We live in a world where things are made to snap together and break when you try to take it apart. Nice little machine you have there with a little love it will keep going
Dave, as a 60 year old woman, even I can work on my truck, a wonderful 1970 C10 long bed pickup whose name is Bessie. I love my Bessie and I love the simplicity of how she was built to last. Old things are special. Great video!
I totally agree. A lot of old equipment is just meant to be fixed and repaired. There is no reason ( aside from rust) that an old piece of gear can't be kept in service with a little attention.
Hey Dave! I have a 1964 bolens 600. The harder I run it,the better it runs. The original motor was wore out, In 2017 I bought a 7 HP Hemi predator engine from harbor freight. Plus I made an adapter plate for it. Runs great.
Was just werken on my "new" Wheelhorse;; a 1998 D 520,as it was abused,neglected& just served 24 years of "Hard Labor" & traded in fer an "orange unit". With a good de-greasing, adjustments, PROPER lubrication (every joint very dry, but still good) @ 942 hours it will live another 1000-2000 hours VERY EASY. This machine like the other's in the "fleet" are VERY FUEL EFFICIENT. Once upon a time l had a "Crapsman" 26hp hydrostatic "Excelerator Model" 54" cut for my 2 acre yard for grass cutting dutys---what a piece of JUNK! Just wanted to give my 1994 C 160 hydro 900hr machine a "break"---/--- what a MISTAKE. At 3500.oo$ ,a 6.5 gal fuel tank was only capable of cutting 3 acres before it " Guzzled" through the fuel--- Very UN- ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY. Where as "any" of my Wheelhorse's can cut 4 acres on 2.5 gallons of fuel== 6 times MORE EFFICENT:: MIRACULOUSLY FAR Superior! With the advent of the "new fangled ZERO turn mower-syckels" ,this gas guzzinling Continues. My biggest & easy joy is spending 1.25 hours per week mowing 2 acres per week on "only" 1.15 gals of gasoline.Thanks for the great Video Sir and happy safe "Wheelhorse-powering".
Man was that last part true. I’ve been fixing up all of my things since forever. All the newer stuff i have to fix so much more often unless i buy from local businesses. Thanks for a great video.
Man, I love me that stuff built to last!!! They make stuff that doesn't last and charge 5-10 times as much. No sense in that at all. And mechanical beats electrical for any kind of motor driven anything in my book. Nice job!
hell Brookie you can get a key to fit at any hardware.go for it. great job Dave bring back the old school .I try to do it when ever I can. love the old stuff thats what was built to last ,not now its throw away. hate that. care on old school rocks.
Man wish that I would have found your vedios sooner. Got me a c-121 for 50$. Those horse's do run and live for a long time. Keep them coming job well done.
You wrenched her back to life! Great job my tinkering union brother! Threw your head back with that PTO. Totally agree about bringing that old boy back to life instead of going and buying a modern piece of %#$@. If you don't cut or bruise yourself, then you ain't tinkering right! Have a good one DW. TFS!
Thanks TSP! As far as tinkering goes...this thing was about as easy to work on as anything gets. If it were any simpler it would be an old OMC outboard.
I had an old Bolens that I started to restore. I rebuilt the deck new spindles and pulleys and blades and belts. I ordered alot of the stuff from ebay but then I found a guy a few miles from here that ran a lawnmower salvage yard and got a lot from him. This tractor even had wheel weights. This thing was a beast. My regular modern rider (Husqvarna) isn't half the weight. I'm not sure, but I don't think they build things like that anymore.
I have 3 horses,oldest ia a 1972 i use every week with a 48" deck,14 hp kohler,keep the oil changed they will last a lifetime,grease fittings on all moveable parts,shame they sold out,Crip in ohio
@@stevecrippen7472 Yeah.....Toro wanted a lawn tractor so the bought out Wheel Horse tractors, started out by the Pond brothers, one of them split away and started building his own variant of tractor, a Speedex tractor.
Great job Dave. I really like your farm, piece of paradise. I grew up on a family farm here in Ohio, so I can appreciate being out, far removed from the rat race of the urban jungle. A nice utility wagon would sure be a nice addition to the tractor. Nice for hauling Fire wood and other items. Have a good day brother. -Stephen, Ohio
One of my weaknesses is those kick ass old school garden tractors !! Huge JD fan and I have several but always loved wheel horse too !! And I agree! Build some that lasts 40 plus years then you’ve got something !!
