Leaderboard

While in Florida visiting my wife's brother, we got a chance to pay a visit to @Zeek. As usual, he and Sue are the most accommodating hosts. Until next visit, I hope you stay well. Bob

The "Lonel Horse. My 175. Can you believe it? It's the only Wheel Horse I have left. All others have been adopted by new proud owners.

Ok Sparky! Sparky clearing his driveway!

I did some refreshing on two of my four RJs today! I had to replace an older leaking Kohler carb on one. Did some touch up painting on the other. I bought the one with battery and 12 volt coil recoil assist in Florida with a mower deck. I also bought another Wheel Horse dump cart in Florida which I painted with truck bed liner today. Going to place some RJ decals on them in next few days.

Back in November I had posted about check valves, fuel pumps etc. And then we wound up talking about primer bulbs, that seemed like the easiest way to me. I went ahead and replaced all the lines and the filter, also pulled the pump, took it apart and cleaned it out. The machine has sat in the shed since then until this week. Two squeezes and he fired right up. My spring mechanic project is going to be getting to the PTO bearing to clean and grease it while I still have some lucas green left.

We got abit here ... just a couple miles short of the WI UP border Yah Der Hey Der. Nothing the crew couldn't handle. I did work the snot out of the 520 tho. Running out of places to stack it so gots to blow. She never missed a beat but did eat 10 gallons of hi test... Road in to the cabin is 1/2 mile and all done with her. I was the abominable snow man by the time I was done... she gonna get a cab for next year. Check out the snow load on my love shack @JCM... we built her like a $h*% brick house tho.. got her up to a new record today... 85 inside.

Another ditto here - I have these on my GT-1848. Haven't had any snow worthy of plowing yet, but I have been driving it around in some muddy conditions and they are awesome. Highly recommended.

The battery powered bandsaws have a pretty small throat. Great for cutting pipe and angle steel and stuff like that but certainly more portable. The bigger electric unit will have more power and can cut much bigger stuff, plate etc. Plus I clamp mine in the vise by the handle and feed material into for certain things. My preference is the bigger electric saw. Not to often I need to do anything with it very far away from a power outlet.

Air filter assembly installed. Vertical cover plate installed. Tunnel cover plate just sitting in place. Next up are the wheels but I need more warmer weather so I may be done for now.

Most small engines come with a primer bulb. Seems like a no-brainer to add one to our engines.

I've been very happy with how quickly my tractors (the ones with tanks under the seat) now crank thanks to adding primer bulbs. If not for the annoyance of cranking over enough to prime the carb, the saving both my battery and starter life will be awesome. And like you said- who doesn't like a fast start after a long tractor nap? So much better than before!

Drink holder for those itty bitty liquor bottles they gave away on airliners years ago.

Refurbished a Starter Gen.Replaced the bearings cleaned up the Armature etc.Stripped and ready to paint.

I’m doing a school project and making a cutting disk for my bottom plow. So I will need a little bit of help with the dimensions of everything there. And explain the process of setting it up and proper usage. I will be posting pictures and updates as we go. The one I have looks like the old rusty one and what I want it to look like is the one with the cutting disk

What's that they say? Weather person is the only job you can have, be 100% wrong and still keep yer job? Heard tell that doesn't fly with airline pilots...

Forecast here is who the hell knows till we get it... Interesting thing here is @Pullstart @Ed Kennell is watching how the whitetails are surviving in this stuff. At home they were scratching in 6 inches for green grass. Here thats impossible. Just absolutely amazing critters. Ill try to get into it more into on the other thread about how they cope.

Ha, yes, size does matter! I bought a used Milwaukee saw 6-7 years ago. Much cheaper than new and those things are built well so no worries about it being used.

From what I can remember 1977-78 they had a hard time sourcing the standard rims and those solid wheels were the only ones available. Some of the sales literature even shows the solid wheels. I was given a C-160 and when I took the wheel weights off I found solid wheels. I was pleasantly surprised because none of my tractors had them. Please don’t hold me to this but I believe that they only came factory in this time period?

I know that ½” wrench is somewhere around here.

That bearing is $6.50 at Napa. # PP204RR6 Hardly worth the effort to tear it open, cleaning it, Packing grease back in and trying to get the seal back in so it stays there.

I’d like to see some pictures of the ideas… hold a piece up and snap a pic for us to chew on maybe? I do know one thing. Triangulation trumps thickness whenever possible. I’ve gotten some massive strength in my buggy front end (I’ve been getting the buggy itch lately) by adding this all diameter and thinner wall tubing, but with structurally sound design.

I would not remove the bearing to grease it. That would likely destroy it. Wash it up best you can and follow up with a spray of brake dry clean and let it dry. That will allow the new grease to stick to the rollers. Work it into rollers until full and no more.

Should be able to use his old rims.

