What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[Lee1977 6,664]

4 hours ago, TJ Salyers said:

Well I don't know why I worry about it but it doesn't have anything in it I'm kind of concerned about it. As my dad says if it ain't broke don't fix it.

Your saving on expensive gas if it's running with nothing in the filter. 

[kpinnc 12,083]

Had a visit with Lee1977 this evening. We welded up a mod to make a clevis hitch work with the tranny 'bolt on style' reciever hitch.

 

He moved the lift arm to the outside, so it clears the receiver. 

 

...and he let me use his new welder. I haven't stick welded for a while, but it works great! I'm out of practice, but some paint will help make it look better.

 

 

Edited February 22, 2022 by kpinnc

[Horse Newbie 7,074]

15 minutes ago, kpinnc said:

Had a visit with Lee1977 this evening. We welded up a mod to make a clevis hitch work with the tranny 'bolt on style' reciever hitch.

 

He moved the lift arm to the outside, so it clears the receiver. 

 

...and he let me use his new welder. I haven't stick welded for a while, but it works great! I'm out of practice, but some paint will help make it look better.

 

 

Rats !

[Horse Newbie 7,074]

A friend has a Lincoln stick welder I may could convince him to sell me as he never uses it… but I want the Hobart 140 mig.

[kpinnc 12,083]

10 minutes ago, Horse Newbie said:

but I want the Hobart 140 mig.

 

That's what I have, and I really like it. I'm still trying to convince myself to buy a gas bottle so I can use it for MIG. It does fine with flux core, but the cleanliness of MIG is so much nicer.

 

Don's 'True Weld' machine I used tonight does MIG/TIG/stick and has a plasma cutter attachment. It's the complete package, and it is an inverter system. It's smaller than my Hobart, and uses 220 where my Hobart is 110. Now I can weld 3/8 with no problem, that True Weld welds HOT. Just one pass and it was stuck solid. It's really nice! 

[ebinmaine 67,592]

5 hours ago, Horse Newbie said:

A friend has a Lincoln stick welder I may could convince him to sell me as he never uses it… but I want the Hobart 140 mig.

Couple years ago I bought an antique Lincoln tombstone welder. Here's the thread:

 

 

 

 

 

It's been a great learning experience. 

If you want to learn to weld simply to get metal to stay together get a modern machine. 

If you really want to immerse yourself in the craft, get a vintage stick welder and go to it. 

There's dozens (hundreds??) of welding videos on YT. 

I've saved a few I go back and reference. 

 

After a year or so of occasional practice I was able to make a bead I'm satisfied with. 

 

It's a fascinating skill set to have.  

 

[953 nut 55,298]

22 hours ago, johnnymag3 said:

Tear out the screen, and install a good quality filter....Those screens are known to block fuel flow partially..

 

John   

That screen is a good pre-filter and should be replaced with a new one once the tank is thoroughly cleaned. The only way they will block fuel flow is if the tank has accumulated a bunch of crap and removing the screen will allow that junk to get into the fuel system, Nothing wrong with adding a good fuel filter, I have them on mine too. Lowell @wheelhorseman has replacement shut offs with the screen and the grommet to seal them in place.      https://wheelhorsepartsandmore.com/product-category/fuel/

[TonyToro Jr. 1,442]

@Docwheelhorse  Yesterday we took a ride to get a tractor from Doc! And we took a visit to his wheel horse museum! And we got the tractor to steal the hubs and tires off of it to put on my gokart build.

 

Edited February 23, 2022 by TonyToro Jr.

[Lee1977 6,664]

12 hours ago, kpinnc said:

Had a visit with Lee1977 this evening. We welded up a mod to make a clevis hitch work with the tranny 'bolt on style' reciever hitch.

 

He moved the lift arm to the outside, so it clears the receiver. 

 

...and he let me use his new welder. I haven't stick welded for a while, but it works great! I'm out of practice, but some paint will help make it look better.

 

 

The welder is a "Prime Weld CT520D"  Inverter welder, will work on either 120 or 220. Wish I had had it 40 years ago when I could still see to weld. 

That's a clevis hitch from Lowell at Wheelhorse Parts and More. Lowell or who ever welded that lift bar on did a good job, I spent about two hours getting it off in one piece.

[Snoopy11 5,714]

18 hours ago, wallfish said:

So does snoop

Not anymore sir, not anymore. That's old news. Thanks to some guys on Redsquare sharing a wealth of knowledge, I am now much, MUCH more educated on fuel filters....

 

Past experiences can skew your view of things... 

 

I have moved on to much bigger things now.

 

 

Odd how it shows @Maxwell-8's picture for the cover of my thread... (Max, are you messing with me...? )...

 

Don

Edited February 22, 2022 by Snoopy11

[Maxwell-8 4,277]

10 minutes ago, Snoopy11 said:

10 minutes ago, Snoopy11 said:

Odd how it shows @Maxwell-8's picture for the cover of my thread... (Max, are you messing with me...? )...

 

Haha, then @Achto is messing with me! 

 

Don't understand it either, I have by far more pictures uploaded in that topic then Achto, and mine are the first and last pictures. 

(reminds me I should rename the title of my topic)

 

[Poppa Phill 61]

20 hours ago, Achto said:

 

It probably just looks empty. If gas was not passing through it, it would not run at all. 

Correcto on the looks empty.  The only time you will see those filters full is on a gravity feed system.  Soo. It's running good? Ain't Broke. DONT fix it😁

[kpinnc 12,083]

3 hours ago, Lee1977 said:

The welder is a "Prime Weld CT520D" 

 

Sorry about that. I got the name wrong. But that is a heckuva machine! Welds like a much larger welder than it is. 

[Lee1977 6,664]

16 minutes ago, kpinnc said:

 

Sorry about that. I got the name wrong. But that is a heckuva machine! Welds like a much larger welder than it is. 

I think a lot of companies build great stuff, when they are trying to build a good reputation. Then they slack off trying to make more money .

[kpinnc 12,083]

3 minutes ago, Lee1977 said:

think a lot of companies build great stuff, when they are trying to build a good reputation. Then they slack off trying to make more money .

 

So true!

[Achto 27,601]

4 hours ago, Lee1977 said:

think a lot of companies build great stuff, when they are trying to build a good reputation. Then they slack off trying to make more money .

 

No faster demise to a company than the "Cost analysis group". 

[WHX?? 48,828]

57 minutes ago, Achto said:

 the "Cost analysis group". 

In RS speak that means bean counters....scourge of the earth...

Edited February 23, 2022 by WHX??

[ebinmaine 67,592]

2 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

bean counters

I like beans.  

[Horse Newbie 7,074]

2 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

I like beans.  

Blazing Trousers…

[Roger R 448]

8 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

I like beans.  

Just don't count them

[Lee1977 6,664]

I did a little sanding and put some paint on mine and Kelvin's work.

[WHX?? 48,828]

19 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

I like beans.  

You are a bean...

[ebinmaine 67,592]

1 minute ago, WHX?? said:

You are a Bear...

Fixed it for ya. I know. I know. Of course that's what you meant to type. Silly auto correct.  

[Lee1977 6,664]

A bear full of beans, you wouldn't want to be in a mile of that area.

[ebinmaine 67,592]

7 minutes ago, Roger R said:

Just don't count them

That reminds of an old joke...

"239 bean soup."

 

Cain't use no mo-ah beeyuns or it'd be "too-fahty"...