Step on a 77

[60 Fan]

What kind of bracket held the accessory step with tool box on the 77, 88, 770 etc. tractors? Was it a U shaped bolt similar to what would secure an axle to a leaf spring? Or was it a type of special shaped bracket with just two bolts or ??? Thanks for consideration.

 

[AB]

Brackets

 

[Jack Watkins]

The step bolts on to the axle. The attached picture shows the front side of the step.

 

[oliver fan]

60 fan, I am surprised by some of the answers I have see tonight on this forum, as well as other forms. The steps were orginally made by the Knoedler (sp) company.

The answer is they used both. One style used the U bolts that went around the axle and the nuts were on the back side. The top nut was easy to get to, but the lower one was inside the tool box and was somewhat hard to tighten.

The other style had two 5/8 's rods welded to the step and they pointed foward. The rods were threaded on the front side and had a flat iron with 2 holes and a slight bend in it. The steps were mounted so the nuts were tightened from the front side of the axle.

I have see both types used on steps with the tool boxes as well as steps without the tool box.

I hope this answers your question.

 

[oliver fan]

Thanks Jack. That is the second style I was trying to describe.