Rims are another issue but I look at it this way based on the 20 year or more that you'll get out of good tires... Tires - $100 Mount - $40 Total Cost - $140 Divide by 20 year of service ($140/20) = $7/year

She's done! Beverages will be pretty safe in these bindings... And the finished bench at the fire pit...

After I fought with that second detent ball for longer than I’d like to talk about I decided to try a piece of small diameter steel tubing. It worked like a charm. The tubing was probably 1/8” or so. The curve of the ball found a bit of purchase in the end of the tubing and a small dab of grease kept it there. Don’t forget to move the shift fork shaft so the first ball is in a detent on it.

FYI. Seat lift!

Here is one source. https://www.amazon.com/Carlisle-Trac-ATV-Bias-Tire/dp/B001THCJDO/ref=sr_1_7?gclid=CjwKCAiAr4GgBhBFEiwAgwORram7jMCkyRPPhTqWiBYNPbwBv-cJcluinDqei2uyrFCxRMlAQiar2RoCQkgQAvD_BwE&hvadid=190519359526&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9019452&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=7239541249736495322&hvtargid=kwd-303960057838&hydadcr=6587_9585036&keywords=carlisle+xtrac&qid=1677805278&sr=8-7 For those with narrow rims. https://www.amazon.com/Carlisle-X-Trac-Kart-Tire-480-8/dp/B011O41N8S/ref=sr_1_4?gclid=CjwKCAiAr4GgBhBFEiwAgwORram7jMCkyRPPhTqWiBYNPbwBv-cJcluinDqei2uyrFCxRMlAQiar2RoCQkgQAvD_BwE&hvadid=190519359526&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9019452&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=7239541249736495322&hvtargid=kwd-303960057838&hydadcr=6587_9585036&keywords=carlisle+xtrac&qid=1677805278&sr=8-4

Don't be a Wuss Get a cubic foot of depleted uranium 1,175 lbs go big or go home

....... Done by somebody else!

Fact is , many don't survive harsh winters in the higher elevations of the big woods. When the acorns and beech are unavailable under the snow and ice, the deer have to turn to browse only. Eventually the browse line raises so high only the largest and strongest deer can reach the feed. Cruel, but a good natural culling and strengthening of the herd. I've seen these high browse lines and participated in some of the winter kill surveys where we walked certain streams each spring and counted the winter kills. This data was part of the equation used by the PAGC to determine herd population and to set the doe tag limits for the next year.

Ah. Your body is starting to complain about the checks your mind writes.

If I were trying to prove a point, I’d be attempting to pick the stupid thing up. Today, a I just got a good solid workout. I’ll cry about it a few days, then be ok.

Give it some love, it's lived a rough life.

Don't even ask me if I have a couple advil for yer back when you been doing this whenst you were young but now in yer sixties...

Sorry, had to! This is my puller!

For those who do not believe haggie are real. Here's the proof.

What size are they and I want to put them on the rims I have of course

That was last year’s tool that I never knew I needed. Just wow! 2-½” throat (vs. 5” on the M18) but for what I do it’s terrific. A lot of what I used to do with the M12 recip saw is easier and more accurate with the bandsaw. Maybe the grinder is this year’s tool!

I was planning on a wash out and putting back new grease, anybody have a write up on taking the PTO apart ? While I'm in there I was going to try my hand at popping the seal out of the sealed bearing too and give it a wash out/regrease

15 minutes to half, 9 minutes to obliterate. Go Team Fiskars!

I’d like to hear @Pullstart chime in on this with his experience on larger vehicles. That pipe is pretty sturdy but it may need some stiffening to limit flex and possibly twisting. Hard to say at a distance.

One thing overlooked. Weight is fine. But there is only so much the tractor components will tolerate. These aren't Euclid TC-12 dozers we're running. Somethings gotta give and I'd rather have a wheel start to spin as opposed to snapping a gear or axle.

+1 for the Fiskars again today! Oak rounds. The split is 39” across. The wood is 17-18” tall. I successfully used the wedges a bit at the end, once I actually noticed the wood moving apart and cracked to the bottom. Notice one wedge has a handle for easy retrieval. It’s not safe to swing as a splitter, the handle is terrible loose.

Lookin’ mighty fine!

This chart should give you the information you need.

Received the 7317's new stacks from @jimkemp today! Absolutely awesome! Should have got some of these awhile ago. Oh well i have them now and cant wait to have them on the running engine and hear how they sound! Thanks again Jim!

I have these on my C145 snow plow tractor & love 'em . No added weight on the front and very little trouble going where I point it.

Just found a nice original survivor that simply needed a new battery. I bought it to replace my engine in my c121. But its far too nice to part out. Even has the WH seat. Included was an All Steel dump cart from Wheel Horse. Now I guess that I'm still looking for an engine. Any ideas for good engines available? Koehler 12 14 16 preferred. Mike