Farmall H Mounted On Stilts

Farmall H Mounted On Stilts TRACTORS Made-It-Myself Michael Rosenberger Bath Ind recently sent FARM SHOW photos of a Farmall H tractor mounted on very tall stilts “The photo was taken in the early 1950s and the man on the tractor is my uncle Earl Rosenberger ” says Michael “He and my dad Lawrence assembled this tractor on stilts in our bank barn using a block and tackle They used the tractor to plant wheat between rows of standing corn before the corn was harvested It gave the wheat time to germinate before cold weather set in A wheat drill was towed behind each rear wheel and also behind the front wheels “I believe the stilt kit was manufactured by the Tractor Stilt Company in Omaha Neb The shields mounted on front of both the rear and front wheels are not part of the kit They were made by cutting a 55-gal oil drum in half and their purpose was to prevent the wheels from knocking corn ears off the stalks “I don’t know exactly how high the stilts are but it looks like a grown man could easily stand underneath the tractor without his head touching the oil pan ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Michael Rosenberger Bath Ind mic1289708@comcast net

To read the rest of this story, download this issue below or click here to register with your account number.