plow lift

[wilm169 1]

A freind of mine set this up on a tractor with no rear lift on it.

Notice the pivet point at the rear tower

The acutautor is 16" long and the pivet allows enough travel to let it go in the ground.

[Roy 0]

Neat ideal and job. Electric lift is always good. But, wouldn't it have been just as easy to make a standard rear lift????

[wilm169 1]

That is what I told him roy, BUT.

[Roy 0]

"That is what I told him roy, BUT." I know, I know. Some independent thinking folks are bound and determined to do it their way. Not necessarily a bad thing.

[ZippoVarga 75]

"One Off" Ideas are how we got off the ground with the wright brothers. It's how a school flunkie by the name of Einstein became so famous and it's that out of the box thinking with out over engineering that keeps the back yard mechanic a household name. IMHO that is.

[mowerman1193 0]

One of my project ideas was to mount one of those to the side of the frame on a Broadmoor and build a bucket for it like a johnny bucket.Make it a dedicated bucket tractor..I think it would bolt up on the side of the frame nicely..I agree with Zippo...

[ZippoVarga 75]

Another out of the box idea.......hydraulic pump and cylinder off of a convertible from a bone yard to operate the makeshift johnny bucket. I have a set of two that I got off a GM convertible that I was contemplating using to feather blade direction and lifting capabilities with a while back.

[ZippoVarga 75]

May need a resevoir and a heavier cylinder for the lifting of the bucket, but to have a johnny bucket with angling abilities.....too cool!!

[Bunky 3]

Neat idea But I would have to agree it would of been easier to make the original lift work... For a Bucket I also would think you would need something heavier then a Convertable top lift, but I would thing an electric lift would do it... Mowerman I'm not sure how much a front axle of a Broadmoor would hold..

[JoeJ 0]

Be interesting to see how it holds up to a shock load of hitting a rock or such. Another hyd. possibility is old belt driven snow plow pumps. I jumped on one last year for $100. Pump, reservoir, valves and 1 cyl.,,,he lost the danged second cyl. Only problem is it's all single acting (valve and cyl) but I'll over come that;).

[msiebern 0]

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Originally posted by ZippoVarga
Another out of the box idea.......hydraulic pump and cylinder off of a convertible from a bone yard to operate the makeshift johnny bucket. I have a set of two that I got off a GM convertible that I was contemplating using to feather blade direction and lifting capabilities with a while back.

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Have you ever checked out the following link? http://www.vintageprojects.com/tractors/hydraulic-lift-plans.html Some interesting shade tree projects on that sight!8D Here is another for a fork lift. The tractor in the picture should look familiar to most of us. http://www.vintageprojects.com/tractors/forklift-tractor-plans.html