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You might be a Wheel Horse addict if you look for a plow for your tractor and end up running :rs:

Brought the second Lawn Ranger home last week. Changed oil and drained old gas and refilled with new,non-ethonal, treated with Sta-bil gasoline. The ranger fired on second pull, ran on third pull. Drove it around the yard and discovered that it runs really nice and has lots of power. Runs nicer than the first ranger. Only negitive is the trans seems like it whines a little and grinds /clunks a little when I shift into 3rd gear. That infamous 3rd gear haunts me again. oh-well, sounds like another trans rebuild. The paint/sheet metal condition also looks alot like the first Ranger. My first plan next spring is to find a couple of nice lawn ranger seat covers for them both and paint the rims in powder coat and maybe new tires. I'll see if and where I can find some somewhere. . otherwise for now keep them looking pretty much original. here is a couple pics. Thanks for looking.

You might be a Wheel Horse addict if when the wife asks you how many tractors you have and you honestly can't remember.

I have a 1995 416-H with about 430 hours. So far I have not had any engine problems. I have experienced grass,leaves and other debris getting sucked up on the engine fan screen. Getting tired of stopping to clean the screen, I came up with this solution. I purchased hardware screen at the home Depot 1/4 X 1/4 and fashioned a sort of half round screen from the bottom of the engine fan shroud from the front to the back also it covers about 3/4 of the height of the engine fan screen. Now when I cut grass the outer screen loads up with debris and the engine screen stays quite clean, since most of the debris comes from the cutting deck it collects on the hardware screen and clean air can still get to the engine fan from the open part of the hardware screen. I also have been reading theories about valve seat failures and broken rods. I have worked in Research and Engineering for Ford Motor Company for 35 years in Dynamometer engine testing, so I have some ideas about the failures. The cylinder temperature differences do not seem to be that big a difference to me. But here is what I know, carbon buidup in a cylinder will raise the compression ratio. Air cooled engines run hotter than liquid cooled engines, so air cooled eingines are more sensitive to fuel octane and spark detonation. If fuel octane is borderline sufficient with clean combustion chambers, when carbon buildup is present that will raise the octane requirements and cause spark detonation which in an air cooled engine may be hard to detect due to the fan noise and mower noise. Spark detonation will cause a very high tempertaure to occur in the cylinder and could be cause for the valve seat failures. I would suggest using non alcohol fuels in air cooled engines to get the highest octane possible as a means to avoid spark detonation. I am not sure what effect alcohol has on spark detonation but I know it's NOT GOOD for the fuel system gaskets, rubber and aluminum parts. One other observation on carbon buildup in the rear cylinder. We do not know what the fuel distribution is in the front and rear cylinders. You cannot asume that both cylinders are getting the same amount of mixture in the cylinders, in most engines that is not true. Usually one cylinder runs richer than the other, due to intake manifold and exhaust manifold flow. This difference in fuel distribution can be the cause of carbon buildup and it usually is the cause of temperature differences in cylinders.

Hmm, thats not good..... ............. :banghead:

Nice Lawn Rangers Terry. I agree with Fred, keep the front tires if you can. A little tire black or latex paint can do wonders. If your in the market for a replacement seat, check out my vendor section. My reproduction seat covers are made using an orginal seat cover for the pattern and the tufting is made from marine grade vinyl with dielectric seams molded in, not sewn.Dave

You might be a Wheel Horse addict if you drive over 10 hours in a borrowed truck with a borrowed trailer with your 4 year old son by yourself to get to a small fairgrounds in the middle of Pennsylvania to spend an entire weekend with a bunch more addicts. Then come home with more stuff then you took and not have enough cash to make it home and you have to borrow more money for gas and tolls. And you might be a Wheel Horse addict if you spend every break and lunch at work on this website or sandblasting tractor parts in the company sandblaster. Or the Director of Engineering has had to explain to his boss why there is a red mower deck sitting under neath a work bench on the Engineering floor.... :kbutt:

well here are a pict of the first snow ill got and ill got about 10 to 12 inch of it.. the snow was wet and heavy. ill had to try my blower on it and it work's good:) i had to drive slow to get rid of it.. 1-2 low what gear do u normaly use whit the blower?

Ride around the block on your B-100 taking a video while searching for snow. And it is May.

I believe that when buying Wheel Horses "Its easier getting forgiveness than permission".

store a lawn ranger on your bed.

