Side-By-Side Farmalls Operate Like One Tractor

Side-By-Side Farmalls Operate Like One Tractor TRACTORS Made-It-Myself 24-1-23 Elwood Hachler had so much fun combining two 1942 Farmalls into a single side-by-side tractor, he calls the double rig "Grandpa's Toy". "I've restored 20 tractors over the past 12 years and when I started working on a Farmall A and B, I decided to do something different," says Hachler. "My trailer wasn't big enough to haul two tractors at once to shows, so I put them together on one frame. "Installing two motors, two transmissions and two rear ends on one frame is tricky but I got it so it works like a regular tractor. Either motor and transmission will work separate or both will work together at the same time. I added nothing extra so it looks like it was factor-built. I put the brake and one clutch together and adjusted the brake to operate when the clutch releases." One look at this unique model and Hachler's talents as a machinist, body man, and tractor restoration expert are immediately recognizable. But this isn't the only complicated project he has completed. "I have a small hay baler that I made from scratch. It produces square bales 4 by 4 by 8-in. tied with wire. I power it with a stationary one-cylinder engine mounted on an old lawn mower frame." Part of the fun of creating new projects is displaying them. Hachler says that "Grandpa's Toy" got around a lot last summer. "It attracts more attention than any other tractor I've restored over the years." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Elwood Hachler, 719 N. East-View, Eldon, Mo. 65026.

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