Wheel mods.

[Stormin 9,982]

 I plough with my C-121, AKA The Black Horse, and wanted to fit narrower tyres on the rear wheels. I'd already fitted modified scooter wheels and tri ribs to the front.

 I obtained a pair of as new ag tyres from a friend over the border in Scotland. Of course these wouldn't fit the standard wheels, so a slight mod was in order. A pair of standard wheels got cut up.

 

 

Then got welded back together, using the cut out middle section as a band to line things up.

 

 

 Welds cleaned up and taped.

 

 

There was a slight difference in hight to the ag's already fitted. About 3".

 

 

The photo' shows the seat pan packed up to give clearance.

 

View from the rear

 

 

And finally a side view. This also shows the modified fronts.

 

 

  The tractor now sloped to the front and this raised a problem with plough depth. So the decision was made to raise the front.

 

  As you can see the fronts now have trailer hubs to take the modified scooter wheels. Not wanting to alter the steering arms I decided to make another pair. So a pair of arms off a parts donor Raider 10 and trailer stub axles were obtained.

 

 The arm spindle that passes through the axle had to be drilled and threaded as they were going to be fitted with extensions.  Also the wheel axle spindle was cut down to 3/4" long. Extensions turned up longer than will be needed. Most likely be shortened when fitted. Also spacers to raised the front made. These are just 1". Again final assembly will show if thicker ones will be need.

 

  The trailer stub axles were cut down to 1/2" and bored out 3/4" ID x 1" deep.

 

First photo shows cut down arms and standard trailer stub axles. Second one showing everything ready to be welded up.

 

 

 

 Could be a week or so before I can start fitting them to the Black Horse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 17, 2017 by Stormin

[KC9KAS 4,741]

@Stormin That is some fine work on your machine.

That is a mean looking Wheel Horse...Looks like a "puller"!

[PeacemakerJack 10,743]

There is a fine line between pullers and plow “mules”!  That is a sweet looking horse @Stormin and I think that those new tires will provide you the clearance that you are looking for with the traction you need to plow...  please post a video of that thing plowing someday.  I’ll be watching no doubt 

[Stormin 9,982]

 Managed to get the arms finished and fitted today. Wheels are now back on and the front end has been raised by 1".

 

 

  Plough depth has now been improved. Depth depends on the position of the tool bar in the slot hitch. Fully in, using the second hole, gives a depth of 6". Using the first hole, the one at  the end, gives 7-1/4".

 

 

  The next job will be to fit a depth wheel to the plough.

Edited December 20, 2017 by Stormin

[jrkendall 0]

What size and brand are these tires? Are they 7.00-12?

 

Would you be able to post a couple more photos of the fender pan lift from the front and the tires? I’m looking at doing something similar with 7-14 tires.

[Lee1977 6,898]

On 6/13/2018 at 7:01 PM, jrkendall said:

What size and brand are these tires? Are they 7.00-12?

 

Would you be able to post a couple more photos of the fender pan lift from the front and the tires? I’m looking at doing something similar with 7-14 tires.

If you are doing a C-160 it's different  from the C-161.  There are two different rear fender designs on the C-160.

 

The first was a tilt up seat pan the later was a fixed seat pan with tilt up seat.

 

The tilt up seat pan you would have to raise the hinge and latch

 

The later models put a spacer between the transmission and fender bracket.

And equal spacers between the the  existing brackets amd fender pan where the seat hinges bolt down.