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It's a Wheel Horse thing! Andy

Andy, take a little time and visit your local infirmary. Sorry, I doubt if there's a cure for WHD (Wheel Horse Disease). Under a microscope the virus looks like this ! :laughing-rofl:

Dad let me plow again last night. It was very fun. My "horse"was plowing a hole lot better than I expectided. I got to plow half of our stuff and all of the neighbor's and made some $. It's supposed to snow for the next few days so I should be able to plow again soon. Here's me at work

as for garden tractor size i would buy a simplicity legacy 4WD with a steel fully glass cab or ingersol . im sure JD has a decent size garden tractor. http://www.simplicitymfg.com/us/en/tractors/legacy-xl

The C-141, as I'm sure you know, has 2 ground wires...one to the frame and one from engine to cradle mount. Both ground wires need GOOD connections for every thing to work properly. You said you replaced one of them with a lighter gauge wire. Starters require not just good voltage, but high amps to operate. Proper wire gauge size and tight connections are very important in this equation, especially during cold weather. Try jumping a known good battery (like in your truck) to a known good ground point on your engine (negative)...like a head bolt. Momentarily connect the positive lead to the starter post on the Kohler and see if you get a good "spin". If it does turn over like it should, you have poor connections somewhere. If not, you may have internal issues with your engine. Hope this helps. Let us know

Very nice mostly-original survivor found recently on an online classifieds site:

Here's my heap big Indian Chief from Tippecanoe today.

I remember those back to back storms too, not last year, but the year before...Dec '10, Jan '11 snow season. The single stage on my 520 had our little driveway looking like a tunnel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu48aGgLkzw&list=UUd_ptV1TUpPlW1VhCjxez_Q&index=40

1st "new" topic I've done so excuse the mess. I just posted 5 pics to my gallery showing removal of my 854 steering wheel. I've been spraying (lightly) with Kano sili-kroil since 8/12 in case I needed it off. Used a 1" open end wrench under the wheel , a Craftstman 2 jaw puller, 1 1/4 in nut under the puller and a short 5/8 boxed in wrench to remove, came off like a charm. The secret was in the preparation.

Today I went on what I would now consider a great pick. Yeah, I know that makes me sound like Mike Wolfe, but thats really what it was. I drove over an hour away to go look at a '60 Suburban (which I also bought), and the guy showed me around his barns. He had by far the largest collection of pedal tractors I have ever seen in my life. But while I was getting dirty and climbing around one of the barns, this odd ball metal box with numbers on the side and an engine cylinder head in plain view sticking out caught my attention. He said he didn't know much about it other than that he bought it from an old guy who was an airline pilot and the guy claimed it was a cargo sized 49cc foldable motor bike. The numbers on the side corresponded to the aircraft tail number it belonged in. I was like....what? It turns out it is a Valmobile Suitcase Scooter. They were designed in France and produced in Japan during the 50's. They were marketed as a suitcase scooter that could be taken anywhere and/or stored anywhere. According to reading I have done, they became especially popular as emergency transportation in airplanes small boats etc. But they really didn't sell well and the main distribution company located in NJ shortly went bankrupt. Of course there seems to be several collector forums for these things and a pretty serious following. I haven't had much luck finding too much info on value, but I'm confident my gamble in buying it will not leave me at a loss if I decide to ever sell it. The guy claims it runs fine and being a 2 stroke he said it probably will fire right up with little effort.

make sure you take care of your kohler and keep IT and you happy happy. if you don't it will smile and you won't lol.

We all know how light in the loafers round hoods are in the front.Using the back blade on my 704 created some interesting wheelies. I thought about a tombstone. They are real cool but cheap that I am I wanted something different and more practical. I can use suitcase weights on my C-160 and Power King as well. Bracket in primer. I'm using the front quick hitch holes so i put in a spacer for the front holes in the bracket. I liked it so much mocked up I made one for the 160. A bit different so it will come off easy for mowing. Bracket on the 704 Finished Bracket also doubles as a handy place for my I.D. tag

About two years ago I bought a rough Bantam 8000 with a very rare belly mower. I've stripped it down to every last nut and bolt and have been slowly going through it. The body has been totally blasted, repaired and blocked numerous times. The fenders were all hand dollied to straighten them out too. I had the body parts professionslly painted by a friend of mine and finally got all the orange parts back from him this week. He still has to clear the hood and finish the black items (seat, rear rims and all engine tins). It's 1968 Chevy hugger orange and urethane clear. The rear fender stripes were re-stenciled, sprayed and cleared in as well. The plan is to get it back together for spring.

Just a few finishing touches to go. Needs decals and the letters painted plus that little id plate between the throttle/choke. Runs like a champ and i cant wait to get it out in the yard.

