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I loaded an 800 pound player piano in a box trailer today and my 876 pushed it slowly up the ramp and didn't even break a sweat!

At this rate, won't be long... before Der, Die, Das Hosen has himself a room mate.

Get yer minds out the gutter here. Came home tonite to find a very heavy box on my porch tonite. Pallet forks (finally) came in and five minutes later mounted and moving .... trying to move a beast of a tiller for the Super C. These are really nice forks and for 150 Washington's delivered could not have built a better set for the coin. I opted for the optional fork stabilizer for an aditional 15 clams. Rated to 1500 lbs. Figured they would be the cats meow for just moving a deck or three or an engine on a pallet. Picked the wrong try out for a 350 lb tiller tho. Quite obvious not enough rear weight since @cschannuth didn't throw in some more! Just Craig. Had a few mishaps but nothin as serious as running a 1/2 drill bit in my hand ain't that right 'Hosen?? Trouble is no matter where you go on my ranch it is either going up hill or down and it always seems up so traction is always difficult. All blow sand and pine needles doesn't help. Yep tiller fell off the skid ... Plan B just pick it up and set in back on the skid. ..now here's where lack of traction came into play ..... tires just dug ... did better with my carcass setting in the seat but still .... need weight to the rear. Test runs are always fun!

OK, This kinda rough RJ-58 is SLOWLY going back together, and I THOUGHT I would share.........Thats some nice patina right there LOL , The K-90 is off an old Bolens, but......Looks about right...carb is off something that was yellow (maybe Cub Cadet ????)

I cooked up the final fresh pickings from my poblano pepper plant tonight. Stuffed them with some chicken, black beans, cheese, and a few other goodies. Then cooked them in the smoker. Garnished with some sour cream and salsa with some white rice on the side. Yummy!!! Can't wait for the next growing season.

A pic from another forum. Just from what little I could see and lookup, I'm guessing a 400 or 401, but I really have no idea. Did the hood come that way, or did a 16 yo do a little custom work? Notice the unique hitch. I'm wondering if this tractor only has reverse, as the tires seem to indicate.

A set of these can be handy when searching for an electrical issue the old fashion way. ( Trial & error that is ) https://powerwerx.com/resettable-atc-blade-circuit-breakers?gclid=CjwKCAjwzt6LBhBeEiwAbPGOgaIE8qInelwSSTEhwTZKMO0ghduvENbEJ4OtD1IfVpLGjdU945vSUBoCF2UQAvD_BwE They save you from throwing away multiple fuses while you are looking for an issue.

1 inch fender lift and bent the foot boards out just a tiny bit to clear 27s

It is the old routine "necessity is the mother of invention!" When the need for something becomes imperative, you are forced to find ways of getting or achieving it. When I was a kid most of the folks had a car. They drove to work, church etc. Now everybody in the household has a car. Amazing amount of heat is created by the fuel they use. It is pretty easy to point at coal and gas....not so easy to point at one of the single most used personal conveniences of modern times. Ten years ago there was a big push to install windmills on the mountain. 5 went to 10, 10 to 20, then no more. I was on a mini trip and ran into a guy that worked maintenance on for a windmill company. I ask him why more are not going up. He told me the federal subsidized money ran out. The power generation company had a hard time making money without the subsidy. I suppose the cost of ownership is pretty high? I did find this info The mean turbine capacity in the U.S. Wind Turbine Database (USWTDB) is 1.67 megawatts (MW). At a 33% capacity factor, that average turbine would generate over 402,000 kWh per month - enough for over 460 average U.S. homes. By comparison, the power station that services our area is 600 MW continuous output = 1800 windmills? I am much more considerate of our world now then I was 30 years ago. And I know i get angry at the knee jerk reaction employed today. With all the tools in the box we need to come up with a recipe that makes that best cake. Use all the ingredients, and come up with a long term plan that will work.

That is the "Swiss" version of the RJ58. The factory emulated the world famous Swiss Cheese!

a little less painful! Anything under 1/2" is in the paper cut category.

All depends on what model tractor you have, The 1976 and later models you put a spacer under the fender bracket. then you will need spacers under the seat mounts. If you have a clearance problem it will be at the footrest. I had to bend mine for the 25 x 900 x 12 on my 312-8.as the uprights are not bolted to anything.

