Home-Built Tractor Made From Junk Parts

Home-Built Tractor Made From Junk Parts TRACTORS Made-It-Myself 26-2-34 I made my own tractor mostly from junk parts. It isn't fancy but it works great. The frame is made from 6-in. channel iron, and the front axle is off a Ford pickup that had twin I-beam suspension. A raised pivot point at the center allows the front wheels to move freely up or down. The steering system also came off the Ford pickup. The 4-cyl. gas engine and 4-speed manual transmission are off a Toyota car. The transmission is coupled to a GM 4-speed truck transmission that is in turn connected to the rear end off a 5-ton military truck. The front wheels are off a Ford pickup while the 3 1/2-ft. high rear wheels are off an old grader. I had to modify the rear wheels to fit the Ford axle. I made a center plate to fill the hole in the wheel and then drilled new holes in the plate. The hood is made from sheet metal while the rear fenders are off a Massey Ferguson tractor that had burned up. I used rectangular steel tubing to build a front-end loader, which is equipped with a quick-tach bucket. The loader is raised or lowered by two matching hydraulic cylinders. The exhaust manifold is off the Toyota and is mounted upside down, with a new muffler attached on top. The two transmissions gear the tractor down so it can go from a slow crawl up to 20 mph. (Dean Leigh, 85 12th Ave., Whitehorse, Yukon Territories, Canada Y1A 4K2 ph 867 633-2284)

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