Years ago, I had a troybuilt tiller with a tecumseh on it that I tinkered and tinkered with to get just right. One day I tinkered with it and it went to running better than it ever had and I was soooo happy out tilling up the garden when I started hearing a little ping. I stopped tilling and got to where I could see where the ping was coming from just in time to see the paint on the block change colors right before the rod came through. Something to see when your concentrating on the exact spot the rod comes through when it happens. Went straight to town bought a new 8horse briggs and its out in the shed right now and I would bet a wheel horse (HIGH STAKES) it will start first pull.

I had a steiner 420 with 3 cyl kabota engine .should have kept that, they are sweet tractors.

I bought a NGK last week just to try it on one of the Horses. I have not used it enough yet to say anything bad or good about it, but so far it is working.

Craig, Taking cast off and getting into PT is the big benefit of having ORIF(Open reduction,internal fixation). if they just casted a fracture, you have to wait 4-6 weeks in cast then remove and then PT. by putting in plates and screws (better than grade 8) you can start PT and get range of motion and strength back sooner. of course PT will be painful! PT person: Mr AMC Rules, you are gonna hate me, but I'll have you walking soon" :rolleyes:

is the k301as toasted? you can just bolt a 301s straight to the frame though as Terry says...

My mistake - I was thinking of the ones with the stubby crank machined for the drive gear. :banghead:

Thanks for the pics "WP205a", those later Kimball Haulers are nice. I probably won't mess with the drive clutch other than to put it on & see how everyting works first. The driven clutch will be getting rebuilt. Not much for updates, waiting on more parts to come in & the cold temps are keeping me out of the shop. I really miss the woodburner in my old shop.

Here's my Kimball Hauler. Not the best design, but it is perfect in the pecan orchard.

I would never try putting a second roller bearing in with removing the first one. If the rollers are worn out most likely the case flanges are too. This will allow the rollers to get into the ball bearing be it a #1533 or the newer #111199 and destroy it. Take the transmission a part remove the old roller bearing. Do it right the first time and save yourself a lot of trouble.

It's not really "Wheel Horse juice" that runs the actuator - it is the capacity of the onboard battery and appropriate wiring to the actuator. For the sake of conversation, say the actuator draws 30 amps for 10 seconds. This energy comes from the battery. The regulator and stator on board the tractor "sees" the voltage drop on the battery and responds by charging the battery back up to 14.5 volts. The RR may only supply 10 amps to charge the battery but 10 amps x 30 seconds is equal to the draw of 30 amps x 10 seconds. The same amount of energy shuttles in and out of the battery, just faster out than back in. You make a power withdrawl from the battery energy bank and replenish your energy account with the RR unit. If you continualy draw more from the bank than you can replenish ... well then sadly you have the equivalent of a modern day government economics lesson.

Pay no attention to the tractor with the green paint. This is just for informational purposes! Here is a Deere with a pretty clean setup. I thought about getting a receiver Hitch that Scott and Tom make and then fabbing up an actuator to run a sleeve hitch similar to the Deere. One added benefit would be down pressure.

That was the only thing I was disappointed with on mine. The drive was completely cleared much to fast.

I've come across a frozen transmission only twice, but in each case it was impossible to move the tractor or move the lever to "put it in reverse". First thing I would do is to check the set screw on the front of the gear lever ball. Then loosen it off to allow the gear stick to pull out of the trans. Looking down the hole into the trans you will see the two shift rails. The forward one is the one for 1st/Rev, and the rail will be over to the right side if it is still in reverse. See if you can gently pry this rail back to the central position with a large screwdriver (slightly rocking the tractor back and forward if necessary). Hopefully it will pop back into neutral and you can spend your time wondering why it got stuck in the first place. Check out the ball on the gearshift while it is out, and also the very bottom of the stick as well, looking for signs of obvious wear.

MACK asked if he could model my hat :

Ingersod Rand, if their still called that

Steiner

Hey! I got to plow again. It was so fun. I got to plow with the back of my blade. I was building up the snow bank so I could make a ramp so I could dump the snow right over. My neighber wanted me to plow but he wouldn't pay so I said,"pay or you can shovel." He didn't pay so I didn't plow his yard. Dad let me plow on my own cause he had to do the other side of the house with his tractor because mine would tear up the lawn.

