Hello From England

[Mackler 12]

Hi,

I am a new member from Leicester, England. My first 227-5 is used for mowing and pulling a trailer for firewood.

My latest 227-5 needs a fair bit of work to get it usable, which I plan to do in the spring.

 

I have managed to find the manuals for the 227-5, the 36" rear discharge deck and the Kawasaki FC540V engine

already on this site which have been really useful.

[Mickwhitt 4,702]

Hi there and welcome along to the wonderful world of Red Square. I am in the good old United States of England in South Yorkshire, by American standards you and I practically live next door. Lol

 

I restored a well used (knackered)

C-125 tractor a few years back. I bought it as a retirement project to have some fun with. It had been used amongst other things to haul slate in north Wales to build a traditional farmhouse. The rear hubs were worn and had been bonded to the  axles with liquid metal. The front wheel bearings were so worn they had damaged the stub axles. 

The engine was sound but required a full overhaul. 

Several years of work resulted in FRED, my road registered and legal tractor. Complete with snow plow and dozer blade. 

Without the amazing folks at Red Square I would not have been able to carry out such an extensive restoration project.  They helped me with every aspect, from the chassis and gearbox overhaul to the engine and electrics. 

This was Fred in front of the farmhouse he helped to build, carting slate over a mile down a rutted farm track for months. He had already been messed with, losing the rear mudguard/seat pan and gaining a roll bar.

 

Welcome along and enjoy the show, we don't just talk tractors, most every problem can be solved at Red Square and a good chat is sometimes all that's needed.

 

Mick 

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11 hours ago, Mickwhitt said:

 I am in the good old United States of England in South Yorkshire, by American standards you and I practically live next door. Lol

 

  By those standards you and I were almost neighbors . I was born in Blackburn, lived in Darwin….been here in the US for 56 years now. 
 

@Mackler  Welcome to Red Square! 

 

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Welcome from across the pond. We love picture since most of us can't read and don't speak the King's English. 

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A great place for information and a bit of clowning around at times.

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[Mackler 12]

Hi All,

Thank you for the warm welcome. I have gained a lot of knowledge from this community already and I may be able to contribute a few small details myself!

The 227-5 Wheel Horse I have is used all year round, mowing for 3 seasons and moving firewood in the winter.

 

It will easily pull a trailer with half a ton of logs in but as everybody knows the problem is not getting it moving but stopping it, as the brake pads on the Tecumseh Peerless

transmission are only about the size of a postage stamp.

 

I have overhauled the Peerless transmission on the original 227-5 and I plan to do the second one in the spring as I am sure the grease could do with a change after 36 years!

Because these tractors have only been used for mowing and towing these transmissions are in pretty good shape as even if they are left outside the rain does not get in to them and

all they usually need is a good clean, regreasing and a pair of brake pads which are easil;y available here and fairly cheap. 

[meadowfield 2,593]

welcome to the group!  

 

have fun...