Weather Conditions

[Michael Bullington 5]

Hello members in the Indiana area, Tuesday I am headed to mentone, IN to get a new wheel horse, just wondering how your roads are and how the weather is there...Do want to get snowed in with no way home...

Leaving early Tuesday moring from Nashville, and should reach mentone by the afternoon,,,May stay near Indy and drive home on Wednesday!

Please keep me updated until I leave Tuesday morning the 9th!

Michael

[Sparky-(Admin) 23,909]

Tuesday I am headed to mentone, IN to get a new wheel horse,

Did you forget something????

What kinda horse....got a motor....does it run....any attchments.....ag's or turfs.....we need to know this stuff ya know.

Mike..........

[Michael Bullington 5]

actually its one I already posted about, but anyway its the two 754's I bought on ebay about a month ago,,,finally getting a chance to go pick them up...One has a 8 hp kohler (later model without generator)running... the other is all original,,just not running..Another nice project to work on!

Like I needed another project!

Oh i forgot to answer;; both have turfs and the original one has a 36" deck

I'll post pics of the trip when i get back!

Michael

[illinilefttackle 399]

:hide: You should be just fine-my son lives in Indy, he said no snow yet. Cold tho. Good luck on the trip & the new Horse!-AL

[KyBlue 655]

Its snowed around indy the last week... Ive been running over that way, and up rt 9 thru greenfield and anderson then up 69 into mich... been hitting snow when i get onto Route 9 ... none is really sticking thou, its gone when i come thru the next day, usually been snowing again then too..haha

Good Luck on your Trip. Hope you make it back safe and with new horses for the stable

[big mike 13]

I am a mile north of the Indiana-Michigan line and we have gotten some lake effect over the weekend but you shouldn't run into any serious problems.

[chevelletown 37]

Michael

I live on the North side of Indy and Mentone is about another 2 hours North. The roads seem to be pretty good around here. Tickster lives a little closer to Mentone, maybe he can help you too. If you have time stop in and see me.

Ken

[linen beige 16]

Michael, I'd be more worried about a little snow on the roads in Ky. than I would be about a few feet further north. Ky. doesn't have near the equipment to handle it nor the knowhow.

[Rollerman 290]

Hmm mentone is about an hour south west of me...not sure where that puts it in the lake effect snow area?

Roads in my area our slick but driveable.

The weathermans calling for rain here Tuesday...may be melting buy the time you come north.

[KyBlue 655]

Michael, I'd be more worried about a little snow on the roads in Ky. than I would be about a few feet further north. Ky. doesn't have near the equipment to handle it nor the knowhow.

Jim this is the only state ive seen total two brand new cop cars and a new plow truck in 4" of snow..

[linen beige 16]

Jim this is the only state ive seen total two brand new cop cars and a new plow truck in 4" of snow..

I handled a nearly 700 vehicle police fleet's accident repairs for 4 years. I've seen that many cruisers totaled in the same wreck, in a dusting of snow, more than once. Most of them were parked at wreck scenes when yet another nondriver would find out too late that you can't steer or stop on ice like you can dry pavement. My favorite was watching as a fire truck and an ambulance which were responding to a scene where several cars had slid off the road without hitting anything each hit a car and push them into another one as they tried to stop. There was no wreck until they got there.

Having worked a #%^tload of wrecks along the interstate through the years I noticed that a lot of northerners were shocked at just how slick a skim of snow could get around here. Seems that 1/4 inch of ice we usually have under the snow is something they're not used to.

[Michael Bullington 5]

Thanks for all the forecasts!!

We are leaving at 4am in the moring!!

Cant wait to get to Indiana and rustle some horse down to the south! :horseplay: :horseplay:

P.S I received my IN licence tag for my truck from ebay yesterday!! :hide:

[jerrell 1]

:hide: Michael, what size tires do you have on the front of the tractor you have in your avotar,looks taller but slim, that's what i am after, want to raise mine using 25x8.50x12 on rear

[Michael Bullington 5]

hey jerrell,

the tires are 4.80-4.00-8 B.F Goodrich Silvertown. These tires do seem to give the nose a little rise. (seems to have some attitude!

Im not sure what kind of tractor these actually came on,,,if anyone knows please let me know

thanks

Michael

[Teddy da Bear 11]

Tractors with attitude????

Why is it that my tractor's attitude always is "fix me"???

Am I aiming for the wrong attitude?? :hide:

[jerrell 1]

:hide: Hey michael, i guess i don't understand these tire numbers, and sizes the ones i have the numbers are 16x6.50x8 soneone told me that the 16 meant the tire was 16 in off the ground , or the height of the tire,, but yours look taller than mine?????????????

Hey TDB, i like attitued and want altitude// :D

[linen beige 16]

hey jerrell,

the tires are 4.80-4.00-8 B.F Goodrich Silvertown. These tires do seem to give the nose a little rise. (seems to have some attitude!

Im not sure what kind of tractor these actually came on,,,if anyone knows please let me know

thanks

Michael

Very likely original to THAT tractor Michael. All my round hoods have those same size front tires, and many are BF Goodrich Silvertowns. Silvertown is actually the name for the tread pattern, and raised rib on the sidewall. Silvertowns were standard equipment on a lot of automobiles in the late '50s up until radials took the market in the mid '70s. I had a set on my '65 T-bird at one time. Coker tire is remanufacturing Silvertowns but their sizes start with 10 inch rims. So close, yet so far away.

Jerrell, The 4.80 x 4 x 8 is 16 inches high but looks taller because it is only 4.80 inches wide. 4.80 inch width x 4 inch sidewall x 8 inch rim diameter.

[jerrell 1]

:hide: Jim, that clears it up somewhat , so if you get a 4.80X4X8 is 16 in, can you get a 4.80X4X8 18 in or 20 in tall, that's what i'm after. i never bothered with tire sizes before this and always just replaced a tire with the same size , when i had to get a new one. i got 25 in on the back and want to raise the front..

speaking of snow and wrecks , did you hear on the news the other day, 4 cars slid off the road, no wrecks, just stuck, an ambulance and fire truck responded and could not stop and hit all four cars, thankfully no one was hurt :D

[Teddy da Bear 11]

So where are the pictures of these new tractors?

An update of how the trip went?

:hide:

[Michael Bullington 5]

We finally got back from the trip!!...Wow almost 1200 miles in two days im still beat!!!

It was a great trip...met lots of great Wheel horse people, seen lots of horses :horseplay: Brought home (3) 754 Tractors..(1) 653 tractor and (2) wagons (not WH) but nice to pull around. (another friend of ours purchased these) We left one 754 tractor behind we did not purchase I may go back at the portland swapmeet this spring to get it.......I have a picture up soon of the big load.

Michael