excuse to use the tractor

Jeff396 · Dec 18, 2001

We just bought a house with what I thought was a cool setup at first. We have two two car garages. One is on the basement level at one end of the house. The other is on the next level up at the other end of the house. The only thing that didn't occur to me was that with only one set of tools this would make wrenching a pain. I was spoiled with my last garage...1300 sq ft four car with two 30 ft deep stalls being 12 ft high. Soooo, now when I want to work on the Vette or the Bird, which reside upstairs, I get out the tractor and pile all of the tools I think I will need into the fel. you know, the heavier stuff...floor jack, jack stands, tool box and any parts I will need. Anything that I forget, if it's not too big, I can haul through the house.....much to my wifes dismay. I told her to look on the bright side...at least I'm not working on the motorcycles in the living room anymore. Sure makes life easier than hefting everything around by hand one at a time!/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif Oh, and our upstairs garage is built over a room in the basement with steel I-beams and metal covered by cement for the garage floor. What do youall think about lowering a car down into this room and driving another on top?/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif I can just sense my wifes hair getting grayer!!!

Jeff

AldenMiller · Dec 18, 2001

I was half joking when I suggested it but I got to use my b7500 this weekend when we removed an old freezer from my basement. After a friend of mine and I struggled to get the freezer over to the stairs we realized that there was no way we were going to be able to lift it up the stairs. We ended up laying a couple of 2 x 4's on the steps put a retriever strap around the freezer and hooked it to the back of the tractor with a chain. In about ten seconds we had the freezer out in the driveway and no damage. -Alden

Egon · Dec 18, 2001

Allden:
I can remember my dad doing the same thing with a freezer about 50 years ago but he used an Alice Chalmers model B for the pulling. By the way the name on the freezer was International.
Egon

Anonymous Poster · Dec 18, 2001

<font color=blue>...Alice Chalmers model ...</font color=blue>

We had an Alice Chalmers in school... and she certainly wasn't any model.../w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

But those Allis-Chalmers tractors were great... /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
{busting your chops Egon.../w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif}

genelp · Dec 18, 2001

I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this question but here goes. Has anyone tried using their tractor to pull cattaills out of a pond? Pulling one at a time takes forever. I've been thinking of trying to fabricate something to attach to my tractor that would pull several at a time along with the root system. This would save my back and of course, be a good excuse for some riding time! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Harv · Dec 18, 2001

<font color=blue>using tractor to pull cattaills out of a pond?</font color=blue>

Haven't tried it myself, but it sounds like it's worth a try. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Two requirements, I would say -- use a long enough tow strap or whatever so's your tractor doesn't wind up in the pond, and take plenty of pictures to share with your TBN buddies. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif