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I picked this up at one of the Wheel Horse Shows (I think ). Maybe I bought it from someone here?? Either way it caught my eye and came home with me thinking it would make a good wall hanger. That and I can’t afford the price that authentic WH signs bring. As you can tell it’s the back off of a bagger hood (bagger pic for reference). Still needs a second coat, and trying to decide if that lower wide stripe area should be “linen beige” .

Got tired of wrestling my mower deck around the garage in the off-season so I threw together a simple cart with casters. Now it fits nicely and isn’t tempted to fall over.

February 21, 1948, the National Association for Stock Car Racing—or NASCAR, as it will come to be widely known—is officially incorporated. NASCAR racing will go on to become one of America’s most popular spectator sports, as well as a multi-billion-dollar industry.

I've had RV AF in wheels over 10 years without any issue without tubes. It contains corrosion inhibitors so I'm not worried about a rot hole. Just start out with decent rims to begin with.

I always cut the inside chains to the correct length then connect them with one of these.

Well, I jacked the Horse up and assessed. Couldn't find a problem. Hub screws tight, woodruff good to go, hub itself is true. So either the rim is bent, or the tire is just "warped" - maybe the rim was always bent and I just never noticed? I'll be honest, riding around today and looking down at the wheel, I couldn't see it was untrue. Only could tell when jacked up and spinning the wheel and watching carefully, or when I was spinning in the snow. So could very well have always been like this. Just going to run her! Thanks all

First instinct is to replace the fan blade and stop whatever is breaking them from happening again. Like a well placed guard or 2 maybe? Cage? But an oil cooler would work too. Probably need a small 12v fan to run air through a small radiator. All of that stuff is available on amz but it seems like a lot more work and effort involved vs just protecting the fan blade IMO

The diesel got a new exhaust made a big thank to flyin Brians garage for making it for me

Polished the hood and added decals thanks to redoyourhorse very very nice decals!

As a person trained in hydraulic systems I'm not sure I'd advise NO fan. Heat is a huge problem for the internals. Orifice sizes change. O rings get too hot. Different metals and other materials change size at different rates. Fix the issues. Get a new fan. Get a wheel spacer. Perhaps a metal replacement is available?

Ugh, here we go again, so glad I hooked up the blower this year. I’m in the 12+ this round, and we still have a foot on the ground.

I have found air pressure when filled depends on a couple things. How full you fill and what your doing with the machine. When using the machine to cut grass or using tire chains I use 8-10 pounds of air and fill 80/90 percent. Improves the chain fit and cut. Reduces the sidewall sag in softer tires. I have ran ag tires with just a couple three four pound. my filling unit is super high tech. just pump the jug with my hand

Still snowing lightly... but we only got maybe 5 inches. This was a nor' easter and we live on the southern side of the mountains. Usually we end up with less than the other side of the ridge. Looks like another 4" forecast for Monday.

The ole 1973 12 auto did great.Need chains though as I couldn't do much with 1”1/2 of ice with 7” of snow. Once the sun worked it’s magic I was able to get down to pavement and then there was no issues moving big chunks of snow and ice . wish I took a before and after pic. The county should put me on payroll.

If I see one more extra white rim. LOL

Got these chains wheels and tires in a trade the other day and thought I would make up a set of wheels/tires for snow. Used my cheapo fuel transfer pump, RV antifreeze and cheapo bleeder valve and it worked great. Pay no attention to the wet floor because that’s where I dropped and busted a gallon of antifreeze Wouldn’t have been much of a mess if I hadn’t done that. Wished I would have weighed them before adding antifreeze but will try and weight them before mounting to tractor. Got 6.5 gallon per tire and might have been able to get a little more but was one gallon short 😂 (23-9.50s).

Way cool Sparky. Cut this off the back off of one of those trashed fender pans.

Johnny Pullstart Cash

To be extremely clear (and warned), the Eaton charge pump oil flow (i.e. that which runs through the filter and which a cooler would cool) does not run through the motion pump/motor and is (IMHO) quite unlikely to have a significant impact on cooling. The motion pump and motor mostly circulate the same oil internally. Yes, there is a small “bypass” amount that flows into the transaxle sump and is made up from the charge pump low pressure line, but it is only a tiny fraction of the total involved for motion. As @ebinmaine notes, excess heat in hydraulic pumps and motors will damage them. I conçur, heartily, with the “replace and protect the fan" recommendations.

