I bought a Wheel Horse C-120 for £200 and now have the job of seeing if it will run ! It's a nice piece of equipment and I have full confidence in its abilities.
I live in the central U.S my dad and now myself have owned and maintained the same Wheel Horse since 1972. It's a Charger 12, like yours only hydrostatic, with a hydraulic lift in the center and rear both. It used the Brinly line of attachments. Breaking plow, disk, cultivator etc. Ours also has a dozer blade(with down pressure, it'll lift the front wheels off the ground) a snowblower, belly blade in addition to the grass mower. Personally I'd just pressure wash it give a good going over it and enjoy. If you plan on making a show tractor then yes I'd sand it all down and go back that way. Enjoy.
Those K301’s were good engines! All cast iron, could bore them .060” over, the crank is meaty enough to turn, just good dependable engines. When you give it some maintenance, just remember that is a points ignition system, carburator side of engine, out put shaft end, there is a tin cover with a set of points under it. Love your work.
Love those Kohler engines, they’re pretty much bomb proof. Howard used used to use them on their 350 rotovators, and they’d work their socks off all day long day after day. As for the wheel horse, I don’t think I’d worry about paint, it’s fine as is.
I have a dozen w/hs well built . It has a full bunch of attachments from front to rear. If you need deck bearings get them cross matched for a fraction of the price in places. You can use an air hose and shoot from the inside out to do the paper element for a quick fix. I sprained my back trying to unstick mine, my fault. I looked it up and the book said upwards of 500 lbs. Good video !
Wellsir, I vote for a damn good clean and sheep grease for the old girl. It will look great and smell....distinctive. They only get to look that good with original paint once and if it has stood up well this long best to leave alone. Thanks for posting this, never knew Wheelhorse were built that heavy and appreciate machinery made well. That old Kohler is the sweetest gas utility engine have ever heard...just smooth, even sound and a great exhaust note. Music!
Wheel Horse was part of American Motors in the 70's. They should get credit for not altering the excellent quality built into those machines. My mom and stepdad wore out one of them and bought another on their small farm with a large yard in Indiana .
Great video , these tractors are greatly underated, but not by the people who own one , they know what they have got 👍😊If it was me , would clean up , wash , do the service items & Prolan , keep it in its original working clothes 😊👍😊😊👍👍
A good deep clean and the Prolan..👍. Great timing as last year I got one Wheel Horse here in the Uk… so looking forward to seeing what you do with it…👍👍
Give it a ProLan shine and let it live as it has for the last 50 years. I have a C100 that I have used every year for the past 28 years and it is the only lawn tractor tough enough to mow the open field around our house. They are fantastic, super tough and reliable. I will look forward to see what you do with this beauty, they are becoming rare and need to be preserved, used and appreciated. Great video.
I like the UK Ghostbusters style cleaning ..🧽 Sweet mini tractor.. didn't see that fat sound coming🤓 Awesome 😎I want to have one of those Cycle Cars with this Motor in it..
Don't respray it Kurt, good clean and Prolan, keep that nice original working clothes look. Looking forward to you fettling a bit more on this little tractor
Excellent little tractor the Wheel Horse, and the Kohler engines are very good. Well engineered bit of kit and that one look a good buy for its condition . I think it looks good as is with the Prolan and it keeps it nice and original. I like little tractors as they are very handy in tight spaces and can do some work. All the best Mucker.
As much as I'd like to see the video of you painting her up to look new again I think it's better to oil her up and leave as is. She suits the used look.
Muck Great Vid! Keep it original. I have a ‘76 C 120 8 speed my parents bought new from a Chevy/ Wheel Horse dealer in Adams, Wisconsin Still runs great. I use it for my trail mower
Make it mechanically and functionally spot on - blades sharpened, belts replaced the lot - but keep the patina, clean it up and give it the lanolin treatment
Hi ya Mucker bloody good video of your little tractor! I think you should wash it down and spray it with that sheep oil it’s looks good with that on it. Fenland Rob
Minty video m'lud, I got a c121 a few years back to tow a poover around the paddock. I didn't know anything about them, it just happened to be what was available in my area cheapish. Like you, I'm surprisingly impressed with it. There's a couple of videos on my channel if anyone's interested. 👍
She lives, awesome little old trusty. I’ve got a 1974 simplicity lawn tractor I use to cart my 6x4 trailer around my place. I’ve got chains on the back wheels and she’ll climb and tow some heavy weight lol, it has a gratorblade I’ve attached on the front. The mower deck shit itself many years ago and I’m spewing I didn’t keep it to restore but anyway, she still runs and runs well. It’s a hydraulic drive, actually has a hydraulic pump on the back that drives the wheels and it’s similar to this old girl you got going, very solid unit. I reckon Mucker, you give her just a good clean up as the paint in yours does seem to be not too bad plus it gives it a sense of age. But old mate, it’s up to you, she would look tops if you did repaint it though ❤❤😊😂👍
I have a 1968 Commando 8 Wheel Horse with an 8 horse Kohler Engine on it that sat for 25 years before I got it I gave $40 American for it clean the carburetor filed the points and it ran that good those Kohler Motors are bulletproof they are the best small engine in my opinion and those wheel horses are awesome How good are they? All OF THE GOOD!! 😂
I like to see both types of tractor restoration ie. complete restoration or retained patina - this tractor is in such good condition it would look great with new paint and decals!
Mighty stuff Kurt and Puppo, they are not putting the iron into the newer yokes anymore, great little machine, ah leave her as original as possible💯👌👍🙏🙂
Great video Kurt 👍 never had any doubt about it starting 😃 these agri style tyres on the back are over £100 each, one of our club members was a pioneer in getting these little tractors started in horticultural ploughing competitions as you can buya plough called a Brinley that uses the lever for lifting the deck to lift the plough at the back , my preference would be to leave it original every scrape bump dent is part of its history and just so happens originality is my thing, my 1958 is totally original and many people have commented on that 👍 enjoy Lamma 👌
My dad had a rotavator with a Kohler engine, it was a beast! Hearing it fire up took me right back to the eighties, watching him do his veg garden. I too had a go with it when i was about 15 yrs old and about nine stone, it used to throw me about all over the place. I did eventually get the boss of it.
Cool old tractor, I say just prolan it to preserve the patina, didn't take much to get that old beast running again! I collect old chainsaws and I never restore them, I just clean them up, get them running and leave them in their original patina to show the work they've done.
Excellent day Lord Muck :) also well made plus say start up super and my cousin Dave has one! He got lawn deck , blade for snow plow or dirt bade on back with arms 3 point hitch and plus tiller for ground turn over for garden work for yummy human foods ! Plus wheel weights and tire chains too also Kohler USA motor gas one on his to! Also Lord Muck give tune up plus bath and use respray solution on after dries up too! If want know my cousin Dave use 89 octane with 5 % Ethonal fuel or 91 octane that 0 % Ethonal in plus grey bottle of STP Total Treatment fuel injection and carb cleaner every year plus month uses it , fuel filter changes , spark plugs , air and oil change ever 3 months of 10w30 engine oil no synthetic type to belts 2 times year! He get belts from TORO lawn tractor or farm company sells old farm tractor supplies like called COOP !
Prolan every day of the week. Perfect treatment for this great little vehicle. Also, a great way to get around a show. You would look like a total prat if you drove around on a golf cart OR a quad and … the mini-Matador should be left to the young fella😁. Cheers from NZ🇳🇿. Have a good year. P.S. The Prolan will counteract the smell of old cut grass residue.
