Wheel Horse tractors have developed a solid reputation for dependability, performance, and affordability. Not many small businesses have been as successful as Wheel Horse, and even fewer machines as productive as this long-established line of hardworking garden tractors. It started in the 1920s, when a few good men decided to pool their talents and make a go at the garden tractor industry.The 1920s encouraged the daring and innovative to experiment, and so it all began with a small group of talented handymen. Working hard with spare motorcycle and automobile parts, the group sensibly united to develop a garden tractor that would take America by storm. In just a few short years, Wheel Horse founder Elmer Pond and his cohorts started a company that assembly-line built these powerful tractors. They did a whopping .5 million in sales by the late 1980s. This, as expected, commanded the attention of large corporations throughout the industry especially Toro, one of the leaders in the industry, who later purchased the company.
With their prudently engineered engine mount located between the legs of the driver, and a variable-speed, belt-driven transmission design, Wheel Horse tractors begun their true coming of age. Consumers also benefited from the various tractor attachments and quality-crafted engines when their plant rolled out its GT-14, which housed a 14-horsepower, large-frame design that was all the 1960s rage in garden equipment. Rear tires the size of 27 X 9.50-15, its vertical shaft engine, and the vertical input trans-axle brought it up to the next level performance wise. Thanks to this, as well as its easy handling and advanced engineering, the upstart company begun to carve out a sizeable piece of the industry for themselves.
Wheel Horse tractors are as competitive in price as they are in quality. Purchasing one is more like an investment than an expenditure because the longer you own one the more you realize its value. When Founder Elmer Pond manufactured his first tractor back in the mid '40s he could never have imagined that his creations would one day become collectors items. Today, there are several online communities and collectors groups that meet regularly to share their passion for collecting these red vintage garden tractors.
With all of its highly developed engineering, the Wheel Horse tractor has positioned itself as a front runner in the garden tractor industry. The flexibility and abundant variety of attachments make it possible to equip them for almost every consumer requirement, such as lawn renovation, driveway grading, snow throwing, and a variety of hauling needs. An old saying around the plant was that they were "speedy, sporty and spirited," and that saying still rings true today.
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