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Should this be in the 'Home built items' section?    Pulled this out of the spare stable/hay barn, I made this a couple of years ago out of an old oxy bottle, some scrap channel, an old oak fence post, (for bearings) J D front wheels and other assorted pieces from the 'come in handy' pile. My original intention was to make a smaller version of the fold up rollers the big boys use and pull it behind the Wheelhorse, but I ran out of spare bottles. With the wheels in place it fits nicely through the stable door. By pulling the lever the roll is lifted or lowered. The spike tooth harrow is one of a set of three I bought from the 'Cheffins' machinery sale a couple of months ago

Should this be in the 'Home built items' section?    Pulled this out of the spare stable/hay barn, I made this a couple of years ago out of an old oxy bottle, some scrap channel, an old oak fence post, (for bearings) J D front wheels and other assorted pieces from the 'come in handy' pile. My original intention was to make a smaller version of the fold up rollers the big boys use and pull it behind the Wheelhorse, but I ran out of spare bottles. With the wheels in place it fits nicely through the stable door. By pulling the lever the roll is lifted or lowered. The spike tooth harrow is one of a set of three I bought from the 'Cheffins' machinery sale a couple of months ago

Thanks mate, it do look good.
 
 
 
Thanks Norm, yep the engine does look just right in there.
 
 
 
Thought you would like it Ben   Once I had the engine out I knew there was no way I could stop for the day with seeing the engine in place
 
 
 
Thanks Neil, I'm really looking forward to the build too and of course the fun of driving it
 
 
 
Hi Charlie.. Will the be videos soon???   But of course
 
Thanks for that, it looks a heavy duty bit of kit..
Nigel dropped in today and once he had stopped grinning at the project he says he might well have a right angles gearbox thingy I can use. Ta muchly Nigel
 
 
Here you are Charlie, the first video of Project "Why Not"
 

Hi Ian,  some pic`s of the gearbox I was given, it has slight damage to the keyway on the output shaft, I`m not sure what Kubota deck it came off but it was quite big,rough dim`s are 150 x 150 x 120mm output shaft is approx 150mm long & 25mm dia. No doubt  you can find something similar, I was told these things new are around  £1500.     Could you not use the internals from the bike hub & fabricate a case to suit ? Having seen previous examples of your work I`m sure it would not be too dificult

It's been a busy but very worth while day in the shack
 
The Honda started to look a little less complete..
 

 
 
But eventually it gave up it's grip on the engine.
 

 
 
Getting it on the bench was interesting, I had to "walk" it up a plank!
 

 
 
A view from the back..
 

 
 
Sooooo... The big question was, will the engine fit in the Raider without having to trim the hood or extend the chassis???
 
 
You bet it did :D
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
I can't stop grinning

The time had come to check the drive chain for fit, but first I had to do a bit of trimming to make some clearance space..
 

 
 
Woo Hoo, the chain fit's without hitting anything.
 

 
 
I'd best cover up the holes now
 

 
 
Of course not having a bit of box the same size going spare I had to cut  and shut some smaller stuff.
 

 
 
With the outrigger off and clamped to some rather hefty box to stop it warping, it was serious welding time..
 

 
 
Ta Daa
 

 

 

I know its been awhile since I've posted, but I've been busy with my latest project. I've been looking for a work truck to replace my work van. Nothing fancy, just a nice big truck that I can mount my air compressor, generator, and other tools in. I found a 1993 Chevrolet K2500 4WD, 6.5 Turbo Diesel, with the engine taken apart. It has a decent interior, and the body is fair. It will make a perfect work truck. One that I can do whatever with, and not have to worry about scratches, and other things happening to it. I've given the engine a going thru. Replaced the piston rings, bearings, gaskets, new injector, and a few other things. The engine is about finished, and of course I had to paint it up pretty!  If there is any part of your vehicle that you want to look good, its the engine, Right?   Here are a few pics. Thanks
 
Matt

Here is George rolling in stones in new grass at Kingskettle Fife Scotland hope you like

While staying with Mike Martino here in Conneticut USA I have taken a few pics of some of his collection & some pics of Cecil Ponds artefacts. & I even got to have a ride round on his senior.
Today I get to take a look at the complete Wheelhorse archive from Cecil ponds office.

This is the first show of the season I am very proud of my achievement ,  with a lot of help from friends and I came home with a first prize and a cup Thanks all  who helped to make it possible

Our two four legged drive grass cutters-my wife on the Westwood towing the modified flail mower

Short update....
Bendy made it to this years UK wheel horse round up and then back.... some of you saw it, the weather spoilt it off the rest.
I started on the footplates this week, using the original ones but reversed left and right.

New bars for the footrests - a bit of rebar

With the heavily modified plates back on

Amazing how the original front angle works in reverse

And with the seat on blocks to get the height

Next stop, rear transmission strip down

Our two four legged drive grass cutters-my wife on the Westwood towing the modified flail mower

Great job Doug, seems like very good way of solving the problem Your 'Horse looks pretty cool with that exhaust and those wheels too!

