Wheelhorse marketplace thoughts

[FLtractor 196]

Saw this on marketplace..

thoughts on it.. practicality, useful for work? Price? Both engines make it have double the horsepower.. to lift it off the ground and shoot flames?

[adsm08 4,886]

Florida Man strikes again.

 

Florida Man is my favorite superhero.

[EB-80/8inPA 2,081]

You won’t find another one like it.

[ebinmaine 80,054]

18 minutes ago, FLtractor said:

practicality

 

Sure??

 

18 minutes ago, FLtractor said:

, useful for work?

 

DEFINITELY.  

You bet all you own I'd put a trailer hitch on that pull logs.  

 

 

18 minutes ago, FLtractor said:

Price?

 

Given the amount of engineering and fabrication there... that seems fair considering the condition.  

 

18 minutes ago, FLtractor said:

Both engines make it have double the horsepower

 

There's where the usability is limited.  

 

In all seriousness,  the extra weight holding the front down would be cool but the extra power doesn't matter.  

 

 

 

[Sparky-(Admin) 26,170]

  A useless tractor. Personally I would avoid it, but that’s just me.

[squonk 47,682]

20 minutes ago, Sparky said:

  A useless tractor. Personally I would avoid it, but that’s just me.

Not entirely useless. You'd get lots of looks at a tractor show. @Pullstart could use it to tow his new motorhome from the middle of the field! 

[FLtractor 196]

3 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Sure??

 

 

DEFINITELY.  

You bet all you own I'd put a trailer hitch on that pull logs.  

 

 

 

Given the amount of engineering and fabrication there... that seems fair considering the condition.  

 

 

There's where the usability is limited.  

 

In all seriousness,  the extra weight holding the front down would be cool but the extra power doesn't matter.  

 

 

 

Thanks for the breakdown Eric 

[Ed Kennell 46,788]

Interesting build.  Looks like both engines are belted to a jack shaft that drives the transmission.  Can these engines be reversed? Seems the belts would be too short to reverse by twisting.

[Bar Nuthin 2,918]

I have to admit; I dig that hood ornament!

 

[953 nut 68,109]

@FLtractor, where do you come up with all of these                      shall we say  INTERESTING  Wheel Horses?

With the correctly ground cam shaft the engine on the right could be made to turn counterclockwise (flywheel end) like automotive engines that are used as inboard twins. Is such a camshaft commercially available,  I doubt it.

If both engines ran hydraulic pumps whos rotation matched the engines and their combined output ran a hydraulic motor that powered the trans axle it could be functional.    Probably have to add a couple feet to the frame to do that. 

    Guess you could always connect both engines to a jackshaft after removing the pistons and rods from the right side engine allowing the other engine to rotate and make people think it is running backward and come up with a real good story about how you ground your own cam using a Dermal.       

[ebinmaine 80,054]

While looking at gearbox options for Colossus I found that there are options that include a 2 gear, same speed in/out rotation reverser.  

 

Someone needs to buy this just so we can disect it.  

[Lee1977 7,742]

The engine on the right could run and not be connected.

[oldlineman 1,769]

Might be worth the price if both engines are in good running order, and rest of tractor would be parts IMHO.