Dodgy Wheelhorse 312-8

[vhgmcbuddy]

Hello folks,

I’m looking for some advice – knowing NOTHING about tractors I bought a wheel horse 312-8 through eBay. It came with the trailer, rotavator and mower attachments and was described as being in’perfect’ condition. £900 later I realise that it isn’t anywhere close to perfect, and EBay don’t offer any protection for the purchase of vehicles. Needless to say the seller is not answering my calls. The most obvious issue is that the steering has been welded to the axel on a number of occasions and the weld is now bust. There’s also a part missing that should hold the steering column securely…

I took it first to my neighbour, who mends land rovers for a living. It sat in his workshop for about a month before saying he thought it was beyond him, although he recommended a ride on mower specialist 50 miles away. The mower bloke has said that he would need to strip it all back (costing up to £500) and might be a job for a wheel horse enthusiast. All I want is a working mini-tractor to use on our 5 acres of land. Does anyone have any cheap ideas? Does anyone know anyone in Scotland who’s open minded,, creative and good at welding???

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[silverfoxfintry]

Hello Lynn.

You seem to have been unfortunate to say the least.
Do you have any pictures? If so please can you post them on the forum.
Also, Scotland is quite a big place. Can you give an indication of your location?
I worked for an Agricultural engineers for a few years about 15 years ago.
We came across the odd Wheel Horse tractor.
Post some pictures and we will see.

SILVERFOX.

[alan]

Hi

I recall that these are a pretty standard Wheel Horse steering set-up. A shaft sitting in bushes runs between the chassis rails from the bottom of the steering column to the front of the tractor?

Parts diagrams will be online at Toro but as Silverfox says a few photos of the exact problem would be great and we can then recommend a solution.

[vhgmcbuddy]

I like to think I’m open minded, creative and good at welding……I’m in Scotland as well.

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