Re: homemade tractor

Posted by Gerald J. on October 17, 2006 at 19:38:02 from (67.0.103.112):

In Reply to: homemade tractor posted by ken in texas on October 17, 2006 at 18:00:57:

About 1950 my dad traded a broken 35 chevy 4 door (rod through the side off the block) for a worn out model A chassis. He shortened the axles and driveshaft, turned the axle or the brake plates over and hitched a drawbar to some ball end pins there. He made the front frame from water pipe with welded joints. He sawed off th front spindles from the spindle plates and shortened the front axle. He mounted new spindles down about 8" from the original spindles and mounted rubber tired wheel barrow wheels for the fronts and used 6-16s for the rears. The engine couples with a belt reduction to an idler shaft made from one of the front spindles. From that idler shaaft to the transmission the other spindle acts as a clutch idler. The engine was new from Montgomery Ward made by Wisconsin. It pulls a one horse plow, many years it had a side mounted rotary more (wore out several), and it pulls a section of spike tooth harrow over the garden. In his 80s he added a poweer steering pump and some hydraulics for lifting the plow. I have it now. There are a couple welds that need fixing.

Gerald J.

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