Tractor Hoist or Lift

[shorts 182]

What does everyone use to get their tractors up off of the floor to a comfortable working height?

 

I'm looking for ideas for a budget friendly way to get the horses up off the floor to work on and also to be able to roll them into an enclosed storage trailer, 32''tall to the floor, I'm also thinking that a 32'' table height would be comfortable to work at.  Ramps are the cheap solution but not user friendly for parts or non runners, a forklift is more than I want to deal with.

[stevasaurus 23,274]

Paul, not knowing what kind of space you have there, and I know how tall you are, I can understand what you are thinking.  A cheap way out...I put the horse on my trailer...set my ramps from the trailer to cement blocks...and back the horse onto the ramps.  That gets it about 18" off the ground and I can move around in a wheeled seat to reach anything I want...and I am not on the ground.  If you have the room...there are some threads that have like a motorcycle hoist adapted to work for a horse frame.  Out west of me, I picked up a 4 wheeled trailer (WH) for Brrly1 a couple of years ago...he had a separate garage with a hydraulic lift...out of the floor...you could put a car on it (like the old service station)...but you could adapt it for garden tractors.  Top Shelf.    Getting old sucks.

[Brrly1 1,146]

Hello Shorts, quick question. What is it that your working on? I have been watching Harbor Freight adds myself as I feel your pain. Its definitely nicer when you can get your work closer. Thanks John

Edited November 4, 2013 by Brrly1

[JimD 3,347]

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Edited November 4, 2013 by JimD

[shorts 182]

Steve, I have a outbuilding shop that I intentionally did not put a lift in when I built it, I didn't want to be the local neighborhood auto repair, just a smooth straight concrete floor to roll mostly wood working tools around on, and it works good for that,

 

John, my menagerie of fine collectables consists of mostly C series horses and various attachments, their also some custom projects in mind

 

Jim, I like the scissors lift on wheels idea but I want to be able to lift higher, 32" and be able to drive/push a tractor into the storage trailer

 

Thanks for the input, and KEEP the ideas coming

 

Shorts

[sorekiwi 761]

I have put tractors on a bench that is around 32" high.  Its ideal for doing stuff on the frame and fitting the lower body panels, but its too high to be doing too much else.

 

I think that 18-24" off the floor is ideal for a complete tractor.

 

 

A few years ago I used this stand, built from an old bed frame.  It was actually built for the RJ58 I had at the time, and wasn't quite right for the later tractors.

 

 

What I end up using the most are these two little wood stands:

 

 

I am very tempted to buy one of the Horrible Freight motorcycle lifts, there is a coupon floating around at the present time to buy one for $299.

[wallfish 18,060]

I use one of the HF motorcycle lifts. Here's an old thread on how it was modified for stacking tractors but now it's used just to work on them.

 

[bitten 134]

My brother used to be a motorcycle mechanic and I got his old shop lift. It doesnt roll around but it does get the tractor to a perfect height. Kinda like this one.

[Deere Hunter 54]

My buddy and I went together and bought 3 of these lifts at one time at a real good price. They are 1500 lbs lifts and work great for working on tractors. With us buying them as a package deal we got them for $600 each. Watch the classified ads and Ebay, you may be able to find a used one at a good price.