ronscat 2 #1 Posted February 13, 2009 Lowes had some landscape timbers on sale for 99 cent each. Got some liquid nails and screws from Home Depot. Here is the result: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bell 11 #2 Posted February 13, 2009 Now THAT is a good idea! NICE JOB! :thumbs: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHC-125 4 #3 Posted February 13, 2009 Looks like a good idea but what is the purpose :thumbs: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 23,136 #4 Posted February 13, 2009 Looks like a good idea but what is the purpose Well Chris. I know your one of our younger members so your back is probably in mint condition but as you get older( talkin about myself here) the ol' back starts to really ache after leaning over a tractor for awhile. With a setup like this you can tinker for hours with out bending over....PRICELESS! Mike.......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronscat 2 #5 Posted February 13, 2009 Maybe a person has to be older to understand about being on your knees, back, stomach and being overweight, eyes ain't too good anymore. etc. I'm 62 and just having the tractor right in front of me means a lot to this old boy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronscat 2 #6 Posted February 13, 2009 Woops - sorry Sparky. I was typing as you answered for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rideawaysenior 25 #7 Posted February 13, 2009 Nice setup there. A real good idea. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHC-125 4 #8 Posted February 13, 2009 My knees and back are both shot but I just did know if you were going to back up to it with a pick up and use it as a ramp :thumbs: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kelly 1,033 #9 Posted February 13, 2009 Is that a homemade grader blade???? with deck parts for the lift?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daemon2525 5 #10 Posted February 13, 2009 Can one of the Mods please move this to the "Other Tractors" forum? That tractor is BLUE!!!! Just kidding Nice ramp Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bow_Extreme 550 #11 Posted February 13, 2009 Not to get off topic but what's the story on the cub sitting next to your tractor work bench? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nick 13 #12 Posted February 13, 2009 Nice idea on the ramp and work bench. Kelly, Thats a mid grader that has a frame built with deck mount parts. Here isa link to his post with pictures http://www.wheelhorseforum.com/index.php?...=7828&hl=grader Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronscat 2 #13 Posted February 13, 2009 Bow Extreme - I have a 20x20 foot storage building over to the left of the ramp. I made way for the grader wheelhorse in the building so the cub was my choice to exit the building. The building has 2 pulling tractors, another cub, and another wheelhorse in it too besides the wheelhorse in the picture. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerrell 1 #14 Posted February 13, 2009 :thumbs: that is a good design, but when you get up there ,,, how do you get down??? i'm 67 and i surely couldn't jump down that looks , what about 3 or 4 feet up?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eriks Red horse herd 120 #15 Posted February 13, 2009 When I was a kid some thirty odd years ago my papy built something similar but 4 times bigger and he used telephone poles and rough sawn oak from a local saw mill. He built it off the side of a hill and he use to drive cars, trucks and a few farm tractors up on it. To change oil, tierods,mufflers,shocks you name it he did it. he always said it beats lieing in the dirt. To this day he still has it but now he's 70 and he only drive his zero turn mower on it so he can sharppen and change blades. We allways laghed and called our red neck lift. Funny how a picture brings back good memorys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bitten 134 #16 Posted February 13, 2009 Good idea. Just dont know if I would trust landscape timber from lowes to work under or even drive on. Just MHO. P.J. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronscat 2 #17 Posted February 13, 2009 Hey Jerrell, I don't drive the tractor up to the 26 inch height. So far I have pushed the Sears and Wheel Horse up the 8 feet long ramps. However, I have a new manual winch in my truck that will be doing the pulling and lowering next week. I need to get my Wheel Horse puller up there to clean the alky carb before next Saturday's pull. That particular 'horse weighs more than the stock tractors. If I though 6 landscape timbers wouldn't hold up a garden tractor they definitely wouldn't be up there. I haven't seen any flex at all in them yet. If I did I would take them down and put up metal instead of wood. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerrell 1 #18 Posted February 14, 2009 :thumbs: Ronscat,,, that just gave me an ideal , my dually pickup is too tall to use the ramps i just got ,,84inches, i could make something like this and back up to it. as it is now i have to back up to my equipment trailer, unload to it and then replace the ramps to get to the ground, double work.. great ideal there.. brain must be getting tired, didn't think of it until now. Erik my dad built something like yours, cut a big oak down and cut sections about 3 ft tall then used 2X12 to make the grade and table, used it to work underneath the cars and trucks ,, a renecks car lift hey ,,but it worked.. :whistle: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HorseFixer 2,013 #19 Posted February 14, 2009 Good Idea! for a fellow Ole' Fart like me looks like it might be AARP certified :whistle: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerrell 1 #20 Posted February 14, 2009 :dunno: that's funny,,,AARP certified, i'll have to remember that. and i'll be using that...and FOFLM :whistle: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
