WHEEL HORSE is the best garden tractor brand ..... Here's proof

[Wild Bill in VA 1,452]

Years ago, this "staged" photo was taken with Brandon Pfeiffer and I for a little fun and was put on the rear cover of Lawn and Garden Collector magazine and also a framed copy hangs on Brandon's office wall. Now Brandon has always been a big John Deere man and I don't think anybody on Red Square questions my heritage so any time Brandon and I get together ..... something is going to happen. Now take a close look at the photo and you will see the rag tied to the chain to mark the more powerful tractor is on the Wheel Horse side of the painted white line .... oh yes, the Wheel Horse just pulled that John Deere backwards!!!!   Welllll ...... I kinda' did say this was a staged photo but did I really make sure the rag was over on the Wheel Horse side of the line when the picture was taken without Brandon knowing? I will never tell! And as you can see in the second photo and y'all know how much of a gentleman I am that I helped push the John Deere back where it came from.

Wild Bill in Richmond VA

[The Freightliner Guy 1,327]

I will say wh is awesome but I don’t think that jd had a fair fight wheel horse is super great but jd is a little more successful but I still like both companies when it comes to garden/lawn tractors wh is probably the way to go 

[Handy Don 12,233]

JD is an amazing company and builds some great equipment for the "premium" end of the market.

WH did a superb job of engineering and marketing to a different "more affordable" segment with their products. But don't be fooled, WH was never cheap just less expensive and somewhat less "feature rich" that the contemporary JD models.

[Wild Bill in VA 1,452]

11 hours ago, Handy Don said:

JD is an amazing company and builds some great equipment for the "premium" end of the market.

WH did a superb job of engineering and marketing to a different "more affordable" segment with their products. But don't be fooled, WH was never cheap just less expensive and somewhat less "feature rich" that the contemporary JD models.

Don. I will tell ya' .... Years ago, we were at a big tractor show in Indiana and the featured garden tractor model was Gravely, so the Gravely folks got this huge tent set up and their head Gravely guy was giving a speech and just talkin' it up about all the attachments Gravely has, so much more than any other manufacturer. So, at this point my temperature is starting to rise, my blood is beginning to boil and I'm gonna' blow a gasket!  Ain't nobody gonna" tell me about all the attachments there brand has, well at this point we are telling each other "well Gravely has a welder attachment" and me saying "yes Wheel Horse has one too" so we go all the way down the list and finally the Gravely guy says "Gravely has a attachment that you can use on the roof of a building to take shingles off" .... Huh??? I could not Imageon lugging a heavy Gravely up on roof to take shingle off but then I told him "Well Wheel Horse has a cup holder and an AM radio!" I then smiled and I got out of there fast before I got my butt kicked!

Wild Bill in Richmond VA

[The Freightliner Guy 1,327]

Wh does definitely have cooler lawn and garden tractors the rj just looks beautiful but the newer toro wh don’t look as good when it comes to small tractors wh looks better 

[peter lena 8,634]

@Wild Bill in VA  agree to a point , lawn / garden tractors made back in the day , shared  a number of  build up ideas and opportunities , wheel horse /  john deere  / gravley / bolens , cub cadet ,  all had the chance to build up from basically the same parts /  equipment  build up stash . it was time that made the biggest difference , wheel horse hung on as long as it could , toro obviousely was , the killing final stage , to a long era designed  yard tractor. it was almost shocking to me to watch  J/D go total plastic , pressed metal parts . loved the gravely units , truly a  work beast , similar bolens build ups . think today , refreshing a horse , is a great opportunity to integrate improvements to it  to make it live on . just my own 2 cents , along with regular  thorough maintenance , when these are gone , thats it , like a covered wagon . been enjoying my stuff  40 + years . pete   

[Handy Don 12,233]

11 hours ago, Wild Bill in VA said:

Huh??? I could not Imageon lugging a heavy Gravely up on roof to take shingle off but then I told him "Well Wheel Horse has a cup holder and an AM radio!" I then smiled and I got out of there fast before I got my butt kicked!

 

Sounds like a mighty dubious claim for that era, but I admire your fighting retreat, Bill!

I've seen recent building demolitions where a skid steer was hoisted up to knock down inner walls and jackhammer the floor underneath it!

Also, didn't someone post a picture of a GT suspended from a crane trimming the top of a really tall hedge--with an operator in the seat, no less.

I like havin' the wheels on the ground, myself.