What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[Steve Janninck 171]

Worked on making some personalized Key Chains for a friend.

I think they turned out well! 
3D printed in 3 colors.

The one I made for mine is not personalized.

Always fun to be making something unique and useful.

It is a small thing to do on a WH, but an easy way to finding the key on the key rack!

Steve

Edited August 25 by Steve Janninck
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[ebinmaine 67,484]

1 hour ago, Sparky said:

Like this…

 

 

Excellent pic Mike! 

This is what my whole forest floor is.  

 

[rick 233]

Carlisle designed that tire for hard packed surfaces, I'm not surprised that the tires sort of failed the mud test.

[ebinmaine 67,484]

1 minute ago, rick said:

Carlisle designed that tire for hard packed surfaces, I'm not surprised that the tires sort of failed the mud test.

 

I can see the logic there.  

 

I've had great luck with a good old fashioned R1 AG tire.  

 

Just wondering if there's a usable alternative that goes well in reverse. 

 

 

[rick 233]

I use a  Carlisle ag tire if I plow the garden.  Otherwise I have found that a turf tire with 2 link chains works well in snow and wet ground.  I wish there was a differential lock on our Horses.  Of course then I'd dig two holes when I lose traction!

Edited August 26 by rick
hit enter too soon!

[ebinmaine 67,484]

48 minutes ago, rick said:

I use a  Carlisle ag tire if I plow the garden.  Otherwise I have found that a turf tire with 2 link chains works well in snow and wet ground.  I wish there was a differential lock on our Horses.  Of course then I'd dig two holes when I lose traction!

 

Agreed.  

Trina sometimes uses chains year round on her lighter mid 60s rigs with 6 speeds and Limited Slip Differential. 

 

Mine are all larger heavier C Series. 

On my 3 season tractors I use AG tires, sometimes chains. 

My winter Horse has turfs with chains.  

 

[Ed Kennell 38,170]

Turfs and 2 link vee bar chains for me for woods work(dragging fire wood logs and pulling down leaner blowdowns) and snow removal on unpaved roads.

 

Turfs and rubber chains on paved surfaces.     Steel chains are useless on my steep paved driveway.

[cleat 5,956]

Went to the storage building and got all the 520H's and both 312's running.

Did not start the 520HC as it is under a tarp with no battery.

The Work Horse is currently fully disassembled so it was not started either.

Quite a sound with the 4 Onans and 2 Kohlers all running at once.

Yes, I had one of the big doors open for at least some ventilation.

[Shape 26]

I WOULD LIKE TO PUT BRAKES ON MY D200, BUT I NEED SOME SHOES. ANY IDLE WHERE MIGHT GET SOME?

 

[953 nut 55,223]

4 hours ago, Shape said:

I WOULD LIKE TO PUT BRAKES ON MY D200, BUT I NEED SOME SHOES. ANY IDLE WHERE MIGHT GET SOME?

 

The D-200 could be fitted with turning brakes. Give Lincoln at A-Z Tractor a call to see if he may have a set.    https://www.a-ztractor.com/

[PWL216 889]

Replaced the rear lights on the 418-8. Ordered a new seat and a set of used Simplicity slides based on a recommendation from @wallfish in an older post. 

[TractorEd 633]

Been moving a few decks around the garage.  I’m out of room, so I ordered some more pallet racking to make a little more.  That’s the hope anyway.

Edited August 28 by TractorEd

[Tuneup 1,433]

So, with the new electric pump making life easy on the 516H, I installed the new mag on the '99 Intek on my Snapper RER which had just died softly while cutting last week. My 62 year old brain told me it had to be the mag as the spark appeared weak. Made sense. Got the OEM part and . . . nothing. It couldn't have been under the valve cover because I just adjusted the valves. Finally moved it into the garage now that I have a week off and, yup, there was the intake rocker hanging on with adjuster on the cover. The adjuster lost its tiny little adjustment screw. Nothing - not by magnet, not in drained oil. Pulled the cover off and, nothing. The cam is worn to the point where ACR is a now and then thing. I'll buy new OEM because the Chinesium is a guaranteed fail. Even the B&S part is not of the quality of the solid piece I'll be tossing. Maybe swap the ACR pieces? And so, I wonder if they'll take back the mag . . . she'll run later next week. Sigh.

[Pullstart 62,852]

I’ve talked of Henry before, and his C-120.  When they got it from me, it only had forward gear and I sent another hydro with it.  We are camping at their house this weekend and got it going again!

 

It needed fresh transmission fluid and when the new trans got put in, the cam ball post apparatus wasn’t aligned.

[Pullstart 62,852]

I loosened the trans from the frame and we were able to jack it up enough to get the post in place.  After pulling the plug and letting the engine rotate the transmission pulley with the starter for a bit, we pulled enough fluid down the fill tube to fire it up!

 

 

[953 nut 55,223]

I loaded one of the 953s onto my trailer, drove a couple hours to Dacusville, SC for a nice little show, drove it all day,  took a bunch of pictures I've posted and enjoyed the day. First time in over a year that I have been able to do that.             

[Wheelhorse#1 1,657]

Pressure washed the new to me C-101.It had been sitting for many yrs and was way over due.

The hood is off to the side.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 1 by Wheelhorse#1

[adsm08 2,056]

New-ish fuel tank.

 

 

I finally managed to run it out of fuel yesterday at a time and in a situation where I didn't have to put more in to finish what I was doing, so I pushed it back to the garage and put in the clean tank I got at the show.

[Cee245 818]

I put our grass collection system on the 416h and while mowing, the blades kept slowing down for some strange, odd, unknown reason.  

 

I contemplated stopping and investigating the cause, but the grass wasn't too high and was mostly weeds so it was very slow, but bearable as my lawn is about 1/2 acre. 

 

I mean, I KNOW I didn't over grease the pto FOR SURE this time.  I'm positive 😌.  I've cleaned and regreased many times! Right?

 

....hmm. well, on 2nd thought, I HAVE been wrong once or twice before... 🥸

 

[Handy Don 12,217]

5 minutes ago, Cee245 said:

over grease the pto

Sadly, you may discover that the fiber has been irretrievably contaminated and need replacing.

Edited September 2 by Handy Don

[Cee245 818]

@Handy Don

No worries, I've been down this path before.  Thankfully, I've keep 2 spare's for this possibility!

 

[8ntruck 6,999]

8 hours ago, Handy Don said:

Sadly, you may discover that the fiber has been irretrievably contaminated and need replacing.

Brake cleaner would not help?

 

Maybe some Fullers earth?

[ebinmaine 67,484]

8 hours ago, 8ntruck said:

Brake cleaner would not help?

 

Maybe some Fullers earth?

 

 

I've always been told by sales reps and technician training that once a brake shoe is soaked it is no longer usable..

 

But I can't honestly tell you if that's because they want to sell you brake shoes more than they want to sell you brake cleaner. I've used brake cleaner with success in the past but I wouldn't do it on somebody else's vehicle.

[PWL216 889]

Added a new seat, grab handles and headlight bezels onto the 418-8. 

[ebinmaine 67,484]

Bath time!!