My Biggest Gripe with Wheel Horse

[Stepney 2,325]

9 hours ago, rmaynard said:

I'll grab a photo next time I take it out. The 57 Economy and the Case have kinda put the Horses out of a job, except for mowing, at this point. I cut the weld on the downpressure bar and found a shackle that's just the right width and depth. Put a notch in the bar, so all I have to do is reach under, and slide it over the notch. Then just thread the screw through it. 
Most of my Horses are hydro lift though. So with them, I just use a section of chain. I prefer to use my foot for downpressure, the 50" blade never seems to cut just how I want it so I have to manipulate it. 

[Pollack Pete 2,273]

23 hours ago, rmaynard said:

 Have you been peeking in my window???

 

 

 

  an old guy like me with back problems, arthritis and poor eyesight,  

 

[stevebo-(Moderator) 8,330]

On 5/28/2021 at 10:01 PM, rmaynard said:

Thanks buddy.

Lol

[fast88pu 3,324]

I pull the lower dash panel to make it easier to access

[Jns tractor 22]

Good excuse to leave it on and get another tractor ?

[Marv 924]

Big problem is getting down on the floor and getting back up.

Marv

[953 nut 55,321]

32 minutes ago, Marv said:

Big problem is getting down on the floor and getting back up.

Marv

I've got the getting down on the floor part mastered;   sometimes I end up there without intending to.               I'm working on the getting back up part, but 50% ain't too bad is it?                  Just got to make a comprehensive list of things to be done while you're down there so you don't waste the get up part.            

[dcrage 628]

4 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

............so you don't waste the get up part

 

 

Isn’t that the truth!!!

[Marv 924]

On 5/30/2021 at 12:22 PM, dcrage said:

 

 

Isn’t that the truth!!!

Sure is. Did some of that today. Whew!

marv

[Lee1977 6,667]

On 5/28/2021 at 7:33 AM, rmaynard said:

 

.There is no room for fat fingers. And for an old guy like me with back problems, arthritis and poor eyesight, it took over an hour to get it installed. Give it a few more years add brain fog, and you will be lucky If

you remember what you started doing. Count on a 15 minute job taking half day if it gets finished at all.

 

[Paul Dietrich 19]

Why did Wheelhorse sell out to Toro? This was the beginning to the end of Wheelhorse. Wheelhorse sold out to Toro for a reported 8 million dollars , "lock stock and barrel".....

[lynnmor 7,308]

1 hour ago, Paul Dietrich said:

Why did Wheelhorse sell out to Toro? This was the beginning to the end of Wheelhorse. Wheelhorse sold out to Toro for a reported 8 million dollars , "lock stock and barrel".....

 

The market changed.

People quit gardening, prefer cheap junk, moved to developments with tiny lots and want no maintenance.

[71_Bronco 1,072]

I think what they should have done, is make the post a threaded stud. Then retain it with a washer and a lock nut, so you could easily put the nut on with a ratchet + extension. Lock nut would prevent it from vibrating loose.

 

I have small hands, and its a bit of a pain even for me to reach in and put the hairpin clip in. Most times I use a pair of long needle-nose to try to pop it in.