Ferguson jack

[Richard L]

I will try this again. Regarding Ferguson or Ford jacks I have only seen one once in a picture. What is your opinion about the safety issues of these?
there is one listed on ebay now however it looks as if it only half there. If anyone knows anything about these would you please check out this one on ebay and let me know if it is all there or not.
# 260184186183 Thanks Richard

 

[keh]

I've seen one and that one appears to be complete. I've never used one or seen one used and have no opinion as to the safety of it.

KEH

 

[Tom in NE]

If you look to the left on this page there is a Photo Ads. Click on it and do a search using ferguson. They have one there for sale.
I think it uses the 3pt. to lift the rear...I don"t know about the front...maybe it is just jacked up with a jack and blocked?
Tom
3pt. Tractor Jack

 

[Richard L]

Thanks KEH I have never seen one in actual use but it sure didn't look all that safe to me. Richard

 

[Richard L]

Thanks Tom in NE. I guess that one I saw on ebay is all there according to this one they look the same.
I think this one on ebay hasn't been listed long as it only has a $10.00 bid on it now.

 

[Anonymous-0]

It slides under the tractor and the saddles go under the rear axle and the lift arms go on the end of the frame. The small yoke goes under the front axle from the front when the lift arms come up the tractor rocks forward and all four wheels come off the ground.

 

[Richard L]

Thanks Jim Elder. I can see where that may be a little exciting the first couple of times.

 

[Anonymous-0]

I have one and have used it on my 8N. It works real slick and - as long as your hydraulics are ok - there aren't any safety issues. You DO want to use it on level ground, though.

 

[KSTractor]

It looks to be all there even the chain that holds the front stand so it doesn't slide when the tractor moves forward and up.Dad and I used one every year in the 50's to change the wheels on our TE20 or TO30 from plowing to cultivating and back .It seemed like the only safe way to take both rear wheels off without having a concrete floor to work on.We left the tractor running so we could adjust the height and didn't have to lift the tire,full of fluid, to line up the studs.Worked great 2 years ago I left a 2N on one all winter in my shop just hooked a chain from the bar through the lift links to the top link pin to hold it up.

 

[Crem]

They work pretty well. My dad bought one around 1940 and then I got in on using it in the fifties and sixties. We had to widen out the wheels for cultivating back then, and it was nice to narrow it back again for other uses. I still have the jack and use it once in awhile. Mine has a rod that connects the front and rear parts so that all four wheels go up at once. You either have to keep the engine running or chain the draw bar up to the top link or it will slowly fall down if your hydraulics are not perfect. I have an aftermarket position control on my Ferguson and that allows me to control the height better to remove and replace the rear wheels.

 

[Jerry Cent. Mi.]

They will not work if you have added the brackets that the sway control rods attach to. The pins on the bracket interfer with the jack.

 

[Anonymous-0]

My dad had one in the 50's for our to-30. I have one now and they work great. And they're not as scary as you might think. Harry Ferguson was, in my opinion, a genious when it came to gadgetry. Many things he designed for his 3-point system work very well. I would agree with the many other comments about how to use it.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Used one of those a lot when I was a kid. We would change our 8N Ford from wide to narrow sometimes four times a week for cutting hay and cultivating corn. The rear tires were loaded so, this jack made it very easy to change wheels. We could do it in less than twenty minutes. We switched the rear wheels from side to side and widened the front. Just make sure that you do it on a level surface.

 

[Anonymous-0]

We use one with our Ford 640 which had loaded tires and it always worked great. You will need a fairly hard surface, so if the ground wasn't reasonably dry, we would use the farm entrance lane. A lot quicker than a hydraulic jack.