Tankman, Daddy has paid plenty! A 9yr old with a 4 wheeler, a tractor and a gun. He's spoiled, but a good spoiled. I have to crank mine up before he gets home or I get no seat time! He insists on doing it all and if I crank the Ranger there is hell to pay! He inspects the yard every day for any evidence of horse play that he didn't get in on. lol When he's plowing, there is always a group watching, amazed that a little boy can run it and do the job. He's a worker with the memory of an elephant! :handgestures-thumbupright:

Here's one of my favorites! Factory original RJ58 with Front Cutter Bar! I bought it off an old timer and he said he'd have to have big money for it. I asked him how much we wanted and he said $75.00!! So I said I'd take it for that! Hehe! I loaded it up fast! It didn't have the Front Cutter Bar on it at that time. Keith

Per a note back from fabricator2009 today. Swap Meet April 20th, Mentone, IN Wheelhorse and others. He said he'd have a flyer out on it soon. Also have a fall show and swap meet, normally in early October He does a good job organizing it.

I don't know. $1200 seems a bit pricey judging from the appearance, but I picked my d180 up in restored condition for $1350 with just a deck. Drove to Wisconsin from Ohio to pick it up to boot. Although I had some problems with the hydro system, it's been repaired and I've never looked back. I love this tractor! Added a blower, blade and scraper. Will I ever get out of it what I put into it? Not likely. But I don't care. Not everything in life is an investment. Otherwise, we'd never fully enjoy it!

I believe the notch in the handle goes towards the footrest. Making the bend to the outside. I have it this way one my 520. Jeremy

Of course, I've gotta submit the favorite "worker" currently in my collection, my one owner, original 653. Here it is a couple years ago, the day I picked it up from the original owner... http://www.wheelhors...ing the torch ...and a couple, more recent picts of it from this past year. :handgestures-thumbsup:

All the pictures with the exception of the primer gray are bent the same way seemed to be a design flaw. Might be better to provide some angle support under there spot welded to the hood. Then you could toss the hood and build something all together different, Here is one my neighbor and I build out of some junked lawn tractors. Here is mine.

Well, I finally got the 1954 Massey Harris Pony started, after two months of work! She's good looking, but the 6 volt system usually turns everyone away... Still gotta get some pictures of the 'horses' though... Spenser.

I have a few. A '38 Massey Harris 101 super, '46 Farmall H and a Massey Harris Pony (year unknown) This is the 101 super fresh out of the 20 year nap in the barn. They have all been in the family since new. The following pics are from the era when they worked on a daily basis. This is great grandpa with the new Pony Grandpa with his new H Grandpa on the 101 super in about 1940-41

Those are Deestone tri ribs, I love them, the center rib is taller like a true tri rib should be, little better pic just before I put the plow on.

Got my little round hood fitted with a snow blade today, it does pretty good for as small as it is, for small snow falls I'll play with this, but bigger snows I'll use the 520, the hyd lift on this is nice, I can pick the front tires up about 3/4" off the ground for good down pressure, and still raise the blade up about 6" off the ground.

I figured I'd throw a pic up on here of my 520 snow machines, the plow tractor is a few 520's pieced together, but mostly a 1993, with a 48" blade with a 5 position sector, the blower tractor, is a clean low hour 1995, I went through the machine top to bottom last winter, I have a cab for it, just havn't installed it yet, the tall shoot blower got a rebuild last year but never got used because of no snow, I just this week installed the 2 link tire chains, and painted a full set of cast iron WH weights, I painted them black, most of them I paint red, but I wanted it to be different, I kinda like the black on this tractor.

Fordson Dexta that I just painted this fall. I like this tractor so much that I finally gave in and stripped it down and painted it the Ford paint scheme I like the best. 33hp diesel. I also have a Ford 850 with a loader.

**Update** Finally a quick storm dropped 4-5 inches on Eastern Pennsylvania. Grandson was thrilled, '85 416-8 was assigned to the task. Pushed snow back 'n off some grass, making room for another event. So far, no need to mount the blower. At 5-years old, he can't reach the pedals. Low-low gear, walking speed, how exciting can that be for a little man?

Thank you guys im going to do my rj after this one. Glad you like it.

Well the search is finally over for the elusive Massey Ferguson MF 14. The first picture of me, when I was 3 years old, sitting on a tractor was on a MF 14 35 years ago. Have been wanting to find a good candidate to add to the collection. Well here she is......... It needs a few little things and a definite bath. Boy I forgot how fast the Massey tractors cover some ground!

Sorry no pictures of them but we have a farmall bn forklift,ford 671 select o speed and 2 new john deeres for using on the blueberry farm. I do think I have a picture of the ford doodle bug though. Here is a pic of it,Jake

This one is completely homemade by my dad in 1967. It's just about the same size as a Power King. The Wisconson V4D has been massaged to produce 33hp. There are actually Wheel Horse parts incorporated into it. It's a beast and weighs in at just under 1300lbs

Some Photos of my 1958 Wheel Horse RJ: