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Wanted to share this with you folks. A good idea I think. VERY heavy duty and well built. All bolt together. A ladder and some other goodies and off you go....

These are OTR Lawn Trac R1 in 23x10.50-12 on 8.5" rims you can get 24 and 26 tall 12 wide as well. Nothing against the Carlisle TruPower just something I tried and have been very impressed by so far after a couple years of all conditions/uses.

Old tires always look better with M. E. Miller Tire paint. One or two coats on 60 year old tires will surprise even the most particular restorer to the quality look achieved ! The attached ag tire photo is of an original 1958 RJ tractor tire! I have used it for years and highly recommend its use.

Did some one ask for big ags? I have tractors with 6-12, 23x8.50 & 23x10.50 ags on the back. All of them serve their purpose. The 26x12's pictured above are mainly for a cool factor, but the tractor does pull a plow pretty nicely with them.

7 x 12 ag’s, seem to work ok, especially with a heavy implement on the back. The wheels are a bit too wide for the tyres/ tires though.fronts are 10” diameter, I can’t remember if they are 4” or 5” wide.

1985 417-8 275 hours

She's a beauty

There's something about freshly painted wheels and an original, battle scarred paint job. To me, it's a look thats hard to beat!

Some times a guy just has to paint rims patina be damned ! I couldn't leave these like this!!!

Big Fat AG's. For snow removal, I rap them with ice chains.

I did this many times with my '30 Dodge. Just jacked up the left rear till the axle was on center with the Ice Cream freezer handle. Stick the handle in the spokes, sit a cement block on the freezer, tranny in first gear and crank away. When the ice cream got stiff, the freezer tipped over and disengaged the handle from the spokes. Automatic shut off.

Pulled the wheels off my 854 to get redone; I understand the whole patina thing but these are just an old, lousy repaint (wrong color, peeling, overspray, mis-matched centers). Haven't decided on paint or powdercoat yet, but they're getting blasted either way. Tires are in fantastic shape other than the overspray.

These are what will be on Colossus. American Farmer 7.60 - 15. They measure approximately 30" tall. Here's a couple views of Cinnamon Horse. That has a Carlisle commercial grade tire that's sized 23 x 10.50 x 12. It measures a full 23. They are also a wide aspect tire and have a rim guard feature. The tire rubber actually wraps out around the edge of the rim. I do run chains on these for plowing snow.

My L107 Lawn tangier routinely hauls 750 lbs of coal up from the barn all winter long.... Screwed up thus last week forgot to take the AGs of and put the turfs chains on. Would never make it up the hill with AGs in the snow.

1973 16 Auto on snow duty

kinda reminds me of the Goodyear terra tires on the original Bigfoot, the wiggle pattern.

This old beautiful piece has been completely polished and rubbed down. Came out excellent. Our friend is making a baseplate for the inside and Trina is going to pick up some more decorative floor blocks then we'll be ready for installation.

Might be the wrong offset on your wheels just might need a pair of hub to wheel spacers like a 1/2-3/4" thick to cure that.

Agricultural Grip ... designated over here as R1 Or Farm Bar tread...

ITP mudlites 25x10-12 They should go on my WH next week.

the girls and their two cousins, plus Mrs. P’s brother. We were holding down the kid fort while the women were doing bridal party stuff.

@WVHillbilly520H @Tractorhead So I picked up my 520H rims and hubcaps from the powder coat shop today... Rims...gloss white Hubcaps...shiney chrome What do you think ? I'm really pleased with the hub caps...$10 a piece. The shiney chrome is a powder coating...not true chrome plating.

Right tool always makes the job easier. Way back when, my then young bride asked why I needed so many different saws. Now she explains it to others!

I agree. Poor girl putting up with you all of these years. Not fair.

What is it you say Beats me but someone will know Always on Red Square

Took the bottom off a plastic peanut butter jar. Cut to size, drilled a small breather hole and glued into place with epoxy. Has been working fine for five years.

SYLVAN LAKE WHEEL HORSE He started daily Haiku Also has nice toys

When its time to load Get ahold of the PULLSTART OF COURSE IT WILL FIT !!!

