Hey guys. The girlfriends parents own a 1978 Navajo Airplane and store it in the local airports hanger. They use it quite frequently....once a week at least (more or less). Her dad also has an Allis Chalmers D-14 sitting in an old workshop of his uncles in the corner that he inherited years ago. He would like to do something with the tractor.....now that he knows I restore Farmalls.
I've been thinking about it and he really has no real working use for that particular tractor as he has newer equipment for their farmland and hires alot of it done. Since he has to pull the plane out of the hanger by hand, I figured that would be a perfect use for the tractor thus allowing it to "earn its keep" rather than fixing it up only to look at it.
What do you guys think? Would I need to make any special or specific modifications to the rear hitch, tires, or front? What about extra weight....would that be needed? Its going to be pulling the plane straight out of the hanger on flat asphalt about 200 feet tops.
I've been thinking about it and he really has no real working use for that particular tractor as he has newer equipment for their farmland and hires alot of it done. Since he has to pull the plane out of the hanger by hand, I figured that would be a perfect use for the tractor thus allowing it to "earn its keep" rather than fixing it up only to look at it.
What do you guys think? Would I need to make any special or specific modifications to the rear hitch, tires, or front? What about extra weight....would that be needed? Its going to be pulling the plane straight out of the hanger on flat asphalt about 200 feet tops.