Yep nailed it. A cheaper alternative? https://ebay.us/m/DHkbBh I've done it ... never had the Hydro temp light come on and never seemed to get really hot. I keep my fins spotless tho. 'Fish still nailed it. Just happened to have one laying here...

Hey guys. If you've followed some of my other posts here recently, I just replaced the tires on my Wheel Horse 312-8. Originally, I had 22x7.50-12 turf savers on her, and upgraded to 23x8.00-12 Carlisle All Trails. They're awesome! Despite the size only being 1" more in diameter (22 to 23 in), it is actually nearly 4" more in diameter than the old tires! Even still, had clearance and they fit perfectly on the horse. Here is where the dilemma came in. When I first got my plow installed, I found that I didn't have enough clearance to make it up my shed ramp into my shed - the plow would hit the door opening, even with the plow adjusted to be as high as possible before the frame hit the axle! At the time, I actually drilled a fifth higher hole in my plow adjustment, to put it into what I call "Transport Mode". When the plow is tipped up like this, obviously you can't use it but it helped me gain a ton of ground clearance, and make it into my shed with a few inches to spare. Anyway... when I got the new tires, I hadn't even thought about how larger rear tires would raise the rear end, which would tip the front end lower... lo and behold, even in Transport Mode, I couldn't make it back into my shed now... Nooo!! So today, I used some spacers on the rear Attach o Matic bracket. Using a bit of trigonometry, I calculated that lowering the rear of the frame by 3/8" with a spacer would raise the front of the plow by 1", which ended up being true. Sweet! My plan was to put 2 spacers (3/8" x 2 = 3/4" = raising the plow 2") but unfortunately my carriage bolts weren't long enough for a second spacer. I actually got to talking to some people on one of the Facebook Wheel Horse groups, and a guy recommended something I had never thought of or seen discussed here: he recommended flipping the part of the plow called the Sector and Channel. This is the piece in the front of the frame that locks the plow into the 3 angled positions. If you look at it, it's nearly a mirror image if you flip it upside down, except for 2 things: 1. The plow attaches at the bottom of this component, so flipping it would now attach it to the top, raising it about 1"! 2. The hole on the bottom left side, where the bar attaches that attaches to the lever that allows you to switch between the 3 angles, does not exist on the opposite side on top. So, had to measure and drill it out myself... It ended up working! Now I've got my high plow clearance again, and it actually wasn't very hard to take this component out and drill out a new hole. Here is the only con to be aware of: flipping this component totally changed my plow angles. The fifth hole I drilled for Transport Mode was now an extreme version, with the plow being nearly horizontal. The top most hole (1 of 4) that I used to use for most of my snow plowing was now at the same angle as Transport Mode. The top hole (1 of 4) used to put my plow at about 55 degrees - now I have to be in the third hole (3 of 4) to replicate that. Likewise, the angle that used to be achieved with Hole 2 now needs done with Hole 4. What this means is, the more aggressive angles originally achieved with Holes 3 and 4 no longer exist. I never used those, so this tradeoff is OK with me, but something to be aware of. Just wanted to share. Lots of pics attached. I hope this helps someone out!

Foam Fill has some draw backs. The New Holland 3pt 6' finish mower I have came with foam filled tires. OK for a few years but the foam compresses over time. Then the lateral force from turns backing up etc. the bead breaks loose and the tire tries to demount itself. So now I had to figure out how to demount the tires to put in a regular tubes and new tire. Getting the foam filled tire off was a nightmare. Reciprocating saw, Skill saw, cut off disks nothing worked very well, and it took a long time and a lot of 4 letter words. When another one failed I decided to buy a new wheel for $275 (has heavy roller bearings ) then I discovered that New Holland no longer used the foam filled they went to a semi-pneumatic tire/wheel.

Blizzard warning and possibly up to 20” of snow forecasted for the east end of Long Island! Most are saying 10”-16” Yesterday at this time they were saying 1”-3” maybe 2”-4”, that changed right after lunchtime. Definitely going to be time for the two stage blower. Today is prep day for everything around the house and making sure we are ready.

About 6" at my house. Oshkosh had maybe 2"

Should have decals going on the hood tomorrow, brought it inside to warm up.

Got bundled up to walk down to the barn in the back ground. Driveway down has significant drifting./ Already feels hard. Will have to use the blower but wind continues tomorrow so may wait until Monday. It is 15 degrees in the shop where she is parked....

@Ed Kennell I didn’t need one when I was young either! Winter of 1984-85 when I was 14 with my Work Horse. My parents got me the plow for Christmas that year. Note the red hat, it’s an insulated winter genuine Wheel Horse hat! I wish I still had it.

Ok @Sparky on further review please tell us you didn't buy a whole gallon of paint just for that. Her car getting a makeover? Matching the new living room drapes? Want us to bring over some paint rollers?

nORM! had his Black Horse set up for judging plowing matches! Marvin was just WH colors in reverse

Thanks! I think if I actually had a WH bagger I would do this to it

Based on all the reply's I am going to do the following 1. Buy a new (highly over priced ) fan for the summer 2. Cut the extra inside links off my tire chains. (I put the chains on in January and it was cold in garage) 3. Remove the fan during the winter 4. Might try and fab a wire cage for around the fan I bought the tractor last summer, and it needed a lot of work to get it ready for snow removal. I was the only one on our street that was happy to see all the snow we got this year. Thanks

Brunswick Diner breakfast...👍

During summers in high school I had a job painting houses. One client wanted their farm outbuilding painted as well as their house, including a huge barn with a second story hay loft. It had a Dutch gable wood-shingled roof that needed some repairs and then full roof paint. That was by far the scariest job we ever had and it took about a month for the whole job.

We got about 5" here in Brunswick as well. I just finished clearing the driveway. It's sunny and just warm enough that it's melting off the asphalt pretty quickly...just in time for more on Monday. I'd rather have rain than snow, but at least every snowstorm counts toward relieving our drought situation. I'm also hoping for a cool, wet spring, partly to lessen the drought, and also to reduce the browntail moth population.

Be careful at speeds in excess of 40mph.

I always back in so I can plow my way out.

Enjoy

Gotta be a you ever want to go to different tires tho. A wheel barrow? sure ... a tractor? ... nah.

Just for a read ... https://www.iamcountryside.com/tractors-farm-equipment/tractor-tire-fluids-rundown/

We have the steel as well. My experience shows me... the heavier the better - for >> my << application. But other folks don't have the same needs. Trina, for instance, is not a fan of the fluid fill on her lighter tractors with Limited Slip Differential. Drill - fill - and patch would get several gallons more fluid. Still not sure I'll take the chance.

I add the air only to swell the sidewalls to get that "honeymoon fit" for the chains on the tires. I actually had one lose a few pounds over the summer once - I noticed a bit of slack in the cross links - even with the rubber ring tensioner on the inner sidewall.

at least I was using protection and had my rubber boots on.

Got 8 ish of that really wet heavy crap. It was really like blowing concrete. Kept plugging up the single so took that hooby doo out of the inside of chute and helped but just blew it everywhere. Out come the deuce. How much you get @Achto it was weird 10 miles away as the crow flies they only got 1".

Geez @ebinmaine... kinda overkill when all you really need to do is send BBT out there...

We're expecting 7 ish inches of snow tonight and more Monday. The BBT has her Military Tribute Tractor "Millie" ready to go. I have The Ugly Bruce tractor being warmed on the engine. Both rigs have the batteries on trickle charge. The cars are all tucked away in the barn. Generator is full of non ethanol fuel. ⛽️ Propane for the stove is full. Both interior wood racks are full. Plenty of coffee and creamer. Bring it!!

Our first stocking of trout was hampered by the high waters and ice jams, but we managed to stock 1100 fish in 5 mile of stream.

Since the 867 is done brought this one in. This is the mother of all originals. Only thing that wasn't was the cigar lighter & quickly replaced. Lift cable broke & fan screen gone that's it. Well la dee da. Needs a bath, a little degreaseing and the new to check list. Just can't believe how unmolested this thing is. Yes thats the orginal seat! The deck is super quiet so just clean that up & check over. I really lucked out on this one and you guys would rip yer shirts off i told ya what I paid. It may go in the living room when done I'll help her pack.