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Homemade Jeep Tractor
« on: January 31, 2012, 01:29:01 PM »
You may have seen my response to "226 In A Wyllys" where I posted pics of a 6 cylinder flathead Plymouth engine installed in a 1942 Army Jeep. �Well, the guy who did that also made an interesting vehicle out of spare Jeep parts. It was intended to be a small 4-wheel drive vehicle, a small Jeep, to go into and climb up onto places in our rugged and desolate part of the country where Jeeps couldn't go. �That was before four-wheelers, even three-wheelers--back in the 1950s and early 60s when around here, at least, you were free to go into and up onto any place you felt like going. �No one else wanted to go there and no one else cared if you wanted to go there. �This little vehicle did that very well, but it turned out to be more useful as tractor.�Here are some pics of that Jeep Tractor. �

Good use of a L Head engine




Made use of a Bottom-mount Radiator


He cut each axle housing in order to use to 2 short axle shafts and centered the pumpkin on both front and rear ends




A sprocket attached to the output of the T-90 tranny drove a chain to drive a sprocket attached to the propeller shafts forward and rearward. �This little tractor did a lot of work around the community, but it also provided a lot of endorphins for the designer and builder.
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Re: Homemade Jeep Tractor
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2012, 08:21:07 PM »
That is too cool!
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Re: Homemade Jeep Tractor
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2012, 09:55:49 AM »
Oh wow!  That is a rat rod just waiting to happen....I love it!

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Re: Homemade Jeep Tractor
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2012, 10:51:28 AM »
Calvin, it looks like we didn't have enough time to visit some interesting things in Blanding. Never fear, when I come back for a month we WILL spend some time on things beside trails. Your truly a gentleman and a scholar and beyond reproach.

You will never know how much I want to spend years in SE Utah. It's God's country as I see it and your a lucky man for sure. If I were financially able I would move there in a heart beat.

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Re: Homemade Jeep Tractor
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2012, 01:55:43 PM »
Thanks Carl,
 ï¿½I'll be pleased to show you this little Jeep Tractor (just a block away) and many other items of interest on your next trip.
« Last Edit: February 01, 2012, 11:52:41 PM by calvinhunt »
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Re: Homemade Jeep Tractor
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2012, 04:38:35 PM »
Very cool little rig Calvin, there must have been a little Swamp Yankee in your neighbor. I have a friend who turned a Pinto into a four wheel drive, all terrain forklift. He calls it the "Totasaurus"
1949 CJ3A project,1954 CJ3B weekend driver,2012 JK Rubicon DD and weekend trail rig,2016 Ford F350 for dragging cool stuff home :)

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Re: Homemade Jeep Tractor
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2012, 02:25:06 AM »
As I look at this little Jeep Tractor I can't help but wonder about the horsepower to weight ratio.  I remember during my 3A restoration project I drove it around as a rolling chassis, as I see many of you have, without a tub, fenders, grill, or windshield.  The missing weight made a noticeable difference.  
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