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Finally got this old Pond walk behind mocked up with a Briggs model 6s today.

It is not my WH, but is the neighbors new to him 312H. I fished up the fabrication on the rear receiver hitch and carrier for his sand. Put the Kenda Tera Trac winter grips on and test fit the carrier. He is working toward getting ready for the snow.

A few years ago our friend gave Trina an Ohio Steel trailer that her dad bought new back in 1977. It has the round tongue which was only used for two years. It was kind of an interesting almost Oliver Green. Trina's been thinking about how to repaint it for quite a while but wanted to make sure it was an appropriate tribute to our friend and her father. Well the friend is an absolute nut for anything to do with WWII. Sooooooo.... The Paint Department decided yesterday to do a "Rough Military Tribute" theme. Bare minimum washing and a quick repaint to maintain as much character as possible while giving it a whole new look. It's now a light OD Green on the exterior. Before and after pics.

About 20 yrs. ago I was working at Napa. In about the span of 2 months 2 major accounts had their shops burn to the ground. Why ? Because a fuel line clamp was removed and gravity took over and fuel started dripping. One shop a water heater kicked on 2 rooms away. The other was the fumes and a hot drop light. Last year another shop burned up (just re-opened) from gas dripping. Last month another one went up but it may be electrical related. I don't care how low a pressure these things run at. Clamp it.

One of the neighbor boys who is interested in mechanical things came over yesterday. We tinkered with the new haul, the 520-8, GT1642 and 310-8. The 520 will surely need the carb rebuilt, but we heard it spitter at least, the GT1642 ran pretty smoky but cleaned up, and the 310-8 purrs. I don’t think he figured he’d get the chance to drive one. At first, he asked if I had any project quads I’d sell him. After 15 minutes on the 310, he decided he no longer needs a quad!

Here are the plug and play single-stage models 1974 model 6-6213 - (First model to include 8-0221 extensions without the front straight return - just a flat plate) 1975 model 6-6214 - (First model to include 8-0221 [103552 replaced by 93-1617 and 93-1617-01] side extensions with the front straight return. First model to have a cable spool on chute rotating crank) Chute crank support decal 104461. 1976 model 6-6215 ------ Chute crank support decal 104461. This one - 1976 model 66-42ST01 - Chute crank support decal 104461. and this one are likely identical. The model number format changed. 1977 model 76-42ST01 - Chute crank support decal 104461. This one 1978 model 86-42ST01 - Chute crank support decal 104461. and this one 1979 model 96-42ST01 - Chute crank support decal 104461. and this one may be all the same. They started using a different model number for each model year. 1980 model 06-42ST01 - (Last 42" model to use 4 grooved rollers for the chute) 1981-82 model 06-42ST02 - (First model to use plastic collar for the chute but was a retrofit for older models. Last model to use wheels) 1983 model 06-42ST03 - (First model to use skids) 1984-87 model 06-42ST04 - (Last model to use a 3/4" diameter driveshaft) 1987-89 model 06-42ST05 - (First model to use a 7/8" diameter driveshaft) 1990 model 06-42ST06 - (Last model to use a cable to turn the chute) 1991-93 model 06-42ST07 - (First model with tall chute retained by 3 individual grooved retainers) 1993-2001 model 79360 - (2001 and earlier will fit 2002-2007 with kit 105-1503) 2002-2007 model 79362

Single stage tall shoot. The 2 stages are too darn heavy! Make sure if you find a blower you get the lift rod for it.

Like anything else, it depends on maintenance. 950 hours is nothing for one that had reasonable care.

Made up my tie rods today...

That process here goes much faster. I turn them into birdhouses roofs. They are the perfect size.

Fairly easy build, use the skid as your pattern for the slots in a piece of flat stock, drill a hole to weld in a piece of round shaft for your axle for whatever wheel your using, drill a hole for an R clip, and that's pretty much it.

I love my trailers !!