Today Pam and I went to Heartbeat country and finished up at Whitby for Fish and Chips, yum yum, here's the pickys

more photos

Really appreciate those who made the long journey to save me and my family a trip darn sarf this year.
A massive thanks to those who came to the Northern Wheel Horse round up. In no particular order....
Stormin - glad you came, hope you learnt something and hope swmbo doesn't spot the new addition
Paul and Wendy, hope it was worth the drive. Great to see you again. Give Bella a hug from me
Digger james, hope you enjoyed the meet up good to catch up with you.
dibnah (Tom) great to meet you at last, whonda is a fine machine, you now have to finish widestride for next year.
Simar kid(John Webster) for popping down from Richmond, your stationary engine was a nice setup!
Chris and Pam (showman) great to have your fine collection up north, you had some admirers. Thanks for the delivery too
Nigel, the Holder is something special, a top notch job. Shame about the gremlins in the electrics...
James, your commando 7 fleet is awesome, totally original workers with weights and sickle bar fab!
Nathan, glad you managed to join the forum. The major is a fine machine - the mom sticker was a good addition
Norlett -my dad.... Thanks for looking after us, and the beers!
Raider10 - my brother, thanks for putting up with us
And finally the YVA for hosting the show and Allan Walker the steward who had to sort us out!

Hope you all have a safe journey home

Hi again,
some photos of the John Deere 279 mower deck spindles converted to front wheel hubs. The holes are not threaded as i thought, I threaded them M10. The wheels are off a Howard rotavator.

Managed to take some photos,rather dirty,rusty horses,the four legged ones are probably cleaner even after having rolled in the mud.

Managed to take some photos,rather dirty,rusty horses,the four legged ones are probably cleaner even after having rolled in the mud.

well lets also here it for the British people, who are  just about the toughest folks on earth, who did with out everything of comfort, and were led by a great man who said never surrender!! Thank god you stood tall, or there never would be been a beach to launch the D day from.

HEROES EVERY ONE!!!!!!! AND NOT FORGETTING ALL THE OTHER NATIONALITIES WHO GAVE THIER LIVES FOR US

This all started at the end of 2012 when someone I know posted a Youtube video of a "twin cylinder" Suffolk Iron Foundery engine that he'd made. However the next day, he revealed it to be a fake. Soon after a friend of mine gave me 6 Suffolks that he was otherwise going to scrap and a plan started forming
For the US members on the forum, The Suffolk engine is a small cast iron block lawn mower engine, used on Suffolk reel mowers from the 50's through to the early 90's (?). It is almost identical to the Briggs and Stratton Model N, to the point that most of the parts are interchangable. Here is what one looks like before I got my hands on it!
(Not mine, I must add)
So, a (Not very good...) video showing how mine was made. I'm not very good at taking pictures, so that is all I have at the moment. I plan to do a tear down this year and paint it all, I'll take more pics then

And one of it running!!!

Unfortunatly I don't have a recent video. It now has a single carb, as getting the twin carbs set right was a pain, though I may try twin carb in the future, as I think a lot of the problems were caused by the ignition coil for the 2nd cylinder being on its last legs. it was getting worse and worse every time I ran it and the last time, I would only get th occasional fire on no2 pot. It is currently laid up under the bench, waiting a new coil. The exhausts have also been done with copper and brass fittings, though I plan on making a silencer for it in similar fashion, as it is quite loud. The next part of the plan is to find an engineless 17" Suffolk Super Punch mower and mount it on that!
Andrew

It was this day 70 years ago that thousands of US, Canadian , British & other European counties gave their young lives for each & every one of us to live today.
On the beaches of France on June 6th 1944 thousands of young lives were lost
I thank all of those that gave the ultimate sacrifice for me ,my family & friends the gift of life
Thank you
,http://youtu.be/L6EsjZYInjo

It's almost upon us....
I'm loaded up and ready

HI James, I'm using this stuff.. Not even going to try and pronounce the name    Garry bought it years ago for topping up bike battery's and it's been sitting on a shelf in the shack ever since!
 

 
 
After yesterdays mouse hunting I was greeted by the build bench looking like this when I went to the shack this morning!
 

 
 
A little while later the bench was a lot tidier and I could actually see what I was going to work on
 

 
 
Well, not all the parts as some are stashed under the bench.
 

 
 
As I was stripping the last remaining parts off the hood stand I noticed more rust that needs a bit of work.. The hood stand is now stewing in the E tank.
 

 
 
I did make a start on cleaning up the chassis, but I didn't get that much cleaned up as the shack was filling up with rust dust and it was raining so I couldn't do this part outside!
 

 
 
A much dryer and warmer day is forecast for tomorrow, so fingers crossed for some rust stripping action in the sun
 
And for your viewing delight, here's part 1 of Project Zero-ish turn.