'nuf said. :handgestures-thumbup:

When it comes to dealing with my wife and the tractors we follow the don't ask don't tell policy. She don't ask, I don't ASK or TELL. I don't let on to how many I have, they all look the same to her. In all honesty though I don't like to have to much more than a half dozen of them at one time. If I don't have enough room in the garage or as a last resort, the 12x20 tent then I am outta room. I refuse to leave them outside without cover. Now, if I had some acreage and a big barn things could get outta control.

i think i have it figured out. i have 5 wheelhorses and my wife said nomore for a while untill i get the baby stuff done and my son is born. Two days after that i found a 704 hiding under a blanket of pine needles behind a barn 3 houses down from me. it was free so the wife said ok then i went to the scrap yard looking for a wheel for my 211-5 i found aa lt 1136 complete with deck and another small wheelhorse. then i got talking to the guy that works there and he says he has a round hood for he will sell for 50.00. so i went to check it out and bought it. all this in two weeks or so if you want to find tractors have your wife no more tractors

Here are some pictures of before and after. I think it turned out pretty well.

Still no power where I'm at. The power company has no idea when it will get turned back on. Today I ran about 200 ft of rope thru the woods and tied it to my 12x20 tent and dragged it out with my truck. I managed to get it flipped back over and tied back down with new anchors. It has some tears and a few rips in it. This spring I'm going to build a real shed and get rid of this Gypsy tent. In all honesty I'm not complaining, no power and rips in my tent are very minor inconveinances compared to what the parents of those two young boys are going thru..

This is what it looked like when I picked it up Now I have it stored on the shelf.

Terry, I would post a pic but I've been taking parts off of it to use on my projects and there's just not a lot of it left. :ychain:

When You want to repaint your new truck or wife's car International Harvester Red with Linen Beige wheels!

You might be a Wheel Horse addict if you go on vacation to Yellowstone, and all you come back with is a tee shirt that says: ...Wheel Horse tractor of course!

Color match your clothes "red T or sweatshirt & an RS hat" before heading out on the Horse to work (atleast my wife believes I'm working).

I also have a third lawn ranger now. It's stored south of springfield, IL. at Clarke's tractor storage center. I'll see if maybe I could get them to post a pic for me! :greetings-waveyellow:

I always use Kohler oem, but I don't pay that. Most of the time I order my parts from OEP engines. Most of the time they are 30 to 65% cheaper on oem parts. Kohler is pricey but you get what you pay for. If it is just going to be a show piece then I might think on using aftermarket. But for one that is going to get used for what it was intended, oem is prefered. I will admit to getting burned that way years ago that's why I started shopping around. Some of these dealers and part house's really stick you and never bat an eye.

Glad we did not get any of the white stuff here, I would have to had used my blower vac. Not even close to putting on snow removal equipment yet. Well at least with all the wind the leaves are gone, I can switch over to snow removal gear. Can't wait to dig out that 2 stage. It's so much fun dragging it out and mounting.

If anyone needs any help, just post here. Russ, do you need help with the trees? Can't come during the week, but I can help on the weekend if you need it.

Very nice - I am amazed every time I get on my Lawn Ranger how well they operate for such a small tractor!

this week after work i leveled a large dirt pile & filled a low area in the back yard. i used the i beam drag to do the final leveling. so this morning i got out the 72 bronco 14 & hooked up the gang of aireators & punched holes then broadcast fescue seed & aireatored some more , hope it germinates . after that job was done i needed to tackle the leaf problem. i haven't had time to change over to the rear discharge decks so the 518 choped leaves & blew them into a row & i tried different tractors on one of the sweepers. first up was the c161 8 speed, it did well but the clevis hitch made it imposible to back up the sweeper. next upwas the 310-8 but it also has a sleve hitch so it has the same problem. so after dark i built a hitch extension so sweeper & cart pulling will be easy with this horse. last weekend i tried the commando 8 with reardischarge deck & it did wonderfull. but the best tractor for the sweeper is the commando 800 with big boy shoes. it's fast, turns quick & sips gas. i have the rear discharge deck that came with this tractor & after rebuilding it will be the perfect sweeper tractor. but with the high winds coming with huricane sandy i was fighting a loosing battle so next sunday i'll try again but most of the leaves will have fallen hopefully Jay

Very nice Duke! Even though I haven't been on here much lately I have been watching your project.

Duke, That's a better ride than my car! I can't wait to see you throw snow onto the roof of every house in the neighborhood. I think I will get my shot long before you here in the UP! Maybe this week. If I can't get the wiring fixed on my snowchucker, will you come visit?

Bro' Duke, you truely are an Inspiration!!! Thank you for the ride around the block today . I can hardly wait till we chunk some snow this Winter ! :woohoo:

Our camper stays permanately at the campground, so when we had to replace our other one, we decided to go with a 41 ft. park trailer with 2 slideouts. Not a trailer you would want to pull around all the time, but it's like a home away from home.

