so fingers are crossed.... Niiiiice 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,597 #7 Posted June 18, 2022 31 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: 74-77 C160. Hands down. O' course I only have 4 to go by.... 😂 Well… besides being a hoarder, ole @ebinmaine is known to stretch a bit… I’ll be an outlier on this no doubt, but I’m partial to the Black Hoods… 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S416-8 325 #8 Posted June 18, 2022 black hoods, seen pics of those but didn't think they were real Saw a couple of them for sale as I dig around... 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,597 #9 Posted June 18, 2022 Oh they’re real… 2 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c-series don 8,719 #10 Posted June 18, 2022 This is as real deal as a Wheel Horse gets! I’m very proud to have a two black hoods in my collection! 1 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S416-8 325 #11 Posted June 18, 2022 (edited) and they travel in packs herds, cool Edited June 18, 2022 by S416-8 3 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff-C175 7,202 #12 Posted June 18, 2022 Just now, S416-8 said: packs Herds. Horses travel in herds! 1 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S416-8 325 #13 Posted June 18, 2022 (edited) stand corrected see " and they travel in packs herds, cool Edited June 18, 2022 by S416-8 1 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blasterdad 2,692 #14 Posted June 18, 2022 This one... 6 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff-C175 7,202 #16 Posted June 18, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, S416-8 said: Ya know, for a large part, they're substantially the same machines with different engines. (within the same time frame at least...) For example, I could pull the 17 hp engine from my c175 and install a 14 hp kohler and it would be a c145. Many many parts are interchangeable. Many of the answers you get are going to be personal opinion Edited June 18, 2022 by Jeff-C175 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roadapples 6,983 #18 Posted June 18, 2022 C160 for me also. I only have 3... 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjg854 11,378 #19 Posted June 18, 2022 I think all 's are mighty tuff. True for pure power a C-160 is great, but those square hood 8hp's are good too. I've used them for snow plowing, blowing snow and mowing. They are very maneuverable, and sip fuel. So in their own right, they are a tuff tractor. You just can't go wrong with just about any . 7 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 8,327 #20 Posted June 18, 2022 And let us not forget the D series either - 900 plus pounds of tractor. Dad bought a 2 year old used D250 before he passed. It came with a 60 inch deck and a FEL - what an awesome 4 cylinder water cooled beast. Bill 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Racinbob 11,088 #21 Posted June 18, 2022 (edited) Jeff is spot on as far as being basically the same tractor over the years. I could take the sheet metal off the 76 I purchased new off and do the same with the 2005 I purchased in 2009 and they are the same. But ya gotta ignore the wiring differences that came about to protect the innocent. Holds very true for attachment interchange as well. The 76 has the 42" deck that came with the 05 and the 70's 48" deck is on the 05 now. . Edited June 18, 2022 by Racinbob 4 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c-series don 8,719 #22 Posted June 18, 2022 I like the simplicity of the C-series, the don’t have all that complicated wiring of the 3,4,and 500 series tractors. Here’s a few of mine. 5 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horse Newbie 7,072 #23 Posted June 18, 2022 These 2 are the toughest… a 1984 Work Horse GT-1600, and a 1994 520H… 9 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oliver2-44 9,759 #24 Posted June 18, 2022 The one your sitting on at the moment is the toughest! 11 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S416-8 325 #25 Posted June 18, 2022 now that is a great answer 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
