What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[19richie66 17,508]

.....Silly rabbit,  I made room for her.

Edited November 10, 2018 by 19richie66

[cschannuth 3,816]

 I think I finally have all of my leaks fixed and my PTO adjusted so I got a load of rock and did some spreading over some muddy patches in the driveway. I’m really surprised how well this thing pushes and lifts when scooping rock from the pile.  What I thought would be nothing more than a toy is actually a pretty good little worker. 

[LengerichKA88 1,883]

Got the snow blade on about 5 minutes ago. 

[ebinmaine 67,592]

More fun in the forest today.

 

Headed out.

 

 

We cleared another 250 - 300 feet of path for the tractors.

 

Also...

We felled the largest diameter tree I've ever done today.

Around 21 or 22 inches thick at the trunk base.

We cull off the unhealthy trees. With 11 + acres of land we have plenty of trees to choose from.

The beech trees have a disease that makes them have a cankerous bark.

They die off from the top down.

 

This tree will supply a huge percentage of our heat next year.

 

As luck would have it it laid down right on top of a small red oak. When I cut the oak out of the underside it landed the big beech right on the oak stump.

 

Next we'll tow the splitter in there and section up some of the pieces.

 

 

 

 

[19richie66 17,508]

Thats a big ol tree! Beautiful land you have there.

[ebinmaine 67,592]

1 hour ago, 19richie66 said:

Beautiful land you have there

Thank you very much sir.

Here's a few more pictures and a short video for you Richie. You have to share viewing with everybody else though....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[PeacemakerJack 10,738]

 and video!  That brings back so many memories of splitting wood with my dad and uncles for decades.  I cheat now with a pellet stove but nothing quite like running the saws and splitter and making your own future heat!  Well done!

[Shynon 7,459]

Found the garage floor. Packed up the shed. Bring the blower home next week.

[WHX?? 48,828]

Went to move his girl and tranny locked up ...moved it to a heated shed and pulled two quarts of ice water and a quart of mud out .... my bad! 

[chip61 658]

I bought this Automatic 10 as a parts machine a couple years ago from an estate sale. Once I cleaned it up and got it running I decided it was too nice to part out so I parked it with the intention of repainting it. Well I got it out Saturday and after looking at it again, I realized it looks as good as the tractors I use all the time. I'm thinking maybe I should just clean it up and leave it as it is??

[ebinmaine 67,592]

15 minutes ago, chip61 said:

thinking maybe I should just clean it up and leave it as it is??

Works for me. Good looking tractor already.

[johnnymag3 2,520]

Its only ORIGINAL once.....leave her be!!!!   JMHOpinion

[rjg854 11,378]

Make it mechanically sound, clean it up to your liking, and use it  like it was meant to be used. Unless you want a show piece,  paint won't make it run better 

[Herder 2,354]

It looks like she's ready to go to work.  

[Shed 248]

Wash and wax and tune  

[chip61 658]

If I had any doubts I'm convinced. I'll just clean it up and address a couple minor mechanical issues-sloppy throttle shaft, and broken park pawl. I have an original style seat in pretty good condition on another tractor so I'll just swap seats and install the escutcheon plate I bought for it a couple years ago. Thanks for the input!

[FlirtationFarms 2]

Carved  Nobbies

[ebinmaine 67,592]

On 11/14/2018 at 8:11 PM, chip61 said:

broken park pawl.

Post a pic of what you need.

Maybe I've got one layin' around.

 

[Shed 248]

Got my replacement carb for the k90 on my rj59 put it on and still don't start but I got a new shinny carb . The carter original was so badly corroded I couldn't save it. Got to try for spark next

[Shynon 7,459]

Cleaned carburetors on a couple of surging Onans, seem to be better. Loader got full synthetic oil change. 

[LengerichKA88 1,883]

Got Hank nestled in for the winter. It’ll be a lot easier to pull out of the garage than it would drive from the back yard.... and now there’s *technically* room in the stable 

[ebinmaine 67,592]

46 minutes ago, Lengerich8 said:

and now there’s *technically* room in the stable 

of course you realize that gives you a full authorization and permission to go purchase another tractor, right?

[LengerichKA88 1,883]

23 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

of course you realize that gives you a full authorization and permission to go purchase another tractor, right?

My exact thought 😂

Have been looking at Work Horses lately....

[Lane Ranger 10,968]

Getting my  new to me 314 Wheel Horse tractor ready for winter duty.   All new tires on the tractor.

 

Painted up the muffler and motor tin,  putting new  foot rest material ( skateboard tape) and placing my 42 inch snowplow on it .

 

Good running tractor with less than 600 hours.

 

 

Edited November 18, 2018 by Lane Ranger

[Daron1965 644]

Looks like a very nice tractor.