A-C Tractor Fitted With Rear-Mount Loader

AC Tractor Fitted With Rear-Mount Loader TRACTORS Loaders “I’ve used this tractor every day since 1966 to haul hay and silage to plow snow and to do numerous other jobs ” says John Lubinski Plainview Minn who modified his 1949 Allis Chalmers WD tractor to work as a forklift That included moving the steering and other controls around to face the rear and turning the 4 forward gears into reverse gears He also added a rear-mounted loader that can be lifted up to 16 ft high The loader is located in front of the rear wheels “I cut a keyway into the pedestal shaft on the tractor’s narrow front wheels so they’ll caster when going in reverse ” he says The loader can be equipped with a home-built snow bucket grapple fork or 4-tine fork that can handle two 800-lb big square bales The loader was made from the frame off an old McCormick Deering F-20 tractor and the bucket and lift cylinders are off a Farmhand F-8 front-end loader originally used to load loose hay into a big retainer that made tall stacks in the field Lubinski reversed the tractor’s differential brake and clutch pedals and also made a reverse clutch arm He relocated the gas and hydraulic oil tanks to the back of the tractor above the narrow front wheels and mounted the seat cushion off a Deere 70 tractor in its place fitting it inside an angle iron frame He also installed a 3-spool hydraulic valve under the seat and above the battery The steering wheel is mounted on the gearbox off a Case 6A combine straw spreader and the throttle lever quadrant is located on the tractor’s original steering column A 20 gpm hydraulic vane pump is connected to the tractor’s front crankshaft belt pulley and is fed by an overhead oil tank located beside a matching gas tank “Besides hauling hay and moving snow I’ve used this tractor to load corn stalks from 3-ton stacks to pick apples and change yard lights to move feed bunks and logs and to get rid of brush while clearing land ” says Lubinski “A lot of engineering went into building it I wanted a rear-mounted loader because it gives the tractor better traction A conventional front-mounted loader takes the weight off the tractor’s rear wheels which leaves you with no traction and the tractor’s front narrow wheels sink in mud and manure ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup John Lubinski 23759 East Co Rd 8 Plainview Minn 55964 ph 507 534-2189; JJLubinski@yahoo com

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