A-C Tractor Fitted With Rear-Mount Loader
“I’ve used this tractor every day since 1966 to haul hay and silage, plow snow, and do numerous other jobs,” says John Lubinski, Plainview, Minn., who modified his 1949 Allis-Chalmers WD tractor to work as a forklift. That included moving the steering and other controls around to face the rear and turning the four forward gears into reverse gears. He also added a rear-mounted loader that can lift up to 16 ft. high.
The loader is in front of the rear wheels. “I cut a keyway into the pedestal shaft on the tractor’s narrow front wheels so they’ll caster when going in reverse,” he says.
The loader can be equipped with a home-built snow bucket, grapple fork, or 4-tine fork that can handle two 800-lb. big square bales. The loader was made from the frame of an old McCormick Deering F-20 tractor, and the bucket and lift cylinders are off a Farmhand F-8 front-end loader, originally used to load loose hay into a big retainer that made tall stacks in the field.
Lubinski reversed the tractor’s differential, brake, and clutch pedals and also made a reverse clutch arm. He relocated the gas and hydraulic oil tanks to the back of the tractor, above the narrow front wheels, and mounted the seat cushion off a Deere 70 tractor in its place, fitting it inside an angle iron frame. He also installed a 3-spool hydraulic valve under the seat and above the battery.
The steering wheel mounts on the gearbox off a Case 6A combine straw spreader, and the throttle lever quadrant is on the tractor’s original steering column. A 20-gpm hydraulic vane pump is connected to the tractor’s front crankshaft belt pulley and is fed by an overhead oil tank located beside a matching gas tank.
“Besides hauling hay and moving snow, I’ve used this tractor to load corn stalks from 3-ton stacks, to pick apples and change yard lights, to move feed bunks and logs, and to get rid of brush while clearing land,” says Lubinski.
“A lot of engineering went into building it. I wanted a rear-mounted loader because it gives the tractor better traction. A conventional front-mounted loader takes the weight off the tractor’s rear wheels, which leaves you with no traction, and the tractor’s front narrow wheels sink in mud and manure.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, John Lubinski, 23759 East Co. Rd. 8, Plainview, Minn. 55964.
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AC Tractor Fitted With Rear-Mount Loader TRACTORS Loaders “I’ve used this tractor every day since 1966 to haul hay and silage to plow snow and to do numerous other jobs ” says John Lubinski Plainview Minn who modified his 1949 Allis Chalmers WD tractor to work as a forklift That included moving the steering and other controls around to face the rear and turning the 4 forward gears into reverse gears He also added a rear-mounted loader that can be lifted up to 16 ft high The loader is located in front of the rear wheels “I cut a keyway into the pedestal shaft on the tractor’s narrow front wheels so they’ll caster when going in reverse ” he says The loader can be equipped with a home-built snow bucket grapple fork or 4-tine fork that can handle two 800-lb big square bales The loader was made from the frame off an old McCormick Deering F-20 tractor and the bucket and lift cylinders are off a Farmhand F-8 front-end loader originally used to load loose hay into a big retainer that made tall stacks in the field Lubinski reversed the tractor’s differential brake and clutch pedals and also made a reverse clutch arm He relocated the gas and hydraulic oil tanks to the back of the tractor above the narrow front wheels and mounted the seat cushion off a Deere 70 tractor in its place fitting it inside an angle iron frame He also installed a 3-spool hydraulic valve under the seat and above the battery The steering wheel is mounted on the gearbox off a Case 6A combine straw spreader and the throttle lever quadrant is located on the tractor’s original steering column A 20 gpm hydraulic vane pump is connected to the tractor’s front crankshaft belt pulley and is fed by an overhead oil tank located beside a matching gas tank “Besides hauling hay and moving snow I’ve used this tractor to load corn stalks from 3-ton stacks to pick apples and change yard lights to move feed bunks and logs and to get rid of brush while clearing land ” says Lubinski “A lot of engineering went into building it I wanted a rear-mounted loader because it gives the tractor better traction A conventional front-mounted loader takes the weight off the tractor’s rear wheels which leaves you with no traction and the tractor’s front narrow wheels sink in mud and manure ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup John Lubinski 23759 East Co Rd 8 Plainview Minn 55964 ph 507 534-2189; JJLubinski@yahoo com
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