I kinked a bucket for the same reason. Had a tractor on the bucket forks and bounced a bit......kink! Those are pretty nice forks! As far as my FEL I use the forks 10 times more than the bucket. When I built this one I put a pin on bucket that can be removed to use the forks, It also moved the load closer to the machine giving more lifting ability and control. As far as weight goes, any overhung weight in the rear is way better than adding to the wheels. I do use both and I have additional weights I add for those extra heavy moves.

I mostly have to edit it, because of my spelling errors, speaking english is easy, but haven't quite got the writing under the knee.

Picked up some 26-12-12s for my b-160 build!

Have anything to add here Madge, ol' girl?

found a set of plastic concrete filled weights at neighbors junk pile don't really know how heavy they are but believe they are approx 40 lbs? tried them out in the ditch and wow what a difference front end actaully gave some response should also help when i have @wheelhorseman1000 hitch on the back and load the trailer with firewood with the tire chains. would definitely prefer the cast iron weights but Free is always better in my book.

I do a lot of trouble shooting at work. The most frustrating issues are usually to easiest fix......Once you find the problem. Glad that it was an easy fix.

I'm full and sweating just a lil bit.

Since E10, every machine I have that isn't used regularly, now gets the tank valve shut off and run dry. No exceptions. Especially thing like my generator which lives outside in a very damp environment. The carb bowl would turn to white chunks in a matter of weeks. If you keep the tank full and the carb empty, it helps tremendously.

The only thing a Wheel Horse can't do is disappoint you.

Use a small screw driver and a hammer to work the old seal out. Be patient and take care not to put a gouge in the axle or housing. I use a piece of PVC pipe slide over the axle to tap the new seal in.

I saw the name Colossus in my notifications. I said WHAT THE.... I had to come check it out. lol

Didn’t want to jeopardize my plans today… glad to have a spare or 20!

Sooooo?? It's only one small part of the tire. That's WAY worser.

I hate when they go flat on the top over night

Oooooooo…front and rear AG’s—GhostRider approves😉🙌🏻

Correct. No. Looks like a PO must have gotten a new drill for Christmas and wanted to try it out.

It was a 7/16”! Always room for a cheesehead bunk mate

Awesome! “Poppy” my 552 has those, they sure do roll over the big stuff well!

@WHX?? Jimbo I have a buddy here in Maine who's elderly dad bought a new green tractor with a loader. In his case it's clearly stated by the dealer that the rear weight is a required part of the loader and should be on the tractor. ALWAYS. Empty or loaded. As to the hilly land.... Yeah buddy us too. I can't speak to a tractor... On a forklift it's a law that it's driven while facing uphill no matter the direction of travel. Also keep the load as low to the ground as possible at all times.

Eventually oil, coal, natural gas will run out. So other means of producing, heat, power, electricity will have to be found. Yes there's solar, wind and nuclear. Wind and solar can't be relied on for obvious reasons. Lack of wind and the sun doesn't shine at night. What gets me with some people, members of my family included, they just can't see that. Over here just down the coast from me is Workington. There is/was a steelworks there that produce some of the best steel in the world. There's railway tracks the world over from there. To produce good steel you need a special coal. Coking coal is it's name. There's plenty of that under the sea just off the coast. A new state of the art coal mine has been proposed to extract it. Unfortunately the eco fraternity have just about stopped it. Bad carbon footprint they say. So I suppose the alternative will carry on. Imported coal and steel from China and Australia. Bringing those from the other side of the world will really help the carbon foot print. I'm pleased I'm the age I am.

Progress being made. One coat of POR 15 and two coats of Rust-Oleum spray on truck bed liner. Should keep the rust at Bay.

I see this as a excuse to buy as many Wheel Horses as possible so you'll always have one. Wear one out, then start using the next one. Use the worn out one for parts.

Looks great!! Nice set up. See those chain holes in the upper fork mounts? You really need to run a chain from those to the chain hooks on top of the bucket. Use binders to take the slack out of the chains. Else you is gonna bend the crap out of that bucket. Not my or a suggestion, but a true fact.