I couldn't agree more- when we went to a disposable society in the 70's that's where we really went wrong. Things should be built to last and treated as such. Great job!!
Thanks Chris, I just like stuff I can actually work on.....and thats another thing...not just that things should be built to last, but also built to be fixed, with simple durable designs. Thats what the environmental movement could put all its energy into. Thats green. Build something that won't go straight into a landfill and stop the manufacturing of NON fixable equipment.
It went that way in the 70's because that when we found out that the planet wasn't going to surpport what was coming and our leaders opened the flood gates to anyone who wants to build themselves a personal fortune and try to survive the coming extinction. Can't run an ever expanding economy by building things which last and that most of us can fix ourselves you need disposable and fancy new to be in vogue. We don't have long left now but Dave sure makes it better with his common sense approach and his down to Earth life style. Let's all be Radical!
We sadly live in a throw away world. Nothing much today is built to last or made easy to work on. And yes indeed is this instance going backwards is better than forwards 😁👍
Love your vids man, I just traded an old dirt bike for a old 60s wheel horse tractor similar to this one. The raider 10, can’t wait to start wrenching on it. The guy gave me the tractor, a plow, snow chains and a trailer for it.
Up and running, cleaned the tank and carb adjusted the clutch assembly, sharpened the blades mowed my weeds and 2 of my neighbors lawns. listed that PIA Craftsman LT1000 I been using on Craigslist. I love repurposing old mechanical things although I don't really consider early 80s stuff old hell I guess it is.@@Bushradical
@@Bushradical I dumped that Anemic Briggs and that clutch and dropped a 13HP honda in I sold the deck for 200 bucks the thing is way more useful as a tractor and really came alive with the Honda bolted right in too.
I agree with the second choice as well. The new ones are just junk. May get 2 to 3 years without any problems then all hell breaks loose, and that's with babying it to death. God forbid you have to use it over tough terrain, or hauling a lil trailer full of manure. BTW seen what happend to your wifes camera. THAT SUCKS! I got mine running again by immediatly pulling the battery and opening it up and setting it over the heater vent for a week to let it dry out. Probably to late to do it now for yours, you have to be quick right after it happens but who knows you might get lucky. Thanks for posting, great vidja
I prefer to have stuff that I can fix myself. It seems that it's becoming a disposable world, with things being made cheaper (and I don't mean less expensive) so instead of fixin it, just get a new one. Great little tractor Dave.
built to last fixed at home fit for purpose do what it say on the tin class liked this loved your small holding stone work the board n batten old school
dave i have 5 gave 58 away should have kept it = go3 63 with deck 7 hp ? got 70 used it for parts good motor transrear got 312-8 1985 runs great then my fav 1990 with plow - deck =62 has old farm plow did my garden 30 - 48 did great love horses === my only gripe theres no stainless steel pullys or decks so no rust ih ho silver
I know! Every time I use one I think MAN! I gotta get a set of these........and then I forget to! I believe you, agree with you, and one day I will have these magic wrenches!!!
Yeah, I know, i know.....its my own stupid procrastination about picking them up that keeps me from having a set. LOL . I could have saved 15 minutes on that one bolt.....
How do I push a 1970's Craftman riding lawnmower? Cant find any mechanism that just pulls out like on my newer lawnmowers that enables me to push it manually.
I totally agree with you that's why have a car that I use every single day as 24 years don't give me a problem I got a Jeep from 87 still going and not I'll beat the hell just took good care of it name of the tractors I love old tractors they think old people polluted the planet and we're more harmful than they are now no we're not I think we're more pollution nowadays then back in the day the people got to have a new car every two years back in the day you bought a new car and you drove it until it didn't go no longer if you're lucky you got a couple decades same with the tractors say what equipment everything but now it is everybody's got to have new devices every few years what a ton of E-Waste we make every single year So the bottom line is I think we do more pollution nowadays then back in the old days if you get what I said
That belt is too tight, the clutch pedel needs full travel to disengage the belt from the trans or else sometime the belt still spins with the clutch depressed and can result in stripping gears when you try to shift. It should take a 5/8x83in
Bushradical no problem, also some people might tell you that you need cloth sided belts due to the fact the clutch mechanism just slips the belt when the clutch is pressed but I’m using a regular rubber v-belt and it’s working fine
Looks a lot like my 1967 comando 8 still working after all these years!!!!
Nothing beats a Wheelhorse for being easy to work on, very simple but well built.
