Let’s see your wheel horse rjs

[The Freightliner Guy 1,327]

This is Reese the rj59

[Wild Bill in VA 1,450]

Ya' know RJ-58's are hard to find way out west as most of the early Wheel Horse products were sold in Minnesota, Wisconsen, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and up into the New England states BUT yes, many Wheel Horses did find their way all over the United States and Canada. I had heard tales of a Wheel Horse dealer in the almond orchard area of Lodi, California that had a RJ-58. During a trip to San Francisco to Las Angelis I drove to Lodi to see for myself and low and behold the was an old Wheel Horse dealership in that town and they did have a RJ-58 in the show room along with a model 701 and big D-series out back. I talked to the owner for quite a while, and he let me dig through his parts department. Yes, my luggage on the trip home was a lot heavier. Found many HY-2 kit parts and N.O.S. steering parts for my RJ-58. A real nice person as him and his wife even took me out to lunch at In-n-Out burger. I will post pictures of my RJ-58 when it finished being restored.

Wild Bill in Richmond VA

[Jennifer 1,876]

Okay so the painted up one is my valentines gift a few years back!  The other one, we are 2nd owner!  The woman is the grown up lady that little girl being pulled by her dad!  We have the original purchase slip…. 

[The Freightliner Guy 1,327]

Love it thanks for the pics

[Sarthurs01 806]

[dclarke 4,032]

Edited August 22, 2022 by dclarke

[peter lena 8,529]

@dclarke sweet looking unit ,  is that a flat angle steel frame ?  lots of build detailing on that , looks good to me , pete

[The Freightliner Guy 1,327]

[dclarke 4,032]

4 hours ago, peter lena said:

@dclarke sweet looking unit ,  is that a flat angle steel frame ?  lots of build detailing on that , looks good to me , pete

Pete, it’s the bent steel frame on this tractor. 

[peter lena 8,529]

@dclarke  worked with a lot of structural steel / stainless , just the inherent no twisting on that , makes  for a very rugged unit ,  like  it ,  make them bombproof , pete

[Wild Bill in VA 1,450]

 The RJ-35 frame in 1955 and 1957 was made out of a single piece of channel iron, in the 1956 the frame was pressed steel. It was found after sand blasting the channel iron frame on my 1957 RJ-35 the manufactures name is impregnated in the channel.

Wild Bill in Richmond VA

[Oldskool 6,596]

Here is mine. Picked it up a few yrs ago.

Few and far between up here in Eastern Maine.

[Pullstart 62,372]

Here’s my RJ35

 

[The Freightliner Guy 1,327]

[Oldskool 6,596]

7 hours ago, Pullstart said:

 

Nice RJ.

Dang though. Those are some meats on the front there. It must almost float lol

[The Freightliner Guy 1,327]

He told me it has skid steer tires on the back

[The Freightliner Guy 1,327]

He must’ve took them off tho

Edited August 23, 2022 by The Freightliner Guy

[Pullstart 62,372]

2 hours ago, Oldskool said:

Nice RJ.

Dang though. Those are some meats on the front there. It must almost float lol

 

2 hours ago, The Freightliner Guy said:

He must’ve took them off tho

 

The skinny tires were on for winter trail rides in the snow… those wide ones don’t dig much.

 

 

 

[slim67 2,735]

Mines all the way left.

[The Freightliner Guy 1,327]

They all look nice thanks for the pics

[WHGuy413 2,683]