What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[sjoemie himself 3,068]

On 10/4/2023 at 10:27 AM, ebinmaine said:

home shop made set. 

I made these. Not solid mounts but a lot stiffer than the dry-rotted rubber ones.

 

 

[Handy Don 12,214]

4 hours ago, sjoemie himself said:

a lot stiffer than the dry-rotted rubber ones.

Lots of advances in rubber/plastic materials in the last 40 years!

[sjoemie himself 3,068]

1 hour ago, Handy Don said:

advances in rubber/plastic materials

Agreed! These are made from 90 shore A polyurethane material.

I chose that because many aftermarket/upgraded suspension parts use polyurethane instead of rubber for increased stiffness and durability. If it's good enough for suspension stuff on cars I figured it would be good enough for a tractor. 

[OutdoorEnvy 1,522]

It was woods cleanup day.  Should be last time till spring.  Weather was nice with highs in the mid 60s here.  The c-100 got the fun.  Son had out is old rig to take it for a spin and drag some limbs to the pile.  After the main area was done we decided to try and claim back this trail that is slowly being overtaken by vines, etc.  It was tough going.  Even in low range first gear and deck in the raised transport position I still had to stop a few times to untangle vines that wrapped up.  such a pain.  We'll keep at it though and make progress a bit at a time when we are up for the work.

 

 

 

 

Great day though and enjoyed some good seat time.  Still pleased with the $25 project tractor

 

[ebinmaine 67,440]

10 hours ago, OutdoorEnvy said:

Still pleased with the $25 project tractor

Excellent work there!

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you did ok at that price. 

😂😂

 

 

Lucky for us we don't have any super aggressive plants here on the acreage that we need to keep back like those vines.  

Would a slightly different tool like mulching blades on a Horse or a walking trimmer with an aggressive blade be better?

 

[Jon Paulsen 290]

19 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Excellent work there!

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you did ok at that price. 

😂😂

 

 

Lucky for us we don't have any super aggressive plants here on the acreage that we need to keep back like those vines.  

Would a slightly different tool like mulching blades on a Horse or a walking trimmer with an aggressive blade be better?

 

Or maybe that excuse he's been seeking; buy a sickle bar 

[ineedanother 1,369]

Busy time of year at work so the projects keep piling up but I thought I would try to get one off the to-do list this weekend. Acquired this tiller in a package but I think it's from an XI series and wouldn't clear the gear box on my machines. Don't really need another tiller but no hits in the classifieds so it was grinder time! I'll test it soon but I think it will lift just fine now 

 

 

[OutdoorEnvy 1,522]

3 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Would a slightly different tool like mulching blades on a Horse or a walking trimmer with an aggressive blade be better?

 

 

A lot of things would probably be better.  This was a "in the moment" let's see how it goes kind of thing.  Plus when your 11 year old son is cheering you on to try it's hard not too.  We'll probably hit it hard with weedeaters and a gas hedge trimmer and pole saw on the next go round.  The mulching blades would be interesting though to see the difference it would make.  I may have to check into options for that.      

 

3 hours ago, Jon Paulsen said:

Or maybe that excuse he's been seeking; buy a sickle bar 

 

That would be awesome!  If one pops up in my parts it'll probably find its way in the back of the truck

[ebinmaine 67,440]

1 hour ago, OutdoorEnvy said:

This was a "in the moment" let's see how it goes kind of thing.  Plus when your 11 year old son is cheering you on to try it's hard not too. 

 

Kid satisfaction is a requirement!!! 

[Ed Kennell 38,146]

What have I done to my Wheel Horse today?        NOTHING

 

Just ending a 7 day vacation on the Delaware Bay.      No tractors and no work.     

 

                                                 Crabbing

 

 

                                                                                   Walking our crowded beach looking for sea glass

 

                                                              

 

                                                                           The hot tub was nice on the cold mornings

                                                      

 

                                                                                Mimosa anniversary toast of 121 years of marriage.  All in September

 

                            Mike and Libby      33y                                      Me and Mrs K      60y                                                 Mark and Julie    28Y     

[AMC RULES 37,130]

 

Was preserving some original patina here today.

 

[BrianKoch 307]

Gentlemen,

 

Attempted my hand at repairing the leaky plastic gas tank on a ‘69 Charger 12 I just acquired. Heating the plastic and smearing the crack did not work and obviously a previous owner epoxied the entire “seam” of the tank at some point in time, but upon inspection it only appears to be leaking from around the outlet nip. 
 

-Brian

Edited October 9, 2023 by BrianKoch

[Andy N. 2,143]

Almost 1 year ago I picked up this non running 418-8.

 

 

 

After much electrical work, paint, and more parts than I care to mention, I got it all put together today. It's ready for a plow day! Still needs some more paint work, but my paint booth is done until spring. Decals and wheels were installed today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,440]

48 minutes ago, BrianKoch said:

it only appears to be leaking from around the outlet

Might be worth considering to remove that area and install a different outlet.  

[BrianKoch 307]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Might be worth considering to remove that area and install a different outlet.  

Have to ask for further instruction… thought plastic tanks are all molded as one piece. Wouldn’t think I could replace this outlet like you can on metal tanks. 
 

[BrianKoch 307]

9 minutes ago, BrianKoch said:

Have to ask for further instruction… thought plastic tanks are all molded as one piece. Wouldn’t think I could replace this outlet like you can on metal tanks. 
 

Found this video and it looks to be way to do the fix! 
 

 

Edited October 9, 2023 by BrianKoch

[ebinmaine 67,440]

9 hours ago, BrianKoch said:

Found this video and it looks to be way to do the fix! 

Excellent. 

Exactly what I was thinking about.   

[Wheelhorse#1 1,657]

On 10/3/2023 at 9:50 PM, Colby G said:

With hours of redneck engineering and a little help from my cousins, I have made a custom piston head shifter knob.

 

I love this kind of stuff, thinking outside the box, unique and functional ....looks cool too nice work ! 

[WHGuy413 2,683]

@WheelHorse_Kid plans to make a post about our day yesterday so I will keep it short and sweet. He competed in his first every pull yesterday. I brought a few tractors to show including my original rj. I looked over and Alex had my girlfriends little guy on it. The smile says it all.

[Colby G 233]

2 hours ago, Wheelhorse#1 said:

 

I love this kind of stuff, thinking outside the box, unique and functional ....looks cool too nice work ! 

Thank you!

[mrc 812]

hi Andy N,

 

those rear tires look tuff!  

 

regards

mike

[Colby G 233]

Me and my cousins got to work again and this time we managed to put a dirt bike exhaust on the no name

Edited October 11, 2023 by Colby G

[Wheelhorse#1 1,657]

20 hours ago, Colby G said:

Me and my cousins got to work again and this time we managed to put a dirt bike exhaust on the no name

Interesting.How does it sound ? 

[Colby G 233]

21 minutes ago, Wheelhorse#1 said:

Interesting.How does it sound ? 

I think it sounds great in my opinion!

[AMC RULES 37,130]

Got my new trailer rims and tires cleaned up today.

Once the decades old grease was removed I descovered the tires were old school indian head Carlisles. 

Who knew?