What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[kpinnc 17,500]

On 3/25/2026 at 6:47 AM, squonk said:

30 lbs. of dog muffins

 

That must be one big bleeping dawg! 

 

Today I added a seat strut on my primary worker. Helps keep the barn cats off the seat if it's flipped up...

 

Then the same machine finished the fences, then moved a load of briars and underbrush, then a load of junk moved to the storage building. As always, it did alot! Still a favorite! 

 

 

[squonk 45,811]

8 hours ago, kpinnc said:

 

That must be one big bleeping dawg! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 dogs and 3 month's of snow cover and freezing temps will do that. The frost in our area went down almost 2 feet this year. Even yesterday when it was over 50 there are still spots in the yard that are crunchy when you walk on it instead of soft.

[sqrlgtr 2,318]

Put new seat on the newly acquired 312-8. This seat was not a direct fit for this tractor. It had a bunch of holes but they were about a half hole off . Easy enough to fix because the previous seat already had an adapter on bottom and it fit new seat great. This is a very late model tractor and dont really know if all the 300 series has the same seat bolt pattern. I am very pleased with the seat it has the heavy rubber type cover and sets very good. 

[Chris689 148]

25 minutes ago, sqrlgtr said:

It had a bunch of holes but they were about a half hole off 

That looks like the same seat I put on my 87 Simplicity. For a universal seat it’s not very universal as I had the same problem lol. It is very comfortable though so it all levels out lol.

[ebinmaine 77,824]

14 minutes ago, Chris689 said:

For a universal seat it’s not very universal

 

Maybe it fits universal joints better than tractors.....?

 

 

 

 

[sqrlgtr 2,318]

1 hour ago, Chris689 said:

That looks like the same seat I put on my 87 Simplicity.

I want hold that against you . I got mine off the jungle site for 60 bucks and free shipping so thought I would take a chance on one. I don't think you can beat them for the $$$ and may go back for another one in the near future.

[WHX?? 55,710]

2 hours ago, sqrlgtr said:

about a half hole off

Reminds me of a few around here ... 

[c-series don 11,700]

Today I put the 417-A with blower away for the year, so I had to move some tractors around. Figured I’d snap a few pics, couldn’t wait for side shot Saturday to post 😂 Sorry for the grease on the front wheel of the 418-C I removed it immediately after I took the picture 😂 I figured I’d say that before one of you wise guys said something about it!! 

[Chris689 148]

2 hours ago, sqrlgtr said:

I want hold that against you

lol I appreciate that. I was contemplating buying another one for my 73 WH because it needs a new seat bad but I don’t wanna drill new hole in the fender, I was also thinking of using the U-shaped seat spring mounts which should bolt up, and making a cross bar and bolting a ford 8N seat to it because I like the red and white seat covers available for them. Just haven’t decided yet.

[cleat 8,841]

1 hour ago, c-series don said:

Today I put the 417-A with blower away for the year, so I had to move some tractors around. Figured I’d snap a few pics, couldn’t wait for side shot Saturday to post 😂 Sorry for the grease on the front wheel of the 418-C I removed it immediately after I took the picture 😂 I figured I’d say that before one of you wise guys said something about it!! 

 

Ha Ha, I'm glad that terrible mess was taken care of.

 

The poor seat needs some love.

 

On a positive note, I like how high your blade lifts on the 418. My 520HC does not go that high before it contacts the tractor (where abouts I can't remember right now).

 

Edited yesterday at 01:43 AM by cleat

[kpinnc 17,500]

2 hours ago, c-series don said:

Today I put the 417-A with blower away for the year, so I had to move some tractors around. Figured I’d snap a few pics, couldn’t wait for side shot Saturday to post 😂 Sorry for the grease on the front wheel of the 418-C

 

Absolutely beautiful machines, and a little grease will just earn you a pass from Pete!  

[ebinmaine 77,824]

8 hours ago, cleat said:

My 520HC does not go that high before it contacts the tractor

 

Do you have the down spacers on the rear axle?

[WHX?? 55,710]

11 hours ago, cleat said:

The poor seat needs some love.

Glad you said something Cleat. Thought maybe we have to have another ungly seat contest Black duck tape is all I can tell ya Don. Sometimes hard to find a replacement that takes those arm rests. I've learned to live with ugly seats. 

[cleat 8,841]

29 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

Glad you said something Cleat. Thought maybe we have to have another ungly seat contest Black duck tape is all I can tell ya Don. Sometimes hard to find a replacement that takes those arm rests. I've learned to live with ugly seats. 

 

Actually, the seat shown looks like the one I put on all of my builds.

 

These have several different armrest mounting points.

 

 

I get these now at Princess Auto but I used to get them at tractor supply before they closed.

 

Arm rests are very hard to find new now it seems.

 

 

 

[cleat 8,841]

3 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Do you have the down spacers on the rear axle?

 

I have 3/8" thick spacers.

Maybe I need to make thicker ones.

 

 

[ebinmaine 77,824]

3 hours ago, cleat said:

 

I have 3/8" thick spacers.

Maybe I need to make thicker ones.

 

I'd say.  

 

We've only ever outfitted one Eaton 1100 tractor with a plow. The Workhorse GT1800.  

That needed an adapter on the back that was an inch thick. I could have gone a little thicker but the 1-in set is what we had to hand.

[cleat 8,841]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

I'd say.  

 

We've only ever outfitted one Eaton 1100 tractor with a plow. The Workhorse GT1800.  

That needed an adapter on the back that was an inch thick. I could have gone a little thicker but the 1-in set is what we had to hand.

 

I found a chunk of 1/2" thick x 2" wide steel bar and made two more spacers.

I now have the rear hitch spaced down 7/8"

 

I now have 4-1/2" of lift on the blade and still have some down float when fully lowered as well.

 

Not a lot when compared to my big tractor and it's cat 1 three point hitch but better than it was.

Hopefully now I can move it around the yard in the summer without ripping up too much sod.

 

 

Edited 9 hours ago by cleat

[c-series don 11,700]

@cleat I don’t have any spacers on the rear axle bracket. In fact I’ve never used spacers on any of my tractors. Usually I just use the factory solid lift link in the furthest out hole in the rockshaft. 

[cleat 8,841]

1 hour ago, c-series don said:

@cleat I don’t have any spacers on the rear axle bracket. In fact I’ve never used spacers on any of my tractors. Usually I just use the factory solid lift link in the furthest out hole in the rockshaft. 

 

I was getting a bit of clearance when lifting but not as much as I would like before the blade frame would contact the front axle.

 

It was fine for plowing snow but when moving around the yard in warm weather it would tear up some little buts of sod on uneven ground.

 

I wonder if it is because of the forward swept axle ?

 

Oh well, it is OK now (I think, tractor will be getting moved out back for the summer soon so we will see if it contacts the ground).