Hydraulic-Operated "Tilt Back" Tractor Canopy

Hydraulic-Operated Tilt Back Tractor Company TRACTORS Cabs Leonard Cook Lynchburg Mo wanted to equip his 1948 Farmall Super A tractor with a shade canopy but he couldn’t find one he liked So he made his own retractable model that tilts out of the way by simply pulling a lever “The tractor is equipped with an offset seat and steering wheel so there’s no room to climb on from the back I have to climb in from the front where a canopy would be in the way ” says Cook The canopy is made from a sheet of lightweight aluminum bolted onto a big L-shaped frame fashioned out of 1-in sq tubing The back of the tractor was already equipped with a pair of lift arms and a horizontal metal rod originally designed to mount a cultivator Cook mounted a homemade metal bracket to the bottom part of the frame and then bolted it to the lift arms He also bolted a 2-ft dia disc plow alongside the tractor that he uses for garden work The disc plow provides a natural step to climb onto the operator platform “Pulling on a lever lowers the lift arms which tilts the canopy back out of the way so I can climb onto the seat Pushing the lever forward brings the canopy back up over the seat ” says Cook “I can take the canopy off by removing 4 bolts I also added a large mirror on front of the canopy so I can see what’s going on behind me “It’s a lot of fun to show in parades where I drive along real slow and tilt the canopy back and forth at the same time ” says Cook who notes that he bought the tractor for his wife as a Christmas present Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Leonard R Cook 41201 Hwy 32 Lynchburg Mo 65543 ph 417 453-6298

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