Neat Wheel Horse Tractor Lift

[Lane Ranger 10,472]

My friend Roger Parmley in Greencastle has a lift piece that was made by Wheel Horse for tractors used in the Indianapolis 500 years ago. This lift will raise the front or back axles on Wheel Horse tractors and it is very neat. It came from a Wheel Horse dealer in Central Indiana! I am liking that 854 quite a bit !

[jellyghost 378]

Nice lift.  I like the simplicity of the design.  I bought a similar lift made by Craftsman, but it doesn't work well for wheel horses.  The C-shaped metal that engages the axel has to be extra wide to accommodate the wheel horse.  There are some triangle looking burrs on my c-101 angle that kept the craftsman from safely lifting the tractor.

[Ed Kennell 35,581]

I  also had one of those Craftsman lifts.....sold it after dropping a tractor.

[neil 2,398]

That's wicked , will it lift the rear end too?  They use something similar in formula 1 motor racing . Maybe stick  small pieces of rubber on the lift forks to protect paintwork 

[Lane Ranger 10,472]

Works on both axles Neil!   The idea came from  lifts they used at the Indy 500 track  for cars in the 1960's  Similar to one in this  later photo.

 

Edited March 10, 2017 by Lane Ranger

[Sarge 3,462]

I'd map out the dimensions of the parts....and start fabricating....lol .

The new lifts in F1 are an engineering dream .

 

Sarge