Homemade Self-Propelled Loader-Tractor
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"It catches a lot of eyes," says Jim Ward, of Minesing, Ontario, about the self-propelled loader he built for cleaning barns, handling big bales, and general farm chores. This summer, Jim plans to equip it with a header and use it as a self-propelled swather.
The tractor was built from the ground up, using a school bus rear end, tires off a Case combine, and heavy 9-in. channel iron for the frame. It was originally equipped with a 383 V-8 gas engine and powered through two transmissions. When the block froze and cracked last winter, Ward rebuilt the tractor with one transmission and a Perkins 203 diesel engine. Eventually he hopes to equip the machine with hydrostatic drive.
"We use it every day in our dairy operation. Our only worry is that it may have too much power for the loader, and that we may crunch it one day when loading," says Ward, noting that the loader will move to other tractors.
Ward hasn't equipped the tractor with a pto, primarily because the gas engine had no governor to provide steady speed. His total initial investment in the tractor was $500.
Ward has also built a smaller 4-ft. wide loader tractor.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jim Ward, Minesing, Ontario, Canada L0LIY0 (ph 705 728-0907).
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Homemade Self-Propelled Loader-Tractor TRACTORS Loaders 6-3-7 "It catches a lot of eyes," says Jim Ward, of Minesing, Ontario, about the self-propelled loader he built for cleaning barns, handling big bales, and general farm chores. This summer, Jim plans to equip it with a header and use it as a self-propelled swather.
The tractor was built from the ground up, using a school bus rear end, tires off a Case combine, and heavy 9-in. channel iron for the frame. It was originally equipped with a 383 V-8 gas engine and powered through two transmissions. When the block froze and cracked last winter, Ward rebuilt the tractor with one transmission and a Perkins 203 diesel engine. Eventually he hopes to equip the machine with hydrostatic drive.
"We use it every day in our dairy operation. Our only worry is that it may have too much power for the loader, and that we may crunch it one day when loading," says Ward, noting that the loader will move to other tractors.
Ward hasn't equipped the tractor with a pto, primarily because the gas engine had no governor to provide steady speed. His total initial investment in the tractor was $500.
Ward has also built a smaller 4-ft. wide loader tractor.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jim Ward, Minesing, Ontario, Canada LOLIYO (ph 705 728-0907).
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