homemade tractor

[neon_c2]

I'm just posting these pics of the tractor my friend got. It's not running right now but it just a cool little thing. It's a liq cool four cylinder with two chevy transmission and a Ford 9" rear end. Has two brakes and a parking brake. There a build in loader, the frame doubles as a hydraulic reservoir. It might be the same size of a 8n ford or smaller.

 

[carpenter383]

Neat, I like it!

 

[neon_c2]

I know I hope my friend get it running. I can try to get a few more better pics of it next time I'm at his shop. Sorry we don't know anything about it. Or who made it. But it is build heavy duty.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Look for CONN in raised letters on the side of the block or head.

The distributor and oil filler/breather position looks like maybe an 801 Ford engine. It clearly has a valve cover so it has overhead valves.

 

[brokenot]

Look like a fun project. Not that it really matters, (unless you need to find parts for it, that is), but Ford 9" axles unload their internals from the front. The bolts on the rear of this tractor's axle identify it as something other than a 9" Ford.

Typical Ford 9" housing viewed from the rear:

And from the front, showing how the everything unbolts and drops out:

 

[polo1665]

Gotta love them disc brakes:thumbsup:

Mark

 

[neon_c2]

brokenot: your right on the axles I don't think it a 9" ford I have to take a 2nd look at it again. Those open rear disk brakes are big.

 

[neon_c2]

I guest the guy that had it before said if you put the first transmission in high then the 2nd transmission in high it would go over 50mph. Not something I would like to try.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

I guest the guy that had it before said if you put the first transmission in high then the 2nd transmission in high it would go over 50mph. Not something I would like to try.

Just wear your seat belt.

Actually who ever designed this tractor either had a lot of skills/abilities or would have made a great engineer with the right training. It is not easy to do a project out of materials at hand or from the junk yard. I am impressed.

 

[David Devuono]

My guess that is a rockwell rear end (not the top loader) from a commercial or military truck.