What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[Handy Don 12,215]

2 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

As long as that wooden block is secured to the tractor I'd prefer NOT to use wheel chocks.  

The large rubber tires will be able to roll as the front is raised easier than the steel wheels of the jack.  

That block isn’t secured.

Set chocks after lifting.

Guess you haven’t had a tractor fall off a jack. Good on ‘ya!

[ebinmaine 67,449]

6 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

That block isn’t secured.

Set chocks after lifting.

Guess you haven’t had a tractor fall off a jack. Good on ‘ya!

Oh sure we have!

Only during the movement of lifting. Once at full height they never move. 

We're ALWAYS ready for that. 

We lift em back up... Bear style. 

[Ed Kennell 38,156]

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[cafoose 3,355]

50 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

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Congratulations! @Sparky

[Tuneup 1,433]

No mention of that jack. Love those oldies and you can rebuild them forever. My old Sears 2 ton (blue) continues to serve.

[ebinmaine 67,449]

11 minutes ago, Tuneup said:

No mention of that jack. Love those oldies and you can rebuild them forever. My old Sears 2 ton (blue) continues to serve.

Good eye.  I got one at an estate sale years ago.  Excellent.  

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,315]

3 hours ago, Handy Don said:

That block isn’t secured.

Set chocks after lifting.

Guess you haven’t had a tractor fall off a jack. Good on ‘ya!

  Not saying chocks aren’t a good idea…but I was never under it while it was up. Removed and reinstalled the drain plug when it was on all 4’s. 
  Obviously it was jacked up to get as much gear oil out of it as possible. 

[pfrederi 17,734]

17 hours ago, Tuneup said:

No mention of that jack. Love those oldies and you can rebuild them forever. My old Sears 2 ton (blue) continues to serve.

 

I have one like the picture but she leaks down.  Where did you get repair parts???

[ML3 1,198]

Finally got the diesel working in the RJ. Still have a few minor adjustments to do but less than I expected. Need to set up the thumb throttle so I dont have to reach down on engine to control throttle. Want to drive it around a bit to be sure all is good. Over winter need to find a complete hood hopefully with a fuel tank. Then I can remove the existing tank which will allow an original hood to fit. I will make a mini stack that will clear hood. Unfortunately I had to trim hood a bit more but seeing that it was already cut I wasn't as reluctant. 

[Tuneup 1,433]

18 hours ago, pfrederi said:

 

I have one like the picture but she leaks down.  Where did you get repair parts???

OK, it's been a while but there is an internet supplier that focuses on it - if you can still find the model number. I made an educated guess. It required the purchase of a 2" adjustable at Harbor Freight to get that nut turned but worth every penny. blackhawkparts.com. Kit by part number. Yeah, the main seal on the piston was shrunk to nothing.

[8ntruck 6,998]

Got Morgan, the 14-8 out for some trailer work.  Had to move a table from the house down to the lake house, then move a different table and other miscellaneous items from the lake house up to the house.  

 

Took the sailboat out for a short sail - probably the last of the year - then pulled it out of the lake onto the trailer.  Morgan then pulled it up the hill to its parking spot.

 

Will probably get him out tomorrow to pull the canoe up the hill to its winter storage spot.

[Lee1977 6,657]

 

I have been trimming shrubby for the last two weeks and using the Raider and trailer to haul off the brush. Got the front finished last week. The one bush in back was trying to cover my H&AC unit. Trimmed off two loads and decided that it had to go. This is a pictures of the bush and load number 4 of the bush.  It's going but it's put up a fight,

 

Edited September 29, 2023 by Lee1977

[Wheelhorse#1 1,657]

After countless hrs of designing and engineering .I finally came up with a suitable beverage holder thingy.

 

Edited September 30, 2023 by Wheelhorse#1

[SylvanLakeWH 25,547]

 

[ebinmaine 67,449]

1 hour ago, Wheelhorse#1 said:

After countless hrs of designing and engineering .I finally came up with a suitable beverage holder thingy.

 I like it!! 

What's the piston from? 

[SylvanLakeWH 25,547]

1 minute ago, ebinmaine said:

 I like it!! 

What's the piston from? 

 

Good point, as with this particular item and use, size does matter... 

[Wheelhorse#1 1,657]

7 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 I like it!! 

What's the piston from? 

 

K301 I did have to waller out the shoulder a some but works pretty well, nothing bigger than a 12 ounce can through.

[8ntruck 6,998]

We pulled the pontoon out of the lake today.  Swapping the pontoon trailer from the truck to Morgan, the 14-8, I whacked Morgan's tail light lens with the trailer toung.  Broke it, dang it!  Got the pontoon moved to the parking its parking spot, then proceeded to pull the dock out of the lake, using Morgan to haul the dock sections up hill to their winter storage spot behind the sheds.

 

While I am wrestling the dock sections out of the lake and onto the utility cart, I am remembering the recent thread here titled, Work Smarter Not Harder. 

 

Think I'll invent a new implement for my Wheel Horses - a dock section removal trailer.  Something I can back up to the edge of the lake, with a winch to hook onto the dock sections to pull them out of the lake, and some sort of lift mechanism to make it easier to move the dock section off of the trailer onto the storage stack.

 

A rig like that will make it easier to put the dock into the lake, too.

Edited October 1, 2023 by 8ntruck

[ML3 1,198]

Decided not to wait till it's snowing to prepare the C105 for winter duty  Replaced leaking fuel pump, filter & fuel lines. Repaired aux headlamp wiring. Lastly, added lock nuts to wheel weight retaining bolts to stop them from loosening. 

[LandoCommando214 82]

Finally calling this unprofessional restoration complete. Thanks to Lowell at wheelhorsepartsandmore.com for a ton of support, redoyourhorse.com  for the labels, jackssmallengines.com for odds and ends, and the wheel horse community here for further support and answering of my questions throughout the process. I'm always amazed at how willing this community is to help one another, and how  many people take the time to give support, so cheers everyone 

[Colby G 233]

Popped a little Wheelie with the no name

[davem1111 2,030]

24 minutes ago, LandoCommando214 said:

Finally calling this unprofessional restoration complete.

 

 

Dang, that sure looks professional to me.  Better than I could do, or at least what I'd be willing to invest the time to make one look that good at this stage of my life. Maybe after I retire... 

[Colby G 233]

35 minutes ago, LandoCommando214 said:

Finally calling this unprofessional restoration complete. Thanks to Lowell at wheelhorsepartsandmore.com for a ton of support, redoyourhorse.com  for the labels, jackssmallengines.com for odds and ends, and the wheel horse community here for further support and answering of my questions throughout the process. I'm always amazed at how willing this community is to help one another, and how  many people take the time to give support, so cheers everyone 

That looks gorgeous! I haven't been here for the whole restoration tho, do you have a pic of what it looked like before?

[LandoCommando214 82]

3 minutes ago, Colby G said:

That looks gorgeous! I haven't been here for the whole restoration tho, do you have a pic of what it looked like before?

Here she is! Not awful, but full of mice and slowly returning to the earth lol

[Colby G 233]

2 minutes ago, LandoCommando214 said:

Here she is! Not awful, but full of mice and slowly returning to the earth lol

Dang, she's come a long way!