What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[kpinnc 10,768]

7 hours ago, sjoemie himself said:

 Looking good with everything installed. I have to ask though, some of the hydraulic lines are bent pretty tight. Are you not worried about that? I know that there are certain guidelines for that and assuming that the shop knows what they are doing.

 

They aren't bent any tighter than the factory setup, and while the hoses and fittings are rated for 5800 psi, this is a 700 psi system. I don't see any problems. 

[WHX?? 46,814]

54 minutes ago, Terry M said:

Looks Nice!  Are you Going to paint the green to match colors?

Lets hope so! 

[oliver2-44 8,861]

Yesterday I got some good shop time. I made up some metal blanking plates to put in place of the aluminum head when I sandblast a block.

I also make some plates to cover the carb and fuel pump openings but didn’t have a pic of them. 

I have a good rebuildable K301 that had been sitting outdoors for several years. All the magnets were loose when I pulled the flywheel. So after blasting & priming the flywheel I setup to reattach them with PC 7 epoxy. I checked 2 other flywheels to get how far to space them down from the edge and measured 0.190 to 0.240 ths. They were not very precise or even at all. So I set mine down 0.200.  
For the spacing between the magnets I took a corn dog stick and made a go/ no go width on each end  @ebinmaine I'll tag you since you'll be doing this soon.

(Yes 3 of the grandkids were here for a few days this week because their Mom had Covid, she’s better after 6 days). 
I thinly buttered the back of the magnets with the PC7, pressed them firmly on and wiggled them to work the epoxy into the cast iron.  Then I used a piece of plastic to check them to be level across the ends 

I’ve previously bought a couple of brands of heavy 10 mil black rubber work gloves that were fair to junk. I recently bought these off eBay and they really hold up and I can actually take them off and reuse them. 

As my 18 month old granddaughter says "All Done"

Edited January 23, 2022 by oliver2-44

[WHX?? 46,814]

Did you check that thread that EB dug up from the basement on correct N S polarity Jim?

 

Edited January 23, 2022 by WHX??

[19richie66 16,954]

3 hours ago, Shynon said:

522XI finally ready for snow duty. Few odds and ends to fix, but wow this thing moves the snow.

 

Italian made? 

Edited January 23, 2022 by 19richie66

[Amt73 25]

bought a new 857 with implements hooked up the single plow and went to town on a rough spot in my yard little 8hp kohler stood me straight up in the air once today lol she was trying to buck me off but i just goosed her and ripped out some old ivy vine growing in there.

[Shynon 7,435]

3 hours ago, Terry M said:

Looks Nice!  Are you Going to paint the green to match colors?

Too cold to paint, will get it done this summer

[kpinnc 10,768]

47 minutes ago, Amt73 said:

little 8hp kohler stood me straight up in the air once today

 

I ran my moldboard behind my 867 once just to see how it would do. That little K181 didn't even grunt.

 

Torquey little rascals! 

[Crazy_Carl 254]

I tried the Linseed oil treatment on my hood and fenders after scrubbing them with water and SOS pads.  I really like the way it came out!

[Horse Newbie 6,875]

6 hours ago, Shynon said:

522XI finally ready for snow duty. Few odds and ends to fix, but wow this thing moves the snow.

Oh the humanity !

[WHX?? 46,814]

Gotta admit tho Newbie thing looks like it grew there! 

[whtractors24 2,898]

[Thor27 720]

5 hours ago, Crazy_Carl said:

I tried the Linseed oil treatment on my hood and fenders after scrubbing them with water and SOS pads.  I really like the way it came out!

 

Ever try flood penetrol?  Similar results but lasts a lot longer

[SylvanLakeWH 24,175]

4 hours ago, Thor27 said:

 

Ever try flood penetrol?  Similar results but lasts a lot longer

Used that on all our old fiberglass boats… works wonders… makes the color pop back out… Don’t have any patina tractors so curious to see how it works on metal…

[Crazy_Carl 254]

5 hours ago, Thor27 said:

 

Ever try flood penetrol?  Similar results but lasts a lot longer

I didn’t even know it existed until people started commenting on this.

[cleat 4,987]

Got the big tractor out for this snowfall of January 18.

 

 

 

Much as I love my Wheel Horse for clearing snow, it sure is nice to sit in a nice heated cab and blow 6' at a time.

 

January 20 we had a smaller snowfall and I used the 520HC with a blade to clear.

The blade actually leaves the driveway much nicer than the blower does.

 

 

[ebinmaine 63,214]

19 minutes ago, cleat said:

The blade actually leaves the driveway much nicer than the blower does

Most certainly.

 

Anything more than maybe four or five inches sticky snow or six to eight inches fluffy stuff and we use the walk behind snowblower first, then come by and scrape the driveway with the plows.

 

[oliver2-44 8,861]

19 hours ago, WHX?? said:

Did you check that thread that EB dug up from the basement on correct N S polarity Jim?

 

Yep, I made sure all my magnets were in the right order.

[oliver2-44 8,861]

19 hours ago, WHX?? said:

Did you check that thread that EB dug up from the basement on correct N S polarity Jim?

 

Yep, I made sure all my magnets were in the right order.

This is also a good thread on magnets

 

[ebinmaine 63,214]

11 minutes ago, oliver2-44 said:

good thread on magnets

Thanks for posting that

[lynnmor 6,796]

4 hours ago, cleat said:

The blade actually leaves the driveway much nicer than the blower does.

 

 

It appears in the video that the blower is set too high, can it be lowered to leave less?

 

What is the make and model of that tractor?

[rjg854 10,748]

4 hours ago, cleat said:

 

 

 

Much as I love my Wheel Horse for clearing snow, it sure is nice to sit in a nice heated cab and blow 6' at a ti

How is it to face forward and having to twist around to steer and see where you are going. 

[Snoopy11 5,713]

4 hours ago, cleat said:

Got the big tractor out for this snowfall of January 18.

I don't know whether to ...or...

 

Don

[cleat 4,987]

3 hours ago, lynnmor said:

 

It appears in the video that the blower is set too high, can it be lowered to leave less?

 

What is the make and model of that tractor?

I had it set high in that video to help with gravel throwing.

Driveway has a nice hard base now so I can lower it.

That Blower is very heavy and will dig in until a hard base is formed.

 

Tractor is a DongFeng 304G2 that has a 30 HP 3 cyl 1.8L diesel engine.

Blower is a BE 72" 2 stage.

 

Tractor is fairly heavy at 5500 lbs with the loaded tires, cab, and loader.

Blower is another 700 lbs.

 

This is the first time it has been used this year as it only comes out for big snows after the ground is frozen.

 

[cleat 4,987]

2 hours ago, rjg854 said:

How is it to face forward and having to twist around to steer and see where you are going. 

Sitting looking backwards is not too bad because there is a lot of room in that cab.

Also when you are clearing 6' at a time it does not take very long.

 

Biggest issue is the lack of a rear wiper so you have to get out and wipe off the back window occasionally.