Mucker you have a antique there and yes she's a Bute ,I love this older stuff from the 50s and 60s ,good to see you Mucking about with it , this would be a good project to Bring Kim in on to give you a hand ,That fuel line is harder that a bankers heart ,Ya got a runner Mucker ,you need some bloody heat in that shop before you freeze your nickers off, Do a respray
Nice video Kurt. I picked up a 706 in 1988 and it got a page in Tractor & Machinery a few years back (August 2011) ; Got rid as the deck finally rotted beyond possible repair and the shaft stub mounts in the deck cracked.. Got a Toro but it was nowhere near as good. Apparently the first Wheel Horse models used cut down Ford Model T rear axles. Proper Job.
Could not agree more..... what a fantastic note coming from that engine 👌 Absolutely keep it orginal with a good coat of pro lan - looks amazing as she is.
That started with some help from a bit of JD party gas in a can😅, thing looks well built👌 great video, and for me working clothes and some lanoline. Cheers, Mike
Enjoy handling a piece of American history it would be a wonderful and glorious thing if America could go back to making our own products and that were made last truly enjoy your channel keep up all the wonderful work that you do thank you
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Don't paint it just love it and use it, it sounds great and it's made so well. All the best from Henry
These tractors are pretty much garden tanks and were designed to last a lifetime. Unlike todays offerings.
Just give a good cleaning with the proland
Sort out the dents and deck then paint it.
Restore is not a re-paint as you call it just clean it up good it’s a real beauty you have got a real good deal on that congratulations
I live in the central U.S my dad and now myself have owned and maintained the same Wheel Horse since 1972. It's a Charger 12, like yours only hydrostatic, with a hydraulic lift in the center and rear both. It used the Brinly line of attachments. Breaking plow, disk, cultivator etc. Ours also has a dozer blade(with down pressure, it'll lift the front wheels off the ground) a snowblower, belly blade in addition to the grass mower. Personally I'd just pressure wash it give a good going over it and enjoy. If you plan on making a show tractor then yes I'd sand it all down and go back that way. Enjoy.
Those K301’s were good engines! All cast iron, could bore them .060” over, the crank is meaty enough to turn, just good dependable engines. When you give it some maintenance, just remember that is a points ignition system, carburator side of engine, out put shaft end, there is a tin cover with a set of points under it. Love your work.
Love the original look
Good wash, full service, a grease round and spray with prolan. Looks good as she stands👍
Well, it was worth watching the video. Just to see the look on your face as it fired up. The land and then looks like a best bet
Love those Kohler engines, they’re pretty much bomb proof. Howard used used to use them on their 350 rotovators, and they’d work their socks off all day long day after day. As for the wheel horse, I don’t think I’d worry about paint, it’s fine as is.
When I was a pup my old man and I built a solid axle go cart with a 12 hp kohler, that thing ripped an absolute beast! Sweet Tractor!!!
This just made me want to get my old wheel horse back in the garage and up and running for spring.
Do it
And film it
And then show us 👍
I have a dozen w/hs well built . It has a full bunch of attachments from front to rear. If you need deck bearings get them cross matched for a fraction of the price in places. You can use an air hose and shoot from the inside out to do the paper element for a quick fix.
I sprained my back trying to unstick mine, my fault. I looked it up and the book said upwards of 500 lbs. Good video !
We’ve got two of these one for cutting the grass and one for fun. Brilliant piece of kit.
Beautiful little bugger. She runs like a dream. Give her a good wash and let that patina shine.
35 year old Honda 38/13 here love it use it as a tractor on the smallholding- wonderful old beauty
That is a neat tractor to just putter around and having a laugh👍
Wellsir, I vote for a damn good clean and sheep grease for the old girl. It will look great and smell....distinctive. They only get to look that good with original paint once and if it has stood up well this long best to leave alone.
Thanks for posting this, never knew Wheelhorse were built that heavy and appreciate machinery made well. That old Kohler is the sweetest gas utility engine have ever heard...just smooth, even sound and a great exhaust note. Music!
Lamb oil and lawns. Cool tractor!
