From the 1940's until well into the 1960's, Pappy and Grand-dad used a '44 K-5 with a flatbed and a Tulsa winch as a tractor and implement hauler for their shop. The flatbed had a groove in the channel on the back to hook their 3 loading boards on. The loading boards were either 4-by or 6-by stock [I was a kid, so all I knew is that they were heavy], each about 12-14" wide and about 10 feet long. The hooks on ghe boards were made of 1/2" or 3/4" steel, bent into an "L" at the end where they hooked into the bed, and they made an "H" shape where they bolted [with cariage bolts] onto the boards themselves.
After the tractor was loaded and the load binders ["booms" or "boomers" in some localities] were secure, then a final chain and binder was used to secure the loading boards.
Obviously, you had to load the tractor while on level ground...and NEVER in the rain, since the loading boards had no sides to stop a tractor from sliding. But it was nice if you could back up to--or reasonably close to--a bank, since most folks didn't have loading docks down on the farm in that era.
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