I'm going to be doing this very thing with a C-195 shortly. Running a set of remote lines to the front and adding a ram to pivot the blade. Will do a post on it once I get into it. Cub Cadet had an add on ram to pivot the blade that could be used with some of their tractors, My Dad's 782 for example had remote hydraulic ports front and rear on the tractor and a blade with a ram to pivot the blade.

I've got one of those - with the newer tongue and that thing is handier than .... well, its just HANDY!! Heres a link to a mod I did to mine for increased capacity - I'm always trimming something and the limbs can quickly fill it up .... sooooo, I decided to fix that! https://www.wheelhorseforum.com/topic/56125-improving-a-yard-carttrailer/

I like to use whatever is there when Wheel Horse put it together. As mentioned...there is literally no pressure, so why worry? They make metric and standard spring clamps if you go a different route with hose type....Or you can use the screw clamp...like a metric/adjustable crescent wrench....One size fits all or nothing... john

I have found that continued use of superior Wheel Horse equipment causes allergic reactions for physical contact with anything green and yellow. Weepy eyes, runny nose, moderate back pain, hair loss, and chronic erectile dysfunction are reasonable expectations. Just kidding of course. I myself mow with a Scag zero turn, and it is a superior mower- but good for absolutely nothing else.

First off I would like to say I am not a big drinker. I enjoyed my years I spent as a bartender but those days were long ago. Recently I have heard about this local distillery " Iron Smoke " making this Maple Bacon flavored Bourbon. Since Bourbon was my drink of choice I wanted to try it. Sounds delicious right ? Well I bought a bottle a few days ago. Poured some over some ice and mmmmmmm is it good ! I have been enjoying a glass every night. Rattlesnake Rosie's Maple Bacon flavored Bourbon. Now I'm trying to decide if I should buy another bottle or try their Apple Pie Bourbon. Let me pour another glass and think about it.

Thanks again for the pics. We got back to working on Millie again today. Governor appears ok and the linkages are on correctly. @Handy Don Interestingly enough the carb is much less angry now. Not sure why. Perhaps setting with good clean NON E gas?? It actually considers idling down now... Trina changed out the engine drive pulley for a smaller more reasonable one (2.5"). The old pulley was 4". Too large for a working tractor for us with the rough terrain. I welded the end of the belt guard back together after having cut it to make room for the 4" pulley. Trina used J. B. Weld to fill a hole I couldn't get with the Lincoln tombstone stick welder, then tossed some paint on the engine and belt guard. Next up I'll be testing the engine's charging system then adding mid and rear hitches for Wheelhorse implements.

Hello..plowed (and cut) last year with my 70s 8HP and really enjoying both the functionality and hobby. Came across this 70s C-160 (16hp Kohler) and I'm buying it next week. I think I'll keep both...not sure but living in Pittsburgh PA I'd like to purchase a snow blower and didn't feel confident with my 8hp and part of the reason buying the 16hp for snow blower attachment. The soon to be new to me C-160 is an automatic and with hydraulic deck. So...my question and keep in mind I'm still relatively new to all this; looking for advice on what to look for in a snowblower attachment to pair up with the C-160 16HP? If you have any for sale close to PGH let me know as I'll eventually place a wanted AD when I know more of what I want based on the feedback I get. Stage 1, Stage 2, are the hydraulic lines used on some or all? Thanks!!!!

I painted. Then I painted some more, and some more, and some more,..etc.....etc..... EVERYTHING is painted on my brand X tractor. My first shot at using at mixing paint, and using a spray gun. I'll see what it looks like in the morning. It's obvious I should have had the pieces media blasted, and taken down to bare metal, but I simply didn't want to wait weeks for their return, so they are what they are. I have no idea how long it takes this stuff to dry. Right now it doesn't look too bad. Twelve hours from now, .

You just got a master lesson in how to hot-wire a tractor! Thanks, @wallfish

Making up the other tie rod today.

Anyone else notice WHO is doing the cleaning on that engine?

Are those blower wheels factory? No, those are Squonk wheels.