Wheel Horse was part of American Motors in the 70's. They should get credit for not altering the excellent quality built into those machines. My mom and stepdad wore out one of them and bought another on their small farm with a large yard in Indiana .
Great video , these tractors are greatly underated, but not by the people who own one , they know what they have got 👍😊If it was me , would clean up , wash , do the service items & Prolan , keep it in its original working clothes 😊👍😊😊👍👍
I'm new to the channel from the US. Love the content. Keep it up , keep the history... #deaselcreek fan led me to you...
A good deep clean and the Prolan..👍. Great timing as last year I got one Wheel Horse here in the Uk… so looking forward to seeing what you do with it…👍👍
Purrs like a kitten!! 😁 Sounds great and drives great.....mows great! Excellent work!! I think it should be preserved. So i vote for the Prolan. 👌
Years ago I had the 16hp big brother to that one with the mower deck, roto tiller and snow plow. It was a real workhorse!
Give it a ProLan shine and let it live as it has for the last 50 years. I have a C100 that I have used every year for the past 28 years and it is the only lawn tractor tough enough to mow the open field around our house. They are fantastic, super tough and reliable. I will look forward to see what you do with this beauty, they are becoming rare and need to be preserved, used and appreciated. Great video.
Purring like a kitten 🐱keep her elle naturelle 😻
I like the UK Ghostbusters style cleaning ..🧽
Sweet mini tractor.. didn't see that fat sound coming🤓
Awesome 😎I want to have one of those Cycle Cars with this Motor in it..
Don't respray it Kurt, good clean and Prolan, keep that nice original working clothes look. Looking forward to you fettling a bit more on this little tractor
Hit it with the lamb oil and call it good mate! Cheers from the states! 🍻🇺🇸
Lovely piece of machinery, pressure wash and prolan ❤😊
Just wash keep it has it was cracking little bit of kit 👏🏻
Excellent little tractor the Wheel Horse, and the Kohler engines are very good. Well engineered bit of kit and that one look a good buy for its condition . I think it looks good as is with the Prolan and it keeps it nice and original. I like little tractors as they are very handy in tight spaces and can do some work. All the best Mucker.
They are a beast of a machine. Neat to see one across the pond. Enjoy it Lord Muck.
As much as I'd like to see the video of you painting her up to look new again I think it's better to oil her up and leave as is. She suits the used look.
Wash, clean & kote it. Let the old girl show her age with pride ! Thank you for another great video. Stay safe out there. Cheers
Muck
Great Vid! Keep it original. I have a ‘76 C 120 8 speed my parents bought new from a Chevy/ Wheel Horse dealer in Adams, Wisconsin
Still runs great. I use it for my trail mower
Wash and Prolan, keep original. Great video, fantastic old machines
Good to have you back your Lordship, I think the Wheelhorse deserves to keep her current patina a good clean and preserve. 👌👌👌
Lanolin’s the go. Keep the original condition of tractor that way.
Keep it in working clothes ,good grease up ,new belts ,good to go .. Great video ,enjoyed it 👍🏻
Love the patina, Prolan for me.
I'm so glad I found you through Matt @DieselCreek.
My vote, seal it and save the rustic nature.
A good clean up and then prolan
Make it mechanically and functionally spot on - blades sharpened, belts replaced the lot - but keep the patina, clean it up and give it the lanolin treatment
Those old wheel horse tractors are pretty neat little tractors, and I’d leave it how it is I like that original paint
Hi ya Mucker bloody good video of your little tractor! I think you should wash it down and spray it with that sheep oil it’s looks good with that on it. Fenland Rob
Pro lan all over mucker they are brilliant little machines very much underrated good luck happy new year
Put the biggest smile on my face when she fired up 😁….. I say keep her original it looks in lovely condition 👍
Proper solid thing that, Mucka. The ‘Howard Gem’ of ride on tractors 👌 Stick with the prolan and original paint I’d say, its not to shabby as it is.
