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I have been loving all the seat time the past few days. This is my first winter with the horse and I can't say how impressed I am with it. The plow has been more then capable with several feet of old snow on my dirt driveway. Makes me wonder if I even need to bother fixing up the snowblower. Not sure how much higher ill be able to push up the piles though!

P'Chop working his first snow removal account. He was all :happy-jumpeveryone:

Had a Piddley Snow Last Night So This Morning I Piddled a Bit and Broke in My Grand Daughter Henny as My New Camera Man errrr um I mean (lady) Some Snow Is Better than None I Guess. And at least heres a few pictures of it doin what its suppose to do, than getting pictures of it in the Shop. This Rebuilt 520-SC (snow chucker) has been itchin fer a fight for a month now and still hasn't got the competition it deserves, Oh well maybe next year. Cheers ~Duke

Poor man's tri-rib. $20 worth of #40 roller chain and you won't have any problems with the front tires drifting. Deflate the tires and remove them in the spring.

More pics from the 6-8" plus drifting that we got yesterday: All lined up and idling. I love the rain cap on Elvis at idle TINK TINK TINK! Horse Power! A little back blade action Elvis ready to dig in Elvis loves the Horses. They make nice piles to move!

We ended up with 10"-12"s by the time it was over.....nice and fluffy! My GT was a bit overwelmed by the amount of snow. She coulda done it with half passes but I decided to give my old Gilson walk behind a workout since it only was used once last year. The Gilson (8hp Briggs / 26" cut) handled it with ease. Its nice to have a big old all steel heavy-duty snowblower. My dad has one of those newer Ariens and its so light that it wont dig in....it actually starts to ride up over the snow. Mike............

Don1977 got me thinking about this again so I decided too do it as the 1533 bearing is no longer available from toro My fix needs some machine work to beable to do this replacement the standard 1533 bearing dim. are 1 1/2" ID x 2 1/2" OD x 1/2" W the new R22 bearing I'm replacing it with is 1 3/8" ID x 2 1/2" OD x 7/16" W so this requires I remove .0625 from the differential hubs Since we don't have a manual lathe at work I setup my vertical lathe turned the dia. to 1.375 plus 0 minus .0005 1533 bearing is on the left and the R22 bearing is on the right notice the R22 is a heavier bearing and should work just fine as the original 1533 bearing is 1/2" wide and the R22 is 7/16" wide I use a .0625 shim to make up the differance shim in place on diff. hub R22 bearing installed with shim this should work fine for the old transmissions that use the 1533 bearing with 1" axles Brian

So it's safe to say we all love using our garden tractors for my snow removal. It is something I actually look forward to (until about mid to late March ). This years line line up: 416H with cab and single stage blower - love the cab - no snow in the face! C-160 Hydro with 508QM ARK loader 314-8 with 54" snow blade (D series) with front wheel weights to help stay on course with an angled blade. And in case all else fails a 22" MTD blower and my favorite shovel I think it is going to be a big year for snow...not even January yet!

We got 12" last night. Here's a video of me snow blowing the driveway with my 520 & 2-stg blower:

got it running did a few things really not sure of root cause if i had to guess it was the ammeter wire the new battery had no charge thanks to all

Nice one copperhead, that gets my vote for the December, 2014 calendar.

No, that is a 1974 C-160 Auto. It was the 1st restoration I ever done (about 11 years ago). My wife's grandpa passed away and I bought it at his estate auction for $200. The motor had a broken rod and I decided to restore the tractor and rebuild the motor. Learned at lot about Wheelhorses during that project. Gave it back to my mother-in-law, which in-turn my son, now 8, mows and pushes snow when he is at grandparents house. Funny how the world goes round. I didn't live in Chillicothe until 2004. I don't even live in the city limits, about 7 minutes north of town right next to the Vocational school. Grew up in a small town of Adelphi, about 20 minutes north east of Chillicothe. Thad (Ohio)

I can't afford a tractor that I can't use. My 704 looks nice and I take it to shows,but I can't justify having if if it doesn't do at least a little work like pulling a wagon,roller,lawn sweeper or delivering pizza's in the rain at the Steam Pageant! :)

