What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[Bar Nuthin 963]

On 4/25/2025 at 9:17 PM, Bar Nuthin said:

Last fall I did a quick fab up of a hitch for my Cyclone Rake that worked out great. Tonight, I decided to add a 2" receiver and supports. Welds aren't pretty but it passed jumping up and down on the hitch without flexing.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 7 hours ago by Bar Nuthin

[HyperPete 531]

3 hours ago, 953 nut said:

I would be better to mount the electric fuel pump on the frame making it lower than the fuel tank outlet. Electric pumps are good at pushing fuel but they suck at sucking.

 

2 hours ago, ranger said:

I was going to suggest the same. Also, if you have concerns regarding the reliability of the low cost pumps, it’s probably not a good idea to mount it to the engine, which has the potential to “Shake” it to bits!!!

 

It should be simply to relocate it.  I can just swap the location of the pump & the fuel filter.

[adsm08 2,690]

Showed the boy how to finish up the Spring service on the tractor before he went out to mow.

 

We changed the oil last week, checked the belts and greased the lube points today. I don't feel the need to check behind the cooling tins this year since I had to do the head gasket over the winter. I have found that very little grass gets behind them plowing snow. I don't really bother checking the air pressure in the front tires anymore, they are so stiff that the sidewalls hold their shape even without air. Kinda like the tires from A Christmas Story...

 

"My dad's tires were only 'tires' in the academic sense. They were round, and had once been made out of rubber".

 

 

In the next few weeks, if we get a weekend that doesn't have rain, we will wash it down good and maybe pull the front wheel bearings apart to check them. I'm also on the fence about changing the gear oil. I know I should, but if I'm getting ready to do a tranny swap, what's the point?

Edited 3 hours ago by adsm08