Cheers Mucker, over the pond we love these tractors ..thanks for the Collie bit...love those dogs...all dogs actually, peace.
Hello mucker!! In my opinion its a simple recipe, power wash, service and prolan all over it and have fun with it!! Nice tractor by the way!! Cheers!!
I love lanolin,sheep grease.I'm Welsh : }
The purest would say restoration but I think it looks better with the patina it has it earned every bit of it I hope this helps
The Wheel horse is an oily rag restoration all day long Mucker. 👍🏻😎👌🏻🚜
Pro-Lan it, Mucker. Good job, good video.
If you can get the decals; respray. If not; Prolan. Either way you are presenting a brilliant machine in its true colours !
Minty video m'lud, I got a c121 a few years back to tow a poover around the paddock. I didn't know anything about them, it just happened to be what was available in my area cheapish. Like you, I'm surprisingly impressed with it. There's a couple of videos on my channel if anyone's interested. 👍
Thoroughly enjoyed the video, thanks. It looks in really good condition so I would clean it up and then spray it with Prolan. 👍
Kim will nab that and add it to her miniature collection 🤗
Personally, that machine is worth the work to respray and keep. Wonderful little tractor.
Great effort! I reckon a good clean then Prolan, keeps it original character, great project!
She lives, awesome little old trusty. I’ve got a 1974 simplicity lawn tractor I use to cart my 6x4 trailer around my place. I’ve got chains on the back wheels and she’ll climb and tow some heavy weight lol, it has a gratorblade I’ve attached on the front. The mower deck shit itself many years ago and I’m spewing I didn’t keep it to restore but anyway, she still runs and runs well. It’s a hydraulic drive, actually has a hydraulic pump on the back that drives the wheels and it’s similar to this old girl you got going, very solid unit. I reckon Mucker, you give her just a good clean up as the paint in yours does seem to be not too bad plus it gives it a sense of age. But old mate, it’s up to you, she would look tops if you did repaint it though ❤❤😊😂👍
I have a 1968 Commando 8 Wheel Horse with an 8 horse Kohler Engine on it that sat for 25 years before I got it I gave $40 American for it clean the carburetor filed the points and it ran that good those Kohler Motors are bulletproof they are the best small engine in my opinion and those wheel horses are awesome
How good are they? All OF THE GOOD!! 😂
Give it a little sprucing up with Pro Lan and keep the old girl in her working cloths.
Great job Mucker! I have a 1977 C140 dad bought new absolutely love it works great! Thanks.
Great. Now i want a Wheel Horse. Cheers.
(Yet another fantastic video btw)
Keep it as it is! Looks great.
Yesss!! I've been watching your channel for years and have been waiting for the moment when you buy a garden tractor. Well done 👍
I like to see both types of tractor restoration ie. complete restoration or retained patina - this tractor is in such good condition it would look great with new paint and decals!
Great job mate from iowa , got a C141 yesterday and im so impressed by the simple quality toughness of these old gems ❤💯 Thanks for posting sir 😊
What a cracking wee machine there Mucker , just a wipe down with the oily rag will do for me. 👌
Sheep in a can +1
Gees, couldn't Kohler learn a thing or two from what they used to make!
Very nice little machine.
Mighty stuff Kurt and Puppo, they are not putting the iron into the newer yokes anymore, great little machine, ah leave her as original as possible💯👌👍🙏🙂
Very satisfying video again, thanks, I'd polish it up, lovely.
Great video Kurt 👍 never had any doubt about it starting 😃 these agri style tyres on the back are over £100 each, one of our club members was a pioneer in getting these little tractors started in horticultural ploughing competitions as you can buya plough called a Brinley that uses the lever for lifting the deck to lift the plough at the back , my preference would be to leave it original every scrape bump dent is part of its history and just so happens originality is my thing, my 1958 is totally original and many people have commented on that 👍 enjoy Lamma 👌
Great video. I say Prolan. Enjoyed watching. 👍🏼
My dad had a rotavator with a Kohler engine, it was a beast! Hearing it fire up took me right back to the eighties, watching him do his veg garden. I too had a go with it when i was about 15 yrs old and about nine stone, it used to throw me about all over the place. I did eventually get the boss of it.
