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| B-16_IC |
Posted - 02/10/2011 : 20:26:38
I decided a year ago that I had to get these tractors off the ground to work on them heavily, my back just can't take the bending over. Last winter I built a heavy workbench with thoughts of using it for such work but I needed a way to get them up there. I kept the thought rolling around in my head while I looked at what others had and what was commercially available. I ended up spending the last two weeks on and off combining a bunch of leftover and salvaged lumber, hardware, and other stuff to make this
The castors it rolls on are salvaged from a stand my late uncle had built to split his 580K Case backhoe so I doubt they will give problems. The winch was saved from an old car trailer I used to use that I scrapped out last year, it has two speeds and a free wheel brake for fast unload. I winched a few dead cars with flat tires and sometimes no wheels with it so I know it will handle a GT! I made the winch mount removable so the stand can be stood on end and save space when not in use. I cut two boards alike so I could use one as the winch mount and one as a handy place to mount my mini tire changer. That frees up bench space.
The end opposite the winch lowers down after the legs are folded down, after the tractor is winched on it gets jacked back up. I winched the old B-10 on just to try it out.
I'm planning on using my engine hoist or long frame floor jack for lifting dutys, no lift on the stand makes it lighter to stand it up in a corner when not in use. This entire project came about from in stock parts, hardware, and materials. Sometimes my pack-rat, auction going ways come in handy. Now with warmer temps than the teens we've been having called for this weekend I plan on dragging the 712H out of the snow and putting the stand to use, can't wait to get it tore down! |
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| B-16_IC |
Posted - 02/17/2011 : 20:09:13
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Originally posted by skunkhome
What is the mechanism you are using to raise the ramp end of your work platform.
After winching on the 712H I used my 5 ton Walker long frame floor jack to lift it, not optimum as far as safety, but it worked. I plan on using my engine hoist from now on, it looks safer and easier but was buried outside in a few feet of snowdrift last weekend. I drug it to the garage door tonight since it was a whopping 64 degrees when I got home! No longer frozen in with those temps! What a difference a week makes, below freezing last week, t-shirt weather today. Gotta love the mid-west. |
| skunkhome |
Posted - 02/17/2011 : 09:40:20
What is the mechanism you are using to raise the ramp end of your work platform. |
| B-16_IC |
Posted - 02/17/2011 : 01:12:40
I haven't had much computor time the last several days due to shop time so I'm a little behind on the updated pics. Here are a few I took while I was cranking the 712H up, hopefully they help to show how things work better.
I hooked the cable hook to the rear hitch, I can see this will be the safest and easiest way to do it.
This is how I lock the legs up, holes bored through the legs and the fixed 2x6 for common hitch pins to slide through. I was wondering what I was going to do with these pins, 5/8" diameter, 6" long, too long for GT use, too thin for farm tractor use.
Within minutes of beginning teardown on the Allis I realized I was in need of more height on my end ocassionally. So, I stopped wrenching for a little while to throw together a step stool. Made for a practical use for some short scrap lumber, I and my back are much happier stepping on and off a stool occasionally than bending over constantly.
The only thing I would like to do better is locking castors so it would not move when I don't want it to. These were what I had so they got used, haven't seen where it is a big issue though, just something I would suggest to others if going to town or opening a catalog to buy castors for such a thing. |
| B-16_IC |
Posted - 02/13/2011 : 22:28:37
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Originally posted by simplicityman
i like the mini tire changer b-16 where did you get it.
I bought mine used at an auction, but I've seen the same for sale at Harbor Freight and also O'Reilly's. Less than $50 IIRC. |
| simplicityman |
Posted - 02/13/2011 : 10:32:02
i like the mini tire changer b-16 where did you get it. |
| B-16_IC |
Posted - 02/12/2011 : 12:38:07
Thanks for the comments guys! I will try to take more pics today as I am heading out to the garage shortly to crank the 712 on and begin it's teardown. With highs in the thirties today it should be near t-shirt weather in the shop with the barrel stove cooking.
I had no plans, no drawings beforehand, just a rather flexible idea in my head. That's how I build most things, I have a hard time getting such ideas on paper or explaining them with words, easier to just do it. several changes were made on the fly due to strength concerns and of course materials available. Many of the dimensions of it were determined by the materials I had around, didn't want to make any stops in town, they cost money!
Dave, proper lubrication is the key to things working properly! If that lubrication happens to come from a "refinery" somewhere in Wisconsin, all the better! |
| ASEguy |
Posted - 02/12/2011 : 06:45:22
Wow! Nice job. I like it. Great idea. |
| Talntedmrgreen |
Posted - 02/11/2011 : 20:45:55
That's a fantastic idea...you got me thinkin now! I could really use seomthing like that, for sleds, tractors....golf carts? =] I would have to modify the dimensions to get a one size fits all, but you got me thinkin.... |
| acdad |
Posted - 02/11/2011 : 06:48:09
Looks like it will work perfectly! |
| B10Dave |
Posted - 02/10/2011 : 23:23:34
 Rich. Isn't it amazing what the old brain can come up with when it has been lubricated and poked with the contents of several of those "Amber" bottles. |
| Bollun |
Posted - 02/10/2011 : 23:22:56
that is a great idea. do you have any construction pictures or drawings? I could really use one of these and would like to build one. Most curious about how the folding legs stay in place. |
| 1014211 |
Posted - 02/10/2011 : 21:13:25
Very nice, and the icing on the cake is it was materials you already had! |
| skunkhome |
Posted - 02/10/2011 : 20:54:08
Save that back! |
| wlewis379 |
Posted - 02/10/2011 : 20:44:24
Good idea I like it. |
