What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[ebinmaine 67,672]

Got this on the FedEx today. 

 

 

Now to drill some holes. 

 

 

 

[Mike in NC 341]

56 minutes ago, Greentored said:

I bounce between mocksville and mooresville. You? 

North of Boone. Do you go to any engine shows? If so, have you ever been to the Carolina Fly-Wheelers show near Boone?

[Andy N. 2,155]

So I had to go into work early today, and it was snowing. About mid morning during a conference call, my Ring notification kept going off. When I had a moment to look, I was pleasantly surprised to see my wife plowing the driveway on the 312-8. I was able to snap this screen shot with my phone. Of course it started snowing again shortly after this pic and hasn't stopped since, but I am thankful for the work that she put in. I guess now I'll have to share snow plowing seat time as I do the grass cutting seat time.

 

[ZXT 2,401]

24 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Got this on the FedEx today. 

 

 

Now to drill some holes. 

 

 

 

And what is that? Story time!

 

 

2 minutes ago, Andy N. said:

So I had to go into work early today, and it was snowing. About mid morning during a conference call, my Ring notification kept going off. When I had a moment to look, I was pleasantly surprised to see my wife plowing the driveway on the 312-8. I was able to snap this screen shot with my phone. Of course it started snowing again shortly after this pic and hasn't stopped since, but I am thankful for the work that she put in. I guess now I'll have to share snow plowing seat time as I do the grass cutting seat time.

 

Very cool! Good woman there.

[ohiofarmer 3,276]

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Updates on getting ready. ... I had to transfer the ATV tires to the c-145  from the 520 chassis. they did well without chains or weights the last snow. there is always the option of adding chains. I actually have another front plow and also a single stage. This particular storm probably would work with aa single stage pretty well. It is very rare to get a snow storm with flakes the size of flour. She's cold out there , guys. This morning I saw two hound dogs tryin' to jump start a rabbit

 

[ebinmaine 67,672]

7 hours ago, ZXT said:

And what is that? Story time!

That there is a piece of steel 60" long, 4" wide and 1/2" thick. 

I saw the recommendation on this site somewhere awhile back and put it in my jungle site "save for later". 

After I drill 6(?) Holes it'll be the lower cutting edge for the 61" plow I got from @wallfish. 

I'll also be adding a reinforcing bar of some sort across the top. 

 

Beast plow!

[Lee1977 6,673]

6 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

That there is a piece of steel 60" long, 4" wide and 1/2" thick. 

I saw the recommendation on this site somewhere awhile back and put it in my jungle site "save for later". 

After I drill 6(?) Holes it'll be the lower cutting edge for the 61" plow I got from @wallfish. 

I'll also be adding a reinforcing bar of some sort across the top. 

 

Beast plow!

That going to add around 40 pounds, are you building this for Trina?

[ebinmaine 67,672]

17 minutes ago, Lee1977 said:

That going to add around 40 pounds, are you building this for Trina?

No Sir.  

I'll be hefting this one. 

 

 

[TJ5208 1,824]

Here's ole red awesome new exhaust hope you guys like it can't post or start topic because of some voting thing

[Greentored 3,215]

Hoss came home from the shop 
today, back where he belongs. 

Edited February 16, 2021 by Greentored

[TonyToro 1,058]

23 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Got this on the FedEx today. 

 

 

Now to drill some holes. 

 

 

 

Where did you purchase it from? Plastic edge is a great idea. I had a poly edge on my last pickup trucks plow. It was quiet and scrapped well.

[8ntruck 7,021]

16 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

That there is a piece of steel 60" long, 4" wide and 1/2" thick. 

I saw the recommendation on this site somewhere awhile back and put it in my jungle site "save for later". 

After I drill 6(?) Holes it'll be the lower cutting edge for the 61" plow I got from @wallfish. 

I'll also be adding a reinforcing bar of some sort across the top. 

 

Beast plow!

What kind of steel?

[ebinmaine 67,672]

54 minutes ago, 8ntruck said:

What kind of steel?

Seems to me it's 1055

[ebinmaine 67,672]

1 hour ago, TonyToro said:

Where did you purchase it from? Plastic edge is a great idea. I had a poly edge on my last pickup trucks plow. It was quiet and scrapped well.

This is steel I got off the jungle site. 

[8ntruck 7,021]

23 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Seems to me it's 1055

I'll have to check to be sure, but I think you could flame harden the edges and get a little more wear from it.

[Greentored 3,215]

On 2/15/2021 at 8:52 PM, Mike in NC said:

North of Boone. Do you go to any engine shows? If so, have you ever been to the Carolina Fly-Wheelers show near Boone?

Never heard of that one but will certainly check it out! 
The southeast threshers reunion in Denton is a pretty good one, I’m betting you’re familiar with that one ha. 
North of Boone, heck, you must be on the TN border? 

