Colt Case Ingersoll Garden Tractors

Well the rain stopped and got at the wood again. None from the neighbour's this time. Useing my own wood I have against the garage. Only a short distance to go, outside to inside on same wall. I could load up an arm load and do it that way, but using the loader is easier on my back and it might be faster. But burning the expensive fuel doing it.

Noel

Time to convert the little tractor to steam Noel!!! You have enough wood to make it run for a long time!

There. One more row to finish. Maybe today, maybe not. The FBH or the BFH, which ever way you want to call it, helps to get the pieces in at the top.
Wood gasifire tractor Eugen ? I think that’s what it called. There was a lot of wood gas vehicles in the Second World War. Tanks, tractors and stuff.

Noel

Done Next winters wood is in. About 2 plus a little cords.


Noel

Noel , Impressive what that little Massey can lift with that much of a reach . I see it is a tip bucket , but can't make out what lift the boom .

Dave

That thing is ingenious for its simplicity!

A single small hydro cylinder driving that whole thing. Crazy. I love it.

Well Dave, it can only lift about 30 lbs. there is a winch at the front that pulls down on that arm behind the pivot point. If I had the pivot point out from the tractor more, it would lift more. So what you see in the bucket is I’m guessing 60 lbs of wood. So I just leave the bucket up and fill it. And the winch can hold it. When I made it, I tryed to make it look like a model 38 pipe loader you would see on a MF 135 tractor. And when I built it, it was many for parades and displays. But of course I had to start useing it.
It has been a wonderful attachment. I’ve used it a lot in the past ten years or so. You name it, it’s probably been in it. My portable wheelbarrow.

Bob, not a hydraulic cylinder, wish it was. It’s a 1500 winch from Canadian tire in there.
Have had a lot of comments on it over the years. I built a manure spreader to haul behind it at shows. Made out of wood. Beaters are ground driven. Just for shows. It doesn't throw. I would put fake manure, black earth, peat moss , and long grass in the spreader for looks. Then throw it at people I knew going along the parade route. Use to have a lot of fun with the stuff.

That’s quite a ramble. Have a good day gentlemen.


Noel.

Mf14 hauling it in this picture. The MF 12 has the loader and manure bucket.

Great ingenuity Noel, well deserved award! Both the loader and the spreader are awesome!

@Propane57 Noel , where did you get the plans for the spreader ?

Dave

Hehe. In me head Dave.

But really, I just looked at a manure spread form a distance quite a few times as I drove by. Then one day drove in to get a close up look. And Jumpins it was a MF 110 manure spreader. Any way just got a good look at it. No phones then to take pictures.
And a toy manure MH spreader. Then I got at it. All painted by me. Even the decal part.

I might hook it to the Case 446 and put it in the Dundas Plow Match parade, like I did in 2019.

Noel