The Freightliner Guy 1,327 #1 Posted August 22, 2022 This is Reese the rj59 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Bill in VA 1,452 #2 Posted August 22, 2022 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 5 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jennifer 1,877 #3 Posted August 22, 2022 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…. 4 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Freightliner Guy 1,327 #4 Posted August 22, 2022 Love it thanks for the pics 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dclarke 4,033 #6 Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) Edited August 22, 2022 by dclarke 4 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peter lena 8,655 #7 Posted August 22, 2022 @dclarke sweet looking unit , is that a flat angle steel frame ? lots of build detailing on that , looks good to me , pete Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Freightliner Guy 1,327 #8 Posted August 22, 2022 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dclarke 4,033 #9 Posted August 22, 2022 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. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peter lena 8,655 #10 Posted August 22, 2022 @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 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Bill in VA 1,452 #11 Posted August 22, 2022 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 2 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oldskool 6,644 #12 Posted August 23, 2022 Here is mine. Picked it up a few yrs ago. Few and far between up here in Eastern Maine. 4 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,950 #13 Posted August 23, 2022 Here’s my RJ35 5 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Freightliner Guy 1,327 #14 Posted August 23, 2022 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oldskool 6,644 #15 Posted August 23, 2022 7 hours ago, Pullstart said: Nice RJ. Dang though. Those are some meats on the front there. It must almost float lol 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Freightliner Guy 1,327 #16 Posted August 23, 2022 He told me it has skid steer tires on the back Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Freightliner Guy 1,327 #17 Posted August 23, 2022 (edited) He must’ve took them off tho Edited August 23, 2022 by The Freightliner Guy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,950 #18 Posted August 23, 2022 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. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slim67 2,735 #19 Posted August 24, 2022 Mines all the way left. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Freightliner Guy 1,327 #20 Posted August 26, 2022 They all look nice thanks for the pics 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites