What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[ineedanother 1,369]

Mounted rear tires and rims on the new-to-me Auto 12 and hooked up the new-to-me cart. Neighbors are moving and offered some dry firewood so I made a few trips to restock the wood for the fire pit. Our front yard is a fairly steep grade and I didn't lose any pull running for 45 minutes or so, so I'm confident in the hydro now which is something I really wanted to test 

 

Forgot to attach the pic:

Edited July 2, 2022 by ineedanother

[Ed Kennell 38,170]

9 hours ago, ineedanother said:

Forgot to attach the pic:

 

It won't open for me.   

[ineedanother 1,369]

Hmmm. Maybe if I attach it rather than paste it in the body?..

[ineedanother 1,369]

Sorry Ed, that looks the same to me. 

[8ntruck 6,999]

@ineedanother  that's a neat looking shed.  You got more pictures of it?

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,315]

  Since the 867 didn’t really need the rims painted I figured I would move onto the 1054.   These rims were painted white by a previous owner and also have red overspray on em….these won’t clean up with Dawn dish soap  

  

[johnnymag3 2,520]

11 minutes ago, Sparky said:

  Since the 867 didn’t really need the rims painted I figured I would move onto the 1054.   These rims were painted white by a previous owner and also have red overspray on em….these won’t clean up with Dawn dish soap  

  

I would get a total beatdown....herd rejection......stampede.......... if any of my horses had a bottle on it, or even a cup of anything on its back.....This is a total no no in my Stable.....   

 

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,315]

19 minutes ago, johnnymag3 said:

I would get a total beatdown....herd rejection......stampede.......... if any of my horses had a bottle on it, or even a cup of anything on its back.....This is a total no no in my Stable.....   

 

Well I recommend you never park one of your rigs in my garage…you won’t like what happens.

 

 

 

 

[ineedanother 1,369]

1 hour ago, 8ntruck said:

@ineedanother  that's a neat looking shed.  You got more pictures of it?

 

Thanks, and I do. I didn't want to derail this thread too badly so I started one in the garden section...

[Goldnboy 920]

Some of you might remember that I posted my B80-8 with hydraulic lift add on for sale due to a stuffed dog that got amputated when it abruptly fell off when running.... it wasn't a pretty sight. 

The misses insisted I put it up for sale and I did just at a price I figured wouldn't sell.. so after it sit for a month hidden.  I took this belt guard from a MF deck and did  some trimming. And here i  black is the final piece that i have after trimming.  Tomorrow i will show a picture or two with it mounted 

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,315]

17 minutes ago, Goldnboy said:

 I took this belt guard from a MF deck and did  some trimming. And here i  black is the final piece that i have after trimming.  Tomorrow i will show a picture or two with it mounted 

 

 

 

Good idea! Just get a guard in place and take down the for sale ad 

[8ntruck 6,999]

Have we ever had a worst worn operating drivebelt contest?  If not, I submit this one for the initial entry:

 

This is what was on Clyde the C195.  Put a new, pretty blue one on.  Wonder of wonders, the clutch between the engine and hydro works as it should now.  Clyde did a little bit of trailer work trying out his new belt.

 

I put the dozer blade on Morgan the 14-8 and spread the mound of leaves left over from last fall around.  Give them a chance to dry out, then get raked into the chipper shredder.  When done with the blade, I installed the RD deck for the rest of the mowing season.

[Goldnboy 920]

Well I have the belt guard in place. When the early rain drys off I will give it a test run.

[ebinmaine 67,484]

Trina's 867 go-to worker was moving sticks and logs for us today. 

 

 

 

[Rob J. 1,942]

I’ve made progress on Project Hitch. I’ve worked on it off and on for the past few days. It was literally a wreck. Today I pulled the steering wheel & shaft successfully. I also removed the wheel from the shaft without any damage to shaft. I will pat myself on the back considering I’m working with Stone Age tools guys and gals. New wheel is on shaft with a good coat of anti-seize and imposition with a punch in place just need to get a new roll pin and dash housing. Get the hubs on and it’s a roller with lots of potential. Bang, bang, bang, pew, pew, pew, firecracker, firecracker, firecracker, boom, boom, boom enjoy your weekend! 