[Mike in NC 341]

55 minutes ago, Greentored said:

Never heard of that one but will certainly check it out! 
The southeast threshers reunion in Denton is a pretty good one, I’m betting you’re familiar with that one ha. 
North of Boone, heck, you must be on the TN border? 

About 15 miles from TN or VA. Been to Denton one time and that will be my last. My family and I had a bad experience with some of the people helping at show. They were very rude and nasty. We scratched that off the list of one to attend. When I know if the show is going to happen this year, I will post it. There is one in Thomasville in June, one in Hickory in May.

[ebinmaine 67,672]

6 hours ago, 8ntruck said:

I'll have to check to be sure, but I think you could flame harden the edges and get a little more wear from it.

I'd be curious to know but I only have a propane torch to use. 

 

[ohiofarmer 3,276]

  Murphy came to my house big time.  First, there is a tiny leak in the pellet boiler. it is at a threaded fitting so hopefully there is not any leaks in the water jacket.  it automatically shuts down in that event of water loss, so with all this snow, I decided to shut it down and drained the water jacket.     That done, i went to fire up the C-145 that i ah changed over the tires and blade and nothing happened Put on a fresh battery and there was quite a draw on the ground wire with.   When i was getting close to plowing, the neighbor was doing his good deed and plowed the driveway in to the deep drift and then could not back drag it from the garage. i was a little upset just because i wanted to play with a Wheel horse blade for the first time.My plan was to plow the shallow stuff that was only 8 inches deep because of wind blow off and then keep moving the deep snow to the shallow end where the next snowfall would not drift deeper

   It was about an hours worth of light left when I chewed a hole through the two foot drift that went twenty feet  after i shoveled a starting slot outside from the slick garage floor. the bright spot of the day was it mattered not that the blade would only be straight on the 520. I just peeled a bit from the side and those ATV Firestones really worked a treat without weight or chains.

  It took a long time to work nearly all the plow truck stack down, but i got almost all of it that matters. I still have a 30 inch drift of some consequence to chew away, but it is undisturbed snow, so imma gonna work on the 145. With no wires hooked up except the battery cables there is still voltage draw, so I am thinking solenoid. is at least partially stuck on..I have been taking pictures to add later, but duty calls...

  On edit, the Harbor Freight 420 quit running for some reason after a single exhaust backfire. so now I had to trade wheels aGAIN to pull it into the shop. i had to shovel through the deepest drift to get the c-160 out  and then traded the tires. the mighty C has limited slip and with my fat self standing on the hitch, it managed to pull the plow tractor backwards with the blade on the ground.. i am beat to death, so will do what I have to tomorrow. another storm is coming with not so much snow, so hopefully i can keep up.

Edited February 18, 2021 by ohiofarmer

[MichiganCO 4]

 

[pfrederi 17,741]

6 minutes ago, MichiganCO said:

 

 

Welcome to red square.  Looks like a leaky axle seal.  Not a major issue.  But if it is too cold to work on it right now just make sure you keep adding gear oil.  Also if you can jack it up see if there is any up/down  front/rear play in the hub.  (a little in and out is oK)

[MichiganCO 4]

Thank you, yeah I’m currently draining the trans oil.  it’s brown ish green and tons of sludg 

[pfrederi 17,741]

1 hour ago, MichiganCO said:

Thank you, yeah I’m currently draining the trans oil.  it’s brown ish green and tons of sludg 

 If you have a warm place to work go ahead and pull the hub.  The seal can be replaced from the outside.  if it has been leaking for a while the hub may come off easily. Do not beat on it if you use a 3 jaw puller and it doesn't move fairy easily stop and look in the transmission section here for various methods to remove the hub.  The 3 jaw can break the hub if you push it hard.

[ebinmaine 67,672]

1 hour ago, MichiganCO said:

Thank you, yeah I’m currently draining the trans oil.  it’s brown ish green and tons of sludg 

 

30 minutes ago, pfrederi said:

 If you have a warm place to work go ahead and pull the hub.  The seal can be replaced from the outside.  if it has been leaking for a while the hub may come off easily. Do not beat on it if you use a 3 jaw puller and it doesn't move fairy easily stop and look in the transmission section here for various methods to remove the hub.  The 3 jaw can break the hub if you push it hard.

 

Hey Paul I put some "search words"  in a thread by @Bear G that shows a few good pullers. 

Plug in whatever comes to mind in the search window and change the search to "*** AND ***" to include the words.  

 

 

Here's the link:

 

 

 

[MichiganCO 4]

I’m having a issue with it. It’s a c-100 8 speed 10HP. Placed in high range and then shift into 2nd and 3rd gear it seems to be as slow as 1st gear. Yesterday it was running amazing and today it’s slow and barely can move