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lynnmor
2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

Brakes. Well...  Inadequate for slowing and stopping. 

 

Fixed that sentence for you.

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ebinmaine
4 minutes ago, lynnmor said:

Fixed that sentence for you.

 

Gotta give ya that one

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Shed
4 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Some things to keep in mind about speeding up a Wheelhorse.  

 

Unidrive bearings. The bearings in these transmissions have limitations like anything else. I've read that the race mower crowd seems to think 20 - 25 is a lot for these. 

 

Brakes. Well...  Inadequate for high speed slowing and stopping. 

 

Tie rods. You will NEED to change the tie rods to a different type altogether. 

 

Steering. The steering system as a whole is actually very loose the way it was designed... for 6 mph. Put that to a 5X and it'll be startling. 

 

 

If you've never been on a "fast" garden tractor you'd be shocked at what 12 mph feels like.  

 

20+ is obviously doable but there are serious considerations to be addressed.  

This wasn't built for speed it doesn't have the stock transmission at all but a separate gear box and a tourqe convertor now all chain drive. It has rear disc brakes not installed yet. But I was just joking around with the comment about the Bonneville salt flats. It should have good tourqe though with the gearing I picked. 60 tooth axle sprocket and two jack shaft type reduction setups and the belt driven tourqe convertor. The steering I'll clean up but for now I just need to get it together. If the flat bed doesn't look right I thought I'd make a gooseneck trailer for it and he can tow his pedal tractors and stuff. 

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Pullstart

I got this black hood running… and it works great!

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MainelyWheelhorse

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Today, I repurposed a few extra coffee cups for workshop stuff.

 

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I built an exhaust pipe with assistance from my father and mounted the new muffler to it for the C -141.

 

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And drove it over to my house. it’s been it’s been sitting at my parents next door for the last 2 months or so. Just little things and painting now.

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pfrederi

Not my brightest day ...I had been sorting through my box of spark pugs... went to the Workhorse GT-1848 to see what plugs were in the B&S twin.  pulled the front plug found it to be Bosch  concentrated very hard on remembering the plug number.  Went to mow later she didn't start well and was running a bit rough but when i engaged the blades something was wrong as she slowed way down.  Opened the hood and you guessed it ...I hadn't put the plug wire back on... a 9 hp B&S can't handle hydro and 48" deck

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lynnmor
2 hours ago, pfrederi said:

I hadn't put the plug wire back on... a 9 hp B&S can't handle hydro and 48" deck

It wasn't even 9 HP, some of that HP was used pulling the dead one along.

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rjg854
2 hours ago, pfrederi said:

hadn't put the plug wire back on... a 9 hp B&S can't handle hydro and 48" deck

I think we've all pulled things similar to that 😅 

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MainelyWheelhorse

Today, after work I took the C-141 for a spin then modified the new exhaust pipe, removing a little over an inch, painted it and attempted to build a battery hold down for it. no pics as I was really getting into it.
 

 

 

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adsm08

Did a little work addressing some running issues on the Commando. Found the plug carbon fouled and the points set at about .002". Reset the points, got a new plug, it seems to be better, but I didn't drive it, I just left it run for a bit.

 

I also replaced the plug in the 855 after noticing it was the wrong one.

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Pullstart
On 7/30/2025 at 8:25 PM, Pullstart said:

I got this black hood running… and it works great!


 

 

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Shed

Latest of my build the bed still not done 

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Ed Kennell
15 minutes ago, Shed said:

Latest of my build the bed still not done 

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Not sure if it will be a problem, but I would prefer to see that long brake rod in tension rather than compression.

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28 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

I got this black hood running… and it works great!

 

She's purdy!!! :eusa-clap:
 

Can't wait to see if that seat makes my butt look fat... :lol:

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Pullstart

@Shed that’s great!  Any idea the load capacity of the axle?  That’s 1”, correct?

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Shed
46 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

@Shed that’s great!  Any idea the load capacity of the axle?  That’s 1”, correct?

I was told around 250 pounds 

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Shed
1 hour ago, Ed Kennell said:

 

Not sure if it will be a problem, but I would prefer to see that long brake rod in tension rather than compression.

I would have to make another Z bar some how. I wanted it to pull but couldn't get it to work any ideas

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8ntruck
1 hour ago, Shed said:

I would have to make another Z bar some how. I wanted it to pull but couldn't get it to work any ideas

How about a cable instead of a rod?

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Handy Don

Posting today because the work was last week at my son and daughter’s extremely remote and off-the-grid camp. 

“Clyde” (the camp tractor) needed some attention—reports from the field declared it was hard-starting, had grown loud, and was running poorly, requiring some choke always. I brought a replacement muffler, carb, and other parts it might need.

Muffler had a number of rust-through holes. Replaced it and gained a 5 or 6db drop in sound level.

Fuel was draining back from carb to tank after only a couple days. Added a primer bulb and starts are instantaneous. 

Rough running cause was revealed during the muffler swap—the Welch plug on the carb had fallen out. Amazingly, it was still there on top of the engine and I was able to clean out its port, wrangle it back into place and secure it. Going forward, I’ll be adding ⅜” Welch plugs to my spares kit as a guarantee that I’ll never need another one!

Greased everything in sight and a lot of stuff that wasn’t.

Topped up the oil in the engine and transaxle 

 

My “shop away from home.” A step up from relying on a shade tree. The tarp was a lifesaver when I inevitably dropped a nut, bolt, or washer. I took some heat about bringing a shop stool but by the end of the week all the assistants were converts. 

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Sharpening one of the 80 knives on the flail mower. Had to replace six knives broken or lost due to overly enthusiastic attacks on saplings—I had some words for the operators on that 😉. Milwaukee’s ¾” x 18” M12 Bandfile is exactly the right tool for this job. 

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I made a removable boom to fit into the 2” receiver of the front lift to help with moving around some heavy and awkward things. Until now, the lift was only used for the flail. 

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chip61

Tarp's a great idea, wish I had thought of that. Much better than searching the grass for a dropped nut or bolt.

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