Not when you know how to set them up . Lots of guys would loosen the secondary air valve spring thinking they would get more power. When they needed to tighten the spring to keep them from opening too fast and too far. I used to get Motorhomes to light up the tires back in the day.

Limited on what you can haul with it but it sure looks pretty. Jeffrey likes it too !!!

I'll be ditching the lock pin and using the ram to lock position.

Great trailer and great job!!! Here’s mine… Love it!!!

Thanks for the reassurance guys... I wasn’t too worried about it... just wondered if the wheels were right. The only real concerns I had was those high banked turns at Daytona and Talladega...

I think

The problem with the "Mystery wire" (From under the Regulator to the A terminal on the Genny) was a Kohler part and didn't show up on WH wire diagrams...

The local Bear 🐻 tolerant S/O aka The Paint Department put 2 coats of off white on this weight. She finds the Ace Hardware paint to spray just fine but not cover as well as her preferred Rust-Oleum 2X. If this weight stays white it'll need at least 2 more coats. Likely it'll get changed to IH Red or black. I've been gathering parts to change over (whatever tractor has the fluid filled front tires) to a 5 x 4.5 pattern trailer hub. Those tires are mounted on old crapsmen wheels which actually don't have any bearing of any kind in them. Solid 3/4" hole simply turns on the WH spindle. I've been greasing them once or twice a year for (3?) Years now. As one could imagine there's some wear on the spindles. I have a set of trailer stub axles drilled for 3/4" thanks to the generosity of a Redsquare member. I found these hub/axle kits for a VERY reasonable price. I'll set the axle stubs aside for another project. All I need now is a set of 5 x 4.5 - 8" diameter 6 or 7 wide wheels and I'll be able to have the Rimguard fluid and my own tires swapped over.

The homosapien subconscious mind is incredibly adept at a core/base level of understanding thought processes which our conscious awareness may never be able to comprehend. Perhaps your ancient survival instincts are attempting a takeover while in proximity to the JD. Those same instincts would of course not be in heightened awareness on/near/thinking about a Wheelhorse. Perhaps ... Those of us intellectually warped enough to purposely drive a 30/40/50+ year young machine are in actuality of far superior subconscious survival mechanism to the masses that believe thoroughly and inarguably in the new 💩 is better way of being.

Had an idea tonight about the headlights. I've used high power LEDs on others, but don't have any to spare at the moment. So I got LEDs, but just the regular ones at the parts store. I knew these had LEDs on both sides of the bulb, so they would basically waste half the light in a standard bezel. Then I remembered that I had some aluminum tape that was pretty reflective and sticks forever... Made a nice reflector on the standard bezel, so the backside LEDs contribute to the forward beam. They turned out really bright! Not bad for a $6 set of bulbs. I also PORed the bottom of the deck. One more thing done.

Shiny parts…

Got my new seat installed and put chains and weights on the 416h

Finished seat pan stabilization project and fabricated a guard for the exposed wires on the clutch side of the E 141 electric motor… going to keep the pics etc. in that thread…

Lots of W-H maintenance going on here today... then sadly, securing summer projects to dry storage for the upcoming winter season.

Dave Mercer gave that tractor to me last fall. That tractor spent all summer in my barn, and I spent many hours figuring out the wiring mess, freeing up the motor, attaching the hood, fenders, and seat, making the lights work, etc. I had to do a lot of learning, but I did have all the manuals which was a great help. It did not have a charger, so I added a standard golf cart charger to the setup. See the photo with the hood open. I made several other revisions to make things work. I have several GE Elec-Trak tractors, and mow my lawn with the New Idea version EGT120, so I am familiar with these. However, this Wheel Horse was a totally different design. Basically, they took a C141 gas tractor,and removed the engine and put in an electric motor. When you turn on the key the motor runs at full speed, then you drive it using a clutch pedal and gear shift, same as the gas tractor. It is designed to use 6 12 volt deep-cycle batteries, 2 banks of 3 batteries wired in series, then these banks are connected in parallel at the power disconnect. I'm not sure why Wheel Horse chose that odd system. The Elec-Trak is designed to use six 6V golf cart batteries. Dave will be sending you my contact information, so if you get into some questions you can get in touch with me. Have fun with the tractor. Erv Troyer Lagrange, IN

