What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[peter lena 9,471]

@sqrlgtr  have mine for years now , amazingly  smooth . easy to  operate . my reference to the lower , squeeze lever  , shoulder bolt swing point  is a vital one . as I originally  set mine up , went after  every  hang up area , also set it up on 2 milk crates , so I could,roller stool around it  experiment  with swing quadrant reaction . came to shoulder bolt  m as the  SMOOTH , SWING  lever  main issue , correction . dialed in funcion , with flat washers on each side of  its , threaded / smooth  areas , used a regular  nut to experiment  with , once found , remove regular nut , held setting with a , elastic lock nut . then squeeze lever response , to  quadrant slide pin , like aerosol red grease , its so smooth easy  function is still amazing  , top off with a lubricated finish  for snow slide off  , also added a heim joint to my pto lever rod end , smooth / solid  , enhanced that  battery tray , start area . hides in plane site  , glad you are doing it  , pete       

[ebinmaine 74,648]

1 hour ago, sqrlgtr said:

 the first hole from middle gets used a lot.

 

Exactly my logic...

Really more for Trina's smaller & lighter tractors. 

She has a LOT of steering issues when it's anywhere near slippery out. Like in the snow. When plowing....

Every time.  

 

 

I'm thinking if her plow blade was angled less it might be better.  

[ri702bill 10,093]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

how did you drill that? Is that nasty steal to get through? I've been considering doing that for several years.

That was done at work in a milling machine.... That hot rolled steel can be difficult. HRS has a thin "coating" if you would - like scale. I used an endmill to break thru that, then drilled it to size. Perhaps a masonry bit would work. Hardest part was adding the angled lead-in - had to hand file a lot of it due to the radius.....

[sqrlgtr 1,107]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Exactly my logic...

Really more for Trina's smaller & lighter tractors. 

She has a LOT of steering issues when it's anywhere near slippery out. Like in the snow. When plowing....

Every time.  

 

 

I'm thinking if her plow blade was angled less it might be better.  

I usaally have loaded tires for snow removal and helps a lot but you get enough snow it will push you side ways for sure. The first hole past center doesn't shed the snow as much so there is a tradeoff. I like it because it makes a wider path for tractor and seems to work better when making long sweeping turn....

[ebinmaine 74,648]

1 hour ago, sqrlgtr said:

I usaally have loaded tires for snow removal and helps a lot but you get enough snow it will push you side ways for sure.

 

Trina and I have two very different machine preferences overall. 

 

She likes her short frame light weight quick steering 8 HP rigs. 

 

Mine are all long frame very heavy 16 HP. 

 

We've tried 4 fluid filled tires on her 867. It was NOT happy. Sluggish. 

The rears also have steel weights. 

We knocked it back to fronts being filled only and kept the rear steel.. it's definitely better. 

It steers reasonably well. As stated above the hard tilting plow with any volume of snow is an issue. 

 

Mine.... HEAVY. 

I have 4 oversized fluid filled tires. Steel weights on the back. A huge plow blade. 

All go. No issues except a heavy sticky snow several inches deep. 

 

 

1 hour ago, sqrlgtr said:

The first hole past center doesn't shed the snow as much so there is a tradeoff. I like it because it makes a wider path for tractor and seems to work better when making long sweeping turn....

 

Most of our work is that exact type of turn....

 

[sqrlgtr 1,107]

@ebinmaine I love driving and the looks of the short frame tractors (square and round hood), but when it gets serious I like the ol c-160 with the loaded tires all way around and that is usually what I plow snow with but am going to try the 1257 this year, only because it has Hy unit and sure is sweet not having to pull that plow up manually . The 1257 does have wheel weights on all four corners. It is snowing here right now but don't think we will get enough to play in...

[ebinmaine 74,648]

2 minutes ago, sqrlgtr said:

snowing here right now but don't think we will get enough to play in...

 

One flake. 

 

JUST ONE FLAKE!!!

 

 

 

[kpinnc 15,757]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

One flake. 

 

JUST ONE FLAKE!!!

 

Snowed here for about 30 mins. Light flurries with no accumulation. First November snow in years. 

[Racinbob 12,244]

3 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

One flake. 

 

JUST ONE FLAKE!!!

 

 

 

Some records around here. We got about 5" and that will be it. Our daughter about 15 miles from here has 14" and still counting. Goofy lake effect. 

[ebinmaine 74,648]

6 hours ago, kpinnc said:

 

Snowed here for about 30 mins. Light flurries with no accumulation. First November snow in years. 

