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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.

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

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

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

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.

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

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).

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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

Enjoy

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.

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/

NWS has us looking for 3" Monday but Portland is closer to 7".

I have filled a portable tank with fluid, pressurized it, and filled the tires before, but I have plenty of sets with zero air in them.

Looks like a 3" wet snow for me. Plows are ready.

Only got about 5" last night but another 11-13" predicted for Monday. Blower's going to get another work out!

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.

Well I figured out what was wrong. This dummy forgot to put oil on the cylinder walls when he put the head back on so that was causing a lot of extra friction. Luckily, it didn't score the walls up any and now the tractor starts easier than ever.

I'll tell ya I ain't much for the way some guys replace the headlight buckets but yours looks cool. Kinda mean lookin and the like the originals ...

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".

Looks homemade...

Looks great! We literally have the same rug in our foyer... Mrs Sylvan gave me the look when I showed her that you get to put Wheel Horse parts on 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.

This is as far as I got with painting during the warm weather. Going to let it cure for a while before doing anything with it.

I was taking a cruise on Speedy the Speedex and stumbled on what looks like a typical 10 point shed on Monday as some snow pack was melting. It was my first shed ever, and so far I’ve found two more. I don’t believe the small ones are a pair, but they were found about 50 yards from each other. The big shed was found near the property line of my not so nice neghbor, and I’m hoping I can locate the match without asking permission from his widow to look on their side of the property line. The tree line where I found the bigger one is also loaded with rubs and ground scrapes.

Does the S/G spin after the engine stops turning is the belt is slipping? 1/4" is a lot of play on a short belt.

Big Battery may not equal good battery. Poor mans load test...hook up multimeter to battery. Should read 12.6v.. Then try cranking her. If voltage drops to 9 or below weak battery

Check your points gap. If they are opening too far this means you timing is too far advanced and the plug if firing before the piston reaches TDC. Example: if they are set at .020 try setting them at .018. One other thing that may cause it to stop at compression stroke is the ACR not working. Depending on the spark plug location in the head, (some heads position the spark plug directly over the exhaust valve) you can watch the exhaust valve as you turn the engine over by hand. The exhaust valve should lift up slightly shortly before the piston reaches TDC.

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.

Johnny Pullstart Cash

I certainly do.... but more weight is more friction is more traction.

I think alot of mid engine machines had filled front tires. Back in the old days they used calcium, which is why most old RJs have rotted out front wheels.

Got around to working on the building for the rail road layout. I haven't done much for the past weeks as life got busy. The rusty metal is aluminum foil creased to look like old corrugated metal. The shingles is blue board insulation ripped on band saw as thin as possible then painted using two colors of green, black and white then broken into individual shingles an glued on. I'm trying to represent green stained wood shingles. We used to stain wood shingles using linseed oil, green paint and thinner or something then spray the shingles.

Those work well as long as there's no ice

I doubt that would be it. Check the hub & key.