[OutdoorEnvy 1,522]

So scored at the antique store today!  Wouldn't post this in this thread normally but a couple days ago I got a front receiver hitch for the c-100, today I score a 3-ball hitch for $10 AND it's red!  Seemed meant to be!  It's also solid 2x2" steel and not hollow.  I bet the thing weighs at least 30lbs.  Should also add as a nice front counter-balance weight as well.

 

[davem1111 2,030]

 

Finished putting the nicely drained, flushed, repainted and refilled trans back on the 416-8, painted the fender pan (think I need a new rear decal)... Wheels and tank back on then  outside for a pressure wash.  Went ahead and washed the rest of the herd while I was at it. Got part of the yard mowed with the GT, the rest hasn't grown much since it's been so dry. Going to take the 312-A with dump trailer to pick up a bunch of brush I've been trimming.  416-8 still to get some more painting done then I think I'm going to sell it. Still trying to decide if I want to repaint the GT back to its original color scheme. Right now it's like 3 different shades of red.

 

I dunno... this 416-8 is pretty sweet. Maybe I should sell the GT.   But I like the hydraulic lift, especially if I put the snow blade on the GT.  Decisions, decisions. 

 

Hope everyone has a great 4th of July!  

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,484]

16 minutes ago, davem1111 said:

Maybe I should sell the

Not a thing...

Keep both/all. 

Different work, different machines. 

 

[davem1111 2,030]

3 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Not a thing...

Keep both/all. 

Different work, different machines. 

 

 

Yeah, I know... but I need to fund the repair of another deck and those dang spindles are so expensive!  Plus, I don't have enough garage space for all these, and my wife's car will *not* be staying outside (or I will too) 

[Docwheelhorse 2,660]

On 6/30/2022 at 8:53 PM, Sparky said:

  Painted up some front rims for a friend @Docwheelhorse (yes, for a Wheel Horse GT-1800). Didn’t use the playing card trick, stuck to my old tried and true tape/masking method. 

  Smoke gray was the color of choice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks @Sparky now it has 4 matching rims and tires on the elusive YES They really did paint the Workhorse GT1800 Wheel Horse red from factory tractor

[EB-80/8inPA 1,641]

I finished mounting the hardware from the rotted out donor deck onto a NOS shell I bought last year, with new spindles and pulleys, 2/3 new spindle cups (only two left) and stuff like the spring.  This thing has no fewer than five types/colors of paint; the factory deck color, the powder coated hardware, the rattle can Regal Red ( where it didn’t wear off during installation), the dark red on the wheels, and traditional grease covered rust.  I had to do a fair amount of wire brushing and sanding to get some of the powder coated pieces to fit together.  In the process I found I’m not that fond of the stuff.  I also took off the new seat, put the original back on for mowing duty.  It’s kind of nice and relaxing to mow without random projectiles flying out of the holes in the deck.  The new pulleys and spindles are much quieter, too.  Not the prettiest, but it works well enough.  In a few years maybe it’ll match the B-80 and be a little more presentable.

[Snoopy11 5,714]

2 minutes ago, EB-80/8inPA said:

It’s kind of nice and relaxing to mow without random projectiles flying out of the holes in the deck.

YA THINK???
 

HAHAHAHAHA

 

I tell you what, that tractor looks good just like it is. Now, the tears in the seat... that... I'm not exactly fond of.

 

I have found, that black gorilla tape does wonders on seats...!!!

 

Don

[Snoopy11 5,714]

21 hours ago, davem1111 said:

 

Yeah, I know... but I need to fund the repair of another deck and those dang spindles are so expensive!  Plus, I don't have enough garage space for all these, and my wife's car will *not* be staying outside (or I will too) 

Well.. I mean... I could... eh... 'keep' a couple of them for you...

 

Don

[EB-80/8inPA 1,641]

3 minutes ago, Snoopy11 said:

 

 

I have found, that black gorilla tape does wonders on seats...!!!

 

Don

I was actually thinking of trying just that.  Do you tuck it in under the trim?

[Snoopy11 5,714]

2 minutes ago, EB-80/8inPA said:

Do you tuck it in under the trim?

Pretty much, yes.

 

I generally clean the area with whatever chemicals I have on hand before I stick it on... just to make sure it stays where I put it...

 

Don