 

6 hours ago, Racinbob said:

Some records around here. We got about 5" and that will be it. Our daughter about 15 miles from here has 14" and still counting. Goofy lake effect. 

 

 

Meanwhile... here in Maine...

Yesterday we had mid 40s and rain. 

 

This morning however,  30⁰ and everything is frozen solid.  

 

😬

[Ed Kennell 43,127]

28F and 15mph winds this morning.  Good day to stay close to the wood stove.    

[sqrlgtr 1,107]

13 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

28F and 15mph winds this morning.  Good day to stay close to the wood stove.    

Absolutely

we did get snow but dont think I will have to put my chains on yet.

[702854boy 276]

On Sunday, I was looking at a broken creeper and realized the headrest piece looked a lot like the wooden back for the round hood back rests so, I took it off and put it in my brother's lawn Ranger it looks like it was meant to be

[sqrlgtr 1,107]

Put modified push/pull rod and modified main pivot  pin back on 1257 snow plow. Also angle lever was on plow bass ackwards . I always thought there was sumin different about this plow and just assumed lever was harder to reach because it was a long frame plow!!!!! What a dummy, so much easier to reach now. Last pic is way it was before and I forgot to take a pic after I turned it around 

[kpinnc 15,757]

11 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

This morning however,  30⁰ and everything is frozen solid.  

 

 

The temps dropped here rapidly yesterday evening. Wind chills in the teens. 

 

I let my dog out last night, and I wish I'd made a video. He slid to a stop and ran back inside and dove under the bed. I can't say I blame him! 

[ebinmaine 74,648]

1 hour ago, sqrlgtr said:

Also angle lever was on plow bass ackwards

 

I've run em that way on purpose to make Bear reach Freedom of movement. 

 

I do have looonng ape arms though.  

[sqrlgtr 1,107]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

 

I've run em that way on purpose to make Bear reach Freedom of movement. 

 

I do have looonng ape arms though.  

Before I turned it around, I was setting on top of shifter to reach trigger on handle .

[kpinnc 15,757]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

do have looonng ape arms though. 

 

 

[ebinmaine 74,648]

YES!!

[cafoose 3,493]

1 hour ago, sqrlgtr said:

Before I turned it around, I was setting on top of shifter to reach trigger on handle .

[sqrlgtr 1,107]

Is that a bearillo or goribeararilo 

 

30 minutes ago, kpinnc said:

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 74,648]

1 minute ago, sqrlgtr said:

Is that a bearillo or goribeararilo 

 

 

 

Yes

[sqrlgtr 1,107]

Hooked yard cart up to the 12hp no name and gathered a little fuel for stove (wood). Thats a Simplicity cart so don't hold it against me. Bought at yard sale and was going to paint it Wheel Horse color but its such good shape hate to fool with it. Maybe some Simplicity fan will trade me a Wheel Horse cart/equipment for it . Wishful thinking I know….

[Ed Kennell 43,127]

Dragged in another one that blew down in the field.  This 312H with turfs can sure pull its weight.

[Blue Chips 240]

I'm finally getting my new-to-me New Holland GT18 put back together. I gave it its first 'real' test drive today, and it was running kind of rough in the low-to-mid RPM range. Full bore was OK.

 

I picked up a new aftermarket carburetor for it, but after having a close look at the new carb, I decided to keep the original Keihin carb, largely because the ends of the screws that secure the Keihin's choke and throttle plates were staked in place, which is the way I learned to secure those plates many years ago, and I've never had a failure. Other methods are probably just fine, but I have my prejudices. 

 

I took the original Keihin carb apart and quickly found the problem. When I lifted the top casting off, the slow-speed jet fell out because the little O-rings on the jet were hard as a rock and had shrunk, so their seal was completely gone. Easy fix, though.

 

 

I cannibalized the aftermarket carb for its O-rings, rubber bowl gasket, float needle, and manifold gasket, but kept the rest of the Keihin carb original. I set the float level per the procedure in the service manual. BTW, there are no adjustable needle valves; the only external adjustment is the idle speed.

 

Anyway, it made a HUGE improvement. It now has excellent low, mid, and high-RPM performance. There's just a very slight hesitation if it's idling and I quickly slam the throttle all the way open. Granted, this carb doesn't have an accelerator pump, but at the same time, from some past experience with other machines I think a fresh batch of fuel just might take care of that lag. I have no idea how old the fuel is, since it's the same fuel that was in the tank when I bought the tractor. and judging from some of the dust deposits, it may have been sitting for a long time.