Pencil drawings of your pictures.

[TT-(Moderator) 1,131]

I found this while stumbling around at Flickr! a few days ago:

http://www.dumpr.net/

You can do all sorts of things with images and save them to your 'puter -- FOR FREE!

Check this one out:

[Rollerman 290]

Cool link Terry (the other one )

Playing on it now, Thanks

Stephen...the only one :P

[T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,507]

Terry,

That is so cool. Nice. I thought I was the "other Terry"!

[Rollerman 290]

Do I get an A?

[nylyon-(Admin) 7,294]

A+

[T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,507]

Are we grading on a curve? :D

[Nick 13]

How about one from the 2006 PA Wheel horse show. Thanks for the link never saw that one before.

[sorekiwi 761]

Thats as cool as hell! Thanks for the link!

Mike

[Vinylguy 4,674]

Cool effects guys.

Thought a border would look nice

I myself do not have a Horse yet

but I enjoy all the photos

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[CasualObserver 3,408]

Terry, your graphic talent and additions are awesome!! :P

[TT-(Moderator) 1,131]

I'm not very good with the computer graphics stuff, but I think I did well with this real life design.

Glad you guys are enjoying the pencil drawing site too!

[Vinylguy 4,674]

I WANT ONE!!!!

AWESOME TRACTOR

[Vinylguy 4,674]

I WANT ONE!!!!

AWESOME TRACTOR

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[Curmudgeon 28]

There must be a gadzillion Wheel Horses out there named Pony Express, even I have a share in one.

Nice looking puller Terry!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dale

[Rollerman 290]

Nice looking tractor Terry!

I like the 3/4/500 series rear fender on you C style puller.

Well I like everything really!..the black decals are sharp too...heck is the paint even dry?

More pics & info please!, one pic is just teasing :P

[T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,507]

Terry R.,

Nice looking puller. You did a great job on her.

Terry D. aka Vinylguy,

Man, you do good work. Maybe I need to let you do the 2009 calendar....I'm sure you can do a better job than me.

It's getting you can't tell the Terry's without a scorecard......

From yet another Terry.......... :P

[TT-(Moderator) 1,131]

To make a really long story a little shorter, that tractor is (was originally) a 1979 C-161 twin 8 speed. I bought the transaxle off ebay (for somebody elses 417) and when I went to pick it up, the seller asked me if I knew anyone who needed a 48" deck or the rest of a C-161. At the time, I wasn't interested, but when I bought my $250 "abandoned at a local repair shop" 1990 416H and saw it needed a better deck, I looked this guy up again. $35 for the mower deck was his quote, and I asked about the carcass of the C-161. He told me another $15 and I could have it too. Another 2 hour round trip and $50 poorer, I had the goods.

The deck was gone over and installed on the 416 so I could mow. In the meantime, while my son was in Colorado with his mother, I looked at the carcass of the C-161 and decided it was too nice to scrap. I wish I would have snapped a picture of it then, but it was just a frame and hoodstand/dash with all of the steering parts, pedals and footrests still intact.

This is the earliest photo I have, but it already has a bunch of parts stuck on it:

Here's a picture from about two weeks in to the build:

Anyhow..........

The rear fenders came from a GT1100 Workhorse and the hood is from a 1971 Raider 12. The rear wheels are off of a GT1848 Workhorse and have 23X10.50-12 Carlisle 2 ply tires. The front rims are the 6" originals off my 416 (I changed it to 8") with 4.00X6 triple ribs from Tucker Tire.

I built the adjustable hitch and wheelie bars using 1" square tubing, Colson aluminum center industrial wheels, parts from a 753 snowplow hitch, and various pieces of 1/4" angle and flat steel. It is entirely bolt-on and can be removed in about 15 minutes.

The engine is not "top secret", but it started as a 1971 K301 Kohler and it does work good. It was built with severe attention to detail and is legal for the local stock class. The most I will admit to is that it's .010" over. I do have one here that's a little "bigger" that may end up on it if I get the time.

