Loading tractor with no steering

equeen · Jul 14, 2012

Trailer has a winch. Working tractor also available with front loader forks.

What are the options for loading a parts tractor without risk of damage to front end? Can put wheels/tires on front; but no tie rods avail; thus no control of front wheels.

I'm tinkering with ideas; but I'm betting that some forum folks have done this and have it down pat.

Thanks for input.

uncle henry · Jul 14, 2012

winch from the back and turn wheels by hand if they need it

rustred · Jul 14, 2012

well maybe you can mcyver some thing together to hold the wheels straight. piece of pipe or chain but its hard when you didnt say what kind of tractor.

equeen · Jul 14, 2012

It's a Super A (part of).

MT RON · Jul 15, 2012

Just thought may or may not work.Friend of mine has loaded row crop tractors by putting a scoop shovel under the wheels & i person runs the winch&the other steers the shovel.Ron

JRSutton · Jul 15, 2012

Those front ends are real floppy without the tie rods, so you're wise to be careful.

Not sure exactly what I'd do in that situation -

No real way I can think of to tie the wheels together in a way that wouldn't prevent it from rolling (sort of putting tie rods on it!)

I'd consider making "tracks" with a couple of 4x4's - to guide the tires as you slowly roll it... but that's just because I personally have a pile of 4x4's sitting in my back yard. On the trailer you could nail a couple of 2x4's down temporarily too if it's a wood floor...

... Otherwise the only thing I can think of to get the tractor on the trailer is grab two 4' lengths of steel pipe with a diameter large enough to fit over the sections that the tie rod attaches to on the steering kuckles - and have a guy on each side steer each wheel as it rolls.

Again, just rig up something on the trailer to block them in position.

Janicholson · Jul 15, 2012

Take the wheels off, and put a floor jack under the front. Jim

rustred · Jul 15, 2012

well thats easy then, just get some rod, cut to length you need and bend the ends 90 degree's , and drop it in the tie rod holes. thats enough to hold those little wheels straight. you will be able to steer it also, providing the rest of steering is there.

equeen · Jul 15, 2012

No tie rod holes. Older tractor where both ends of tie rods were "press fitted" from underneath at the steering arm and at the wheels.

D Slater · Jul 15, 2012

Use the loader tractor to raise front. Pull tractor on rear first with loader tractor following along. Unless the loader tractor is to small.

NoNewParts · Jul 15, 2012

(quoted from post at 00:18:20 07/15/12) winch from the back and turn wheels by hand if they need it

that is how I do it too, by myself
winch backwards a little, kick the fronts straight,
winch some more.
One, I chained the front wheels straight and immobile
and just used a winch to pull it on
with the fronts skidding
(put some boards on the ramps when the skidding fronts are going up
and throw some dirt on the boards)

equeen · Jul 15, 2012

My error on the "press fit" comment. I gambled and took the tie rods off a '51 I have here and learned how these things work. (Much to my surprise, it was one of the easiest and simplest things I've taken apart lately.)

So, I will take all the parts with me and will have steering on the parts tractor before I load it.

Thanks for all the comments. I'm printing them to save in my hardcopy "Tractor Help" file. I may encounter this problem again without such a simple solution.

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