Pics of Bill with his new lift.

jon f mn · Jun 6, 2013

This is Bill, the guy I built the lift for. The smile on his face made it all worth while. My camera battery died so the video is a bit short. I'll try to get a better one later.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VspHYrEosc&feature=youtu.be

Billy NY · Jun 6, 2013

Bill got a raise this week LOL ! I assume the only maintenance on it is the winch cable with repetitive cycling on the sheave block, but with extra on the spool, you can cut off the worn section and pull more off the spool. Some wire rope types are suited just for these kinds of application designed for sheaves and all the back and forth on them which you would likely know anyway and probably was on the winch from the MFR. So now he can scoot over, and take the elevator up !

Kow Farmer · Jun 6, 2013

Awesome job Jon. Great to see another happy fella farmer on his tractor again.
Kow Farmer Kurt

The Red · Jun 6, 2013

Jon that is very creative. Job well done!

randallinMo · Jun 6, 2013

That's just pretty neat! What is the lift capacity of the winch? What all did he have to say?

jon f mn · Jun 6, 2013

The winch is rated 1700 lbs. He said he he couldn't believe he didn't do it 2 years ago.

Mike (WA) · Jun 6, 2013

Very nice job! Nice to see "another satisfied customer".

I would make one suggestion, for what its worth- maybe put a lip on the part of the platform that is close to the tire- it looks like it would be pretty easy to get your toes tangled up with the lugs on the rear tire on the way up.

FLOLDFORD · Jun 6, 2013

Great looking job. I know the gentleman is pleased with it you can tell by the look on his face. Doesn't take much of a winch to move something when the line has multiple parts. Looks like the speed is just right.

JohnDeereJimOhio · Jun 6, 2013

Very nice Job

Anonymous-0 · Jun 6, 2013

You did a great job, just watch he does not get his pants leg in the lower pulley. Don't ask me how I know.

Fergienewbee · Jun 6, 2013

The ingenuity and skill of some of you guys makes me envious and wish even more we had never left the farm when I was a kid. Or at least wish I had taken welding in school. After pushing a pencil for 40 years, I'm finding I like working with my hands. I just lack skill and mechanical aptitude. I'm more of a Rube Goldberg kind of guy.

Larry

Billy Shafer · Jun 6, 2013

I agree with Mike. A small lip by the tire would help to keep his feet from slipping into the tire. Other than that a very nice job. Wish I had something like that on my 3500 Dodge.Legs don't work like they use to. Not stable at times.

Texasmark1 · Jun 6, 2013

Outstanding. Every time you go through a pulley you reduce the load on the winch by 1+ the number of pulleys. Here the load on the winch is halved, speed halved, but work function doubled....minus pulley losses.

I know he's a happy camper.

Mark

Formerly PaMike · Jun 6, 2013

What did you use to support the sliding action? Guide wheels?

Adirondack case guy · Jun 6, 2013

Go to Tool Talk to see the build.
Loren

Mike (WA) · Jun 6, 2013

He lined the channels with which UHMW plastic- there's a series of pics of the construction on the Tool forum.

Adirondack case guy · Jun 6, 2013

Jon,
Great job! I watched all the posts today and saw all the " armchair engineers" sugestions. I don't see any weaknesses in your design.
Loren

Traditional Farmer · Jun 6, 2013

Nice job now get him a salad with diet dressing,
its amazing how much easier it is to get on a tractor since I dropped 40 lbs.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 6, 2013

I like the big tomcat that is watching!

Mark - IN. · Jun 6, 2013

I like it just fine. Good job. I see the winch is doubled up correctly on a pulley to cut the lifted weight in half, doubling capacity. Very smart of you. Out of curiosity, whats the blue cylinder near the lift arms? Is that something powered off of the PTO? Just curious. Anyway, I hope he uses the tractor in better health for a long time.

Mark

jon f mn · Jun 6, 2013

If your talking about the blue thing behind the seat it's just an empty bucket upside down on the 3rd arm.

jon f mn · Jun 6, 2013

I actually had the lip planned but forgot it. My original plan for that angle had to be scrapped because the main tube came out in a different place from what I thought it would. When I changed the plan I forgot to go back and add the plate. I'm going to build him a grab bar for the fender next time I'm home and will add it then.

Pics of Bill with his new lift.

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