All paint work was done by me using (brace yourselves!) Krylon Cherry Red aerosol cans. I was presssed for time while building this and had no other options. The silver letters came from a local sign shop and are the original Wheel Horse script, but the were tilted and stretched a little. The black background for the letters is painted on with semi-gloss black and I used 1/16" silver stripe tape around the hood panels for a clean border.

This tractor was built in about 5 weeks by me. The only thing I didn't do was bore the 1.5" hole in the hitch plate -- I had that done where I work.

I have yet to pull it because I haven't had time to add weight. (It needs about 300 pounds of ballast yet) I also want to move the battery down to the frame, and a small fuel tank in it's place, and lose the under-fender fuel tank so I can add weights on top of the tranaxle. I also have a narrower B-115 front axle that I would like to install, along with the narrower front wheels.

Here are a few more views:

[Greg B. 1]

Very nice looking tractor, Terry.

Greg B.

[Rollerman 290]

Pulling Terry/Graphics Terry/Terry who owns JD's? ...a lot of Terry's

Terry..wow...man thats sharp & thanks for adding more pics.

I've been useing the Krylon Cherry Red too for my tractors & think it lays down pretty good for cheap rattle can paint.

Does the Bosch blue coil give you a better spark...or mostly for the looks?

Did you fab up the exhaust too.

Nice...very nice :D

[T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,507]

I guess I can go by JD Terry....

Yes, I agree with Stephen and Greg. Very nice job on that puller. Again, nice job. I could use rattle can paint on my jobs, but I'm not very good at it. Your rattle can paint job looks real good.

[TT-(Moderator) 1,131]

Yeah... the Krylon is good if you aren't afraid of it. Never put it on in the hot sun, or dewey/humid conditions, and don't be afraid to lay some on after the first tack coat. Give it about 90 days to cure, and wax the &%#* out of it!

The Bosch Blue coil is great for increased spark voltage, but I found out after installing this one that it's a bogus copy and not a genuine German unit. It still works great, but it's not as good as the real thing. It was a non-resistor coil, so now there's a Chrysler-type ballast resistor on there too. At least it doesn't have a Chrysler starter.

The exhaust was fabbed by me too. A piece of 1.5" auto exhaust tubing with a semi-tight 90 degree bend was acquired from the local custom pipe bending shop. I built the mouniting flange from 3/8" steel and port matched it to the engine. A short piece of 1.5" tubing was crimped to clear the socket head capscrews and was welded to the flange. I welded the two pieces together using a slip-over sleeve -- that made it double walled where the support tab is welded, for more mounting strength. There is an aluminum brace that goes from the bottom of the sleeve down to a bolt hole in the block, just for extra support.

Thanks for all the praise, guys. It sure makes the hard work seem a lot more worth it! There's a lot of good looking machinery on here, with a lot of ingenuity and creativity behind them. I'm glad to be a part of this forum!

[TT-(Moderator) 1,131]

Here's another before and after of a "Krylon makeover":

[Rollerman 290]

Tricycle Terry...are you sure you painted that?

I mean come on....who are you trying to fool...looks more like a wash & polish job to me

How about some info on your Tricyle too.

Been wanting to do a narrow front also....as soon as I finish other projescts, learn to weld...etc,etc

Did you swap out to a "Ross" steering box or use the Wheel Horse fan gear still?

Looks like you have a nice pile of parts in the background too!

[TT-(Moderator) 1,131]

Yeah, it's hard to believe the difference, huh?

The trike is a "Johnny Cash" special. It's parts from many, many tractors anywhere from 1963 up to 1977 or so. (The model number tag is from a 1968 Charger 12, so that's what I claim it to be.) It's powered by a K-321 "basic" (the universal blue-painted ones from the early 80's) and has a '69 Charger 12 transaxle.

Steering is accomplished by #40 roller chains and various sprockets. I also fabbed a reduction cluster sprocket and it allows a pretty mild steering ratio.

Here are some pictures of the early mock-up:

...and a picture of it back in the shop getting redesigned after the front chain broke!

[kj4kicks 152]

Wow Terry, They look great !!

Now, if you get tired of tripping over those parts, I'll come help you clean them out of your way.

Have trailer, will travel......

Eldon.