Just moved, bought our play-farm that needs work. Just purchased a GT-14 that needs work.

[BurtB 88]

We just purchased our play-farm including 100 year old farmhouse, spring house, separated 2 car garage with old forge/workshop in back, chicken coop, steer shed, and 9 acres or so.

 

Bought a GT-14 with snow plow (WH brand), 48" mower deck (WH brand), a seed spreader, and roller for $500 a couple of days ago. Got the GT-14 tiller and 3 point yesterday for $400 in another deal. Will be looking for disc and dirt plow at some point.

 

The place hasn't been taken proper care of in a long time. I mucked out the spring house the other day. House is in pretty good shape, will be upgrading from 100amp to 200amp. Garage needs a new roof (rafters still good), electrical, workshop/forge has had groundhog activity and the brick floor is heaved in places. Bagged the big groundhog yesterday, still after the little one. Chicken coop needs at least one new wall, not sure about rafters yet; maybe I can save it. Have three pet potbelly pigs and a big fluffy white shepherd dog. Hope to convert part of the coop into a barn for pigs and dog. Steer shed is in good shape, cinderblock walls. Will need new fencing throughout.

 

From the deep south, now in Pennsylvania below Pittsburgh. Totally in love, the deer and squirrels here are bigger, the roads and schools are better, the blackberries are sweeter, and it's not so freaking hot. Winter is coming, though. Real winter is a concern: something I've never experienced. My girl is from Pennsylvania.

 

Machinist by trade, 25 years or so. CNC programmer, mostly mills. Better with CNC mill than manual mill. Better with a manual lathe than CNC lathe. Part of my new land is separated by a road from the rest and has 3 phase poles as it is in an industrial zone. That's where I'm going to build my shop. Did plant management and consulting for a while and am sick of it. Have a 6" '44 Atlas/Craftsman lathe including milling attachment. Will be getting a CNC lathe and mill, as well as manual of both. Learned I'm not happy if I'm not working with my hands. I'm sick of management and fluffing people. I'm going to build a small one-man shop and get a helper, maybe my son if he likes it, maybe a trade school kid. I'm only going to do 40hr weeks professionally, sick of 60+ weeks.

 

Have a '98 Ford Ranger XLT that I keep in proper order. Runs tight, no codes. Have a '98 Chevy 3500 dually box truck that I bought a couple of months ago and moved us; needs a ton of work if I decide I want to.

 

My girl and I saved for years to make this happen. She works remotely as a coding nurse.

 

My GT-14 is supposedly a '69. Needs a lot of love. Haven't investigated much yet. Got the snow plow off yesterday. Failed the immovable object/spinny tire test. Engine just about stalled at full throttle while pushing against a walnut tree as I eased deeper into forward. Tires almost wanted to spin. Tranny was groaning. PTO runs all the time, but that may just be a failed brake. Needs new cables. Needs muffler. Needs lights and front lenses. Needs electrical inspection, see a lot of homemade junk in the wires. Needs new batt, had to jump it yesterday. Has oil and hydraulic leaks. Blows some smoke.

 

Have only done a little research on the GT-14, but I'll get it in proper running order.

 

After I run temp electrical to garage, I'll be sharpening mower blades and attaching deck. Should have more than enough power to mow for now. Have a lot of tall grass to knock down. Drive belt was missing, have a 1/2" 71" standard V-belt as the drive belt was missing. We'll see if it works or if I have to get a more specific one. Hope to have this done today.

 

Other than checking fluid levels and maybe PTO clutch, I'll likely run as-is until fall to get things mowed. Hope to figure out tranny and engine during fall while mowing and snow plow aren't needed.

 

My current todo list covers a full legal sheet and is still growing. Lots of things around here need proper fixing.

[SylvanLakeWH 25,535]

[Ed Kennell 38,135]

to the  and to the beautiful Appalachian Mountains.    Best wishes for success with your new adventure.   Thanks for that interesting introduction.   

 

                             

[8ntruck 6,998]

Man.  You sure jumped in with both feet, didn't you!

 

I've never owned one, but the GT 14's are said to be beasts.  Should be a good match for your property.  The GT 14 is a unique model in the Wheel Horse world.  The parts and implements don't interchange as universally with the rest of the models.

 

to the forum.  Lots of good folks here.  I'm convinced that this group has broken and fixed anything on a Wheel Horse that can be broken and fixed - even better, we are willing to freely give advice.  The only stupid question is the one you don't ask.

Edited August 22 by 8ntruck

[rjg854 11,360]

[rmaynard 15,434]

Ahh, Latrobe. The home of Rolling Rock Beer. I don't know much about the GT-14 other than it is a good machine. Plenty of members who will be able to help you with information.

But, I do have 2 bottles of Rolling Rock Beer in the old pony bottles. 

 

[clueless 2,987]

Welcome, you found the right place for any help and information for your GT-14. Since you already have the skills you won't need much in depth instructions here to get it working properly, but there are many folks here who have "been there done that". Also this is nice site to just peruse through. (Yea guys I used the word peruse, for some reason the old lady thinks I should "enhance" my "vocabulary" after 70 years. I'm going to have her peruse this before I post to "ensure" I've used the correct words, she going to love the "old lady" thing).

"Y'all be safe out there"

[clueless 2,987]

8 hours ago, rmaynard said:

Ahh, Latrobe. The home of Rolling Rock Beer. I don't know much about the GT-14 other than it is a good machine. Plenty of members who will be able to help you with information.

But, I do have 2 bottles of Rolling Rock Beer in the old pony bottles. 

 

Don't know much about a GT-14 but I do know I had the worst case of the s**ts for two days after drinking about 15 of those R.R. ponies when I was 19, never drank another one.

 

Edited August 21 by clueless

[rmaynard 15,434]

8 hours ago, clueless said:

Yea guys I used the word peruse, for some reason the old lady thinks I should "enhance" my "vocabulary" after 70 years

 

At age 74, I still like to add a few obscure and obtuse words to the vernacular. Makes me feel verbose.

 

...but I digress. Sorry.

 

 

 

Edited August 21 by rmaynard

[BurtB 88]

Had to give up the whole drinking thing. Running a plant and drinking the stress away don't mix real well.

 

RR was always my favorite outside working beer, it was a hydrating beer. Pretty sure that RR should be clear instead of whatever that is. Don't think it ages like wine or whiskey. 

 

Was a bourbon and amber beer guy, myself.

[jay bee 896]

to 

[Ed Kennell 38,135]

1 hour ago, BurtB said:

Pretty sure that RR should be clear instead of whatever that is.

Yep. it is clear, but the bottles are green.       I grew up  about 40 miles SE of Latrobe and was weaned on Rolling Rock, Old German, and Iron City

[ri702bill 8,316]

1 hour ago, Ed Kennell said:

and was weaned on Rolling Rock, Old German, and Iron City

Ed - here in RI is was Narragansett, 'Gansett Boch, Haffenreffer (the one with the "sobriety test" rebus puzzle in the cap) and Schlitz. With a splash of Utica Club Cream Ale thrown in.

[ri702bill 8,316]

6 hours ago, BurtB said:

Lots of things around here need proper fixing.

The correct attitude, not "good enough is good enough" . Welcome Burt - there are several of us here ( like me) that still occasionally have to pluck steel splinters from ourselves as we fix or fabricate WH repair parts....... onsite.

[BurtB 88]

5 hours ago, ri702bill said:

The correct attitude, not "good enough is good enough" . Welcome Burt - there are several of us here ( like me) that still occasionally have to pluck steel splinters from ourselves as we fix or fabricate WH repair parts....... onsite.

 

A temporary fix should be just that: temporary. I hate crap fixes that you constantly have to fight. Bothers me.

 

Also, if your calipers aren't tight enough to pull splinters, time to replace them.

[953 nut 55,189]

Great introduction, glad you found us. You may be able to find the lights and other parts at A-Z Tractor,  https://www.a-ztractor.com/

Sounds like your GT-14 has a good new home. If you change the oil and install a new filter your transmission may respond well. They left the factory with Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF) in them but many were converted to motor oil over the years. If the fluid is pink stick with ATF, if it is amber use 10 W 40 motor oil. A NAPA 1410 or Wix 51410 filter is the correct replacement.

Looking forward to more progress reports.

[adsm08 2,046]

9 hours ago, rmaynard said:

 

At age 74, I still like to add a few obscure and obtuse words to the vernacular. Makes me feel verbose.

 

...but I digress. Sorry.

 

 

 

 

Rhinoceros.

[ebinmaine 67,422]

Excellent first post!

 

 

 

 

 

 

@adsm08

Thanks to you I have the Muppets Mahna Mahna song stuck in my head because rhinoceros fits in there....

[Ed Kennell 38,135]

20 hours ago, ri702bill said:

- there are several of us here ( like me) that still occasionally have to pluck steel splinters from ourselves 

Reminded me of the day I stopped at the barber shop after cleaning a rusty pair of wheels with a wire wheel on a 4.5" angle grinder.    After working on my hair for a few minutes, the young female barber left out a blood curdling scream and said there is a wire sticking thru your ear..   This was before body piercings were quite common. She refused to touch it and had to get a male barber to pull the one inch wire that passed thru the lobe of my ear.

Moral....wear your safety equipment

[ri702bill 8,316]

24 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

to pull the one inch wire that passed thru the lobe of my ear.

Best it was found BEFORE she snagged it thru the comb !! 

[Ed Kennell 38,135]

Just now, ri702bill said:

Best it was found BEFORE she snagged it thru the comb !! 

Or with her clippers.   She does trim my ears and eyebrows.

[BurtB 88]

2 hours ago, Ed Kennell said:

Moral....wear your safety equipment

I once got a chip on an ear plug and it stuck on the inside of my ear canal. Right under the forward part of the sticky outie part of the ear. It migrated through the skin and out the other side over a month or so.

 

That was less than fun.

[Ed Kennell 38,135]

29 minutes ago, BurtB said:

I once got a chip on an ear plug

I never liked stuffing the plugs in my ears.   Always use the muffs when possible.

[SylvanLakeWH 25,535]

 

Muffs work better too... 

[Horsin'round 74]

Latrobe...

Forbes road

Arnie Palmer 

Fred Rodgers 

Steelers training camp 

 

Lots of diverse history in that area. Beautiful country!