What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[pfrederi 17,697]

or this for leaves and compost

 

 

[Ed Kennell 38,113]

I took the last deck off and prepped for hibernation.

 

[Handy Don 12,202]

1 hour ago, Ed Kennell said:

hibernation

I like that little tool/parts tray on your shop stool.

[MainelyWheelhorse 421]

Today I attempted to fix a spot that the paint underneath was peeling on the 308. I also tested the throttle after I tightened the pivot. So far so good on that it stays at full throttle instead of creeping down. 

[Handy Don 12,202]

I made some good progress on rehabbing a pretty tired and worn 1963 dozer blade and getting it set to go on the 854. I’m going to experiment with plowing this winter instead of using the walk-behind blower. The last couple of years the blower was needed only a couple of times while I had to push-shovel a lot of 3-4” snowfalls that were quite wet.

 

This frame/blade came to me through @ebinmaine. The angle lever and rod as well as mounting brackets were already gone before he got it. The ’63 42" dozer was a unicorn. Last frame with a foot release for the angle lock, first frame with cast iron ends on the trip springs. It mounted via two separate angle iron brackets with ¾” shoulder bolts for the frame pivots.  Here’s the OM and IPL, if you are curious!

 

Since I don’t know if this is a long term relationship, I prepped and painted only the face of the blade. At some point in its life, the lower blade must have worn past the wear edge because a PO layered in a new 4” band of sheet steel to rebuild the lower edge and then attached a new wear strip. Not a bad piece of work, but s/he never painted it! You can see the new band extending above the bolted on wear edge in the picture.

 

I’m too lazy to want to have to bolt/unbolt the frame to mount the blade so from @wallfish I got one of the newer “inside” brackets. I’ve adapted the frame by adding a ¾” rod through the frame end holes and used a 1.5" spacer bushing on each side to keep the frame centered on the bracket. I drilled and cottered the spacers to the rod so it’s a reversible adaptation.

  

 

I’d previously added a front attach-a-matic to the 854. It usually holds a front weight that helps me feel secure on the uphill parts of my property. But I was concerned about possible interference with the old-style “triangle” frame. Whew, it just misses!

 

BTW, as many of you know, the nuts on the bracket bolts are a close clearance. The perfect use case for my recent birthday present--a set of Craftsman Pro ratchet/open end combo wrenches!

 

The solid lift link (I’ll add a picture after it’s painted) is 10.5” on center for the ⅜” holes and it’s bent to have an offset of about 1” outboard at the plow frame. It attaches in the second from the end hole on the rock shaft arm. I’m waiting on a rod and Heim ends to build the angle actuator rod and finish the angle control lever. More pics and measurement progress then!

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 05:28 PM by Handy Don

[wallfish 16,994]

1 hour ago, Handy Don said:

I had to push-shovel a lot of 3-4” snowfalls that were quite wet.

You should enjoy the quick clean ups with a blade for those pesky type storms that don't leave huge piles of snow from plowing it.

[Greg Cullison 39]

13 hours ago, Ed Kennell said:

I took the last deck off and prepped for hibernation.

 

What did you spray on the underneath of the deck? Looks nice

[Ed Kennell 38,113]

20 minutes ago, Greg Cullison said:

What did you spray on the underneath of the deck? Looks nice

That is old used motor oil.       I'll let is soak and dry in the sun for a few days before storage.

[Greg Cullison 39]

Nice. I would've never thought of that. Thanks

[Wheelhorse#1 1,656]

On 11/20/2024 at 7:31 AM, Ed Kennell said:

That is old used motor oil.       I'll let is soak and dry in the sun for a few days before storage.

 

Bar and chain lube works well too and doesn't run but it has gotten pricey .

[Ed Kennell 38,113]

4 minutes ago, Wheelhorse#1 said:

 

Bar and chain lube works well too and doesn't run but it has gotten pricey .

Old drained lower unit outboard oil also works well.    I use that to coat all the ungalvanized parts on my salt water boat trailers...  springs, shackles, etc.

[Horsin'round 74]

1 hour ago, Wheelhorse#1 said:

and chain lube works well too

Impressive, 

 

How are you collecting it from the bar?

[pfrederi 17,697]

2 hours ago, Horsin'round said:

Impressive, 

 

How are you collecting it from the bar?

 I think he was referring to chain lube used on roller chain like a motorcycle or I use it on my WH snowblower