Home-Built Tractor Looks Like IH,H or M

Home-Built Tractor Looks Like IH,H or M TRACTORS Antiques 20-5-35 Here's a tractor I built from the ground up 20 years ago. I call it "Junior" because it's de-signed to look like an old IH Model M or H - only a lot smaller. It's just 54 in. wide. I used a Continental 20 hp engine out of an old IH pull-type combine to power the tractor which I use to push snow and load things into and out of my shop. The hood and grille also came off the IH combine. Rear end, front axle and steering unit are out of an old air-plane tug. The front axle is fitted with heavy-duty boat tires and cast iron rims. Rear 24-in. wheels are off an old New Idea manure spreader. I used the mast cylinder out of a 1964 Ford car for brakes, with one pedal on each side just like on old M's or H's. I in-stalled two transmissions out of old Model A cars, which offer 9 forward and 3 reverse gears. Transmissions hook to the clutch with a bicycle chain. I used the knuckle of one transmission to adapt it to the input shaft of the other. Behind that, I used another knuckle from the transmission to the rear end. I made 8-ft. loader arms out of 2-in. dia. pipe and a 54-in. wide bucket frame out of 12-in. channel iron and fitted it with a floor. A double spool hydraulic valve controls both the bucket and loader arms. Last winter, I mounted a 3 pt. hitch on back for the 5-ft. wide 1940's vintage Fordson blade I use. From blade to bucket, the tractor measure 12 ft. long. It works great for clearing snow from side-walks because it's so narrow. (Francis A Kneifl, P.O. Box 218, Newcastle, Neb. 68757; ph 402 355-2219 or 2333).

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