Re: ih wide front

Posted by Hugh MacKay on August 26, 2007 at 09:15:36 from (209.226.247.173):

In Reply to: Re: ih wide front posted by Allan in NE on August 26, 2007 at 08:10:02:

Allan: During my years farming, I never made many modifications to tractors, and never major modifications. Yes, I took the flat top fenders from 656, when I installed the cab, and put them on 560. The cab was modified from a 1066 to fit 656. Dealer had this Excel cab as a customer wanted ROPS. Those are quit minor compared to front ends.

35 years ago I spent more than a few minutes, trying to devise a system to make that old 560 more user friendly. Looked at moving platform ahead changing dash, controls to 06 like specs, lengthening steering control arm for shorter steering. Never did any of them, just bought a new 1066 and turned 560 into a loader and upright silo blower tractor.

I maybe stepped out of line calling you silly restoring those 30 year old tractors. I've been every bit as bad with these little offsets. I've completely modified the cultivators to tool bars for cultivating 20", 26", 30" or 36" rows. i've cut down large disks to 20 blade, just to get heavy bearings, gangs, etc. I've built frames for 3 S-tine cultivators, sprayer, two row planter, 3 point hitches, even bought a new Deere 15' rotary hoe, cut tool bar at 7-8 foot mark, built one 8' thre point hitch and 7' one point fast hitch units. Probably for hp involved at $45,000., I may be further out of line than you.

I go regularly to a fabricator nearby, he does mainly fabrications for farmers. Every thing he and his dad have built for me have been direct and quick bolt up to my tractors. This guy is a two man shop, and some of the items I see him turning out for commercial farmers are amazing. I am confident if I took in a wide front from a 560 or 656, plus the wide front from a 966 or 1066, told him I wanted that large front end modified to fit a 560 or 656, it would be done in 5 hours from start time, and it wouldn't cost more than $350. I will further guarentee it would be a perfect bolt up when I got it home, and would stand up to anything a 560 or 656 could dish out.

I was warned 30 years ago, that 560 power steering will not stand up to a shorter turning radius wide front. My main point was, I didn't want lee to think a modern front end would successfully make a 560 turn shorter. Spending money is one matter, spending on something that doesn't perform as expected is quite another matter. Truth is we both thought trying to put that front end on a 560 was not a good move, different reasons, yet similar motive, wasted money.

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