Homebuilt Tractor

[JBailey]

Here is a picture of a homebuilt tractor that I took at a recent show. It's powered by a small lawnmower engine with a transmission and final drive off a riding lawnmower. Does anyone have or know of plans for such vehicle. I guess I could build it "hit and miss" fashion but it would be a lot easier if I had a set of plans. Thanks.

[vicp]

Jewell Nieman in Nebraska has books on building a 1/2 sized John Deere model "D" or "G" using a JD LUC engine 402 678 3325. Good plans, great parade tractors. you are looking at at perhaps 1200 hrs but well worth the effort I have built both of them Vic

[Craig A]

PICTURES Vic..................PICTURES!!!!!!

[Ken Majeski]

Here is a JD R about 1/3 or 1/2 size that was at the White Pine show last year. The guy used a small diesel engine that he had cut down and laid down and he used a weed eater engine for a starting engine. He would pull the rip cord on the dash and then the starting engine would start and then pull the levers and the diesel would start up. Sounded just like the real thing. He and his wife would ride in the attached trailer and Oscar ( the Driver ) would drive through the parade. Blew Black Smoke and scratched a little when it came up the steep hill in the parade route...

[vicp]

Here are the Nieman designed John Deeres My first attempt at posting pics

[Frank K Jr.]

You might want to check out these plans. It could give you an idea anyway. It is the old Vintage Farm Plans site.

http://www.thelitterbox.org/librum/i-vfp/

Frank

[Craig A]

Thanks Vic!!! There are (and were) some "model" builders here in Wisconsin too. May favorite of all time is a scale 20-40 Rumely built TOTALLY (almost) from scratch. Built by Mike Kolb of Oshkosh (sadly deceased), the only parts he did not fabricate were pistons and rods from a DC Case I believe. It is TRULY a miniature 20-40 Rumely in EVERY respect. It looks, sounds and runs just like the real thing. We had the priviledge of babbitting a rod bearing in that tractor a couple years ago. Mike also built 2 separators (I believe) that are as accurate as the tractor. He enjoyed showing and threshing with this setup. Another is Jim Gutenberger of Colby with a similar setup.

[Joe Musser]

Pics Craig Pics :d

[Smoke]

Here is my New-Way Powered McCormick 10-20 that I am working on. I found the frame (less Engine & trans) in the woods and decided to make a go at it. Lot of fun making linkages and setting this this up. Belt Pulley from engine to power shaft. I have a lot more work to do, but the hard part is over. S hould be ready and painted by this fall. (Hopefully)

[John Hammink]

Last year at Portland I met Elwin Muntz, he built this beautiful tractor, it runs like a clock. Exceptional craftmansship.

http://www.oldengine.org/members/hammink/santa.gif

[Jim Tremble]

Looking good, Smoke. This is the first time I have seen a full shot of the tractor. Not bad.

Jim

[Ralph Leonard]

Here is Richard Mauney's latest creation at the Dallas 04 show. Roy McSwain is the passenger. It's powered by IHC LB 3/5. Tilt steering? of course!

[Craig A]

Originally Posted by Joe Musser

Pics Craig Pics :d

I wish I HAD some pics!!! I have video SOMEWHERE of Kolb's Rumely but what a ceremony to get THAT ready for the web!
I'll have go through my photos and see what turns up.......

[Travis Benner]

Originally Posted by Frank K Jr.

You might want to check out these plans. It could give you an idea anyway. It is the old Vintage Farm Plans site.

http://www.thelitterbox.org/librum/i-vfp/

I tried to download the plans but was unable to access the site. I am on a dial-up, but hope to still be able to check them out. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Travis

[Mike in NC]

Here is another pic of the McCormick-Deering model tractor, but running a feed grinder taken at the High Country Crank-Up in 2003.

[Mike in NC]

Here is another pic of a model taken at the 2003 High Country Crank-Up. It is of a Mogul.

[Casemaker]

I just find a nice articule about Mike Kolb and his oil pull in the July 2002 Gas Engine Magazine....it has some nice pictures of his model oil pull and threshing machine...I hope that who ever has these machines are still showing them for all to enjoy....

[Craig A]

Originally Posted by Casemaker

I just find a nice articule about Mike Kolb and his oil pull in the July 2002 Gas Engine Magazine....it has some nice pictures of his model oil pull and threshing machine...I hope that who ever has these machines are still showing them for all to enjoy....

A son of Mike's who lives around Waupaca, WI, has the Rumely and a separator. As I mentioned in a previous post we babbitted a connecting rod on that "model". I just HATE calling that tractor a MODEL--it IS a Rumely...
Anyway, he just doesn't have time YET to make the shows but will in the near future.
Craig

BTW: Here's the pic I posted, courtesy of Ken Majeski:
http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18781

[Jim Tremble]

Well, I needed a way to move this engine. SO, I built this engine cart for it.

Fun project,

Jim

[Tanner Remillard]

Jim's tractor is very nice, and fun to drive. He had to phisically force me to drive it at Alan Schurman's show last year ........well, not quite force me to, but it is fun. Good job Jim, you need to get up to my part of the country soon.