WT-30 with wheels?!?

[jsp_333 291]

Does anyone have an explanation for or has seen other wt-30's with these wheels attached? 

They definitely are not home made and they are handy for moving the thing around.

I'm getting ready to sell it (once I get the K-91 operational) and  wonder if I should take them off because I can't find any others like it.

Are they a known accessory or just something a previous owner did to it?

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[squonk 47,276]

1 hour ago, jsp_333 said:

Does anyone have an explanation for or has seen other wt-30's with these wheels attached? 

They definitely are not home made and they are handy for moving the thing around.

I'm getting ready to sell it (once I get the K-91 operational) and  wonder if I should take them off because I can't find any others like it.

Are they a known accessory or just something a previous owner did to it?

They are used for transport. When you lift the slot hitch the tiller pivots and the tines raise off the ground.

[Ed Kennell 46,467]

Looks like the wheels were added and the hitch altered so it could be used with a slot hitch like the WT-244 tillers

 

 

 

 

[jsp_333 291]

1 hour ago, Ed Kennell said:

"Looks like the wheels were added and the hitch altered so it could be used with a slot hitch like the WT-244 tillers"

 

Thanks for the photo Ed it's worth a thousand words.   There is a jack screw that's part of the hitch to make raising and lowering the tines easier.  I think.

That is if wasn't left in a field to rust.  Took more than a little WD-40 and some persuasion to get it functional again. 

 Anyone know if they are a genuine Wheel Horse accessory? Or if they were oem and everyone else just threw them away. 

Which makes no sense 'cause the thing is impossible to move on it's own. The tines don't spin freely like the 36" tiller 07-36TL01

 

 

 

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18 minutes ago, jsp_333 said:

Took more than a little WD-40 and some persuasion to get it functional again

 

Get that WD-40 cleaned out of there ASAP. It is NOT A LUBRICANT!!!! It's a water displacer, a silicone. When it dries up it will get gummy and make things worse.

 

Get it out of there and get a real lubricant in there, PB-Blaster, SeaFoam DeepCreep, BG inForce, something like that.

[Ed Kennell 46,467]

1 hour ago, jsp_333 said:

Anyone know if they are a genuine Wheel Horse accessory?

I find no evidence they were genuine Wheel Horse.     My guess is they were homemade.

The WT-30 self propelled tillers were made in 1960 for the  small engine tractors.  Hanging all that weight on the rear of the small tractors was a poor idea.   Wheel Horse did offer a front weight to balance the rear load.  They also were connected to a speed reduction unit that was mounted under the tractor. It appears this mounting hardware on your tiller has been modified to use a slot hitch.  In 1964 WH offered the better designed  WT 244 self propelled tiller with the wheels and a better  slot hitch tongue that was able to raise just the tines leaving the engine weight on the tiller wheels for transport. 

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Ed Kennell