What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[ebinmaine 67,484]

37 minutes ago, Lane Ranger said:

Early Saturday morning correction of snowblower belt application! 

 

 

 

Looks like the same routing I should be using on the one that I picked up a few months ago.

The PO had the belt wrapped right around the bottom of everything and just snugged right up tight as a drum.

It worked.....

Bugs me to look at it though.

[Heatingman 971]

8 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Looks like the same routing I should be using on the one that I picked up a few months ago.

The PO had the belt wrapped right around the bottom of everything and just snugged right up tight as a drum.

It worked.....

Bugs me to look at it though.

Could be your belt is too short for the correct routing. 

[ebinmaine 67,484]

41 minutes ago, Heatingman said:

Could be your belt is too short for the correct routing. 

If say that's true. Dude's dad  wrapped it right around. No Z shape.  He left it that way after the dad passed on and he got the tractor because it worked. Sort of.  

[Shynon 7,459]

Fluid change time before the work begins 

[Heatingman 971]

24 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

If say that's true. Dude's dad  wrapped it right around. No Z shape.  He left it that way after the dad passed on and he got the tractor because it worked. Sort of.  

lots of belt systems dont use tensioner systems at all. Id have to see the set up you have, to say for sure. But you can have just 2 pulleys and a belt without an idler at all. Think bike chain. Just sorta stretch the belt into place. 

[Heatingman 971]

Used the trailer with fresh wheels (installed this morning) to help with the garden clean up. 

[ebinmaine 67,484]

12 minutes ago, Heatingman said:

lots of belt systems dont use tensioner systems at all. Id have to see the set up you have, to say for sure. But you can have just 2 pulleys and a belt without an idler at all. Think bike chain. Just sorta stretch the belt into place. 

Here's a pic. 

It's clearly not correct. 

Turns the blower. All the time.   

 

 

[Ed Kennell 38,170]

39 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Here's a pic. 

It's clearly not correct. 

Turns the blower. All the time.   

 

 

 

 

Looks like he just turned the tensioner up side down to be able to use the one tensioner pulley with a  short belt.    No tensioner works on two rigid fixed distance  pulleys, but the PTO to blower drive pulley distance changes quite a bit over the blower lift range.    The belt would surely jump off without a tensioner.

[Shynon 7,459]

All ready to play!!

[Heatingman 971]

Just mounted some weights. Their off a simplicity. About 25 lbs each, so total of around 100 lbs.

Used 3/4 PVC as a spacer to have bolt tension prior to sliding the weights into place. Seemed to make the install easier and probably less damage to the paint on the rims.

 

 

[sjoemie himself 3,068]

8 hours ago, Shynon said:

All ready to play!!

 

Now I know what my next Wheel Horse should be! 

Looks like a 'proper' big tractor with the dual wheel like that. Most duals on the gt's are another wheel bolted on, I like this better.

Got any close-ups of the system you're using?

 

Greetings from the Netherlands, Mark 

[WHX?? 48,815]

Might even have to play on it abit myself ... 

[WHX?? 48,815]

A pic of it in action Mark. @sjoemie himself

Pullstart's dau hauled the mail on it. 

 

Shop looks awful squared away Tom 

Edited October 9, 2022 by WHX??

[squonk 41,104]

Like the suitcase weight "keep the weights from falling off into the furrow thingy! "

 

[Andy N. 2,153]

On 10/6/2022 at 10:15 PM, Heatingman said:

Mounted the plow

 

On 10/6/2022 at 10:32 PM, Jeff-C175 said:

 

Me did too

 

Got mine assembled after the refresh. Probably wait for a few weeks before install.

 

 

 

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

9 minutes ago, Andy N. said:

mine assembled

 

That's the plastic edge?

I thought about that myself, but ended up opting for the rubber.

 

 

 

[Heatingman 971]

24 minutes ago, Jeff-C175 said:

 

That's the plastic edge?

I thought about that myself, but ended up opting for the rubber.

 

 

 

Got some thick HDPE plastic, bolted in place with the original wear strip on mine.

 

 

[Heatingman 971]

36 minutes ago, Andy N. said:

 

 

Got mine assembled after the refresh. Probably wait for a few weeks before install.

 

 

 

looks good. Wonder if that bend in the control arm needs to bend out. Had to make a bracket to move mine outward to clear the footboard.

[WHX?? 48,815]

Those plows look almost too nice to use fellas... 

Worked on a front end for the 701. What a pain given what i had off the carcass to work with. Roll pin holes wallowed out. Steering arms pin holes all wallowed out.... I shoulda looked for replacements but was up for the challenge. My success hinges on the results of high strength epoxy.  

[Andy N. 2,153]

8 hours ago, Heatingman said:

looks good. Wonder if that bend in the control arm needs to bend out. Had to make a bracket to move mine outward to clear the footboard.

 

The control arm angle is good for my 418-A. This will be my 5th winter using this plow. Just giving it a refresh. Of course I don't have a pic of the right side with it mounted on the 418-A.

 

 

But I do with it mounted on the 312-8.

 

Edited October 9, 2022 by Andy N.

[Handy Don 12,217]

3 hours ago, WHX?? said:

My success hinges on the results of high strength epoxy

It looks like you were considering kite string as part of the repair but went with epoxy instead. Good choice! 

[WHX?? 48,815]

47 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

 considering kite string as part of the repair but went with epoxy instead. Good choice! 

Mason's line Don strung around tires to check alignment.  Trying to get a little toe in. Or anything even close to it!  Since the drag link has no adjustments everything was set by the roll pins through the top of the spindles & steering arms. They looked like Swiss cheese. 

Edited October 10, 2022 by WHX??

[Handy Don 12,217]

22 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

Mason's line Don strung around tires to check alignment.  Trying to get a little toe in. Or anything even close to it!  Since the drag link has no adjustments everything was set by the roll pins through the top of the spindles & steering arms. They looked like Swiss cheese. 

Ah, nice trick using string!

Yep, all built in at the factory with no plans for adjustments after wear. (But is it you who often reminds us this isn't race cars or rockets? )

Those steering arms were the only parts I didn't disassemble on the 854 frame -- they were tight and aligned and I knew all I could do is ruin them!

Edited October 10, 2022 by Handy Don

[WHX?? 48,815]

27 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

 is it you who often reminds us this isn't race cars or rockets? 

Tis me... 

[squonk 41,104]

Drill out holes to next larger roll pin size.