"Mock" Deere High Crop Tractor

"Mock" Deere High Crop Tractor TRACTORS New Tractors 32-5-22 Pat Prom mounted his Deere 212 garden tractor on stilts. The tractor rides on 4-ft. high rear tires and a custom front end that puts it 17 in. higher off the ground than normal. The tractor's rear wheels are a pair of combine rice tires. The tractor wheels had a 5-bolt pattern while the combine wheels have an 8-bolt pattern, so Prom made adapter hubs to fit. The front wheels are original. He lengthened the front spindles 17 1/2 in. and made a new pivot point for steering. The tractor body is supported by a frame made from 1-in. dia. steel tubing which Prom bolted onto the spindles. "Everything is bolted onto the tractor with no welding at all," says Prom.

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