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Simple straightforward solution to the problem, buy another Wheel Horse and leave the deck on all year.

They are known as crop shields. While cultivating vegetable row crops they push the stems and leaves of the plants away from the tines.

@19richie66 Richie, your post gave me the confidence to do likewise on my GT-14. The only minor difference is that the three point lift necessitated some modification of the linkage from the motion controller, which I will document in the attached photos. A new arm was welded to the motion controller and an off-set from it needed to be added to clear a hydraulic hose. It was a bit time consuming but the outcome was well worth the effort. A 1/4" spacer was needed to raise the Rear Frame Member enough allow the 3 point connecting bar to clear the Eaton transmission. The cam plate needed to be spaced high enough to clear the 3 point connecting bar without interfering with the seat support. The hardware used was just stuff I had around the shop, nothing fancy, just functional. The right frame bar had to be notched too. Tight quarters in the motion controller area requires a bit of an offset for the linkage.

Hello all, Bought this low hour GT1142 out of NY. It sat for a decade after quitting (tale goes it ran put of fuel). Guy I got it off off got it running and left it just the way you see it. Plan is to do a rubdown with Penetrol... Anyways I digress---the back tires kept going flat so I swapped on some "Gladiator" brand tires that where mounted on Craftsman late model GT rims. Got them off @Sparky thank you very much. I had a Reese type hitch in stock with the old style plow brackets included that put plow just ahead of transaxle tubes---dont care only intention is dozing / brush pushing straight on. BTW... if you have one of these "light duty" Reese hitch setups and noticed it flexes and bends real easy MOUNT IT UPSIDE DOWN the hitch box then makes contact with regular drawbar and its much stronger. Look at my pics... yes you will need to drill your drawbar / any accesories as they dont typically insert far enough for pin before they hit case--but thats easy. Heres my curiosity---> Went out to my parts pile and grabbed a plow frame that was missing the angle arm and the rod that goes to quadrant... again dont care. Plow frame is longer than a short frame but shorter than a long frame---look where the angle bracket is under the right hand foot rest. Remember im using a plow mount that pushes plow forwards about 2". 48" blade is beat to heck... it also came off my parts pile. But pre-wrecked is perfect for when your going dozing. Did WH make a "mid size" plow frame for B's or am I cuckoo for cocoa puffs? Thanks for reading my "book" Tony 20241107_140719.mp4

All this food plot and water hole work I’ve done this year, and to my northwest, I have standing corn. Due north, I have a field of winter wheat. NE, is my swamp, but they don’t present an opportunity on my land to shoot. I’ve been watching deer now for a few weeks. A while back, I moved a ladder stand to my north tree line, near the action. I filmed a 6 point breed a doe. That was awesome. Then we had a real nice buck 30 minutes after dark at my water hole. I was set to sit in my water hole tree until I saw that buck, but yesterday evening I had a button buck in the middle of my trail about 60 yards out. I laid down before he saw me, and watched him feed and sniff and look around. I grabbed an opportunity to back out and retreat to the ladder stand. Other than the button buck, I called my puppy, this is the only deer I saw all night! I’ll settle My first archery deer. My first over 8 points. He’s a good 9, almost 10. It was so close, I barely aimed! He crashed in under my stand, he was practically leaning on my tree! He looked up at me, but was on the prowl. He stepped about 10 yards out or maybe less, and I let the old crossbow rip. It was a bit further back than I’d have wished, but it was in the vitals cavity. I ended up taking at least one of his lungs out and he ran about 200 yards through the corn. I waited 2 hours to retrieve him, then Jada and I went tracking! Jackie the Lever Steer is all tuned up with a tighter front end now, so we hitched up the hood sled and went to recover him!

Maybe some video explanation will help.

Tore down the 875 some.Got the wiring and frozen cables out. Cleaned out Fluffy's nest and degreased the dash area.

I found this Wheel Horse Onan Service kit on Proxibid, The kit is missing the filter wrench but that is not a big deal. I couldn't believe I finally got 1 of these for the Low price under $200 & that's after Buyers premium, taxes, online auction fees & shipping. Shipping was 110% more than I paid for it & the most expensive part of the transaction. I do not like to buy stuff I can't work on or don't have a specific or specialty tool for... I was super stoked to see I won this little bidding war. I rarely see this kit go for less than $300 & that;s rare. I know someone had 1 on here for $280 at 1 point, Then I saw this on Proxibid & to my pleasant surprise I got it. I have been purchasing/ collecting/ amassing tools & equipment for well over 30 years now. This is a Nice little addition.,,,,gonna need an addition on the shop soon too because at the rate I am developing a "Herd" I am gonna run out of room. Looking at a couple Onan Powered Horses this weekend.... Options....

