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Wheel Horse Snow Removal Progression OPERATER AGE REQUIRED EQUIPMENT 15-35 round hood w/ plow 35-55 312-8 w/ short chute blower 55-65 520H w/ tall chute blower 65-75 520H w/ cab and tall chute blower and foot control 75-85 520H w/ heated cab and foot control and two stage blower 85- ? Give the above rig to your neighbor boy for clearing your driveway It has become clear that several members of the Wheel Horse Family do not agree with this well researched survey. Rest assured none of the following guidelines were followed. Guidelines: The ESOMAR/WAPOR Guide to Opinion Polls provides guidance on conducting opinion polls in a professional and ethical way, including the responsibilities of researchers and the information that must be made available to the public. 1 These standards help ensure that research polling is conducted in a manner that is both ethical and effective, providing valuable insights into public opinion and behavior. 4 Sources

I guess I'm in violation because I turn 14 in a couple of weeks but I use an 864 and a 1962 plow.

Well looks like I’m going to have to sell my cab and two stage blower and get a single stage tall chute! I was not aware I was in violation?!

Nothing wrong with gettin' an early start. Then again Maybe you better use a shovel until a couple weeks from now next year ?? Just to be safe.

Nah, your OK Don. You just matured fasted than normal.

Cut your chute rod. Obtain a length of new rod needed and connect the ends with these:

My wife's favorite part of restoration season is when I bring my painted parts in the house to cure for a week or maybe two. This year it was soon enough to say that I decorated for Valentine's Day. Just look at all the pretty red & white knickknack's that we have on display.

For about 30 years I plowed the barn for my local Volunteer Ambulance Corps. Several times during bad snowstorms I would follow or even go ahead of the ambulance to help get them to the call. Plowing a driveway while the ambulance is waiting to get in the driveway can be a little stressful! During the worst storms I would just stay at the ambulance barn and plow the parking lot every 2” Once during one of those storms a call came in, one of the volunteers asked if I could go there ahead of them and gave me the address. It was one of my accounts!! It’s an old estate two miles from there and has a driveway 1/3 of a mile long. I got it open and just enough room to turn the ambulance around. It always felt good being able to be there to help make a difference. @953 nut I’m glad to hear that you’re doing better Richard 👍🏻

Down at the brothers cleaning up some left over snow using a 310-8. Wow what a difference between arm strong manual and hydro! With the shifting and manual lift, being a contortionist on the hill holding the brake and using the clutch, wears a man out. This one will be up for sale in the spring, well maintained, nice mower deck

Round two of 953 nut’s medical mishaps is almost over. When I was discharged from the hospital a week and a half ago a new medication, Eliquis, was prescribed. We filled the prescription and headed home in anticipation of the impending snow storm. Having just undergone two surgeries I did not go to the shop and bring the 418-C with snow plow up to the house as I normally would have, we would just have to allow the snow to melt. Eliquis is a blood thinner and the entail dosage instructions from the doctor were double the normal dosage for the first five days. On the second day I began to feel a bit weak but didn’t give it much thought. At about 2:00 AM I felt very weak and threw up some BLACK stuff (that is a sign of internal bleeding) but being a MAN I shrugged it off and returned to bed. About 6:00 AM I had my wife call 911. Our steep, unplowed driveway was impassable and the EMTs and paramedics came up on foot lugging all of their equipment. One of the EMTs knew a fellow about a mile away who has a Kubota side-by-side 4 WD with locking differentials who responded to this early morning plea. The Kubota got me down to the ambulance and the took me directly to a medivac helicopter. Twenty minutes later I was at the trauma center and receiving transfusions. The Eliquis had triggered a previously undiagnosed ulcer in my small intestine to bleed. Less than an hour from my arrival at the trauma center I weas on the operating table, the ulcer was being clamped off as even more transfusions were being administered. Further testing revealed the blood vessel to the ulcer was also bleeding and a second procedure stopped that. After an additional week in the hospital I am now in a rehab center to regain some strength and glad to be alive.

I pondered and pondered as I looked at the rules list and just came to the conclusion that I'm simply a misfit. The closest I came is the round hood and plow. About 10 years on one of those but by the time I was 15 I had done graduated to a square hood and that's not even part of the proper progression. I did go from a shorty to a tall chute but I've never had a 520. Then I realized that I should just go and hide somewhere. I'm just not really a hydro fan. I tried with this one but it will be moving on to a new owner this spring.

For all we know, she could have a couple of V8s being rebuilt in there and TOLD Dan he could have that little spot in the corner to play with his tractor stuff! LOL

Apparently she (semi) stood her ground and kept some of her knickknacks there too because I see more parts that didn't make it to the drying table!

So I says Dan we gonna paint on Saturday? ( I forgot it was V day) He says yep I had her move everything to Friday. WTF is he talking about? Oh he had her move her V day festivities to Friday so is he can paint! I say what festivities?? He obviously has not been married long enough.

Got warm enough to get some primer on the transmission, looks like enough warm weather next week to get some red sprayed.

@WHX?? @Buckeyes Hate that yall know how it feels, thanks for everyone's prayers and thoughts. I debated on posting anything about this, but strange as it seems it has brought me some comfort and thanks again to everyone.

I'll second that. Finally got them to quit doing birthdays. Now it's a tractor bro's birthday he gets to pick a place and we just all go out to eat.

What's in the barn stays in the barn...

I just need to bring one back from the plow day haha easier to hide another one among the herd

Now I know you know 'tis better to ask forgiveness ...

Paraphrased from Lou Gossett Jr. in An Officer and a Gentleman: "...Gears and steers, and I ain't got no horns..."

Get a scanner Kev and if there is a call and snow head out. Give the EMTs and head honcho fire guy yer phone #. Yeah lotta times it might be an old coot like Richard who can't get out to plow even days after big snow. Post a note down to the senior center if someone's got problems... and unlike Richard stay away from the hot blue hairs ...

There fixed that ... Be real careful with that eli crap Richard. I was on it for a bit and told the doc I want off it. I'd go out in the shop and one little micro owie and would bleed like a stuck pig. Unreal .. I ran clean out of shop rags & black tape bandages. Doc says quit wrenching ... told him where to go. He didn't quite get it when I joked about getting the wrong red on a tractor. Good to hear your home again those gals down to the senior center were startin to complain...

IDK, that dragon looks pretty confident!

That might explain this little guy.

Mine is the same. I have a 44” two stage on a 417-A. I’ve never really had the need to lift it higher, as long as it’s up a few inches for transport or backing up it has worked fine for me.

https://www.grainger.com/product/ADVANTUS-ID-Badge-Clip-Adapters-362C45 been using these for years on my throttle lever arm , fits exactly in place snug , never loose it , just clip it on with a braid cord to your keys , having lost my keys at one time or another , during usage , having it gripping the lever arm like it was made for it , is the answer , always had ID badges from work , just an idea , pete

Looks good. A tip for spraying - Run a chain through the hitch pin hole, & hang it up. This allows you access to the whole thing when painting.

It doesn't need to lift very high to transport it. Mine lifts about 2-3" off the ground. The adjustment for a 44" 2 stage is the metal plate with multiple location holes in it. The slot is at the bottom. The slot allows the blower to float with the terrain as it's moving so keep in mind he higher you make it lift, the less float down action it will have. Randy was referring to a single stage blower lift bar for washers. The 2 stage lift rod is much different.

Sounds like the ignition module getting hot and opening, but I'm only guessing from a distance. Don't let it frustrate you too much. We've all been through similar things with a newly acquired machine. I'm sure you'll figure it out. If you're anything like me, you may laugh at how simple it was once you find it.

I hope that later in the summer, I can change your mind on that thought... Mine certainly has been changed.

Yes I do. Also one under neath on the lift bar. Even looked at ways to put one on the other side. Just learned to live with it. On uneven grade it can dig it if not careful. They are about as heavy as a 60 inch deck.

@c-series don where our friendship first started, 2021 at the Big Show, me staring a 44" 2 Stage blower, and you walking up commenting on how great they were. We must have BS'd for over an hour, exchanged phone numbers and the rest is history. This is more than red tractors, it's a Brotherhood!

It's a well-known fact that these beasts seemingly multiply on their own.

That would just be one more thing to go wrong on an already problematic implement…

12v electric gear motor and locate the switch inside the cab

Soooo much easier if ya just stop the "holidaze" altogether like we did. Boy does THAT sound like words we'd hear up in these parts...

Put some parts on the RJ and ING coil and flywheel on motor tonight

Good to see the correct clamp position. Never saddle a dead horse

Good luck with your new to. Any issues with it lots of pros here. Lot of good info here on deuces not to mention 520s. I'll third that and when it is lifted it hangs to one side which I think they all do. I very seldom lift it when blowing just when heading to the barn.

Honestly after all the 'dust settled' and the funeral was done, I found myself really needing to do something with my hands. I had just sold off a lot of my collection that previous fall, and I found I really needed to get back into restoring tractors and rebuilding engines. I really found it therapeutic to just get my mind into something else. I also knew my boy was looking over my shoulder the whole time, and still is! That's just something that worked for me.. All the best to you and your family!

How can I find out about this in my area? I plow voluntarily probably more often than I’m paid for, and I’d love to be able to help in times of need like this! I’m so glad he let you come home! I am not a doctor, obviously. However, I don’t understand why they don’t start on a low dosage like half the normal rate for a couple days, then reevaluate. I know that some people need meds, and I’ll likely be that person some day, but it seems wise to ease into something rather than dive in head first.

God has been so good to me. The ER doctor told me I could have bled to death during the self imposed four hour delay,

When I had that blower on my 520H. I added an extension to bring the crank into the cab thru the cab slot. It's been a while, but I think I cut the 1/2" dia crank rod and used a length of 3/8" pipe as an extension. I drilled the 3/8" pipe open to accept the 1/2" crank ends and then drilled and pinned the parts together. I also added a crank support inside the cab

The serve thier purpose preventing blockages, but do create bleeding problems. After my internal bleeding problem in December I stopped all my aspirin and blood thinner meds that I had been on for 30 years. After two months off all meds, my blood test this morning showed all is OK. These bleeding problems are some scary stuff especially when you are snowed in. So thankful help was able to get to you in time Richard.

That was my problem with the clear. I try to forget the number of red finishes I destroyed trying to clear coat it per the manufacturers destructions. Ignore those and do it Mikes way. I'm sure the durability isn't up to using hardener but I can't help but believe it's better than without the clear. I with I would have had the courage to try it when I did my 400. It's being pampered sitting on display in a three season front porch on SR 331 so I guess it really doesn't matter now.

Glad you're home and on the mend! I can promise you that if I ever throw up black stuff, I'll swallow my pride and go to the hospital immediately!

So my lift cable broke on my tractor and I tried using a 1/8 cable with a cable stop the crimp on that did not hold at all and after reading what some others have said it will never hold unless you get the specialized hydraulic press. Well I did some searching into brake cable and came up with this. It's a intermediate brake cable for a 2005 Chevy Silverado 2500 it's for the crew cab with the 78" bed I was looking for the long cable I could find to be able to get two cables out of it and it's the perfect length for that. Comparison to 1/8" cable and it has the cable stops at both ends and the coating Stripped back the coating where I clamped it and then cut it to about a inch behind the clamp and taped it up.