gonna build a homemade tractor

[Soundguy]

Think kingpin and bushing.. should be easy to fab from existing frame... will make steering different though...


As mentioned a floating loader is gonn be weird... Gues othe roption would be to defeat the springs with a solid brace...

Soundguy

[missourihick]

I thought about a bump stop (hard rubber pad) the axle could sit on anytime there is extra weight. I went hunting universal joints and driveshafts saturday,got most of what I need. I am working on the mount for the extra transmission.

[Soundguy]

Guess you could also get a couple handfulls of spring stiffeners.. those rubber pieces that stick into the sides of hte springs.. a few on each side may stiffen it up a bit yet give it a little play for the front end over uneven terain.

Soundguy

[Taylortractornut]

Chris what about using a combine rear axle. I built a spray tractor one time and took a 130 Massey Ferguson rear and made it work. Ive also made the pivots and a squared tube axle then cut the welds out of the ends of a combine axle to make special axles. that way Id have good hubs and king pins. For pivots I'd just make a bushing out of a 2inch ID tube tand use a 2 inch round bar for the pin. Id cut a hole in the center of the axle on both sides of the square tube then insert my bushing and weld it in. then uses the same 2 inch ID tube to make my bushinge on the outside hinges. I usually use 3/4 or 1 inch plate for his.

[jmc]

I had to learn about vertical stiffness under a loader the hard way. I was using my tractor instead of a fork lift to move a 900 lb. metalworking machine mounted on a bench. The plan was to slide the machine into the bucket without overloading the edge of the bench. Just the flex in the front tires made it awkward. As the weight transfered from the bench to the bucket, the bucket sank from tire flex which in turn, put more weight on the bench edge. Luckily it held up ok.

John

[missourihick]

Well I scrapped the ford power plant idea because it was to wide.I got this IHC 3/4 ton 4x4 with good six cylinder ,4 speed and transfer case and axles. I have to shorten the frame and driveshaft.I hope the rear driveshaft will hold up ,it'll only be 20" long between U joints and it'll have to run in a pretty good angle. I drove it in standing on the frame and running off a boat gas tank. This is a 57 model and the axles are real heavy,especially the rear one.It has single wheels on it,but I have a set of dual wheels for the back when it is finished.

[missourihick]

Heres another view.

[markie61]

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Now then - THAT is what I would like to see a picture of... [img]/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

Mark

[LBrown59]

Back in 1968 I bought a 1957 international 2 wheel drive 1/2 ton pick up, slapped an 8' slide in cab over truck camper on it and took it to California.
This was my first truck first camper and first trip to California.

The truck only had 3800 miles on it and was like new.
Some old guy bought it new and the only place he ever drove it to was his sisters place about 5 or 6 blocks from where he lived and one round trip to a small town 22 miles from here.

His name was Sutton. He'd died and the truck was part of his estate sale.

Right after I bought it the water pump went bad and I was carrying it and the fan through the shop at the IH Dealer on my way to the parts counter when 2 or 3 of the service workers hollered out from about 15 feet away; Hay did you buy Suttons truck?
They could tell what truck the fan was off of just by how clean it was.
This an another one that I should have kept.
I think mine was in a little better shape than yours.LOL
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PS the water pump was the only repair I ever had to make on the truck.