Prostate biopsy is an unpleasant experience. ’nuf said. But, while newer MRI technique/equipment is closing in on definitive prostate diagnosis capability, the gold standard remains the biopsy. Prostate cancer is NOT a disease to be messed with -- it kills a remarkable number of men each year in the US. Early detection and aggressive treatment, when indicated, can add decades to life expectancy. Great to hear that you're on the right path and timely. We’re with you. Good luck.

Cultivator parts on the first couple pictures, not sure of manufacture but definitely used on some type of cultivator.

You are correct. Like @oldlineman said, leave the belt on the mule drive and store it with the deck. The mule drive is only needed when using the deck.

https://www.google.com/search?q=mako+robotic+hip+replacement&oq=mako&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqDggBEEUYJxg7GIAEGIoFMgwIABBFGDkYsQMYgAQyDggBEEUYJxg7GIAEGIoFMgoIAhAAGLEDGIAEMgoIAxAuGLEDGIAEMgoIBBAuGLEDGIAEMgoIBRAuGLEDGIAEMgYIBhBFGDwyBggHEEUYPNIBCDY4NDJqMGo0qAIAsAIB&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 just had my hip x rays done for my upcoming , hip replacement , lazer robotics insures exacting work , also had MAKO robotics done on my knees 17 years ago , no issues ,at all , thats what you want , glad I stayed on the get it done , mindset . the work today is just the opposite of the past . no grease fittings , pete

More done on the 875. Old bullet off and the Fireball 8 is bolted on. Trans fluid and filter changed. Filter was red and the oil used to be!

I’d be tickled pink for a big doe to walk in. I’d be on her in a second, no questions asked. I just haven’ hard the chance to get close yet, but the weather will change, the rest of the corn will come down, and things will pick up. As for this buck, I made a call and a processor has an opening tonight. He’ll have packaged meat for me in the morning. I’ve got some stuff that’s coming up, and this won’t rush me. He charged me $75 last year for a buck, processed any way I wished and vacuum packed. I gladly gave him $100 and invited him to hunt a day at my place.

How's the final product ? My father also did a gas hole elimination and made it hinge forward which is pretty cool for fueling. Since mine also has a old Briggs instead of original Kohler. Also made a belt cover that looks pretty factory. And I know you mentioned exhaust. Maybe just run a pipe out and up like this ? It also has some other modifications. See if anyone can pick them out. (Has to do with "stance")

Simple straightforward solution to the problem, buy another Wheel Horse and leave the deck on all year. I will show this post to my wife...lol

@JimSrajim and @Ed Kennell were correct last night on the Hay Hook. I wait till this morning to reply to see if it got any sinister accusations or descriptions. My brothers and I used these hauling a lot of hay. As hay got stacked higher on the trailer or the stack in the barn we would reach down and grab the bale being held up or thrown to us. @Horseoholic and @953 nut nailed the plant shields. I've only see one set of these on a tractor a tractor show. They used to hang in the barn with a set of mule harnesses. My oldest brother said as a youth he had seen them used hanging from the mule harness to protect the plants. Not sure if this is also correct or not.

i have 312 with the 37 deck -- mowed since 1989 --- for 35 yrs ----- just open the pto pulley arm to remove the belt off the pto pulley -- which takes slack off belt -- then reach under tractor to slip belt off the deck pulleys -- then release the attach-o-matic holding the lift carriage assembly up ----- slide the deck out from under tractor -- that leaves the front mule and belt on the tractor -- so then just push the mule pin release and remove the mule unit -- then lastly just reconnect the pto pulley arm and pin -- the instructions are in the manual - - very simple - - takes a minute or two. There is no need to remove the belt cover on the two pulleys -- the belt remains on the mule pulleys

The only hub I couldn't get off at home required taking the transmission apart and removing the differential from the axle to pull the assembled axle and hub. I had to take it to a machine shop to have pressed off. Turns out it had a woodruff key that had shifted into the keyway of the hub and was wedging itself into the keyway. The harder you pulled (or pressed) the harder the woodruff dug in. The machine shop has a 100 ton press and when the hub finally overcame the key it sounded like a shotgun had been fired. They cut a new keyway and I used a square key, success.

You bet! When I did mine, it was all learn as you go. Yes there are mods that have to be made but nothing to serious. I used the 418-A motion linkages and as many parts of it as I could. With as many Eatons that there are out there, it’s a viable swap. Just have to get around the little hurdles. Going with an independent 3 point would let you get rid of the large connector bar that runs down the middle of the tunnel. A little creativity and you can build the link and lever for that. I also like the fact I have a working brake.