Along with the carb, I picked ups some more NOS stuff, like two of those prefilters! thanks

Reminds me of the day Mrs.K quit her job to go hunting. After college,I left the Appalachian Mts. and went East in search of a job. I took a drafting/hydro technician position with Allis Chalmers for the amazing amount of $2.50/hour. I met and married Mrs. K who was working as a PN at York Hospital. I sorely missed the mountains and hunting grouse, turkey, and deer, but the ringneck pheasant hunting in the area filled my time. I quickly purchased two Springer Spanial pups with long field trial pedigrees and trained them for hunting pheasant. The female Brandy, was the most intellegent animal I have ever seen. She learned to obey voice and hand commands perfectly. The male Barney, was a great hunter, but he was a bit head strong and did his own thing. After about two years of great pheasant hunting, I decided to take the dogs on a grouse hunt and headed West to the South Mts. very near the Big Show Fair Grounds. This is where I lost Barney and after searching till dark, I sadly left my coat where I had last seen him and returned home planning to return at daylight to continue the search the next day. At this point in time, Brandy and Barney were our only family, and Mrs. K insisted on joining me in the search for Barney. She was scheduled to work the next day so she called her supervisor and informed her of the reason she would need the day off. When her boss told her she would be fired if she didn't show up for work, Mrs. K said " you don't have to fire me as I just quit". So yes Jim, people do quit thier jobs to go hunting. We did not find Barney till 4 days later when I recieved a call from a farmer that had found him at his barn. We were planning to start a family, so Mrs K did not look for another job. Back then, there was no paid family leave, K, or preK, or funded child care. We lived on one $2.50/hour income while mothers raised thier own children for 5-6 years. Oh how times and priorities change. Nearly 60 years later, we have two Sons, two DILs, four Grandsons, and a couple girl friends that complete our family. May be some Great Grandchildren coming before I take the dirt nap. And that's the rest of the story. Can't have a post without pics. BARNEY BRANDY And a few years later the family is growing. Mike, Barney, Edog, Brandy, and Mark

This wheel issue is a strange one for sure! I do know those overrated green tractors sometimes run wheels with the deeper dish toward the center, perhaps they came off one of those? FWIW, I installed 1" spacers with 1/2" studs on my off road Horse and had to drill the holes out, losing pretty much all of the taper, and run standard automotive tapered lugs, and have had zero issues. If they're staying put on that thing, believe me, you'll be just fine

I only have two Coleman lanterns and two Coleman stoves but the lanterns both have factory made cases. The one in the green plastic case is a 1991 model I bought new with case. The one in yellow plastic case Is a 1971 I bought at a swap meet for $35. The stoves are a hiking/backpack type stove and an older, two burner 1950's 413E with original box. There great for camping, power outages or going to tractor shows. I use Coleman fuel in my Coleman gear and you can find it easily when traveling. I love the Coleman quality! More about the 413E. Coleman two burner stove: https://terry-marsh.com/coleman-us-stoves-early-1950s-present/

You have to be careful some of the inexpensive filters and shut off valves sold on ebay are really metric 6mm and 1/4" line will be a loose fit....6mm = 0.23622047244

Interesting to have wooden supports on a steam machine, almost nautical construction. We have some big old stuff here in Sheffield... This is a medium sized steam hammer from one of our steel works. Scale is a bit hard to judge but I reckon I could stand in front of her and the Brightside plate would be at eye level. Thus baby is a Bessemer converter, its a huge old thing and would blow oxygen through molten iron to drive off impurities and produce steel. The whole ladle turns on its bearings to accept a charge of iron direct from the furnace then tilts forward to blow it before tilting further down to pour it. The whole process was watched over by a skilled man who could judge the state of the blow from the colour of the flame so that tons of steel were not ruined. Thats impressive big iron.