Stand Makes Tractor Splitting Easier
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Kenny Peters has made engine work easier for thousands of mechanics with his Twister Engine Stand (Vol. 33, No. 3). Now he’s making splitting tractors easier with the Twister Splitter, a tractor splitting stand. It slips into place fast, easily adjusts to the needed height and fastens securely to a wide variety of bolt patterns. He hopes it’s as well accepted as his engine stands.
“I built my first engine stand for myself around 15 or 16 years ago and started getting requests from others,” recalls Peters, K&S Steel Products. “Over the years I think I’ve sold them to customers in every state but Alaska. Many customers have bought more than one, and lots of schools and engine shops have multiples. I have some in Canada and Europe, and interest builds every year.”
Peters’ splitter stand twists like his engine stand and is adjustable, fabricated with steel tubes that slide in and out of each other as needed. A stabilizing bar with small caster wheels extends perpendicular to each side of the stand, keeping it upright.
Universal mounting plates designed to match an infinite number of holes on a tractor frame are fixed to steel tube legs. The legs slide in and out of steel tube sleeves and can be raised up to 6 in. by replacing two bolts in each. Each leg sleeve can be removed by pulling a single bolt. The sleeve, in turn, slides over and is held in place on a short steel tube. It slides up and down the splitting stand’s main frame as needed to match the tractor frame width. It, too, is bolted in place.
The splitter rolls easily on heavy-duty casters, even if the shop floor isn’t completely clean. Rather than mounting them to the frame, Peters used another tube in tube mount between the wheel plate and the frame. This allowed him to fix bottle jacks over the wheels to provide another 6 in. of height if needed.
To slip the stand into place, a leg and, if needed, its sleeve can be removed. Once in place, the leg and sleeve are replaced, and the legs are adjusted for height.
Once the universal mounts on the legs are bolted to the tractor frame, a spring-loaded pin makes it easy to swing the stabilizing bar out of the way under the stand.
“The adjustable legs make it easy to match the frame height before splitting,” says Peters. “When it comes time to put the tractor back together, the jacks make it easy to adjust heights from side to side as needed.”
Peters designed the splitter stand to work with tractors large and small, simply replacing the support legs. A short set works with smaller and utility tractors. A longer set fits bigger row crop tractors. The Twister Splitter tractor splitting stand with two sets of legs sells for $1,240.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, K & S Steel Products, 4620 S. Co. Rd. 550 E., Greensburg, Ind. 47240 (ph 812-663-8567; kssteel@aol.com).
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Stand Makes Tractor Splitting Easier REPOWERED EQUIPMENT Kenny Peters has made engine work easier for thousands of mechanics with his Twister Engine Stand Vol 33 No 3 Now he’s making splitting tractors easier with the Twister Splitter a tractor splitting stand It slips into place fast easily adjusts to the needed height and fastens securely to a wide variety of bolt patterns He hopes it’s as well accepted as his engine stands “I built my first engine stand for myself around 15 or 16 years ago and started getting requests from others ” recalls Peters K&S Steel Products “Over the years I think I’ve sold them to customers in every state but Alaska Many customers have bought more than one and lots of schools and engine shops have multiples I have some in Canada and Europe and interest builds every year ” Peters’ splitter stand twists like his engine stand and is adjustable fabricated with steel tubes that slide in and out of each other as needed A stabilizing bar with small caster wheels extends perpendicular to each side of the stand keeping it upright Universal mounting plates designed to match an infinite number of holes on a tractor frame are fixed to steel tube legs The legs slide in and out of steel tube sleeves and can be raised up to 6 in by replacing two bolts in each Each leg sleeve can be removed by pulling a single bolt The sleeve in turn slides over and is held in place on a short steel tube It slides up and down the splitting stand’s main frame as needed to match the tractor frame width It too is bolted in place The splitter rolls easily on heavy-duty casters even if the shop floor isn’t completely clean Rather than mounting them to the frame Peters used another tube in tube mount between the wheel plate and the frame This allowed him to fix bottle jacks over the wheels to provide another 6 in of height if needed To slip the stand into place a leg and if needed its sleeve can be removed Once in place the leg and sleeve are replaced and the legs are adjusted for height Once the universal mounts on the legs are bolted to the tractor frame a spring-loaded pin makes it easy to swing the stabilizing bar out of the way under the stand “The adjustable legs make it easy to match the frame height before splitting ” says Peters “When it comes time to put the tractor back together the jacks make it easy to adjust heights from side to side as needed ” Peters designed the splitter stand to work with tractors large and small simply replacing the support legs A short set works with smaller and utility tractors A longer set fits bigger row crop tractors The Twister Splitter tractor splitting stand with two sets of legs sells for $1 240 Contact: FARM SHOW Followup K & S Steel Products 4620 S Co Rd 550 E Greensburg Ind 47240 ph 812-663-8567; kssteel@aol com
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