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Tire Recommendations for steep, snowy, mud
Alrashid2 replied to Alrashid2's topic in Wheel Horse Tractors
Ya but these are the same rims and tires as others have. I'm thinking that once theyre installed on the tractor and the wheel weights are on, the pressure will squish them down? -
Tire Recommendations for steep, snowy, mud
pfrederi replied to Alrashid2's topic in Wheel Horse Tractors
Bulging happens when you put fat tires on skinny rims... -
It went on its voyage! It hasn’t been started in a month and I barely even bumped the key and it fired right up. It shifts through all the gears nicely and drives smooth. But I was coming back up the driveway and it was like the choke turned on. Made it back up and leaking gas from the front of the carb. Needs a carb rebuild. Also I need throttle cable so I will be posting a wanted add for that. Sorry no pictures or videos.
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I did the Auburn Museum and want to do more museums in the Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Michigan area, there is a lot to see.
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If you are visiting museums in Northern Indiana be sure and visit the Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum in Auburn, Indiana as well. No Wheelhorse's but lots of cool cars as well. I will need to visit the Studebaker museum again when they get the Wheelhorse's updated! Thank you for volunteering to help with that.
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Pretty much what they were. It was Gravely's early attempt to get into the four wheel market. The fiberglass body was a Studebaker design. It incorporated the implements from the 2 wheel walk behind units. It did not however meet Gravely standards and was considered a failure. Production numbers were low. Expectations of finding one is even lower. I have only ever seen one in person.
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Found this in driveway yesterday now that snow is starting to melt. Its definitely Wheel Horse red just not sure if its off the 654 or 702? Leaning towards 702 cause the 654 has incorrect color respray. Guess this weekend I'll be looking over both tractors however nothing appears to be loose, falling off, or not functioning on either tractor...... Any guesses???
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Any way to put all of these posts together? Beyond my understanding. All of the queries are about the same mo chine right? shouldn't they stay together?
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We used to live about 15 miles from the "Jessie James Farm", a few miles north of Kansas City. Years ago they would have outdoor plays there chronicling the James family. If I remember, it didn't seem to be a large extravagant house. Jessie's dad was a Baptist preacher who had preached at the old church building just outside of Excelsior Springs, MO. It was told that Jessie's mom's arm was damaged on some attack on the James clan. She would hold the crippled arm up when boarding the train and insisted on a free ride. It seems that$15,000 was a large amount for a bank to have on hand. I'm thinking most of our local banks don't keep huge amounts of cash in them now a days. Probably had to do with the banking system back then when compared to now.
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When I met my wife in 1975, she was driving a 1973 Dodge Coronet 4 door that was an ex detective's car. My FIL got it at auction; it had 88K one driver miles on it and it had had only 1-1/2 years of service. We kept it until 1985. My kids cried when we sold it to buy the Buick. Oh, but then it was OK because they realized the Buick had AC and a nice velour interior!!
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At least you get to play with it a bit. That is about 18 hp. So, it can pull a 2 bottom plow, either 2-12's or 2-14's. Food for thought if you ever want to start a garden. Good Luck
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@CD Long Jr your involvement really impresses me ! thoroughness to detail is evident and you are still learning this unit ! ever get a penetrating oil soak down going on that paint ? just let it sit and soak / feed that , DO NOT REMOVE ANY OF IT , WITH a scruffy pad , let the lubrication feed the foundation of it , for days weeks , then a mineral oil clean cloth rub down, you will trap era patina , in both red / black areas , have used a 6 " electric buffer pad , at that stage , my paints just popped right thru , maybe LIGHT CLEANER WAX , that paint is all oil based recovery , only thing I put on them is , clean cloth mineral oil , your doing very good , clean paint helps inspire ideas , pete
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I was telling my wife a couple of days ago that it saddens me to see our farmlands being busted up into small acreages. Minimum lot size in rural areas in Missouri are one to three acres dependent upon soil condition and perking for septic systems and wells. Our subdivision started out with lot size of about 1 1/4 acres. Then when the law changed, the remaining lots became 2 1/2 acres. 2 1/2 acres is a lot to mow, In my opinion, they certainly don't need that much land for septic system and well. Land here in south Missouri isn't THAT productive but these overly-large lots are NOT productive. We've got several farms being broken into 5 to ten acres. I understand housing needs and I wouldn't want to give my 1 1/4 acres for a 1/3 acre lot in town. On the other hand, some of the lots in town a person can barely ride a mower along side of the house. There's 400 acres just down the road with a gravel road through it and homes being built. Progress I suppose. Our family farm is pretty safe from "development". It already has three oil lines and two overhead power lines and a oil pumping station on it. I know what you mean about farmland disappearing to feed urban and suburban development, as a combination of factors can make it more desirable to an owner or an owner's family to sell instead of keep farming. A couple of years ago, we sold our 42-acre 'project' house and property. Fortunately, the people who bought that property don't seem interested in subdividing, and I'm hoping that they will set up a conservation easement or some kind of restrictive covenant that would prevent subdivision and allow its use as farmland. Its location was quite far from areas of significant suburban development (probably too far to interest the typical developer), and Maine's population growth rate is pretty slow, but you never know how things might change over the years. Even though we weren't 'farming,' I did continue to maintain its 20 acres of fields with regular mowing over the 17 years that we owned it to prevent the forest from taking over (which can happen very rapidly) and to gradually build up the soil with 'green manure.' Below is a photo of one of the fields, taken when I was mowing it several years ago. We are down to one property now, where we have been living for about 12 years, and I must say that since we are now only maintaining one property instead of two, we have quite a bit more free time to pursue other interests. Our current residence is on a 2-1/4 acre lot, which is mostly wooded and large enough to give us pretty decent privacy. Minimum lot size in our zoning district is 1-1/2 acres. To be honest, I wouldn't mind having a bit of extra land, at least on one side of our lot, but I'm not complaining. One thing that helps is that we're on a large river, and the visible island is town-owned land and is not buildable, so our view and privacy in that direction is protected. I like the new color!
