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Having grown up on a dairy farm I’ve had a lifelong affinity for tractors. When I first saw the Wheel Horse 953 the farm tractor look hooked me, just had to have it. A couple years ago I built a narrow front end for one of the 953s which I think brought it even closer to the appearance of the tractors I grew up with. I just finished a project that enhances the farm tractor look of the other end, a three-point hitch. Much like the narrow front project my goal was to make the three-point unit a bolt-on unit that could be added to the rear of the 953 without any modification to the tractor. The lift arms came from a Wheel Horse “D” and the lift cylinder came from a 300/400 model (the 953 hydraulic cylinder was too long for the space). Lowell at Wheel Horse Parts and More made the hoses and everything else came from my scrap metal stash. I glued-up a cardboard mockup of the space available and transferred the information onto a piece of MDF then made a wooden test sample of the lift system. Component size and placement was determined by drawing them out on the MDF The unit was fabricated on a spare transaxle saving me from having to crawl around on the floor. At my age that is a no-no. There was too much interference on the left side (brake drum side). The right side had only one problem, the six-inch input pulley on the transmission was too big so it was replaced with a four-inch unit. That will make it a bit faster and diminish the pulling power but this is a show cruiser so no harm done there. As the unit was being built, I was able to transfer it onto the 953 to ensure that clearance was as expected and modifications could be made. The pivot point blocks that support the rocker shaft are the ones that supported the 953’s rocker shaft. The arm that fastens the hydraulic cylinder is bolted to the transmission. It is a fairly light-weight unit and I have no intention of putting it to work with ground engaging equipment but if heavier metal were used and additional fastening were done to the top of the transmission, I see no reason why it couldn’t be a worker.

3M makes an adhesive remover and it works great. Do you have an automotive paint supplier near you? They should have it. It comes in a liquid or a spray. Here is a link of pictures of some of the 3M products. 3M Adhesive Remover

Got the big Kohler started and warmed up a little this afternoon. Ran it for maybe 10 minutes? I just wanted to see if there were any nasty oil leaks. Carb needs a tiny bit of adjustment or a little cleaning. Oil pressure is great. Runs very smooth. It's now in the basement workshop to be partially dismantled for The Paint Department to do her magic.

There seem to be a lot of knobs on quad bikes over here. And not on the steering neither.

I plow 2 asphalt and 1 concrete drive. No shoes. I set the blade to lean as far forward as the adjustment holes will allow. This lets the blade still scrape but doesn’t “cut” or dig... works great on concrete joints as well. Skips right over them...

The new part from Lowell has to be mounted UNDER the transaxle, not behind it. Th silver handles should point to the rear (not up or down) before they are latched and downward after they are latched.

grinding the plowhitch a little at a 0,5mm on both out sides to be able slide it into the the Trailerhitch. So i can mount both together by using a longer 3/4“ Bolt. After that doing a Test ride to dump the Cardboard trash to next Collector Container about 5 Km far. Nice ride but cold.

Hello Phil from Belgium , i have found a plow , that belongs to my Raider 10 from 1971 . Is there anybody familiair with this thing ? How to use it , how to lower the plow . I never used it before , it was my gf’s WH . Greetings PHil

While I was installing the new belt on the 312H, I noticed a wonky camber on the right front wheel. Pulled it off to find this. Lucky the spindle wasn't damaged. Put on a new wheel and while I had this on for size, I made a set of 2 link front chains.

Both answers to your question are right on. Hair dryer to remove decal then 3M # 08984 general purpose adhesive cleaner. This part # is a 1 quart can which I find used on a rag is more controllable than the spray can.

Did you use heat (heat gun/hair dryer) when removing them?, this usually lends to more complete adhesive removal. Plain isopropynol alcohol may be your best bet now after heating with a hair dryer.

Is this a very carefully calculated scientifically tested ergonomically friendly well thought out numerically arranged conclusion? Was there a particular reason why you superceded 200.46 and just flew right up to 200.47?

Installed my Jim Kemp stack! Sounds and looks great.

They have always been referred to as "suicide knobs" around here. I used to see them in cars that did not have power steering back in the 60s. I think they are illegal in road vehicles now.

I thought about " I could have Googled it" right after I asked @WVHillbilly520H what it was... The Red Square, to me is like a double edged sword at times... On one hand it sorta makes me a little lazy by getting a quick answer by asking... And on the other hand it makes me get up off my backside and work on projects that I need to do after seeing the people on here doing things... I know one thing.. Being on the Red Square has made me start, and finish a lot of things that I may not have attempted before. It's like having a maintenance department of trade experts at your fingertips...

Now, after hearing all these great ideas, I'm leaning towards the conveyor belt or the UHMW material. Thanks all for your help!

We were always getting in trouble for reacting to management decrees. They bought a gazeebo for smokers years ago at the hospital I worked at. It was for the workers to smoke at while on break. Problem was people would take multiple smoke breaks during the day so they come out with this big announcement that you are only allowed 1 15min break and a half hour lunch break and that was it. There was a wall by the gazeebo with a light sensor and another small electrical box. The electrician got the label maker out and labeled them Camera 1 and Microphone 2. Then we had these 1" round stick like batteries that came out of an old emergency light system we taped together to look like a bomb. Then there was the security camera made out of cardboard that looked as real as could be. That got stuck in a receptionist area that rumors were floating around that she was having an affair with a doctor!

You can bet she will try to claim off Gorrilla as it doesn't say "Not for use as a hairspray" on the packaging. Now you know why when you buy a new power tool or some such the safety instructions are a zillion pages long with such brilliant advice as "Do not operate underwater" or " avoid putting fingers inside the machine when operating " We had a health and safety audit of our office at work and were advised about placing items on high shelves and taking care when opening doors. Being cops we did our own warning stickers.... "DO NOT JUMP OUT OF THIS WINDOW) We were on the fourth floor. "DO NOT EAT THIS" On a large electric fan. "TURN ON LIGHTS BEFORE ENTERING THIS ROOM" Impossible as the light switches were in the room. We were reprimanded for being flippant but the nanny state attitude just got us down. We did have one young officer attempt to sue our chief after he was bitten by a police dog (Furry land shark). He claimed he was never told during training that a police dog could bite him, he thought they were trained not to bite people in uniform! Good gravy!

I put a set of 16-6.50-8 4 ply Hi-Runs on the front of a 312-8 $44 for the pair with tax / shipped from Walmart - and they arrived in good / proper shape (not smashed or squished) I like them - tempted to get another set to install on a 416

@BeninCT - wider tires are not your friend in the snow. The wide tires will tend to 'float' on top of the snow, packing it down, where narrower tires will tend to sink through the snow and grab the ground.

How about this one for an idiot nomination?

We found MASSIVE amounts of deer tracks. Far more then usual. Lands surrounding ours have been busier than in the past so we think the deer have been staying here because it's quiet. LOTS of mouse and squirrel as well. Possibly a bunny track too. Any woods folk identify this? Appears to be wing prints. The foot prints go for 50 or 60 feet and stop. Perhaps a ruffed grouse landed and took off?? Here's the rest.

Color still not set in stone. We've been tossing around the idea of a black block with bright copper sheet metal.

My thought was to cut junk wheel away with sawzaw leaving part of the spoke to turn with 2' pipe wrench. So I fired up the hot wrench got her hot and twisted it off no mushroomed shaft .So forgot to say i soaked for a week.

Now that's a cool stack!

Exercising the 420-LSE

Also, dont be too suprised if you end up with extras in any package. Rather than discard anything that I dont consider just right, but the fault is minor, ill toss it in a the box for someone to play with!

Nice...! I used slightly larger chain on a previous build...

Got my new hood from Lincoln today. I didn't know there was that much Saran Wrap in the whole world!Now it's time to re-configure the plow mechanism, again.

The jungle site has has em for 35 bucks and up.

That’s what I use and it works great. On my 42” I don’t have shoes. Mine lasted for three winters on one side and then I flipped it. That’s on concrete. On smooth asphalt it should last longer. On my 54” I have shoes but I don’t let them touch the driveway. I have them set so that when the wear bar wears down it prevents the bottom of my steel plow from contacting my concrete driveway. Also, I don’t use down pressure. I let the weight of the plow do the work. When I used a 520 to plow I used chain for the lift link.

I'm here in Tennessee spinner is somethin yer fish with ...rite?

Ultra High Molecular Weight polyethylene - just googled it

Flip up makes sense to me. But you want it to work without getting out of your seat (or cab). Shouldn't be that hard to add a linkage that pushes or pulls the "trailing" wing up as you work the lever to position that end of the plow rearward. pushing snow left? Left wing up, right wing down. pushing snow right? Right wing up, left wing down. pushing straight? Both wings down Have a way to latch either or both sides up manually Be sure to account for the plow "flop" when the blade edge hits an obstacle

From Kohler service manual

IMHO. Asphalt only?..... No shoes. Let the blade do the scraping. There are multiple types listed on the internet as well as several folks here on the site having made their own.

In 1984 as i remember they started also here with several shops firstly branded as Radioshack, later in 1988 (if i remember correct) they switched over to the „Tandy“ label here. The Brand Radioshack becomes fading out under the Tandy label and the firstly shine of Tandy fleaking fast. After that conversion, the shops close very quick.... 2 years later. When they start here, they be in direct competition to Conrad electronic. They also try to sale Computers, but if they be ready to sale and be well known here in the market, the time has changed. The first computer they sale i remember was a CPM System machine named as TRS- 80. In the middle 80ies 1986-88 when the prices first time drops, it was for any technic nerds a need to know their complete assortment. No computers no internet, so everyone of us go to a store, than we compared the prices.. CPM wasn‘t much known by public and the nerds allready be fighting between other Computer Systems where firstly Commodore or Amigs be strong in the market, later the First DOS against to Apple ( II and later LISA and the first MACINTOSH) fight begin‘s The CPM time’s was just a short touch here. I remember my first wearable Computer System was a „Osbourne 1“ because i helped an uncle to find a usable machine for his Office, And i also get one to learn how it works, to teach him. He payed 10.000DM in a Tandy Store. Wordstar and Calc be the very early pre‘s of Word and Excel. There was lot‘s of nice gadgets you can find at Radioshack until they be renamed to Tandy. In some of their stores here they sell overproduced parts with no info to cheap prices, what was in that timeline a fantastic Source to get rare parts on the Market. most of them was sold with Schematics, even if you can‘t do lots with the things but you have Parts with connection and estimated values you can play arround. but i doubt this will work again, because of the today‘s nerds just program on apps. Hardware development as we did is not really needed today. dang, i believe i get old when i recall that memories.

Went out to the garage today to hoping make some progress on the C101 Started to install the fan shroud that I had just repaired to accept the throttle control linkage . Ended up taking more stuff apart. Pulled the engine out to fix a stripped thread that holds the fan shroud on the bottom front side, and found another spot where a bolt was broke off in the cylinder head that holds a piece of the cooling tin in place. Pulled the cylinder head to work on it, found the P.O. had pulled the head before and scraped all the carbon out and put the head back on using the old gasket. While the head was off, I noted the the cross hatch in the cylinder wall was non existent. Was thinking about a rebuild.. Got some pricing, I think i will clean up the head deck area and just put a new gasket in there for now. Found the fuel line is not located in the right position and is getting pinched by the steering rack. At this rate it may be completely disassembled by St .Patricks day. Too much fun for one day. Time for a barley pop.

I put Hi-Runs all the way around my 1994 520H...I like em'...

Mama told me I was special. Not 'book smart' special, but "don't lick the doorknob special" !

I use a heat gun to get the vinyl off and then Toluene (Lowes) to take the adhesive off. Xylene works too. Quicker dry means less damage to under surface, if any. I use it to wipe stuff pre-paint so there is no orange peel.

Mine is 1/2” thick and 4 1/2” tall. I drill the holes in the middle and then flip it when it’s worn.

Messed with the pusher idea a few years ago. I like that idea may may have to incorporate?

Same here....I do 3 asphalt and 2 concrete driveways and a stone road and grassy trails with no damage. I even plow my loosely laid brick walks that are very uneven due to tree roots. The blade regularly catches these, but flips right over.

We plow gravel/dirt here. I keep the blade on the second hole from the bottom for the same reason. Nice forward tilt.

I had seen the pvc method this morning. Being a retired electrician, I've got plenty of that! Might give that a shot for the next snow.

Well, we have 4 to 8 inches predicted, but it is always a guess as I-70 is often a dividing line. I dis finally get the reworked c-141 operational with a new wiring job and transmission work. i was using the 520 before , but the front blade hit the tires . Now i can just move the blade to the C and all should work out. I am learning what these tractors will do in that I always used a skid steer before. I have some extra sets of rear plow mounts, so maybe I can have a spare tractor ready with chains and one with aggressive ATV tires. Lots going on in the shop with 3 tractors getting serviced/upgraded at once..

I've read this - and it might be true in some situations but I've personally never found it to be true - the wider tire always provided better traction in the snow for me trucks with a snow plow plowing snow SUVs with loaded trailer on snow quads on snow motorcycles on snow (without spikes - not fun)

I have asthma and an affliction for getting Bronchitis/Pneumonia so I guess I'm not a "real" man having a cab to help keep me somewhat healthy, but on a side note for nearly 20 years I only drove 2wd pick-ups 40+ miles one way to work and made it in when the locals with 4x4 didn't show up in weather like we are having now.