ACman
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ACman reacted to the showman in First snow in the Deep South
Think I'll hang on a bit before i fit the blade .
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ACman reacted to Stormin in First snow in the Deep South
Glad I don't have to drive anywhere in that blizzard.
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ACman reacted to Stormin in Wheel mod.
The standard rear wheels on the C-121, (Black Horse), though fitted with ag tyres, are a little wide for ploughing. The earlier narrower wheels tend to be a bit hard to come by.
I acquired a pair of 700 x 12 ag tyres off the Fife Pooman. These had come off a walk behind and practically new. Tubes with them as well. Bit narrow for the standard wheels, but as I had some spare wheels a plan was formed. People widen wheels, so how about going t'other way?
Off to a local engineering firm with a pair of wheels. A week later I had six wheel parts and my wallet £20 lighter.
Today I had some workshop time and started to build them up.
Gavin who had machined them for me, had marked them up. So each half would match it's respective other half. The cut out centre pieces I cut through once to make a band that would hold the two halves in position. Yes, I know. I should have taken a photo.
The band was placed round the two wheel halves and clamped in position. I only used one G clamp, as I only had one big enough and moved it round as I tacked the band in place. With both wheels done and the welds cleaned up a bit, the result is below.
Not pretty I know, but they will be. Next job is to clean off the old paint. One job I really enjoy.
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ACman reacted to the showman in Wheel mod.
I see you've got a bag of cement ready to pug up the joint
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ACman reacted to neil in RJ plowing the garden
Very nice RJ , very rare here in UK , it's great to see the little guys working
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ACman got a reaction from Aidan in RJ plowing the garden
Hello from the USA ! I bleed orange but don't own one AC . My grandpa and father owned a AC ag tractor dealership and somehow I started collecting Wheel Horses . I currently have 10 in the stable along with 2 1964 Simplicity's and a Massey Ferguson 12 .
This is my son back in October 2015 on my RJ58 . The front weight is off an early Simplicity if you're wondering . It's amazing what these little tractor with a 4hp kohler can do!
http://youtu.be/pSnWliSydIU
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ACman got a reaction from Ian in RJ plowing the garden
Hello from the USA ! I bleed orange but don't own one AC . My grandpa and father owned a AC ag tractor dealership and somehow I started collecting Wheel Horses . I currently have 10 in the stable along with 2 1964 Simplicity's and a Massey Ferguson 12 .
This is my son back in October 2015 on my RJ58 . The front weight is off an early Simplicity if you're wondering . It's amazing what these little tractor with a 4hp kohler can do!
http://youtu.be/pSnWliSydIU
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ACman got a reaction from Stormin in RJ plowing the garden
Hello from the USA ! I bleed orange but don't own one AC . My grandpa and father owned a AC ag tractor dealership and somehow I started collecting Wheel Horses . I currently have 10 in the stable along with 2 1964 Simplicity's and a Massey Ferguson 12 .
This is my son back in October 2015 on my RJ58 . The front weight is off an early Simplicity if you're wondering . It's amazing what these little tractor with a 4hp kohler can do!
http://youtu.be/pSnWliSydIU