You don't have to take the mule drive apart to remove the deck, you just remove the mule drive.Then remove the belt from the deck pulley and the PTO pulley leave the belt on the mule drive. That's on a c series and 400 series and many others. What tractor are we talking about?

Here is my 1989 312-8. I restored the mower deck, new brake, new solenoid, ignition switch, LED headlights, new belts and a little touch up paint to the body. Love it!

@WHX?? was questioning the maker of the Napa 1410 transmission filter. I needed one for this 875 I acquired. It had an ancient red WH filter on it. Went to Napa. First thing I noticed was the box was plain cardboard and cheaply made. Instead of the old wax coated boxes they used to have. Now we all spout "Made in America!! I don't want any Chinesium and other such baloney. The next thing I notice is the label. "Contents Made in USA" Great! I take it home and open the box. The next thing I notice is the filter isn't wrapped in cling wrap like almost all hydraulic filters are or used to be. Oh well. now I go to put some oil on the gasket and I notice this horrendous looking crimp job on the filter! Now compare it to a used 1410 that I had kicking around to flush a hydro if I ever needed to. You can see the difference. The weird looking filter is on. We'll see. Next time I'm going to have to order a WIX and see what I get.

I know a couple of people that have swapped them into their machines so I wanted to try and get as much info in here as possible to help others and get ideas on linkage and set-ups. So if you have done one, please feel free to post up pictures with how you did yours. If you have ideas, feel free to post them. I’m sure there are more ways than one to set it up. I’ll include a link to my transaxle build that I did for mine and my wife’s 1054. Thanks 👍 Transaxle thread

Not a sickness, an addiction. And these guys are enablers! I started out looking for a 314-8 and stumbled across a C-160 and fell in love with the style. I jumped on it not knowing what warning signs to look for. I got my C-160 home and found a bad seal leak on the transaxle. Here I was with no experience on or a place to dig into it. I was sick I met these guys and they helped me diagnose a bad outboard bearing in the transaxle my first thought was to try to unload it as quickly as possible to cut my losses. A good friend that offered his shop and these guys letting me know that their knowledge was at my full disposal convinced me that I could do this. My buddy threw in with me for a couple days in his shop and we had the tranny cracked open and a parts list compiled. I took the parts home, built a jig from a crate to reassemble it on in my tool shed, and actually got it rebuilt in that little shed. My buddy asked first dibbs if I decided to sell after he saw how well built it was (8 pinion rear end....) I told him of course and that I would leave it to him if I die before he does. He's an A&P Certified Mechanic and a great "Brother in Christ" After doing the rebuild I was actually glad that I had the problem. My friendship with Shawn grew along with these guys. I learned so much mechanically (still a lot more to learn), and got a nice and clean working transmission. You can find my photo's of the before and after. I don't have to worry about sub freezing temperatures locking up the transmission as some that I have read about finding water was the culprit. I do have a stronger adiction to wildlife photography that I turn to when I start thinking of adding to the heard. I just don't have room for another out of the weather. My pictures just take up hard drive space. If you do find problems with this new one, you have come to the right place. Hope all goes well, Joe

The 3 point setup you have is very similar to my Bronco- mechanically at least. You could use a second cylinder and spool valve to actuate it. Just connect the cylinder between the lift arm and the tranny hitch pin. Also makes me think this setup would work well on a Classic series tractor. Might need a some gas tank mods, but nothing major. Oh dang it, now I’ve got the picture in my brain…

Takes a minute to get used to them doesn’t it? I can’t remember how many times I’ve smacked my leaf vacuum against my house. Vey nice setup you have there!

Drive the tractor for 5 minutes with the steering wheel turned as far as it will turn to the right. Then repeat with the steering wheel turned as far as it will turn to the left. This forces the differential to turn over and loosen the gears.

Try turning it in tight circles in both left and right for 5 minutes. I have to rock my 312-8 sometimes.

Specialty tools are always valuable, both in time savings and cost. Yes, you may be able to cobble up a one-time-use substitute, but if you need it more than once - go for it...

WOW, Here in Pa It's 1 buck (3-4 points per side minimum) per person. The doe permits are limited by game management areas. My area sold out early and I failed to get one.

That's an option made easier now that I have one hub off. I'm going to keep trying because I really don't want to open the transmission up. I'm kinda wondering the key thing. I did pick up a 24" breaker bar yesterday. I wouldn't be concerned about adding pipe as needed to make it longer.