Ok, here is my way of installing tire chains start by laying out the chain, making sure the cross chain tie links are facing down(see pic 1 ,2 and 3) Set tire on chains(remove air from tire, as much as possible) and wrap chain around tire and loosly attach tighting bar.(see pic # 5) Flip tire over and connect oposite site as tight as possible.(see pic # 6) Now flip tire back over and tighten other side as tight as possible.(pic # 7) Now adjust cross links so they are straight across from each other.(pic #8) Now air up tire and your done, well mount back on tractor, then your done. Pix # 9 and # 10 are of tires mounted with weights(home made brackets)

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Don't know if you can push more than this ....but I was pretty impressed plowing my mother's sidewalk. Thad (Ohio)

She will let you in the yard but good luck getting out. LOL Nobody's gonna take one of my horses with her there. Gene.

C 160 with two stage blower early hours December 2012

This year She gets sidewalk and loading dock and some parking lot clean up . Will get some action shots this year and even a video !!

here are 1 pict from morning 29th dec and here is a pict 24 hrs later. We had a lot of rain and 37 to 43 degrees F.. last 24 hrs and it looks like we going to have rain for the next 2 days.. Lars

Pull the rope. :hide:

The easyist way is to let the air out of the tire fi rst then put the chains on as tight as you can than air the tire back up. Also i put some rubber straps on the chains to keep them snug.

Paint it red, add a sticker, call it rare, and list on ebay...what else?

That is a nice clean specimen. Just a note for you. The factory set up for the dozer blade used a foot pedal that connects to the pin with a small chain to pull it when angling the blade. A small rope like clothes line is used that hooks to each top corner of the blade with S hooks and drapes around the steering wheel. Push the pedal to release the pin and use the rope to pull the blade for changing the angle from the seat.

I know thats gonna be another nice one when you finish Duke :)

That's one happy SIL, think the daughter will get to try the Stallion mowin' the lawns? Not much to fix up, you've already covered all the bases. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Van - not fair. We know your son-in-law will win the $$$'s race fixing up that tractor because you are already Wheelhorse poor... ;)

What 48 hours of work, eat, sleep (a little) yields! Sandblasted the entire frame and started with shortening it 16" for the short bed conversion. Decided to make the cut behind where the front shackle will be for the 63" springs. Spent an hour with a sledge and a chisel to remove the old rear spring shackles. Kinda sore you know..... Lots of measuring: Everything I modified is accurate to 1/32" of an inch. Tack welds: Lots of strapping and clamping: Finished weld on outside. I welded the inside too. The cut is a 65* angle. Some say the fish plate method is better ( "Z" cut to join rails) but with the shackle being welded on and a small box on the inside it should be plenty strong. Cleaned up: Had to modify the bed mount to clear the shackle. The long bed mount closest to the bigger cross member aligns with the front mount for the short bed so I don't have to drill any holes to mount the bed. Shackle welded in place: Sprayed 1 coat on the back half for the night. Really love the paint. It is Magnet brand Antique Satin black. It goes on really nice, dries in a couple hours and is tough as NAILS. Going to the sky with the help of those handy D rings I installed last week: Approximate ride height. May be about 4" higher not to sure yet without axles. I just measured off my W250 and it sits 56" high at the bed rail stock. With the shackle flip (+5") and chevy springs (+1-2"), I am looking at around 7" of lift. Now, tires should be between 35-37" to make it look somewhat proportionate with height so if I ran a 35" tire, that would give me 2.5" of more height over stock. This brings me to a grand total of 9.5" of height bringing the bed rail to 65.5" or with a 37" tire, 67.5". This seems pretty high to me. In the picture, I am 5'9" so that gives you an idea. I believe the bed rail in this picture is at 62". Onward we go.... Rear shackle measured and holes marked: Shortened area boxed in: Knocked out the 2wd Pillow block crossmember for the drive shaft, tacked in a brace to prevent frame movement, took a front rail width measurement, knocked out old front crossmember, clamped up the new cross member and welded. Then I added some supports on the outside and cut a piece of 2x4 (1/4" thick box) steel and put that across. Still need to finish that. Still need to weld the box steel and the bottom spring bracket together. More paint: Closing up and leaving. Snapped these pics of my '93. Thought the cab lights looked kinda cool with 3" of snow on them: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Charlie