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talking to a guy yesterday at at walmart , had a very clean police interceptor , hadrecently picked it up at https://www.google.com/search?q=brooklyn+ct+state+police+barrics&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS866US866&oq=brooklyn+ct++state+police+barrics+&gs_lcrp= auction , 123 k on it fresh service , all new brakes , tires , tune , $ 995 ! had to ask him again about the price , he said right place right time , he said very solid nothing at all off , said with a/c on fuel was obvious , but not bad , highway mileage in the mid 30,s . thinkin today for a grand , thats a no brainer , told him to get after an oil creeping soaking going on body / frame , he was thinking the same way , emphasised the highest closed body feeding the lowest seam areas , and 2 step , penetrating oil soak down first , then MACKS chain and cable spray , days after , look for effects . try it on a visible area , and learn from it , especially horizontal , boxy areas . fender wells and door bottoms . told him once you see the lubrication proof , you will be hooked . most of the stuff i see is rusted neglect , those body seams , are the veins of a car , put lubrication in them , pete
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Tire Recommendations for steep, snowy, mud
Alrashid2 replied to Alrashid2's topic in Wheel Horse Tractors
TIRES ARE BACK! Man, they look good! I won't have time until Sun or Mon to actually install them, but they look good at least! Since my tubes in my old tires were only a year old, he reinstalled them with the new tires. Gave me the old ones back: wow, the old ones were 22s and the All Trails are 23s, but theyre actually 4" taller! I'm stoked to try these out. Will report back soon Edit: I actually have a question for you guys. I noticed the new tires' tread is much more bulged and rounded, where the center will make contact more than the edges. As you can see my old tire was much flatter. Is that normal with a larger tire size on the same rim? Maybe the tubes do this? My shop had them at 18 PSI so I dropped to 10 PSI but they look about the same -
Thanks Kevin. Exactly what I wanted to see. Going to slap some on the herd.
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Ok thanks for the info. Havent put the light on yet as I’m just trying to get it driving now. For the gas tank I decided to just use a snowblower take since we have a lot of them and they are plastic so it won’t rot out.
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All of my tractors have those. You can swap a battery in seconds. I also prefer to disconnect all my machines when they are not being used. Some have brackets holding the chassis side, some don't. And yes, trickle charging is simpler too. I've also never found a dead battery since I started using them a few years ago as there are no drains to bleed down. It's also nice to be able to wrench on a tractor without worrying about touching a hot spots. Some examples:
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The value of $15000 in 1866 was the same in 1942 and the real inflation took place well after that.
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I had rust holes on the inside of my front rims when I removed the tubes/tires when changing to V61's.. JB weld did a great job filling the holes and I spread to other areas that looked suspicious from putting rust. Make sure you clean all the rust and let JB weld fully cure before remounting tires..might be good to paint it too if you have time.
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416H had no lights. Fuse block was full of grass. Cleaned it with air, looked at fuses, they looked ok. put some WD-40 on em and installed em. No lights. Got my handy, dandy colored wiring diagram, (thanks for the heads up about it). Tested fuses with 12V test light. The headlight fuse was bad. Replaced it, no lights. Looked over the wiring, no issues. Started tracing the wires, on/ off switch is bad. Ordered a new one. Went to change out the front tires on the 312-8. Got a small tire changer from Harbor Freight. Broke the tire loose but wouldn't spin it of the wheel. After 45 minutes of fighting with 3 screwdrivers & very little progress, it was time for the grinder w/ cut off wheel. It came off then. Wheels are rusted pretty bad. Gonna try to wire brush & repaint them, (maybe spray with flex seal?), but also looking for new wheels. Back in the day, you could buy rubber flaps that installed on the wheel to protect the tubes. Haven't found anything like that but still looking. Did I mention new wheels are $200 & up. OUCH!
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And no FDIC to step in and cover the depositors’ losses. The aftermath of a robbery in that era meant calling loans and mortgages and then paying out depositors at pennies on the dollar. Only a very few states had substantive banking regulations.
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what plow? besides... kev still needs 4 wheels...
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That certainly isn't true but I know where I can find the experts.
