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4-WD Loader Tractor Built From Pickup
"It's ideal for skidding logs, pulling farm wagons, moving small square bales, pushing snow and cleaning out barns," says Albert Prince, who built a loader tractor out of a wrecked 1972 Ford pickup.
The Fillmore, N.Y., farmer got the idea after he rolled the 1972 4-WD pickup. He first cut off the wrecked cab and
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4-WD Loader Tractor Built From Pickup TRACTORS Made-It-Myself 22-4-42 "It's ideal for skidding logs, pulling farm wagons, moving small square bales, pushing snow and cleaning out barns," says Albert Prince, who built a loader tractor out of a wrecked 1972 Ford pickup.
The Fillmore, N.Y., farmer got the idea after he rolled the 1972 4-WD pickup. He first cut off the wrecked cab and shortened up the wheelbase to 6-ft.
"Moving the rear axle forward was the hardest part because I was working alone and had to move the axle and weld at the same time," he says.
Prince bought commercial loader arms and built two sets of mounting brackets. The first set holds the arms 3 ft. apart which is ideal for cleaning barns, while the second set is 7 ft. wide and ideal for clearing snow, he says.
He mounted a 1,500-lb. winch equipped with 30 ft. of cable on the rear to use for skid-ding logs. It runs off a pto shaft out of the transmission.
The operator's seat, which is out of a 1982 Nissan car, is adjustable forward and back-ward, and a home-built 2 1/2-gal. gas tank mounted on top of the engine gravity-feeds fuel into the motor.
Out-of-pocket expense was about $200. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Albert Prince, 7643 Higgins Creek Road, Fillmore, N.Y. 14735 (ph 716 567-8677).
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