Wild Bill in VA 1,452 #1 Posted September 4, 2022 Bechthold tractor service in Lodi, California, out in the almond fields and whatever else they grow out there is a Wheel Horse dealership AND YES, THEY HAVE A RJ-58! I will let the pictures tell the rest of the story ...... Wild Bill in Richmond VA 5 5 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Bill in VA 1,452 #2 Posted September 4, 2022 More pictures. 3 10 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,217 #3 Posted September 5, 2022 Haven't seen an Oliver outboard in at least 30 years. I'd love to hear the story about the 315 and "the crunch". Is that a 701 dying in the sun? Dual S/G pulley and "footstep" foot rests. Thanks for the pictures, Bill. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,315 #4 Posted September 5, 2022 Very cool! Do we have any members from that area?? I mean there’s gotta be a few old tractors around that dealerships area still chuggin along Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heatingman 971 #5 Posted September 5, 2022 12 hours ago, Wild Bill in VA said: Bechthold tractor service in Lodi, California Looks like skid steer tires on that one up on the top rack Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Retired Wrencher 5,454 #6 Posted September 5, 2022 (edited) Mike I will have to look that up for Ca members. Looks to be about 30 members in Ca. They have some nice-looking tractors there. Edited September 5, 2022 by Retired Wrencher Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,223 #7 Posted September 5, 2022 Bill, love to see photos of old dealerships that are proud enough to keep the insignia prominently displayed. That 701 sitting in the weeds would be a fine member of anyone's herd, looks like it is all there. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,484 #8 Posted September 5, 2022 12 hours ago, Wild Bill in VA said: Looks like a 1045 on the right? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,484 #9 Posted September 5, 2022 7 hours ago, Heatingman said: Looks like skid steer tires on that one up on the top rack Agreed. Available readily in a near to stock size for big wheel Wheelhorses. R-4 / R4 is the industry standard designation. They're good on turf and harder aggregate surfaces. Softer stuff like loose clay or mud I greatly prefer the AG/bar R1 farm tractor tread. IMHO. YMMV. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sailman 1,291 #10 Posted September 5, 2022 Familiar with the skid steer tread but never used it. Was trying to find AG tires in 15 inch for my GT-14 ...but no luck Skid steer tread was closest thing....so I went with turfs. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vurge 158 #11 Posted September 8, 2022 Oh, WOW. I'm relatively local (1 hour away) and haven't ever seen this place! Wheel Horses are really hard to come by around here. I've always thought it was because there were no dealers out here..... guess I'm wrong! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 12,023 #12 Posted September 8, 2022 Very nice! That 315-8 looks like I feel most days... Knocked back and shocked! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Bill in VA 1,452 #13 Posted September 8, 2022 5 hours ago, Vurge said: Oh, WOW. I'm relatively local (1 hour away) and haven't ever seen this place! Wheel Horses are really hard to come by around here. I've always thought it was because there were no dealers out here..... guess I'm wrong! It was in Lodi, CA and the guy with his wife took me to town to eat at an In-N-Out burger joint was maybe 10 minutes away. (This was back in 2008) Wild Bill in Richmond VA 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
