Wheel Horse Tips and Tricks

[JoeM 7,874]

Got anything you do to make it run better, lets hear it!

I do this, inscribe a "witness mark" on rear hubs and axles. A quick look to make sure lines line up will may help to see if hub is coming loose. 

[squonk 41,737]

No pictures but if you have a nasty old mule drive that's all seized up and rusty don't toss it. The frame work can be used for a quick attach front accessory like a weight, sprayer, leaf blower ect. 

[Pullstart 63,271]

When you are tractor heavy, that’s when the best deals come along.

[953 nut 56,342]

[c-series don 9,166]

43 minutes ago, squonk said:

No pictures but if you have a nasty old mule drive that's all seized up and rusty don't toss it. The frame work can be used for a quick attach front accessory like a weight, sprayer, leaf blower ect. 

That’s exactly what I did when I purchased an EZ Rake and restored it. I wasn’t sure how I was going to mount it because the brackets it came with clearly were not for a Wheel Horse. Then the mule drive idea came into play and it works great. I used a lift tube from a snowblower to raise it. I have a pull behind spring tine de-thatcher that I’m thinking about mounting off a mule drive as well. Then I can de-thatch and vacuum up the thatch in one pass. 

[ebinmaine 69,197]

Wheel studs and lug nuts. 

Every tractor we have has them.

Every tractor we build will get them. 

 

Sooooo much easier to swap tires around or remove for maintenance and repair. 

 

 

[sqrlgtr 554]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

Wheel studs and lug nuts. 

Every tractor we have has them.

Every tractor we build will get them. 

 

Sooooo much easier to swap tires around or remove for maintenance and repair. 

 

 

Really makes a difference when you start mounting/dismounting loaded wheels and tires!!!!

[ebinmaine 69,197]

33 minutes ago, sqrlgtr said:

Really makes a difference when you start mounting/dismounting loaded wheels and tires!!!!

Absolutely. 

My loaded AGs have been on 3 tractors so far and another one soon. 

[squonk 41,737]

4 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Absolutely. 

My loaded AGs have been on 3 tractors so far and another one soon. 

If you have a Harbor Fright () near you get one of those small furniture dollies. You can place the loaded tire/wheel on it and roll it into position and move it around to get the wheel on the studs. That what I do and it beats lifting that loaded wheel up and trying to line up the holes.

[lynnmor 7,443]

I like the bolts, simply line up one axle hole to one wheel hole and start a bolt.  Next, rotate that bolt to the top and the others line up.  Never could understand the idea of lining up five bolt holes all at once.

[ohiofarmer 3,280]

On 11/22/2020 at 6:38 PM, lynnmor said:

I like the bolts, simply line up one axle hole to one wheel hole and start a bolt.  Next, rotate that bolt to the top and the others line up.  Never could understand the idea of lining up five bolt holes all at once.

 I like just one stud, then use the bolts.  Another tip is to grind off the end of a socket so there is no taper inside the socket. some of the cheaper sockets have so much leade that they can round off the wheel bolts easily. I always use those modified sockets on such things as oil pan drain bolts

[ohiofarmer 3,280]

  Another good one is to grind down a wrench thin if you have to remove the cap screw off a starter. use the wrench under the cap screw for the supporting stud so it does not break off in the starter housing. Of course you can learn how and  why the hard way once you ruin a starter. DAMHIK

[Chris G 3,296]

I used a front attach a matic bracket and a old atv rack and made a front rack for my main work machine. The dial on the frant bracket still has the function of leveling the rack, once you put it on. The rack is extremley useful for me. I often strap a 60 pound sand bag on there when im pulling trailers of firewood out. Helps keep the wheelies down on take off.

[pfrederi 18,071]

12 hours ago, ohiofarmer said:

  Another good one is to grind down a wrench thin if you have to remove the cap screw off a starter. use the wrench under the cap screw for the supporting stud so it does not break off in the starter housing. Of course you can learn how and  why the hard way once you ruin a starter. DAMHIK

 

 

a pair of tappet wrenches is also a good thing....

[Lee1977 6,891]

On 11/22/2020 at 9:55 AM, squonk said:

No pictures but if you have a nasty old mule drive that's all seized up and rusty don't toss it. The frame work can be used for a quick attach front accessory like a weight, sprayer, leaf blower ect. 

If you don't have an old mule drive all you need is a 5/8" rod and some metal a angle or plate. Here is mine I used a long 5/8" bolt because I had some and an angle to keep it from swing down and hooked below

to keep it from swing up. If you are using it for a belt tightener you will want it to swing down.

 

 

[peter lena 8,931]

joeM , GOOD IDEA , we all have our own tricks and modifications to any trouble issue , depending on what's going on , initially its a  quick fix to finish the job , then it gets interesting to make it like it should have been , (   if you want to ) . usually find related areas that can be improved that ,only add to the function to the first problem . my 82  C 85 is the franken horse  to experiment and try things on , when proven to be the answer / cure , I  typically add it to my other 2 horses . so far its made things very solid and trouble free, pete