Great machines!
Love that rock silo not many of them left anymore!
We live in a world where things are made to snap together and break when you try to take it apart. Nice little machine you have there with a little love it will keep going
Dave, as a 60 year old woman, even I can work on my truck, a wonderful 1970 C10 long bed pickup whose name is Bessie. I love my Bessie and I love the simplicity of how she was built to last. Old things are special. Great video!
I totally agree. A lot of old equipment is just meant to be fixed and repaired. There is no reason ( aside from rust) that an old piece of gear can't be kept in service with a little attention.
Hey Dave! I have a 1964 bolens 600. The harder I run it,the better it runs. The original motor was wore out, In 2017 I bought a 7 HP Hemi predator engine from harbor freight. Plus I made an adapter plate for it. Runs great.
Well said about the environment part. I fully agree.
Was just werken on my "new" Wheelhorse;; a 1998 D 520,as it was abused,neglected& just served 24 years of "Hard Labor" & traded in fer an "orange unit". With a good de-greasing, adjustments, PROPER lubrication (every joint very dry, but still good) @ 942 hours it will live another 1000-2000 hours VERY EASY. This machine like the other's in the "fleet" are VERY FUEL EFFICIENT. Once upon a time l had a "Crapsman" 26hp hydrostatic "Excelerator Model" 54" cut for my 2 acre yard for grass cutting dutys---what a piece of JUNK! Just wanted to give my 1994 C 160 hydro 900hr machine a "break"---/--- what a MISTAKE. At 3500.oo$ ,a 6.5 gal fuel tank was only capable of cutting 3 acres before it " Guzzled" through the fuel--- Very UN- ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY. Where as "any" of my Wheelhorse's can cut 4 acres on 2.5 gallons of fuel== 6 times MORE EFFICENT:: MIRACULOUSLY FAR Superior! With the advent of the "new fangled ZERO turn mower-syckels" ,this gas guzzinling Continues. My biggest & easy joy is spending 1.25 hours per week mowing 2 acres per week on "only" 1.15 gals of gasoline.Thanks for the great Video Sir and happy safe "Wheelhorse-powering".
I love my small collection of vintage garden tractors!
What you said about " building stuff to last " is so TRUE, but the makers /sales reps. dont see it that way.
there is so many reasons why they dont build them like they used to its a shame but its also kinda evil
I wanna go for a joy ride! I'll wait till you're in Alaska and then I'm gonna hot rod that thing :)
I'm taking the key with me.
@@Bushradical lol
It not that hard to hot wire lawn mower lol .. enjoy your ride LoL
Man was that last part true. I’ve been fixing up all of my things since forever. All the newer stuff i have to fix so much more often unless i buy from local businesses. Thanks for a great video.
Man, I love me that stuff built to last!!! They make stuff that doesn't last and charge 5-10 times as much. No sense in that at all. And mechanical beats electrical for any kind of motor driven anything in my book. Nice job!
That was great! Old GOLD! plenty of life in that old iron...another project done & fun too:)
Right on brother!
hell Brookie you can get a key to fit at any hardware.go for it. great job Dave bring back the old school .I try to do it when ever I can. love the old stuff thats what was built to last ,not now its throw away. hate that. care on old school rocks.
Man wish that I would have found your vedios sooner. Got me a c-121 for 50$. Those horse's do run and live for a long time. Keep them coming job well done.
Thats a great tractor ! Congrats on the price.
She's a thing of beauty!!!...well done David
Thanks woods! I love stuff that was made to work and be worked on!
Have 72 c_ 160,for 35 yrs ,keeps running,will out live me
i have a wheel horse! LOVE IT!!
You wrenched her back to life! Great job my tinkering union brother! Threw your head back with that PTO.
Totally agree about bringing that old boy back to life instead of going and buying a modern piece of %#$@.
If you don't cut or bruise yourself, then you ain't tinkering right! Have a good one DW. TFS!
Thanks TSP! As far as tinkering goes...this thing was about as easy to work on as anything gets. If it were any simpler it would be an old OMC outboard.
I had an old Bolens that I started to restore. I rebuilt the deck new spindles and pulleys and blades and belts. I ordered alot of the stuff from ebay but then I found a guy a few miles from here that ran a lawnmower salvage yard and got a lot from him. This tractor even had wheel weights. This thing was a beast. My regular modern rider (Husqvarna) isn't half the weight. I'm not sure, but I don't think they build things like that anymore.
