Wheel Horse frames?

[CTPATRIOT 12]

I have some John Deere's a 140,318 and 400.They have very beefy overbuilt frames and are like tanks.I like the simple angle iron frame on the Wheel Horse,such a simple design.Just curious,do they ever brake???

[stevebo-(Moderator) 8,330]

I think the weak point (if you can call them weak) are the flange that bolts to the tranny has been know to crack and also the cross roundbar that holds up the front of the footboards. That weld can break. It broke the weld on my 520HC but I have to say I really tested it with the 3 point hitches.

[Indy w h 5]

The only weak point is were the trans bolts to the frame.

Other than that there built pretty good

Indy

[sorekiwi 761]

Like Steve said, the rear transmission mount sometimes cracks, mainly on the older frames, the factory added some doublers here on the later models.

I have seen a couple broken above the cross tube on the front. The frame is notched out here for the crosstube. They should have drilled a hole instead.

520-H: (the crack has been welded)

[T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,496]

I also had/have John Deeres. I had a couple of the 200 series garden tractors and a '66 round fender 110. All had significant sized frames on them. Currently I have a JD 445 which has a very robust frame, even thicker and bigger than the 200 series I've own.

Now, on Wheel Horse frames, they used an angle iron and the wall thickness is pretty thick. I can't go out and measure the thickness, but it seems like it was either 1/4 inches or 3/8 - can't remember. But it was thick. Some of the manufacturers today like to boast the gauge thickness of things, i.e. deck and even frames. Simplicity and Cub Cadet are two that I've seen advertise frame thickness, 7 gauge for one particular Simplicity model and a 9 gauge for Cub Cadet. Now, as most here know, the lower the gauge number the thicker the steel. But there are some here who may not know what those numbers signify in the "real" world. 7 gauge steel is under 3/16 or more precise, .1793 thick. 9 gauge is under .15 inch thick. Both of those numbers are less than what the Wheel Horse angle wall thickness is. So.......

See this chart for sizes: http://www.engineersedge.com/gauge.htm

[mr.pipes 4]

It broke the weld on my 520HC but I have to say I really tested it with the 3 point hitches.

Not to get off topic but I am a little ADD. What is the situation with the 3pt? Is it still back to the drawing board? Any updates? Oh yeah, and a little nosey too sometimes.

[Kelly 1,029]

Look in the vendor section I believe he has or had them for sale.

[ilovemy1974b80 28]

i need help, can a wheel horse b80's frame with stand a front end loader

[Pullstart 62,881]

1 minute ago, ilovemy1974b80 said:

i need help, can a wheel horse b80's frame with stand a front end loader

 

I believe it can.  My 1056 frame is about the same as a B80 

 

 

[ilovemy1974b80 28]

thank you so much 

[ilovemy1974b80 28]

I may not put one on it because of the money, but if i had the money i would

 

[ilovemy1974b80 28]

that is all most the same setup i have but i have a swisher atv bucket on it

[ilovemy1974b80 28]

you can see it if on youtube you look up my b80 wheel horse

[Gregor 4,846]

On 12/7/2010 at 10:02 PM, stevebo said:

I think the weak point (if you can call them weak) are the flange that bolts to the tranny has been know to crack

This is where the frame bolts to the trans. Some where in it's life, someone attempted a repair.

I had it fixed.

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

18 minutes ago, Gregor said:

I had it fixed.

 

So now it's a gelding?  

[kpinnc 12,056]

I can't remember the year, but later model horses came with a reinforcement across the bottom bolts of the tranny mount. My 87 doesn't have it, but my 91 does.

[Pullstart 62,881]

8 hours ago, ilovemy1974b80 said:

you can see it if on youtube you look up my b80 wheel horse

it is easy to share a link from youtube here.  Please share, there is quite a bit of things to chose from and we’d love to see it.