Re: Pallets to prop up the tractor?

Posted by scotc on November 06, 2006 at 19:12:50 from (65.220.16.62):

In Reply to: Pallets to prop up the tractor? posted by Mike CA on November 06, 2006 at 08:53:32:

we've used cement blocks before but there is one HUGELY IMPORTANT thing to remember- they hold weight when stacked with the hole side up, they break when the flat side is up. What we did was stack 2 pillars, 2 blocks side to side, one tier oriented north-south, the next east-west, up till a serious peice of blocking was almost up to the right height then shim it with 2x8, 2x6, the widest peice of wood we could. Blocks will hold quite a bit if laid right and if there is some softer material(wood) between the blocks and the object being supported.
When cribbing with wood blocks, keep the 2 peices in each tier parralel(or thereabouts) but with some space between them. The wider you start the better. Bring each tier in a little so you get a slight pyramid shape to it. If you butt the blocks right against each other they aren't nearly as stable.
For the sm and the 300 my uncle used 2 peices of spreader web( real heavy angle iron). He cut them a little longer then the floor to the top of the flat sides of the bellhousing, welded a couple peices of flat scrap to the bottoms for feet, and burned holes in them to bolt them (using 2 bolts) to the sides of the bellhousings. It's ok for an m h 300, up to a 450, I don't think I'd use that setup for anything bigger. For the 10 and 1566 we used a freind's massive trolley jack and a he-man powered crane to split them at his shop. The 756 and 786 we cribbed under the bellhousing then used the backhoe to hold up the rear of the engine and move it away from the bellhousing. If you have a backhoe or even a skidsteer on the smaller ones, it takes some of the work out of moving the front half around.

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