PeacemakerJack 10,738 #4901 Posted May 26, 2020 Yesterday we went to mom and dad’s for a cookout. I couldn’t resist getting out the old 875 and taking a few laps. Zach has never driven it and so we got him in the saddle... Followed shortly thereafter by big bro @Coulter Caleb So cool to see those guys enjoying the tractor that I grew up using weekly! My how time flys!!! 7 6 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,838 #4902 Posted May 26, 2020 59 minutes ago, PeacemakerJack said: Yesterday we went to mom and dad’s for a cookout. I couldn’t resist getting out the old 875 and taking a few laps. Zach has never driven it and so we got him in the saddle... Followed shortly thereafter by big bro @Coulter Caleb So cool to see those guys enjoying the tractor that I grew up using weekly! My how time flys!!! I sure never get tired of seeing the Iron Horse on here! It looks like there was some other non-tractor fun in the background? 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,539 #4903 Posted May 26, 2020 Finally posted appropriate "No Parking" signage to preserve the Wheel Horse spaces in the garage. Bolted it to the garage door so it "rides" up and down with the door. As you can see - social distancing is not being observed by the other toys... And a big thanks to @Vinylguy for the great sign!!! 3 2 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnymag3 2,520 #4904 Posted May 26, 2020 Wheel Horse tractors cant social distance, they tend to HERD together, and they never got the memo !!! Love the door tag 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,838 #4905 Posted May 26, 2020 Tried to pull this old iron cultivator with Hot Wheels. I guess it has expired! 3 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,441 #4906 Posted May 26, 2020 6 minutes ago, pullstart said: Tried to pull this old iron cultivator with Hot Wheels. I guess it has expired! Whip out the welder 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tom2p 2,394 #4907 Posted May 26, 2020 3 hours ago, PeacemakerJack said: Yesterday we went to mom and dad’s for a cookout. I couldn’t resist getting out the old 875 and taking a few laps. Zach has never driven it and so we got him in the saddle... Followed shortly thereafter by big bro @Coulter Caleb So cool to see those guys enjoying the tractor that I grew up using weekly! My how time flys!!! great pics ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tom2p 2,394 #4908 Posted May 26, 2020 15 hours ago, Ed Kennell said: I agree, it looks like there may have been a bag of fertilizer placed on the left front tire and left there to leach out and dissolve the poor girl. It made a nice home for the critters. I haven't been able to turn the crank yet. I'll pull the head tomorrow. Can't get the 8 speed out of 3rd gear either. Maybe tomorrow with a bigger bar. Ed - as my dad would often say - what in the heck are you doing ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,838 #4909 Posted May 26, 2020 Garden is finally dry enough to till once more and plant! 5 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tractorhead 9,064 #4910 Posted May 26, 2020 Trying yesterday late evening to plow a ground close to a Forrest. What a Bad idea... The whole Soil was full of bigger Roots with follow results... ok, new and stronger Hitch must be built, but the Plow itself survived. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
balconio 606 #4911 Posted May 26, 2020 Today I installed a receiver hitch, it's the one on eBay that sells for about $52... I decided not to go for the one that sells for $150. This one's ok, the box section that the hitch slides into is too short IMO and the fit is awful loose for my liking. I was able to fix that somewhat by using one of those anti-rattle clamps, but there's not much for it to grab onto again because the receiver box barely overhangs the bar it's welded to. We'll see how it works before passing further judgement. Worst case I'll hack it up and weld a new box to it. I already planned to strengthen it by running some flat bar struts down to the factory hitch pin, just like that one on eBay for $150... My first jobs are to pull down a couple arborvitae and move a dilapidated sailboat whose trailer has sunk into the ground up to it's axles. Those should be good tests! 5 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,441 #4912 Posted May 26, 2020 1 hour ago, balconio said: Today I installed a receiver hitch, it's the one on eBay that sells for about $52... I decided not to go for the one that sells for $150. This one's ok, the box section that the hitch slides into is too short IMO and the fit is awful loose for my liking. I was able to fix that somewhat by using one of those anti-rattle clamps, but there's not much for it to grab onto again because the receiver box barely overhangs the bar it's welded to. We'll see how it works before passing further judgement. Worst case I'll hack it up and weld a new box to it. I already planned to strengthen it by running some flat bar struts down to the factory hitch pin, just like that one on eBay for $150... My first jobs are to pull down a couple arborvitae and move a dilapidated sailboat whose trailer has sunk into the ground up to it's axles. Those should be good tests! I bought that same hitch maybe 3 years ago. I've had it on two or three tractors now. To be completely honest I was not super impressed with it when I first got it. Thought it was quite light duty for the 50 plus dollars I had into it. That said, I have not had any problems with it except for when I go to install it I have to be conscious of not over tightening because the bolt mount plates are not very thick. I'm not at all fond of the receiver being so loose. Here in our rough forest terrain the trailer shucks all over the place. The person who makes those hitches really should switch over to a thicker stock. That would make the hole smaller so a 2" square hitch ball mount would fit better. 