Boles are cool. I'd like to get a JD 112 just to tinker with. You don't see many Bolens around though.
Nice job! It looks like one of those tractors that will still be running when everything else is gone.
Its so simple. Just a cast iron engine hooked to a cast iron gear box tranny with a belt, a couple tires and a seat!
I have 3 horses,oldest ia a 1972 i use every week with a 48" deck,14 hp kohler,keep the oil changed they will last a lifetime,grease fittings on all moveable parts,shame they sold out,Crip in ohio
@@stevecrippen7472 Yeah.....Toro wanted a lawn tractor so the bought out Wheel Horse tractors, started out by the Pond brothers, one of them split away and started building his own variant of tractor, a Speedex tractor.
Great job Dave. I really like your farm, piece of paradise. I grew up on a family farm here in Ohio, so I can appreciate being out, far removed from the rat race of the urban jungle. A nice utility wagon would sure be a nice addition to the tractor. Nice for hauling Fire wood and other items. Have a good day brother. -Stephen, Ohio
One of my weaknesses is those kick ass old school garden tractors !! Huge JD fan and I have several but always loved wheel horse too !! And I agree! Build some that lasts 40 plus years then you’ve got something !!
Right on!!!
Great fix Dave.
I couldn't agree more- when we went to a disposable society in the 70's that's where we really went wrong. Things should be built to last and treated as such. Great job!!
Thanks Chris, I just like stuff I can actually work on.....and thats another thing...not just that things should be built to last, but also built to be fixed, with simple durable designs. Thats what the environmental movement could put all its energy into. Thats green. Build something that won't go straight into a landfill and stop the manufacturing of NON fixable equipment.
Yeah, exactly- built to be fixed and not just thrown away.
you know it!
It went that way in the 70's because that when we found out that the planet wasn't going to surpport what was coming and our leaders opened the flood gates to anyone who wants to build themselves a personal fortune and try to survive the coming extinction. Can't run an ever expanding economy by building things which last and that most of us can fix ourselves you need disposable and fancy new to be in vogue. We don't have long left now but Dave sure makes it better with his common sense approach and his down to Earth life style. Let's all be Radical!
AMEN brother!! Build things that last and not have to be replace!! Heck yeah!!
Right on !!
Love it! I had a couple 8Ns and a 2N. Nothing better than fixing up then using old tractors.
We sadly live in a throw away world. Nothing much today is built to last or made easy to work on. And yes indeed is this instance going backwards is better than forwards 😁👍
I just got a wheel horse gt 14 yesterday and it runs great I love old tractors
I got a GT 14 last year. It’s a beast !
I love your attitude Dave!
Thanks
Awesome tractor I've always wanted one of those like you said they are great tractors anymore the new ones are junk thumbs up my friends
Yup, they don't make simple , dependable gear like that anymore
Beautiful looking tractor there. Now, if you could get a rear discharge mower deck she'll be a nice tractor to mow grass with.
Love your vids man, I just traded an old dirt bike for a old 60s wheel horse tractor similar to this one. The raider 10, can’t wait to start wrenching on it. The guy gave me the tractor, a plow, snow chains and a trailer for it.
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sweet deal. That looks like a fun little toy
Loads of fun!
Nice job buddy!!!
Thanks , Joesneon!
Good job on the video
Good job, that tractor will probably run another 40 years...
I hope so
I feel you should get out the hot dog roller and paint that thing Dave!
Nice work!
Thanks HLP!
yee yee ! i need toys like that :D love that you got it back to life !
Thanks Daniel. I use that little tractor all the time.
@@Bushradical jeah he deserves it =)
Now you got that. Horse ready for work
Thanks LT. I'm ready to work her!
we use to say Half a wrist or quarter of a wrist for torge ..lol
I just picked one of these up been sitting for a bit haha im excited to get her running...
Let me know how it goes!
Up and running, cleaned the tank and carb adjusted the clutch assembly, sharpened the blades mowed my weeds and 2 of my neighbors lawns. listed that PIA Craftsman LT1000 I been using on Craigslist. I love repurposing old mechanical things although I don't really consider early 80s stuff old hell I guess it is.@@Bushradical
@@Bushradical I dumped that Anemic Briggs and that clutch and dropped a 13HP honda in I sold the deck for 200 bucks the thing is way more useful as a tractor and really came alive with the Honda bolted right in too.
