Pickup Mounted Tractor Powers Towed Equipment

Pickup mounted tractor powers towed equipment PICKUPS Modifications 16-6-1 "Lets me use my pickup in place of a 50 to 60 Hp tractor," says Allan Cihar, Mosinee, Wis., whiopowers towed equipment behind his Ford F-250 with a stripped-down 1950's Deere 40 tractor that mounts in the bone. Cihar wanted to use his pickup to pall a dry fertilizer spreader and also to tow silage wagons between the field and silos. He first equipped the pickup with a built-in hydraulic- Powered pto but it didn't have enough power and would slow down when the pickup engine slowed on turns so it wouldn't do a good consistent job when spreading in the field. He already owned a Deere 40MT and knew it had the pto power to run the equipment but djdn't have enough power to pull the big wagons-4IO1010fthip look tractor he could ship down to a basic power tout, and found one for $425 ata sale. The tractor was beat up because it had been heavily used in the woods but the ,engine appeared to be in, good shape. He then stripped off the frontandrear axles and mounted the body of the tractor on a pair of large angle irons running the length of the frame. A single bolt anchors the tractor to the pickup bed. "It works great because once I set the engine it runs constant. It also adds weight to the rear of the pickup, boosting traction (weighs about 1,000 lbs.)," says Cihar. He replaced the 6-volt coil with a 12-volt coil and starts the tractor off a 12-volt battery that sits in the back of the pickup, but says he could simply wire it to the pickup's battery. Pulling silage wagons behind the pickup lets one person keep up with a chopper working several miles away because he can pull the wagons down the road at highway speeds. And when spreading granular fertilizer, he can make quick trips back and forth to town with his spreader and not worry about handling the corrosive materials in bulk on the farm. If needed, Cihar says he could convert the tractor power unit back to normal tractor operation but says he has no plans to. He put hooks on the frame of the tractor so he can load it into the pickup with a front-end loader. He says he could lighten up the tractor further by removing the transmission gears and other equipment on it. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Allan Cihar, 1035 CTH B, Mosinee, Wis. 54455 (ph 715 693-6230).

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