ebinmaine 71,700 #26 Posted April 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, WheelHorseSteve said: relief setting I run cranes and forklifts for a living so I'm all too familiar with the relief valves. As I'm sure you are well aware they are put there for a very good reason. Your bucket sounds like it's heavily reinforced. Excellent idea. Do you know roughly what weight you are lifting when it kicks the valve? Or do you know the weight of the bucket itself? Point of my questions being, if you use the forklift by itself often enough it would be of great value to you to make up a carriage so you could drop the bucket and pick up the forks in just a minute or two. Pretty impressive to see a k361 being properly utilized. Not a super common engine in the first place and they're very interesting to see. Very nice tractor overall. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 65,574 #27 Posted April 9, 2021 1 hour ago, ebinmaine said: Pretty impressive to see a k361 being properly utilized. Not a super common engine in the first place and they're very interesting to see. Is that the OHV... or is that a 16 tecky that you have? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 71,700 #28 Posted April 9, 2021 12 minutes ago, pullstart said: Is that the OHV... or is that a 16 tecky that you have? K361 Kohler engine is an OHV in a similar manner to the techie that is in my c-160 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 65,574 #29 Posted April 9, 2021 Ahhh, I see! I think. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WheelHorseSteve 56 #30 Posted April 12, 2021 On 4/9/2021 at 5:37 AM, ebinmaine said: I run cranes and forklifts for a living so I'm all too familiar with the relief valves. As I'm sure you are well aware they are put there for a very good reason. Your bucket sounds like it's heavily reinforced. Excellent idea. Do you know roughly what weight you are lifting when it kicks the valve? Or do you know the weight of the bucket itself? Point of my questions being, if you use the forklift by itself often enough it would be of great value to you to make up a carriage so you could drop the bucket and pick up the forks in just a minute or two. Pretty impressive to see a k361 being properly utilized. Not a super common engine in the first place and they're very interesting to see. Very nice tractor overall. Thanks! I considered fabricating a set of dedicated forks for it but given how I’ll be between the forks and bucket frequently I didn’t feel like having to pull the pins constantly. The clamp-on forks are definitely for lighter duty use and the reinforcements in the bucket should keep it from bending as long as I don’t overdo it with the forks. I am not sure about the weight capacity but it would be easy enough to test with the Olympic weights... will try loading 45 lb plates until it won’t lift anymore to get a sense of what it is capable of. RE: the K361, it’s definitely a pretty rare bird with Kohler only making it for a few years. It’s definitely more of a pain to work on with the OHV setup but I wanted to do something a little different with this build. Will post a video of it running sometime soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WheelHorseSteve 56 #31 Posted April 12, 2021 On 4/9/2021 at 7:50 AM, ebinmaine said: K361 Kohler engine is an OHV in a similar manner to the techie that is in my c-160 That’s right... another more rare engine. I decided to cut a pass-through for the OHV valve cover instead of raising the hood like they used to do with your C-160. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 71,700 #32 Posted April 12, 2021 32 minutes ago, WheelHorseSteve said: That’s right... another more rare engine. I decided to cut a pass-through for the OHV valve cover instead of raising the hood like they used to do with your C-160. I like that idea because it really draws attention to the engine. 35 minutes ago, WheelHorseSteve said: Don’t Overdo It With The Forks. I am not sure about the weight capacity but it would be easy enough to test with the Olympic weights... will try loading 45 lb plates until it won’t lift anymore to get a sense of what it is capable of Note the line highlighted above. I don't know for sure... I remember something about many of the Wheelhorse or other garden tractor loaders being rated at a 500 lb lift capacity with stock bucket. Going over that on a regular basis would be pretty well testing the strength and flexibility of the front axle set up. FYI on forklifts/forks. "Powered Industrial Lifts" to blanket cover several different types are rated **** Pounds AT **** distance from the bottom inside base of movement. The limiting factor is ALWAYS the lighter. So your forks may be built for (any # above 500). The capacity is still 500#. Remember levers and fulcrums. At 0 inches from lift base point 500 lbs is just that. Huge differences just a few inches out. Love to see more pics/video whenever... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haydendavid380 759 #33 Posted April 12, 2021 On 4/24/2019 at 3:47 PM, ebinmaine said: Those are a great little tractor That they are. As long as its running, that's a good price too 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 71,700 #34 Posted April 12, 2021 7 minutes ago, haydendavid380 said: That they are. As long as its running, that's a good price too Up here that's a good price if it DOESN'T run. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
