WD farm crane
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Topic: WD farm crane
Posted By: littlemarv
Subject: WD farm crane
Date Posted: 11 May 2014 at 7:46pm
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Does anyone have some pictures of a farm crane for the back of a WD or WD45? Looks like a handy attachment. I may just make my own, if I could find some measurements. OR, Does anyone have one for sale? ------------- The mechanic always wins. B91131, WC23065, WD89101, CA29479, B1, Early B10, HB212, 416H |
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Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 11 May 2014 at 8:20pm
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was just a post about the crane a couple weeks ago. A search for "lift crane" came up with this. http://www.allischalmers.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=88695&KW=lift+crane&PID=701670&title=lift-crane#701670" rel="nofollow - http://www.allischalmers.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=88695&KW=lift+crane&PID=701670&title=lift-crane#701670
------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: littlemarv
Date Posted: 12 May 2014 at 3:11pm
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Thanks for the link. Looks like I can fabricate one pretty easily. The pictures are just what I needed. ------------- The mechanic always wins. B91131, WC23065, WD89101, CA29479, B1, Early B10, HB212, 416H |
Posted By: littlemarv
Date Posted: 27 May 2014 at 9:31pm
Well, going off the pictures and drawings from the link above, I think I came pretty close! Hit it with some rattle can primer...  I restored a garden tractor a few years ago, had some paint left...  Also had some decals that were made by mistake, the letters are silver instead of white. Hey, at least it matches the rims.  Used it to lift the plow out of the back of a pickup, used it to lift some logs out in the woods, loaded a motor and a tranny with it, and that was all in the first day! I don't know if the hydraulics are up to par on the tractor, it didn't like lifting the V8 engine. Note how the dog and the guy driving the Johhny Popper are staring!  So, then we tossed the plow on and went and turned some dirt in the food plot.  Overall, a good day indeed. ------------- The mechanic always wins. B91131, WC23065, WD89101, CA29479, B1, Early B10, HB212, 416H |
Posted By: RickM(MO)
Date Posted: 28 May 2014 at 12:19am
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littlemarv, Looking good! ------------- Missouri Allis Chalmers Club Member; 1954 WD45 (NF), 611LTD & 811GT Lawn Tractors |
Posted By: Rltool
Date Posted: 28 May 2014 at 5:35am
| Nice job littlemarv! I would like to make one of those also. Do you have dimensions & what stock you used wrote down. Pm or email me if you do. Thanks. Ray W. |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 28 May 2014 at 6:10am
| Pretty nice looking fab work there, Lil Marv. |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 28 May 2014 at 6:23am
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That is GREAT!! Nice job! ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 28 May 2014 at 7:09am
| Nice job! Do you have to remove the lift latches from the arms to mount it? |
Posted By: littlemarv
Date Posted: 28 May 2014 at 3:19pm
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Yes, you have to remove the snap coupler latches. The crane actually pins on to the arms with 5/8" clevis pins. It is made of 4" channel iron. 2 pieces, 6' long. The two cross pieces are 3/8" by 3 1/2" flat stock. The bolts are 1" diameter by about 6" long, I put 4" long pieces of pipe over them for spacers. ------------- The mechanic always wins. B91131, WC23065, WD89101, CA29479, B1, Early B10, HB212, 416H |
Posted By: littlemarv
Date Posted: 28 Sep 2016 at 8:26pm
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A couple of people have asked about how I built my farm crane so I thought I would drag this post back up to the top. The link is in the first response above. ------------- The mechanic always wins. B91131, WC23065, WD89101, CA29479, B1, Early B10, HB212, 416H |