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I have two "tractor jacks" that I bought at the local farm supply store last year for jacking up my Super M to replace the front wheels (there shot.) I have a Wide Front on the tractor and am looking for tips and safty ideas for jacking up the tracor just high enough to remove the tires and rims. I plan to do this in my wooden barn with a concrete floor. Thanks for any help.

-David Goode Coggon, IA
 
Whatever jack you use, use the jack only to lift the tractor. Support the tractor with jack stands made for the purpose or with STABLE wooden blocks. I raise the tractor with a bottle jack sitting on 4x12 wooden blocks, and usually use jack stands under the axles. If I am just moving the wheels in or out, I may just use the bottle jack, and not bother with the stands or blocks. But I never use a jack as a support for a wheel-less tractor.
 
With both brakes locked I use one jack in the middle.

A tractor is more stable to jack up than a car is. Cause you don't have the suppension working against you.

Yes the axle will pivot but so what?

Take one tire off and the other goes to the floor untill you take it off.

Gary
 
When you mean "the other goes to the floor" should I then set the tractor down on the ground again and use wooden blocks to support the axle on the side I took the wheel off? I need to replace both front tires so I was wondering if I could jack the front up, take the wheels off, then set the axle down on two block piles.
-David Goode Coggon, IA
 
When I replaced the front wheel bearings in my B, I just drove one wheel up on a chunk of 4x8, which left the other wheel off the ground. Took it off, changed bearings, put it back on, then reversed the process for the other side. Slicker'n snot.
 
No, when I lift I lift on the frame of the tractor or the yolk that holds the axle to the tractor. Sooo the axle will float up and down depending on which side is the heaviest.

And I just leave it on the jack till I put the tires back on. If the jack settles down while waiting to put the tires back on it will not hurt a thing. Jack it back up and put the wheels on.

You could set it on blocks if you want.

Gary
 
No. Gary is saying when you jack up the front of the tractor, your wide front axle will pivot (see-saw)in the air. His point is, the pivoting will not hurt anything, and when you take the other front wheel off, it may balance itself again.
Remember, he is assuming you are going to jack up the tractor on its frame - not just the front axle. The front of the tractor will then be supported by a stack of wood blocks or some stout tractor jack stands. You can leave it that way indefinitely.
mike durhan
 
David, you are overanalyzing this, making a mountain out of a mole hill. Sure, safety is nothing to scoff at, but spending a week worry-worting about something as simple as jacking up the front end of a tractor is silly.

First off, why TWO jacks? You only need one. Jack up one side, set it on blocks, then jack up the other.

Second off, "tractor jacks" are not really useful for jacking up tractors. This is the giant heavy-duty jack that looks kind of like an old bumper jack out of a Ford car, right? Use a good hydraulic bottle jack rated for at least 6 tons. Sure, 6 tons is overkill, but the bigger the bottle jack, the more stable it is.

If you jack up the tractor in the middle, the front end can pivot like a see-saw. The lighter side will go up, and the heavier side will go down. They're not always perfectly balanced. When you take one tire and rim off, it will definitely get lighter on that side, so the side with the tire will go down.

Personally, I would jack one side up at a time, take the tire and rim off, then set it down on a stack of blocking or a large jack stand. Only jack high enough to get the wheel off. Don't jack it 2 feet in the air.
 
Thanks for all the replies, I have never jacked up a tractor befor so I was just getting ideas on what I need to do. Hopefully get the front tires off this weekend.
-David Goode Coggon, IA
 
Hello sir, I was wondering if you could tell me where the base place to jack of the front of the tractor while changing out the front clip, please?
(quoted from post at 05:05:41 07/23/07) David, you are overanalyzing this, making a mountain out of a mole hill. Sure, safety is nothing to scoff at, but spending a week worry-worting about something as simple as jacking up the front end of a tractor is silly.

First off, why TWO jacks? You only need one. Jack up one side, set it on blocks, then jack up the other.

Second off, "tractor jacks" are not really useful for jacking up tractors. This is the giant heavy-duty jack that looks kind of like an old bumper jack out of a Ford car, right? Use a good hydraulic bottle jack rated for at least 6 tons. Sure, 6 tons is overkill, but the bigger the bottle jack, the more stable it is.

If you jack up the tractor in the middle, the front end can pivot like a see-saw. The lighter side will go up, and the heavier side will go down. They're not always perfectly balanced. When you take one tire and rim off, it will definitely get lighter on that side, so the side with the tire will go down.

Personally, I would jack one side up at a time, take the tire and rim off, then set it down on a stack of blocking or a large jack stand. Only jack high enough to get the wheel off. Don't jack it 2 feet in the air.
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