I'll be looking forward to the first video of 520 chucking snow! Matt :flags-texas:

Like the way you have the blocks held in place, looks like a very strong unit, did you make or is it a factory unit. The pillow block bearings ought to make it roll forever. I built it with some scrap angle and a piece of 6" pipe. I drilled the pipe for some 3/8" rod that I had and spot welded them in place. I have broke some off, I just hit it with the side grinder knock the rest inside and weld in another.

I gave up on the Vikings a while ago , I CAN"T STAND THE %@#"! Packers, So I follow the Bears TOO! :bow-blue:

Thanks for the ride Duke! Are you gonna be a nice guy and clear the sidewalks thru out the neighborhood like good ole boy Steveasaurus? You might have to stash a few cans of fuel along your route though, I know first hand how thirsty them 520's are! :ychain:

very nice duke! :bow-blue:

Or you could clean the crud out of the bearing? I'm with everyone else, I'm a machinist & that was just unprofessional.

It's been along time since I pushed all my horses to the side and even thought of selling out because of lack of time and other personal issues I had to deal with the last year or so. Thanks to TT all that changed this past week with a pm from him telling me about an auction of personal items of a deceased man from Shamokin, Pa. which included a 753 and attachments. Me and a friend of mine headed out about 8 a.m. and the auction started at 9 and by the time we got there the auction was already started with little time to look the tractor over really good. The original auction ad had stated a 753 with front and rear plow and a wheel horse snowblower was being auctioned seperately. At about 10:30 the auctioneer told everyone to take a few minutes and look at a few of the tractors there (only one was a wheel horse) and anounced that the wheel horse items which included the snowblower would auctioned as a package. The opening bid started at $200.00 and dropped all the way to $10.00 before I made the first bid (did you ever get that feelin' you were gonna steal it) and then all hell broke loose. I had one other bidder that just wouldn't give up and it end up costing me $275.00. I talked to one of the neighbors of the old guy that owned the tractor and he told me it had sat many years in a shed behind the house and by all the dust and dirt on it I could believe it. Here are a couple of pics Rear wheel weights Snowblower Rear plow For all those who were wanderin' what ever happened to my 701, here it is pretty much unchanged from last time I posted Special thanks to TT, Stevebo,and Brian (buckrancher) who kept me motivated to stick with the Wheel Horse hobby.

Shop gets full, then use the house garage! New car will last long time out in weather now days! My problem is winter comes, gotta clean out half the house garage to fit wife's car. THEN, cram, lift, fit, squeeze alll your stuff together in shop and get them all in there! Can't work in there, but HAVE them at least. When warm, can work outside still for awhile. I pretty much shut-down shop in cold months. Right now working on one in tiny spot next to my toolboxes. Sanding Blast and Paint don't get done there or would be all over the place. I have found a good stripper now that can blast for me. Now just Where to paint?? Let's see a little plastic around the walls and floors , (just down in the family room) and open window for awhile......Yeah, that should DO it! Divorce starts next day! Ha! :laughing-rofl:

here my pics gt 14 c- 81 pic november ???

October????????

This is the "Four Day RJ". 1959 RJ59, built Oct 2-5 2012 for the North Central Indiana Meet-n-Greet.

Here are a couple of my 417A

Just a little RJ35

Think yourself lucky you have a choice Here in UK a Snow Blower is so rare we have to improvise and i am so poor i can only afford these However these do have the luxury of having tinted windows & Hazard lights,

I HATE EM! Who likes 70deg when you can be 10deg.

I have got one tractor with a newer style cab on it and there is a lot more room than one of the cabs thats used on a C series. Taking the cabs on and off to me is a big pain in the back side. Storing them is a pain too. With that being said when I go out to plow or blow and the wind is blowing like crazy out here in the wide open it feels good not having the snow in your face or the good ol down your neck and back. When I was younger I just piled on the clothes now I climb in the cab with less clothes. It does take some getting use to being in a cab. Lots of blind spots that you have to be aware of. If you are aware of them they can be safe and comfortable.

I've never seen one with bronze bushes, and I've probably looked at 30 or so. It is quite possible that someone bored it and installed them. I think its a great idea, as long as they ended up in the right place. Before using it I would probably slide a couple of long 3/4" bars into the spindle bores and eyeball the angles, also check out the bolster pin bore in the centre of the axle to make sure it's square to the axle. A 3 foot long bar is long enough to visibly see differences in angles

Restored my dads tractor - just have too many good memories with it. (It pitched a rod when he was driving it - thank goodness - and during the rebuild I learned about the "Tecumseh H55 oil pump issue". Now it sports a slinger rod. Think the guys in Heaven read this?