"Remember kids, always check the gas before replacing the engine." This is what I always tell myself after I do "A big dumb.™ "

Our yard this afternoon… suburbs… southeast Michigan… yikes! Where’s the bow when you can’t use it…!

First, the website is: https://www.pure-gas.org/ Second, it is all snake oil. Try searching some marinas near you, many people use ethanol free gas in their outboards.

My last "A Big Dumb ™" was when my 310 had an intermittent headlight-blowing-fuse problem. I got out my trusty Fluke, set it to beep and wouldn't you know it. The headlights are shorted to ground! It was longer than I care to admit later that I realized, "Hey big dumb, light bulbs are, by definition, a high impedance short to ground. Turn off the beeper and switch to Ohms, dummy." You know how I found the short? The old fashioned way. I put the battery back in, turned on the key and the lights and then jiggled wires. When I heard sparkles coming from under the engine, I knew I hit paydirt!

Due to lack of snow, I switched from blowers to plows a few years ago. But when I was using the single stage blowers, I had best results by varying the ground speed to keep the blower housing full of snow. You can only do this with a hydro. The SS blowers need the housing full to keep from clogging the chute. They work well in deep dry snow, not so good in light wet slushy stuff. Two of my Eaton 1100s require warm up before the lift will work and one does not. Wheel Horse does recommend a warm up on all Eaton 1100s.

Put my 42 inch snowblower on my 314 50th Anniversary Wheel Horse hydro tractor with hydro lift today. This snowblower I bought two years ago and used once on my 314-8. I think it is a 1985 so maybe 36 years old but I think it just looks like new. Operates great but I am putting a new belt on it . This will be my first time using a hydro in winter so I hear you have to warm up tractor some in cold weather to get transmission fluid warmed and flowing good. I would like to hear any tips you folks that use a snowblower on a Wheel Horse hydro might have as this will be my first time! I used my old 1967 Lawn Ranger with snowblower for years but I sold her in 2020. Lots of old videos on here using that equipment. It was always fun!

No matter how many hood vets, it's still a nut roaster.

Yeah.... No. I find it much more enjoyable to combine the comfort of a lounge chair with the excitement of a 12 ga.

Let's see...if I go into the Lawncare Business, I can hire and pay myself to mow my lawn and be eligible for these Government Subsidies and upgrades. I can depreciate my equipment, I can run at a loss for 5 years, and I can claim my garage as my office. Long Live Wheel Horse !! On the other side, I just bought 500 shares in a Dylithium Crystal Mine. Imagine running your Garden Tractor on one little Dylithium Crystal forever. Imagine then, having the room to also have a cassette deck with tapes of different hp Kohler engines running while mowing your lawn. Imagine selling DVD's of "Kohler Engine Sounds in Dolby Stereo".

By putting it under the fender bracket it raises the fuel tank also. I put a 1/8" across and spacers raising the seat and fuel tan bracket also. I inch would have cleared, but I also braced my receiver hitch off the top of the transmission I raised 1 3/4".

I run 23 x 10.50s on Cinnamon Horse. Filled. Weighted. Me. That's. Heavy. Very cool. How will you go about moving the fender to add clearance?

I hope to live long enough to see how all this electricity that we're going to need can be made with sun and wind...

@RetroMower no stupid mistake here, just a story about how you gained some new knowlege. By sharing it on the forum, you are providing the rest of us with a bit of wisdom. Earlier this week I was troubleshooting a non start/rough running issue on the C195 I recently picked up. Turns out that the majority of the non start issue was lack of gas in the tank. I didnt realize it until I found that the fuel pump wasn't pumping. With the tractor being a recent purchase, I have not run it a whole lot, using it mostly for trailer duty. My 14-8 only sips fuel on trailer duty. The C195 uses much more fuel doing the same thing. The gas I thought I had in the tank was gone. Solution? A 'boat type' gas gage - pull the gas cap, stick a wooden stick into the tank until it touches the bottom. Read the gas level by how much of the stick is wet with gas. This was the system my great uncle used on the Chris Craft that he ran on Lake Michigan.

Actually, that was pretty smart diagnosing the issue the way you did. Excellent !! It also shows why it is good to have more then one horse.