I agree with the second choice as well. The new ones are just junk. May get 2 to 3 years without any problems then all hell breaks loose, and that's with babying it to death. God forbid you have to use it over tough terrain, or hauling a lil trailer full of manure. BTW seen what happend to your wifes camera. THAT SUCKS! I got mine running again by immediatly pulling the battery and opening it up and setting it over the heater vent for a week to let it dry out. Probably to late to do it now for yours, you have to be quick right after it happens but who knows you might get lucky. Thanks for posting, great vidja
Hey That sucks about Brooke's camera.
I prefer to have stuff that I can fix myself. It seems that it's becoming a disposable world, with things being made cheaper (and I don't mean less expensive) so instead of fixin it, just get a new one. Great little tractor Dave.
Thanks Randy
built to last fixed at home fit for purpose do what it say on the tin class liked this loved your small holding stone work the board n batten old school
Thanks!
@2:00. "Totally not the right thing to use here... Whatever!". It's not just a statement... It's a way of life! 💪
Yeah, its hard to see but I was using a large screwdriver to turn a socket. Thanks for checking out the vid TOAOP.
dave i have 5 gave 58 away should have kept it = go3 63 with deck 7 hp ? got 70 used it for parts good motor transrear got 312-8 1985 runs great then my fav 1990 with plow - deck =62 has old farm plow did my garden 30 - 48 did great love horses === my only gripe theres no stainless steel pullys or decks so no rust ih ho silver
I got a wheelhorse charger 10 Automatic. It's been a great work horse. Now got a transmission leak. Hope it's not going to be a headache.
Gear wrench, they will change you life man! 22 years experience mechanic here, and counting :/
I know! Every time I use one I think MAN! I gotta get a set of these........and then I forget to! I believe you, agree with you, and one day I will have these magic wrenches!!!
Bushradical they are fairly cheap as well. we'll worth it!
Yeah, I know, i know.....its my own stupid procrastination about picking them up that keeps me from having a set. LOL . I could have saved 15 minutes on that one bolt.....
When the made quality things in America
Those Kohler engines break con rods for a pastime.
Good job on the tractor. Too bad you couldn't fix Brooke's camera this easily!
Not my forte' , but let me get my sledge hammer and we'll give it a shot!
You're having way too much fun. Maybe twin turbo?
You used the German calibration system! Gutten tight.
Right on!!!
You must be in Canada EH! lol
No, I picked up saying Eh! years ago when I lived in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It always sounds right to me.
@@Bushradical LOL Yeah I read your channel blurb just after posting that comment and saw you were in Alaska. Here in Canada they say it a lot :-)
"it's a tractor, just tightin it up, it's not rocket science."
Thanks!
How do I push a 1970's Craftman riding lawnmower? Cant find any mechanism that just pulls out like on my newer lawnmowers that enables me to push it manually.
In a world where we use power tools to fix power tools, use what you have to get what you NEED.
Word up!
shoulda did a pull swap while u were down there!
I'll have to rematch this video...I did swap a bully in one of these wheelhorse videos.
Hey there Dave - you forgot your plow eh ! Ha - good one & I agree on older units that work for many years - safe - blessed day - bud kirk out
I did pick up a plow.........and another wheel horse tractor.
I totally agree with you that's why have a car that I use every single day as 24 years don't give me a problem I got a Jeep from 87 still going and not I'll beat the hell just took good care of it name of the tractors I love old tractors they think old people polluted the planet and we're more harmful than they are now no we're not I think we're more pollution nowadays then back in the day the people got to have a new car every two years back in the day you bought a new car and you drove it until it didn't go no longer if you're lucky you got a couple decades same with the tractors say what equipment everything but now it is everybody's got to have new devices every few years what a ton of E-Waste we make every single year So the bottom line is I think we do more pollution nowadays then back in the old days if you get what I said
Longer something last the smaller its carbon footprint is
Trying to find out what year my commando ate wheel horse model number 4831 serial number 0559 is what year?
havn tools to fix you own shit saves money
Oh man ! You know it!
That belt is too tight, the clutch pedel needs full travel to disengage the belt from the trans or else sometime the belt still spins with the clutch depressed and can result in stripping gears when you try to shift. It should take a 5/8x83in
Thanks
Bushradical no problem, also some people might tell you that you need cloth sided belts due to the fact the clutch mechanism just slips the belt when the clutch is pressed but I’m using a regular rubber v-belt and it’s working fine