ebinmaine 67,395 #2801 Posted August 26 This is the Workhorse GT1800 we built for our friends. He "had to get them" 3 7 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thegearhead0324 1,255 #2802 Posted September 6 4 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,314 #2803 Posted September 7 857 doing a little work hauling dirt and wood chips from a stump I had ground down to make room for the new shed…where the 857 will reside. See how that works 8 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darrenw85 605 #2804 Posted September 7 We picked up a parts tractor for a black hood restoration project for my Son and I. The plastic dash piece was worth the overall price and everything else was a bonus. 9 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikef18 43 #2806 Posted September 11 Leaf blower I put together 6 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,159 #2807 Posted September 11 22 hours ago, mikef18 said: Leaf blower I put together That blower fan must run rather fast. Some time back a few people relater the story of their fans blowing apart from spinning too fast. Mine has the same pulley that was used when it was used in the Heat/AC duct and works fine. I need to paint mine so it will look pretty like yours. 6 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,203 #2808 Posted September 12 16 hours ago, 953 nut said: same pulley that was used when it was used in the Heat/AC duct and works fine. What RPM did the electric motor run at and what size pulley did it have? Cage blowers like this are designed for higher volume at lower pressures with low-ish RPM. Lots of electric motors run at ~1,800 RPM vs. the ~3,000 RPM of that Onan You’ll need to do the math to decide if it’s being overdriven. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,159 #2809 Posted September 13 19 hours ago, Handy Don said: What RPM did the electric motor run at and what size pulley did it have? Cage blowers like this are designed for higher volume at lower pressures with low-ish RPM. Lots of electric motors run at ~1,800 RPM vs. the ~3,000 RPM of that Onan You’ll need to do the math to decide if it’s being overdriven. The motor on the blower was an eighteen hundred RPM unit with about a five or six inch pulley so the fan speed is close to the same now. I understand that if you run these squirrel cage fans at too many RPMs you generate turbulence and reduce the air flow. Mine does a great job as it is set up. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,314 #2810 Posted September 14 7 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c-series don 8,685 #2812 Posted October 15 I’m not sure if this qualifies for Side Shot Saturday or Front End Friday so I’m either late or really early! I had to move some tractors around to get out my Peco trailer vacuum for the upcoming leaf harvest, so I figured I’d snap a few pictures! I left them like this for a while so I could walk in the backyard every so often and just look at them😂 When my wife sees me doing this she just shakes her head, and can’t believe she’s been married to this weirdo for over thirty years!! 12 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keaton 433 #2813 Posted October 15 2 hours ago, c-series don said: can’t believe she’s been married to this weirdo for over thirty years!! were all weird in our own ways, I would do the same thing if my tractors looked that nice, now many hours of buffing do you have into those or why do they shine so nice, I don't have the patience to do them right Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c-series don 8,685 #2814 Posted October 15 I restored the Work Horse (I bought new in 1984) and the C-175, but the LSE is 100% original. I just wax them occasionally. Thanks for asking! 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 11,985 #2816 Posted October 16 @Pullstart Took me a minute to figure out what was wrong in that picture: there is only one tractor in the bed of your truck! 1 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,831 #2817 Posted October 16 2 hours ago, kpinnc said: @Pullstart Took me a minute to figure out what was wrong in that picture: there is only one tractor in the bed of your truck! I’m not sure if I could get another in there with that Xi! It’s massive! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 11,985 #2818 Posted October 20 (edited) Got the fellas out for a breath of fresh air today. Been a couple weeks for some of them, and it’s always better to run them than not. The 523-H is in desperate need of a bath! Edited October 20 by kpinnc 3 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PeacemakerJack 10,738 #2820 Posted October 22 one of my favorite side shots of any Wheel Horse “plow mule”…in the furrow🙌🏻😎🙌🏻 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy N. 2,142 #2821 Posted October 26 Working on leaf pickup today! 8 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevebo-(Moderator) 8,330 #2822 Posted October 27 Ready for plow duty is this 523DXI. 7 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,831 #2823 Posted October 29 Tuesaturday??? @joebob’s grandson at the helm of my Xi for a bit… 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