Going back to post #73 from Sunday.. Trina's been applying a little penetrating oil whenever she goes through the barn. Yesterday evening I did as well. I replaced the pictured 3/4" rod with a 24" breaker bar I've used in the past. With Trina standing on the transmission I was able to get 3 more "snaps" outta the 51" bar using much of my weight on the lever. Slow but sure.............

They also shield your smaller plants so that they do not get covered by the dirt that is displaced by the cultivator.

I was going to suggest the same thing Ed... but remember who we're dealing with here ... Now I have gutted quite a few in my day but never a bath like that! You post a tube video with that and you would surely have the tube police on you. Just sayin. Not that we wouldn't appreciate a vid on proper field dressing. Surgical gloves Kev... right in the back pack next to the coffee thermos. Done with the chore peel them off and clean hands. DO NOT leave the gloves in the field tho. I also carry one of the plastic shopping bags for those field clean ups. More tips on good field photos in deer tails if interested.

Nice mature buck Kev.... Just a suggestion, you may want to do the photo shoot before taking a blood bath with your deer.

Another great video, thanks for sharing. Kevin, safety first please! need to tie off the dangling hoodie laces while working on rotating equipment. As you always say, "what could possibly go wrong" Using a file as a clamping spacer was the key to success. Great eyeballing on the set-up.

Make sure you post 'after' pictures when you do the Penetrol thing. I'm curious.

I did not think this was the same guy, but he showed up just the night before 30 minutes after dark at my water hole.

I still haven’t gotten around to making the brake lock but it is just a matter of getting the pawl and linkage set. I built this back in 2018 in a friendly little “build off” with Aldon so it got to where it is and the little things got put off as I ran out of time. So it still needs some small things done but the functionality of it it there. Well satisfied for sure.

I can’t add anything to the plow discussion not already said, but I think the Penetrol is a fine idea and will have that machine back to showroom condition in no time. It’ll be too nice to use aa a dozer at that point, so your plow problem will be solved automatically!

Yep, I've only seen short frames, long frames, and long frame extensions for the 520 FSA.

Adapter adapted! Surprisingly, it way outperformed my zero-turn! Been a long time since I've owned a conventional tractor - 3 POINT TURNS ARE VASTLY UNDERRATED!!!

I bought an Eastwood MIG 180 a few years ago that I love. It does gas or flux, 110 or 220, all the consumables are standard, readily available replacement parts, and I thought the cost was reasonable. Although I got it on sale and the regular price has gone up a bit since I bought it. I also plan to need to potentially weld on vehicle frames at some point, so the ability to do thicker metals was important to me. https://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-mig-welder-180-amp.html

The tappets ride on the camshaft and push the valves open and then let the spring close the valve. if there is excess clear between the top of the tappet and bottom of the valve stem, then the valve is not opening all the way. So if the intake valve is not opening all the way that means less fuel in the engine. if the exhaust is not opening fully, engine not fully getting burned gases out of it. if the valve to tappet clearance is too tight, then the valve is not closing all the way. This causes a loss of compression and therefore loss of power. The valve to tappet requires the minimum clearance because as the engine metal heats up the parts grow/get longer.

My read on plow frames is this: - Triangles (i.e. the rails do not bend between the front pivot and the axle mount) though there were some variants in how these attached and how the angle control locked and worked) -- Short frame tractors - Parallel (i.e. the rails bend to be parallel at the rear end) and again, variants on angle lock control - Long frame tractors (except swept axle 520’s) - Parallel+ (i.e. the rails bend to parallel and there is extra length at the rear) - swept axle 520s There were no short frame Work Horse tractors. You have a short frame plow frame -- straight rails all the way. Likely the when the blade is angled it touches a front tire. As well, the base for the angling lever is too far back and blocked by the footrest. But, if you are only straight dozing, maybe the beater works for you.

OK, so, I had to have an MRI scan on my prostate because my PSA score was up. That took place on Saturday last, simple enough job. They told me it would be a couple of weeks before I heard from them. I got a phone call today telling me they wanted to take biopsies of my prostate. Bit of a surprise because I wasn't expecting to hear for another week or so. I will get an appointment in the next week or so to go in for this procedure. I can't lie, I'm pretty apprehensive about this. Maybe the speed of the appointment is just a coincidink, I hope so. But we are used to things moving at a snails pace in the NHS and suddenly I'm on a rocket powered gurney. So on we go, another thing to deal with. Getting older sucks....

Two more carbs headed to their owners tomorrow. This one's off a Kohler 8 HP. Also got into the fuel pump for it. Disassemble. Clean out. Reassembly with new diaphragm.