Here is one of my plow tractors. It's a C161 with a different hood. I have the ATV tires on it and I love how it goes with these tires. It still could use a little weight but they way it sits works pretty good. I have over 300ft of sidewalk to clear and it works great, the first time I used it was wet heavy snow it didn't miss a beat and the next morning I had to clear both my driveways after the town went by with bucket loaders and it moved the frozen stuff without much effort. More snow on the way can't wait. Gene..

great gift to give. he looks proud of the new addition

Glad to see your back on it duke! This is going to be one nice tractor when your done with it! It looked great when I saw what you had primed when I stopped by this summer! Can't wait to see some more work on it. ~Jake

Hey everyone here is the final update! Thanks so much to everyone who helped me along the way! This forum has been so encouraging and the best in offering intelligent advice everytime! Today I put it all together with new zinc plated hardware and put it on my 414-8 and boy did it run nice! Such a geat feeling when something you spend a lot of time on works!! I love the regal red by Rustoleum...such a great match. Before... After!

Not sure which one looks tougher, PD or the WH.

Though not shown on the tractor, the ol' yeller is there under the red on the belt guard, toolbox and fenders too. I think I remember reading that the yellow is actually some zinc, or cadmium type primer used back in the day under specific colors...red being one of them. Something like that.

The Carlisle tire is called "All Trail" part # is 511505 and it is a 23x10.50-12. They are mounted on factory Wheel Horse rims, but they were from a 520H. Here is a photo of the tires without the chains....I really like them....the right balance between turf and ag tires. Easy on the lawn too. Thad (Ohio)

Finally got some snow worth getting the 314-H out for. Here are my photos from this morning. Thad (Ohio)

My goal, keep on fixin' and, keep my eyes wide open for a "D", heaven knows I had my share of "D's" when I was in school. One more "D" couldn't hurt! :laughing-rofl:

Me on my 867 plowing about 6" of snow 12-26-12

I don't think the problem is with the lever. I'd say the rod between the lever and the quadrant needs to be longer. Here's a picture of my 6-2111 blade: The lever is almost vertical when the blade is straight.

hell. if i had that n.o.s. 420 LSE. that was shown on here a while back it would have a 48 SD. deck on it an prob 60 or 70 hours by now! Jay

This is a hard quesiton is some ways. We all belly ache that you can't go out and buy one of these fine tractors anymore, yet we all look forward to using them. It's a catch twenty-two. You only got one life to live and you got a nice NOS or near NOS Wheelhorse tractor and what to do? Who is to say that when you rid yourself of the NOS tractor someone else is going to work it or keep it new. With my 62 hour 520H tractor, I can see where keeping it in showroom condition vs working it can tear at you. Very interesting topic.

Just picked up this blower for my D180 about a month ago and spent some time doing some basic restoration to make it usable this winter. Plan to take it all the way down in the spring, but this will do to get me through this winter. Looking forward to some snow!

Great video! Thank for posting that. It's really great to be able to see the experience in another country.

Cool vids. Love the way the rear tires wrinkle just before he shuts it down.

He won....it doesn't get any better than that! LOL PÃ¥l, fantastisk jobb du gjorde. Congradulations Bro!

Some cool videos...and their club even has some of the coolest shirts too.

Congrats to your bro for the first place finish, can't wait for the video. Your refresh on the puller looks pretty good too Lars. :thumbs:

There's tons of talent here but I'm not sure where we would be "Without the TT" :banana-tux:

To blacken your tires! :thumbs:

The front pump seal (WH # 7877) is a CR seal # 7474. While you have the pump out, you just as well replace the trunnion shaft seal on side linkage too. (WH #103461) is a CR seal #6763. And while you've gone that far you just as well replace the manifold o-ring & the hydro valve o-rings. Look the hoses over good for cracks while you're in there. I'm am just putting mine back together. Welcome to the "D" world. Tom , Perry Ks.