When things go badly And your Wheel Horse just wont run Dial EBINMAINE

Weighing down the rear hitch applies pressure to the underside of the transaxle case and could crack it. With this simple lever the pressure is applied to the crossbar of the rear snow plow hitch. The pressure is then distributed to both ends of the axle casing. Not just for stacking weight for traction or counterbalance I'm sure it can be adapted for other attachments and uses. Notice, comments to this post prove that my premise is wrong. This lever does not transfer weight to the snowplow cross bar. The weight is doubled on the transaxle drawbar. Do not use

Really enjoying this extended thread! Great place to put up a quick post or get a quick question answered without plugging up the forums with a new thread requiring 2 or 3 replies With that being said, maybe you guys can help me out here. Is it normal for the hydros to really 'tug' the engine down when engaging the belt, more so when cold? I like to fire the 1277 up and run it about 1600-1800 for a minute, engage the belt and back her out. Even with the big daddy 16hp transplant, it really loads her when I do. Hydro is a sundstrand out of a C120 and is very strong, correct fluid (10w30) and correct pulley sizes. On a good note, gotta be honest- I was not overly impressed with the results going from a hurt 12 to a solid 16, it still lugs a bit when moving along and running the deck, which is only a 42". Last night I checked the timing- almost 30 degrees with the .020 gap! Backed her down to 20 degrees, moved the governor spring for more response and that ol girl came alive- NOW I'm impressed! My God, I can put the hydro at 'full speed ahead', engine at idle, yank the throttle open and she accelerates with authority

Santa is bringing me a few parts for my Lawn Ranger build. - Jim Kemp 8" Stack - New square-pan seat (new to me) - Steering wheel

I use the threaded gas caps from Tractor Supply.No gauge in them,but pretty easy to unscrew the cap to peek inside the tank to check the fuel level.And pretty cheap.Like 6 bucks.

Taller tires are desirable for some but, to turn them keep in mind that all motion goes through a cast iron hub and 1 wooddruff key. If you are in to off roading then think of them as the fuse. In this case not cheap to fix.

Fruits of our labor..... butterflied backstraps marinated in a recipe I have. Basically red wine vinegar, olive oil, garlic, salt, cracked black pepper, & Worcester, Couple of steaks thrown in for drill which she said were kinda tough.... now I don't know about that, melted in my mouth, maybe her dentures were given her grief..... kidding she doesn't have them! Still have yet to bring in a sausage & burger doe but have a week or so yet with the bow. Another thing I want to do is take the football roasts out of the hinds. We brine them in maple cure, be carefull not to over brine they get salty, then smoke them & slice thin for Reubens and chipped veni on toast! Trying to make room in the freezer and had one lb of burger left over from last year so what better way than to make some Cajun jerky!?!? I love a heavy smoke flavor but Cindy doesn't but if she's not lookin will give it a dash of bottled hickory flavor.

Finally broke down and put the plow on today. Ready for winter to get here!

Spent my day taking deliveries of my nos machines .

Yes the rears are fluid filled (methanol 5-6gal ea) and 60-70# of iron weights (IHCC 30# inside next to hub and Massey Ferguson 35-45# split style hiding behind the caps) about 7.5# air pressure so far very impressed with traction ALL through the year mowing/gardening/dirt(blade work) and snow plowing , same set up on my other 520 with cab and blower (minus the iron weights just 1 70# per side and 130# suitcases hanging off the back) did great on that sleet/ice/snow mix last week. Honestly I believe weight is key to traction no matter what style tire you run.

NO .... EB can keep it I want my own!......'sides his has prolly got stones in it that will bend an auger .... worse yet a chunk of way laid fire wood ....now thats gonna leave a mark! I used to ski when I was yer age ....then I discovered snow bunnies and alcohol .... so much for the skiing

After watching her pickup the engine do you think she really needs it?

Have you seen the new GOODYEAR/TITAN R14 Hybrid?

You'll need a plough to go with them, Mick.

Those are popular with the golf cart crowd to. Those are good tires in the mud.

The poor oil and fuel was horrible about carbon, and the inexperienced T driver would often run the engine with the timing way off .. since you set it right from the steering column on a lever. They coked up valves all the time and only would need a quick turn to get them seated *enough to 'run' again.

The valves on a T engine have notches in the top, they were never in the same place twice. Just a hunch, the part with the notches is upside down. Flip it so they point down. Then the square and pin at the top went into basically an old fashioned eggbeater drill. It was for turning the valve under load in its seat. I helped do valves on a T truck in Florida when I was little and vaguely remember the tool. Im not sure what it would have to do with the T jack.. I have three different factory T jacks, and none had anything but a ratchet or a crank. Henry would never include an intricate little piece.. heck one of the timing cover bolts on the A is also the tool to set the ignition timing Clearly not the same, but I think its somewhat similar to this? In this case.. use the ratchet, and the double ended square bit. Couple the square into the ratchet, flip the tabs over, and set them to fit the valve. The little tab in the middle would center it.. I cant find another tool like that online but vaguely remember working with it.

I'd had that in mind when in thinking mode for my build. I'll be using the smallest sized engine pulley I could get to slow the rig down a little. I don't remember what size but maybe 3"(?). More importantly I've got GT14 axles and keys. The keys are about 2.5 times the length of a C Series key.

Plastic just shrinks with age and I'm sure the gas fumes don't help anything!! Randy