Leaderboard

Motor is painted it almost done the wheelhorse probably April sometime

Sounds to me like a franken horse ranch

March 19, 1929, Walter A. Strong, publisher of the Chicago Daily News, asked President Herbert Hoover for federal intervention (including the National Guard) following the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago.

I did some upgrades tonight to the 1445. I’d like to have it be a house machine this year for plow day. The rear end is super heavy, so some front weight was in order. I also put a new Lowell lift cable on too. The flywheel is the stocker from Norman when I upgraded to a South Bend Clutch a few years back. It’s pretty heavy.

Front end & wheels done. Wheels came out nice but were a real pain getting them apart as the bolts holding the halves together were rusted tight. the heads are slotted and even with a well fitting very large screw driver tried not to mangle them to use them over. Make matters worse they are fine thread fillisters. Finally got them all out. Lots of time in the blast cab. Most guys would have went with a gloss black but I went with flat. Goes better with the final patina. Also was able to use the original tubes as they were very heavy rubber not like what's out there today. Tried a finnish of MMO on the frame but just didn't like it so went back to linseed oil.

this topic has been beaten to death.

@Pullstart doesn't believe in "factory" appearance

I can’t stand the thought of folks tossing round up on their food plots to leach into the soil, then eat the creatures that eat the things that grow next. Makes no sense to me. But I will toss some poop on it!

Eric I agree with this non E-fuel. Works well even after two years sitting with no additives.

Watchin too much TV in the shop! Talkin like a Pie-Rate. I guess we know what you watch out there!

Do I look like Big Unit?? I'll not go here Plunger. Oh what the hell ...

The shop is 68 degrees currently and it’s in the 20s outdoors. Just burning scrap 2x4 chunks. It’s much less volatile than the oil, and maybe a bit safer too.

Finally swapped put my short chute for a tall chute I got at auction a few months ago. Looked to be complete for $50...but it was missing parts...2 hair pin clips and a third one was bent This should scare anymore snow away

Have a Great Day

This is the last of my tractors for rebuild or gone thru. It was about three years ago I pick this up from Stevbo. It runs pretty good. Many new parts.I think I made it better than it was. I had many others to work on before this last one. I thinking of keeping this one. Also I ordered a Gravely muffler for this also.SORRY FOR BAD VIDEO. I am rusty at doing Vids. I used do this in all my posts years ago…….. I hope you enjoy it..Fell free to ask any questions. IMG_1075.mov

While rummaging around in the basement found this. Everything about this one points to a very early or early 55 so may have to reclassify? Early 1955 RJ-35 things Later 1955 RJ-35 Very Early 1955 RJ-35 Gas tank On tank stand Strapped to hood On tank stand Front axle pivot stop Solid steel across axle 2 square blocks at each end No Axle pivot stop Lift lever Solid 3/4 “ round Push button release Solid 3/4 “ round Motion lever No stop Stop welded on end No stop Engine stop Brass push knob Toggle switch Missing Belt tension spring 3 hole in rear to attach 3 hole in rear to attach 1 hole in rear to attach Steering wheel column hole in hood Oval Oval Round and tight Lift cable hole to hitch Oval Oval Round Primary pivot bar assembly Is wider than other early RJ’s Drive pawl in hubs Machined Machined One of them is sawed not machined (The other might have been replace with new wheel hub casting in 1971) Variable speed pulley 3 roll pins /3 holes for slide 1 key way for slide 1 roll pin / hole for slide From what I see in the Pic's The Steering wheel column hole in the hood is round and just big enough space for the wheel column to go through C. Pond must have changed it to a oval to make it easier to remove the hood. I do not see any Front axle pivot stop - axle stops were added later for safety. ​As for the Steering wheel - the aluminum wheel Broke easily and replaced with a cast iron steering wheel

I really don't know much either but I think if I remember correctly in Straight From the Horse's Mouth it talks about how the early rjs had one wheel that freewheeled to allow turning before they came up with the differential.

I usually get 1to 2 psi pumps.

Bearing seized some where. Take off the belt and check end to end.

Yup I'm screwed ... somebody must have replaced the axle at one time. Digging in the basement I found pics of the axle where there are keyways cut in the axle to secure the pawl hub to the axle using a #15 woodruff. I do not have those keyways and was wondering why there are keyways cut in the pawl hub. There is a hole in the right side where I believe the hub was PO through bolted. The other side just free wheeled. I also noticed the snap ring grooves that hold the hub on are spaced at different lengths & no idea if that is correct. Not sure how to proceed here gonna have to burn a shout out. @rj35hunter Lots of questions here Clay.

On to the rear ... yep gonna need help on this. The pawls are missing on both sides and one pawl hub is boogered up royally. It's not a hard thing to reproduce on a lathe but I have no idea what the pawls or springs or pins even look like. I'll be down in the basement researching old threads anybody needs me ...

Okay MADGE Thought you were into Palmolive.

If I can't make them like I want them, then I won't keep them. I always wanted to say I had an "all original" tractor. My 701 will be close but not perfect. Absolutely none of my machines exist without mods, and several are complete mutts. I actually prefer them that way, because my tractors are all one of a kind. I think Kevin's machines are great. They are maximized for his specific needs and wants. I do the same with mine.

@JCM—i think the same thing every time that I work that Onan—such a pleasing sound like a muscular sewing machine steady at the work of moving tons of snow! That’s why I have one on the shelf—intending someday to install it on my Cub Plow tractor…😀

It's recommended to remove the gears, especially if you can wiggle them at all. While you can inspect the gears make sure they are a newer style do new bearings make sure they are shimmed and timed right. The question remains is it worth doing all that. For most people the answer is no. You can take the bottom gear out for sure without pulling the pin, the top gear I was not able to remove with the pin so I drove that pin out and then drove that same pin back in from the outside and will cut it off.

Thank you kindly. It’s a 14 Automatic and I added the round fenders to look like a 1045, so I called it 1445.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉

I managed to decarbon mine with the p220 in place.

Awesome, sounds really good…. I have the same fuel pump on my 1257. Enjoy it, definitely a keeper.

Not "with" my Wheel Horse, but with some wheel horse parts... My poor old yard trailer needs some love. It's built like a tank, but when my buddy made it for me 20 years ago it had 20x10x8 tires on it, and they just finally fell apart. I had stuck some 8 inch wheels on it, but if it sat low before it nearly drug the ground after. The dump feature was also useless. So one thing about doing tire wheel mods with 520 front ends was that I had a decent set of wheels and tires from one that I could use. So I cut off the axles and welded on a 6 inch extension and bracing, and slapped the 520 wheels on. Not perfect, but it will work great with my heavy rear hitches now and it also will dump properly. It still needs a little cleanup, but full functionality has been restored! First pic is obviously the "before"...

We got a few more inches last night. I hope it will warm up and melt some in the next few days.

@WHX??I printed directions to my house, so if you don’t mind dropping that off I’d really appreciate it. Hell, I’ll even buy you dinner!🤣

Our Destination Imagination team had a similar experience on Saturday. A certain complacency had crept in and when it was “showtime” it just didn’t come together. Failure sure does teach lessons. The team still qualified to move on but I’ll evaluate at Friday’s meeting if it’s a jaunt or a quest for excellence. I’m only onboard for the latter.

Seat looks to bedecent. Worth $100 at least. Check the frame/hoodstand area directly under the lift lever. I've run across several with it cracked there.

That is exactly it @ineedanother! Thank you! I don’t think we’ve heard from @johnnymag3 in quite a while here? And yes, as I remember that Eddie Murphy tractor is in very good condition. So is @Ike’s 130hr 418. I think there was some movement in the zipper area of my pants when I read 130hrs! I’d like to see more photos of both of them. Maybe someday I can put one of them in with my 400 series?

right there's your smoking gun, pressure is too high.

@EB-80/8inPA my carbole electric pumps are 2-3.5 psi , no issues , pete

The technology DOES exist. Not economically justifiable for many situations--melting 10” of snow off a panel would take more energy than the panel can generate in days. Mechanical stuff used very infrequently in widely varying conditions? Well we all know that story.

We have the technology to put a man on the moon but apparently there's a problem to add heat de-ice to solar panels to keep them clear.

I have an old co-worker that is typically in the gym the same time as me in the mornings. Today he told me he had the opportunity to catch an injured female bald eagle yesterday! His dad found her on a dog walk, and she couldn’t fly. They got permission from the authorities to catch and transport her to a rehab facility an hour and a half away. When she is ready to be released, they get to pick her up and set her free. I thought that was a story worth sharing! I might even see about being around for the release event.

Had one yesterday on the road and it's amazing i don't have more the size of my herd. Took it across the road with a trail cam for hopefully good images of the eagles.

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.

Opening day weekend... skunked. Grayling Michigan... buck pole was only 10... way down from years past. Not nearly as many hunters...

pics of your plot?

I had some twins in the tree with me tonight. They were very curious and quite nice!

I lost my deer funnel, but it worked great while it lasted!

As allready suggested bro, Please get the Combustion Air with a separate piping directly from outside the Workshop. So combustion chamber and Heated Air beeing as strictly as possible separated when the Door is closed. So even in a case of any kind of Backfire you be save and no combustion smoke will occur to you rooms Air. That is happen on all Car or Truck Air heaters to prevent poisoning or harm yourself. I would thinkering that the closed Brakediscs you’re using now works more like a Combustion chamber at the top. With the Air blowing i supposing it gives inside them a whirl, what keeps the Fire burning and reignite the Oil that Way by a nearly low pressurized Areal like the very early multifuel Heater systems back in the late 1930‘s did. They had also a smoothened part in the Combustion chamber, where the airflow was restricted to preheat and reignite the Oil or Fuel. They also had a similar Burner but as a horizon stack not as a vertical stack and with a fuelpump and a nozzle to inject a wider spread of the incoming gasoil. The idea with your „Oildrip feeding system“ is genious. 👍

Last week I was on vacation and I was using my sons C-161 for various duties around the homestead. My son took her for a ride down the road and man you could hear them noisy balance gears from at least 150 ft away. I decided right then I had better get em out before they find a way to get out on their own. It wasn't until 10 pm that evening till I got a chance to start tearing into it. Just before midnight the motor was back on the tractor and I fired it up real quick. Much quieter, they were for sure, loose as a goose!