Theroundhousernr 589 #1 Posted September 30, 2016 (edited) Ok so..... Its been awhile... Been busy but the addiction still follows me around for wheel horse.. I pick up one here and there and sell one .....rarely....grr lol... Anyway, group effort on this project and i really hoped it was gonna see the light of day at the wheel horse show but i never made it to the show this year and didnt really want to share it this way but here it goes.. Early this year i picked up a 94 520H... I called up my other wheel horse-a-holic buddy to brag ,of coarse, how nice it is... He says how nice is it... I said you know the old car comerecials where ford and so on would display there new models on spinning platforms... he said yea.. I said yea that nice... Well, being the mad scientist he is, he says you know we can just do that... You get that thing cleaned up and ill start working on the rest. Well... i tore that 520h down to a roller and cleaned and cleaned and cleaned and buffed and waxed...Did the valves and other maint. related stuff for the hours on the clock. Replaced a few decals... wanted to keep it orginal as possible but couldnt live with ugly decals. I bet 30 hours in detailing. So an old hub from a plow , receiver tubing, some sprockets and chains and a grill motor.... and here it is.. Works awesome and stops a lot of people.. Not bad for an 850 hr machine!!! All orginal paint... nothing was repainted. Also... tractor mounts on the spinning display via the rear and mid attachomatic which means horses from all years just about can take a spin. Since the video and proof of concept. The aparatas has been blasted and painted. I also added a tent and ropes for safety. Just plug it in and i let it run for hours... So what do you all think???? Also brought me garden tractor of the year at the show and a nifty little trophie. I have to say there really wasnt a lot of wheel horses but all in all. Still a good show.. Thank you Terry for decals and all involed with project. Heres a video of it in action via youtube link Edited October 1, 2016 by Theroundhousernr 16 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 36,937 #2 Posted October 1, 2016 Now you just need a mirror under that beast... and you'll be all set for the big show. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Theroundhousernr 589 #3 Posted October 1, 2016 4 minutes ago, AMC RULES said: Now you just need a mirror under that beast... and you'll be all set for the big show. it was talked about but never got around to it yet...... It is just as clean under.. When it was torn down to a roller i had the front jacked up with a 4 ft 2x4 and was cleaning away.. Now my only issue is this is my first 520h with gear reduction steering and i am to afraid to use it now because i dont want to go through cleaning like i just did again should i ever want to put it on display again. So I guess that means i buy another one.....I know isnt that terrible??? lol 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wallfish 15,770 #4 Posted October 1, 2016 What a great idea! Love it. How difficult is it to get the tractor on it? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ericj 1,576 #5 Posted October 1, 2016 THAT'S FORK'IN GREAT, that's sure to catch on if it's seen at to many shows eric j 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Theroundhousernr 589 #6 Posted October 1, 2016 6 minutes ago, wallfish said: What a great idea! Love it. How difficult is it to get the tractor on it? Well..... i will have to upload some more pictures to explain fully but i will try until i can. The center piece of receiver tubing is solid mounted to the hub. Then a piece of square tubing has round stock with washers welded to the end to mount to the rear atachomatic. So i set up the frame with the hub under the tractor, jack up the rear and set the tractor down on blocks under the rear tires. Then that allows me to slide the square tubing through the reciever tubing and latch the rear in place... Then i go to the front and jack it up. The front mount then slides onto that same tubing and the tractor is then lowered down in place... Then give the tractor a good shove and it falls off the blocks and is now floating on the hub. The drive sprocket shaft has a square milled on the end.. So you just drop the rotisserie motor on and go... The tractor was balanced on a pipe and a jack in the garage to find the center point of balance to get the best performance. So there is white line painted on the square tubing so i know how far to slide it in to keep it about balanced weight wise... The wind literally will move it around without the motor... Hey knew idea.... life size wheel horse pin wheels lol... 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Theroundhousernr 589 #7 Posted October 1, 2016 15 minutes ago, ericj said: THAT'S FORK'IN GREAT, that's sure to catch on if it's seen at to many shows eric j I know..... was really hoping to keep it hidden till i could show it off at the wheel horse show but not sure when i will make it. However it takes a special kind of nut case to go through the effort to do that but i know you guys are out there just like me lol.... Oh well.... its all about the fun 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JERSEYHAWG / Glenn 4,487 #8 Posted October 1, 2016 A plus job on that beauty. I mean that. Really sweet. Glenn 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C-101plowerpower 1,589 #9 Posted October 1, 2016 very neat idea, i would've ran it off the tractors pto tho 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Theroundhousernr 589 #10 Posted October 1, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, C-101plowerpower said: very neat idea, i would've ran it off the tractors pto tho We thought about something similar.. I was thinking of conveyor belt rollers. Two on each side that would cradle the rear wheels. Then drive a sprocket and chain off one the rear rollers to drive it. So the wheels would be turning as well. But.... things like racking up hours on the motor , noise and time drove that idea out. Edited October 1, 2016 by Theroundhousernr Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C-101plowerpower 1,589 #11 Posted October 1, 2016 Just now, Theroundhousernr said: We thought about something similar.. I was thinking of conveyor belt rollers. Two on each side that would cradle the rear wheels. Then drive a sprocket and chain off one the rear wheels to drive it. So the wheels would be turning as well. But.... things like racking up hours on the motor , noise and time drove that idea out. i think a 90 wormgear box a pulley and a few bearings would work too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunahead72 2,329 #12 Posted October 1, 2016 21 hours ago, Theroundhousernr said: ... Also brought me garden tractor of the year at the show and a nifty little trophie... Very cool! Which show? I'd love to see this in person. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Theroundhousernr 589 #13 Posted October 6, 2016 On 10/1/2016 at 5:27 PM, tunahead72 said: Very cool! Which show? I'd love to see this in person. The shows that are local to me that i attend are the old time plowboys in kutztown pa and antique toy and tractor club out of bowers pa. Thinking about trying to restore a different model till the next show to put up on it. I must say that it really pushes you to make the tractor as nice as possible because why put something on a spinning pedestal that you is so so... in a way its kind of a motivational piece as well.. The knew plan is to build something that spin a BIG antique tractor... We will see if that every comes to life or not. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites