joel_400 59 #1 Posted January 24, 2010 My C-101 puller! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim_M 178 #2 Posted January 24, 2010 Nice job! It's a sharp looking tractor. I'm building a similar tractor right now. Will they let you get by with the flywheel unguarded? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suburban 550 28 #3 Posted January 24, 2010 Real nice puller. :thumbs: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joel_400 59 #4 Posted January 24, 2010 I pull various different places throughout nw ohio, the one club I pull with has an actual stock class 0-14 hp. The other places are more of a run whatcha brung just seperated into hp classes. So far nobody has said anything! Thanks! Joel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whfan74 2,066 #5 Posted January 24, 2010 Excellent looking machine you have there! I really like the silver and the diamond plate accents! Looks like a weekend of fun to me! :banghead: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rickv1957 72 #6 Posted January 24, 2010 Very nice looking tractor you have! Rick Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronscat 2 #7 Posted January 24, 2010 Joel, Your tractor looks great - nice paint job. I can't recommend at all that you run the kohler without a steel flywheel or a steel cover over the flywheel. We had a guy that pulled with our club that got seriously hurt with a cast flywheel that disintegrated. I put the pictures up of what happened to his tractor on Bill Marrison's pulling site. What happened to him was not good. Note that flywheel is right by your left foot! I don't mean to alarm you but safety for every one should be a priority. Ron Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stress Test Pullin 0 #8 Posted January 24, 2010 Joel, Your tractor looks great - nice paint job. I can't recommend at all that you run the kohler without a steel flywheel or a steel cover over the flywheel. We had a guy that pulled with our club that got seriously hurt with a cast flywheel that disintegrated. I put the pictures up of what happened to his tractor on Bill Marrison's pulling site. What happened to him was not good. Note that flywheel is right by your left foot! I don't mean to alarm you but safety for every one should be a priority. Ron nice looking tractor! and the stock classes i pullin all run the stock fly wheels at 4000rpms, but i wouldnt go much higher than that just my 0.02 :thumbs: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Curmudgeon 28 #9 Posted January 24, 2010 Exploding flywheels can be a real problem, IF you've removed the governor. Joel mentioned stock class, so I seriously doubt he's running ungoverned. Stock flywheels, unguarded, are perfectly safe at stock speeds. Otherwise, wouldn't all our tractors be unsafe to mow the yard with? The screen missing makes it easy to get something up against the spinning fan blades though....... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,337 #10 Posted January 25, 2010 Good lookin puller. Make sure to get us some pics when its "hooked up" ! Mike........... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronscat 2 #11 Posted January 25, 2010 Ok, I stand corrected about the "stock" classes. I wouldn't run ungoverned classes without steel there though. Ron Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chris11 184 #12 Posted January 25, 2010 Great looking tractor. :thumbs: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d180man 5 #13 Posted January 25, 2010 Hi very nice looking tractor!!! :banghead: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deere Hunter 54 #14 Posted January 25, 2010 Exploding flywheels can be a real problem, IF you've removed the governor. Joel mentioned stock class, so I seriously doubt he's running ungoverned. Beleive it or not, over the past several years I have been to some pulls with questionable "stock" classes. Where the tractor had to be stock but they didn't care how many RPM's you turned. I just cringed and walked away when I seen a young boy about 10 years old going up the track. He was on a WH and it was turning about 7000 RPM with the stock cast flywheel I just hope that people like that don't learn the hard way. By the way. Thats one sharp looking puller :thumbs: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KeithB 6 #15 Posted January 25, 2010 Very nice work :thumbs: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Curmudgeon 28 #16 Posted January 25, 2010 A stock class running 7 grand isn't really stock, gotta agree with that. Also whole heartedly agree that speed means a steel flywheel. Neglected to add before, it is a nice looking little puller! Interesting choice of contrasting colors. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joel_400 59 #17 Posted January 26, 2010 Thanks for all the input guys! It's nice to know that people can appreciate my work! My girlfriend kinda wonders about me! haha I only run 3600-3800 rpm as thats what a stock tractor is supposed to run! haha I've seen pics of a flywheel that came apart and that was enough to keep me from getting crazy with rpms! It would hurt real bad! I do have some pics somewhere of it hooked to the sled at a pull....if I find em I will get em posted soon. Thanks again! Joel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimbotelho 1 #18 Posted January 26, 2010 :banghead: what a great looking machine you did a great job with the paint and accenting it with the aluminum sharp :thumbs: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
