tractor table

[Scotty]

Hey Zelda, I'm middle of the mitten too! We must be close. I'm in St. Johns, just North of Lansing.

[Jeff122]

What a great idea. That table will come in handy for any piece of equipment. Time to start collecting materials. Thanks for sharing those pics.

[Mizar N68X]

That is a GREAT idea!!!!
Thanks for posting the photos of the tables.

[gcbailey]

so there is a better mouse trap. :biggrin2.gif: I guess that's essentially the same concept as a car lift in a garage. At the height of those does it eliminate the need to totally get underneath of the tractor or are you still going to have to crawl for that?

I'm 30 (still have to get used to saying that...), but 6'3" and too much football and 3 ruptured discs later, sometimes I'm pretty stiff and concrete doesn't help that much either. This is all I need to fill up my garage with now. The wife will never get her car back in!!

[thenrie]

Check on Harbor Freight and Northern Tools. Both have scissor lift tables that would be perfect for what you need and are surprisingly inexpensive.

[tubbyfirefighter]

Or if your poor like me, you could just dig a hole in the yard to drive over.:biggrin2.gif: Could come in handy around Halloween.

[Mlamar]

I am all for a better mouse trap, but I am also a bit of a coward when it comes to getting under a 700# tractor supported by wood. I know wood ramps are great (had a set until one kicked out on me loading my 1650) and can stand up to a bunch of weight... and I did buy a set of aluminum ones with safety chains. But when it comes to 2X4's supporting a stationary tractor the size and weight of a CC, I still feel better with some form of metal.
That rack just looks risky. Hey how about a positive ending I like the space ya got in that garage and at lest you got a lift table and I don't.

[smackout]

I got mine at Harbor Freight .

[vbob01]

I work at a chrysler dealer and picked up a bedslider for 25 bucks that came out of a trade in. I'm planning on splitting it and making some legs and a front base and using a hand crank boat winch that is laying around to raise and lower it. If it wasn't to long for my truck bed I would just mount it up and use it for what it was made for. Oh well hopefully in the spring!

[Dave R]

That is a darn neat idea on that heavy duty table. I wish I had room for one.

Funny story from a friend of mine. He went to see his dad one afternoon, drove up in the drive way and beside the garage was his yard tractor hanging from a cumalong hooked to the front axle and pulled vertical up toward a big tree limb. The tractor was smoking and soon burst into flames. Gas had ran out of the tank, some oil got out also, and the battery slid back in the holder and shorted to the frame and set the whole thing on fire.

He asked his dad why he was roasting the tractor, did he get mad at it? His dad said no I just raised it up to sharpen the blades on the mower. When they rounded the corner of the garage it was too late....no need to worry about the blades. His dad said " My oh My" among other things, look what I have done now.

Dave