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tractorhead 9,064 #4913 Posted May 26, 2020 It is appears not to be the strongest Dimension, but i can imagine that was primary built for Lawn mower dump carts. In that use i see no problems in the dimension. It seems to me more it is planed weak points, what in my opinion is not the worsest Idea at all. If i rethink on my last Plowaction, i know that i underdimensioned the plowmount just with a 1“ pipe Hitch, but while that bend happens, i saved my Plow. A unplaned weakpoint honestly, but it saves my Plow. I think if i had dimensionated that plowmount much thicker, it will break or even rips the Plow itself in half. My Beast wasn‘t be impressed about that happens. but back to the Hitch. So sometimes it’s better to have a planed Weakpoint before you kill your Traileraxle or drawbar or even kill the Gearbox case at all. At least the 50 bucks was not wasted at all in my opinion, because it can be simply improved with a bit material. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,441 #4914 Posted May 26, 2020 10 minutes ago, Tractorhead said: simply improved Call it a learning experience and repair it. All good. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tractorhead 9,064 #4915 Posted May 26, 2020 Yap, that‘s my point of View. i will again dimension the Way i did before, it was a perfect Solution im my opinion. 👍 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PeacemakerJack 10,738 #4916 Posted May 26, 2020 8 hours ago, pullstart said: It looks like there was some other non-tractor fun in the background? That is dad’s Chinese 250CC liquid cooled buggy. He got it out and the kids were having a BLAST on it. Full suspension and street legal where applicable. Judge and Claud had never driven it before but THEY HAVE NOW! They loved it and Judge couldn’t go to sleep without telling me “50 times” that I needed to get Caleb’s “Blue Falcon” up and running again... This is Caleb’s that I bought for him for his birthday about 4 years ago. It has not run in a couple of years. It’ll turn over but won’t start...I’ll start a separate thread and get some input from anyone with experience with the 150cc GY6 engine/electrical... 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
balconio 606 #4917 Posted May 26, 2020 1 hour ago, ebinmaine said: I bought that same hitch maybe 3 years ago. I've had it on two or three tractors now. To be completely honest I was not super impressed with it when I first got it. Thought it was quite light duty for the 50 plus dollars I had into it. That said, I have not had any problems with it except for when I go to install it I have to be conscious of not over tightening because the bolt mount plates are not very thick. I'm not at all fond of the receiver being so loose. Here in our rough forest terrain the trailer shucks all over the place. The person who makes those hitches really should switch over to a thicker stock. That would make the hole smaller so a 2" square hitch ball mount would fit better. i think i already found my solution. amazon provides. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001GMZH5E i can weld but didn't feel up to the task of designing/building a hitch receiver when this one was only $50. since i was going to mod it anyhow i don't feel too bad about chopping it up and spending a few bucks to make it right. i might even weld on some d-rings for safety chains because why not? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D_Mac 8,609 #4918 Posted May 26, 2020 I tried to rearrange my small garage to get them all to fit. Anyone have a shoehorn? 11 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LandoCommando214 82 #4919 Posted May 27, 2020 FINALLY got to mow today for the first time! What a sweet taste of victory, thanks to the help of everyone here. Just a few weeks ago, this C-160 was in pieces, slowly eating away at my stimulus check.. I still want to do a full resto thread on this build, but I'm waiting on a few more parts so I can take photos and show off the @jimkemp muffler I've received at the end . Until then, she's rockin' the very loud, rusted-out Nelson that has blown it's guts out entirely over the years. Sorry neighbors 3 11 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flat Thunder Channel 178 #4920 Posted May 27, 2020 On 5/25/2020 at 10:03 AM, Flat Thunder Channel said: I brought home Grandpa's old 520 yesterday. Going to work on the engine today. 😁 I fixed it!! Check out the repair video.... 5 6 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D_Mac 8,609 #4921 Posted May 27, 2020 @LandoCommando214 hey look... I had the same tractor!! I can only dream about it coming out as nice as yours . Great job. be proud of yourself. neighbors will get used to it. 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PeacemakerJack 10,738 #4922 Posted May 27, 2020 Dad decided to widen his driveway a little and straighten it out. He had borrowed the “new to me” grader blade for Clyde and decided to dust off the Bolens sod bottom. What better way to pull it than to get a little nostalgic and get out the old Iron Horse... Since getting deeper into this hobby, I like A LOT of horses (Big Wheels, black hoods, Xi series, round hoods, you name it) but nothing stirs my blood like that BIG block short frame! I got lots of hours on that stallion, I’m sure he liked stretching his legs today...wait till you see the furrow dad turned. I’ll drop those pics in the Iron Horse thread. 6 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LandoCommando214 82 #4923 Posted May 27, 2020 18 minutes ago, D_Mac said: @LandoCommando214 hey look... I had the same tractor!! I can only dream about it coming out as nice as yours . Great job. be proud of yourself. neighbors will get used to it. I certainly appreciate it, can't wait to see yours finished. I'm still pretty green to most older model Wheel Horses, and I've not seen one like yours disassembled. Belt drive from the engine and chain drive to the rear end; that's pretty sweet. I guess you'd just have to swap out that rear sprocket if you wanted to go really fast... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LandoCommando214 82 #4924 Posted May 27, 2020 (edited) @Flat Thunder Channel Great job with the video, and it's neat to hear about the story behind that tractor within your family. I'm the third generation owner of a Wheel Horse dump cart with holes rusted through the bottom lol, and you've got that! Pretty unique. Edited May 27, 2020 by LandoCommando214 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flat Thunder Channel 178 #4925 Posted May 27, 2020 @LandoCommando214 Thanks! Your restoration project tractor looks great! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