Definitely keep it original with the lanolin
Neighbours ill love that little humdinger 💥 😎, Prolan please & thank you, keep the patina
Cool old tractor, I say just prolan it to preserve the patina, didn't take much to get that old beast running again! I collect old chainsaws and I never restore them, I just clean them up, get them running and leave them in their original patina to show the work they've done.
Hi Mucker, beautiful machine and great show. Spray her up in lamb oil👌 keep the good work up.👍
Excellent day Lord Muck :) also well made plus say start up super and my cousin Dave has one! He got lawn deck , blade for snow plow or dirt bade on back with arms 3 point hitch and plus tiller for ground turn over for garden work for yummy human foods ! Plus wheel weights and tire chains too also Kohler USA motor gas one on his to! Also Lord Muck give tune up plus bath and use respray solution on after dries up too! If want know my cousin Dave use 89 octane with 5 % Ethonal fuel or 91 octane that 0 % Ethonal in plus grey bottle of STP Total Treatment fuel injection and carb cleaner every year plus month uses it , fuel filter changes , spark plugs , air and oil change ever 3 months of 10w30 engine oil no synthetic type to belts 2 times year! He get belts from TORO lawn tractor or farm company sells old farm tractor supplies like called COOP !
Lovely bit of kit Lord Muck!
Prolan every day of the week. Perfect treatment for this great little vehicle. Also, a great way to get around a show. You would look like a total prat if you drove around on a golf cart OR a quad and … the mini-Matador should be left to the young fella😁. Cheers from NZ🇳🇿. Have a good year.
P.S. The Prolan will counteract the smell of old cut grass residue.
Jet wash, polish and preserve that one Mr muck, it looks great as it is!
Brilliant little tractors , overhauled one recently because Dad had one in the seventies. Prolan
Mucker you have a antique there and yes she's a Bute ,I love this older stuff from the 50s and 60s ,good to see you Mucking about with it , this would be a good project to Bring Kim in on to give you a hand ,That fuel line is harder that a bankers heart ,Ya got a runner Mucker ,you need some bloody heat in that shop before you freeze your nickers off, Do a respray
Nice video Kurt. I picked up a 706 in 1988 and it got a page in Tractor & Machinery a few years back (August 2011) ; Got rid as the deck finally rotted beyond possible repair and the shaft stub mounts in the deck cracked.. Got a Toro but it was nowhere near as good. Apparently the first Wheel Horse models used cut down Ford Model T rear axles. Proper Job.
reminds me of the sound of my old howard rotavator, love this new content.👌
Love this tractor well done for getting it going
Leave the tin work as is and give her a coat of pro lan , great vid Kurt , nice to see the wheel.horse running and what a cracking tune she makes .
Great video, keep her in her overalls and prolan it👍
Both , clear coat it to preserve the patina and prolan the axles engine and and running gear.
Could not agree more..... what a fantastic note coming from that engine 👌
Absolutely keep it orginal with a good coat of pro lan - looks amazing as she is.
Prolan it!
Greetings from Australia!!
That started with some help from a bit of JD party gas in a can😅, thing looks well built👌 great video, and for me working clothes and some lanoline.
Cheers, Mike
Happy NY, Kurt. Prolan it. Keep the patterne. Suits the machine. Great wee tractor & what a good job you did on it. 👌👍
Happy new year Rob !
Enjoy handling a piece of American history it would be a wonderful and glorious thing if America could go back to making our own products and that were made last truly enjoy your channel keep up all the wonderful work that you do thank you
Awesome to see more wheel horses out there I bought a wheel horse B81 for 220 USD a few months ago.
Lovely lil machine that. Purrs a treat. 👍👍🇬🇧