What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[sqrlgtr 2,354]

fired the 520H up after replacing manifold, decarbonization, valve adjustment, carb rebuild and oil drain repair.

[ebinmaine 77,911]

I'm out and working for over an hour already. That pile of chips is probably enough to fill a small trailer.

 

[sqrlgtr 2,354]

10 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

I'm out and working for over an hour already. That pile of chips is probably enough to fill a small trailer.

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheeze..

[ebinmaine 77,911]

16 minutes ago, sqrlgtr said:

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheeze..

 

I'm doing both.  I like cheese.   

 

🧀 

[sqrlgtr 2,354]

12 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

I'm doing both.  I like cheese.   

 

🧀

Me too but dont tell them cheeze curd heads out Wis.

[JCM 10,997]

That Onan's sounding sweet from here. Nice job  !    @sqrlgtr

[Ed Kennell 45,415]

First mowing this year.  Used the 310-8 and Trac Vac to clean up all the winter duff.

Did my lawn and all the right o ways around the farm.

 

 

Then paid a visit to my neighbors green house for flowers.

 

 

[adsm08 4,280]

We put the deck on the Commando and did the spring greasing, then the boy did the first mow of the season. Then we used it to move five big wagon fulls of gravel around where we are making parking for the trailers.

 

I still have to reseed half the yard from this winter's construction project.

Edited Saturday at 08:02 PM by adsm08

[Wishin4a416 2,509]

I blew some paint on a hood I got from a member here. Original had tree damage. I will shoot the grill satin black when red is good and dry. This was a Toro black stripe hood but will become a burgundy stripe hood. I power washed and serviced the little 36 inch deck. The tractor will go to camp for summer. 

Edited Saturday at 08:06 PM by Wishin4a416
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[ebinmaine 77,911]

Couple pics of the 1974 C160-8 Cinnamon Horse and Mackissic chipper shredder at work today. 

The one with the tractor was the very beginning of the first pile. The one not showing the tractor is the end of the second pile. I would say a good strong 4+ hours of work today, off n on. Quite a lot of chips produced.

Have to be very very careful. The interior hammers will suck in the material at extremely high speed. But the outside blade, you have to push the material into it. It's quite an extreme workout to operate this thing.

 

 

This pile is about the size of the tractor.  

 

 

 

 

Also, Jaxon was here for a visit today. 

Him & BBT worked hard, and played hard. 

 

 

 

[sqrlgtr 2,354]

This is my Jaxon (great nephew). Wonder if they will be posting about each other's Wheel Horses' 20/30years from now on here 

[SylvanLakeWH 30,848]

25 minutes ago, sqrlgtr said:

each other's Wheel Horses' 20/30years from now on here 

Maybe by then @ebinmaine will be done with Colossus... 

 

Nah... what am i thinking!?!? 

[EB-80/8inPA 1,990]

Well, I think I finally got the C160 running ok, provided the Kroil fixes an annoying resistance in the choke cable that mysteriously appeared for no apparent reason.  And a front tire went flat, too.  This machine seems to hate me of a sudden - I fix one thing and then something else goes on the fritz.

There’s no end to it!

[ebinmaine 77,911]

1 minute ago, EB-80/8inPA said:

 - I fix one thing and then something else goes on the fritz.

There’s no end to it!

 

And now we see why I prefer to just shred everything and reassemble as new.  

Great reduction of future issues.  

[kpinnc 17,542]

13 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

I'm out and working for over an hour already. That pile of chips is probably enough to fill a small trailer.

 

There are several attachments I'd love to have, but that chipper might just be the one I'd get the most use from. 

 

Very nice setup! 

[ebinmaine 77,911]

9 hours ago, kpinnc said:

 

There are several attachments I'd love to have, but that chipper might just be the one I'd get the most use from. 

 

Very nice setup! 

 

We'll be using it a LOT this year.  

 

The last several warm seasons here we've been doing larger projects for other folks. All good. Love helping people. .... but we need to spend this spring summer fall catching up with our own chores.  

We have a brush pile from the barn build that's been setting mostly untouched for almost 4 years. Several clearing projects and the piles from them. Lots of firewood and that brush. And a couple serious winter storms that knocked trees down.  

 

I could easily run this chipper 3 to 5 hours every week and not be done this year.  

[BrianKoch 362]

Happy Easter Gentlemen!

 

This morning I began the process of figuring out what is leaking on the 312A’s hydro pump. Lot of cleaning ahead of me…
 

I also ordered a new motion control plate as this one is pretty wallowed out. 
 

 

[MainelyWheelhorse 2,380]

 

Today for Easter I took the Frankenstein C-141 out in the damp weather up here. The goal was to run it around for a bit and to check if my connections were waterproof. It passed with no issues. It ran like a top too which was an added bonus.

Edited 12 hours ago by MainelyWheelhorse

[8ntruck 8,684]

14 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

I could easily run this chipper 3 to 5 hours every week and not be done this year.  

Seems like I've got piles like that on my Ky. property.

[ebinmaine 77,911]

6 hours ago, 8ntruck said:

Seems like I've got piles like that on my Ky. property.

 

Considering the land clearing we've both been doing, that's reasonable. 

[c-series don 11,719]

Saturday I got the 416-H ready for mowing duty by installing the 60” deck and Peco vacuum system. I cut real low to vacuum up the small sticks and debris from the winter, then put the C-101 to light duty work spreading lime. Tractor and spreader are both about the same age. The spreader I picked up off an estate I was working on, it was in the basement like new! 

Edited 1 hour ago by c-series don

[Ed Kennell 45,415]

3 minutes ago, c-series don said:

416-H ready for mowing duty by installing the 60” deck

I thought the 60" required a FS axle.  

Hope you didn't get any lime on that  101.  

[c-series don 11,719]

@Ed Kennell The 416 has 6” front wheels allowing it to turn about 95% before rubbing a little. My yard is pretty open so it’s not really an issue. I mow often, the 16hp Onan handles the deck with ease. 
 As far as the lime dust on the C-101, don’t worry Ed as soon as I was done it went up on my lift table for a thorough cleaning. Even got some tire shine on it and vinyl conditioner on the seat!