Tractor steps

[super99]

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Why add steps when kids like me would tear them off.

Why add steps when old guys like me would tear them off.

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If you park it there every time you wouldn't need steps! An old man should be wise enough to stop before he gets that far in!

 

[Fixingfarmer]

I think manufacturers cared too much about not causing interference cultivating on the row crop tractors. The steps my uncle made on the 4020 don’t cause issue when we cultivate and they look like the ones you made on the Oliver but I think a lot of them would have but most on an a and b on the axle would. I had a fancy set on my first 3010 but I didn’t ever try it on the rows. Back then roundup worked well enough didn’t need to cultivate

 

[TerryfromSWIowa]

Good Lord man! How did that all turn out? You must of had help to get out of that mess.

Looks to me like when he broke through it was too late. look at his tracks.

 

[bc]

Good Lord man! How did that all turn out? You must of had help to get out of that mess.

A bigger 4 wheel drive tractor with duals pulled it right out with a log chain. Kinda slid in from the edge when I got to close and I thought I could turn back out of it. Other side was on better ground. I had been going in perpendicular to the dried up pond taking out bucket loads to spread around low spots in the pasture. Thought maybe I could work the edges and let them dry out and over the winter maybe i could gradually work to the middle. Gave up on that plan. Only thing on the buried side was the battery box. Spent an hour hosing off mud.

 

[bc]

An old man should be wise enough to stop before he gets that far in!

Sometimes. And sometimes this old man is still a kid at heart.

 

[47fivewindow]

A bigger 4 wheel drive tractor with duals pulled it right out with a log chain. Kinda slid in from the edge when I got to close and I thought I could turn back out of it. Other side was on better ground. I had been going in perpendicular to the dried up pond taking out bucket loads to spread around low spots in the pasture. Thought maybe I could work the edges and let them dry out and over the winter maybe i could gradually work to the middle. Gave up on that plan. Only thing on the buried side was the battery box. Spent an hour hosing off mud.


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Why add steps when kids like me would tear them off.

Why add steps when old guys like me would tear them off.

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Never take your bigest tractor on your softest ground

 

[JohnRowehl]

My father had replaced the left side steps on his Farmall 826 with a K&M step with a hand rail. When I inherited the tractor, I grabbed the original step out of the corner of the barn, thinking I was young enough to get up on the tractor with the factory steps and I would put it back on for old times sake. I imagine I will get to that point someday when I will have to put the easier access steps back on.

While renewing the tractor and putting parts back on, I came to find that the original step was badly bent out of shape. So I heated it and tried to bend it back as best I could. I couldn’t get it straightened completely but it probably isn’t going to be noticable.

Then I wondered; how did this get bent in the first place? Did someone run into something? Hmmmm….the front axle is lower than the step. Oh well.

I have a photo of the tractor from 2002 and the K&M step wasn’t on yet. My father was 73 that year. I don’t know what year he put them on, but they were on it by 2007.

in this whole process I learned what 12 point bolt heads were made for.

It also led to purchasing a 12 point socket set that I may not use again until I’m too old to get up onto the tractor with the factory steps. All for the joy of having the 826 back to the way it was when I was on the farm.

 

[Mcrafty1]

My father had replaced the left side steps on his Farmall 826 with a K&M step with a hand rail. When I inherited the tractor, I grabbed the original step out of the corner of the barn, thinking I was young enough to get up on the tractor with the factory steps and I would put it back on for old times sake. I imagine I will get to that point someday when I will have to put the easier access steps back on.

While renewing the tractor and putting parts back on, I came to find that the original step was badly bent out of shape. So I heated it and tried to bend it back as best I could. I couldn’t get it straightened completely but it probably isn’t going to be noticable.

Then I wondered; how did this get bent in the first place? Did someone run into something? Hmmmm….the front axle is lower than the step. Oh well.

I have a photo of the tractor from 2002 and the K&M step wasn’t on yet. My father was 73 that year. I don’t know what year he put them on, but they were on it by 2007.

in this whole process I learned what 12 point bolt heads were made for.
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It also led to purchasing a 12 point socket set that I may not use again until I’m too old to get up onto the tractor with the factory steps. All for the joy of having the 826 back to the way it was when I was on the farm.

Hahaha, I didn't plan on getting as old has I have either...if one lives long enough it happens to most. If I were you I wouldn't misplace that step your father swapped out the original one for. JMHO

 

[tom upton]

Wish I had a picture of it, but I have seen an "elevator" step on an Oliver tractor. It was ran with a little electric winch that mounted off the top of the cab. The person must have been pretty dedicated to rig that up. If I get to the point were I need an elevator to get on the tractor I think I might pack it in!

 

[Mcrafty1]

Wish I had a picture of it, but I have seen an "elevator" step on an Oliver tractor. It was ran with a little electric winch that mounted off the top of the cab. The person must have been pretty dedicated to rig that up. If I get to the point were I need an elevator to get on the tractor I think I might pack it in!

I agree, that would over the top for me too.

 

[JohnRowehl]

Wish I had a picture of it, but I have seen an "elevator" step on an Oliver tractor. It was ran with a little electric winch that mounted off the top of the cab. The person must have been pretty dedicated to rig that up. If I get to the point were I need an elevator to get on the tractor I think I might pack it in!

I wonder if that was a design developed by the AgrAbilty program.

 

[JohnRowehl]

Hahaha, I didn't plan on getting as old has I have either...if one lives long enough it happens to most. If I were you I wouldn't misplace that step your father swapped out the original one for. JMHO

For what those things cost, I can assure you it is tucked safely away.

 

[TerryfromSWIowa]

Jon MN built a lift a few years ago for someone.

 

[DoubleO7]

On some large earth moving equipment, the steps use steel cable so the can be dragged into obstacles w/o damage. Just a thought.

Buyers Products, many sizes.

 

[Leroy]

My 1655 and 1550 Olivers had one factory step to get on, too long of a stretch for an old man. I went through the scrap pile and threw these together, much more user friendly! Made a set for each tractor.View attachment 93244View attachment 93245View attachment 93246

Your steps would not work for me, would need 4 steps and twice as big. Started adding steps to the 38 John Deere A in 1957, the year it was bought and followed up adding on to the other Deres. 46 B, 49 B, and 51A, then the 4000 and 5000 Fords and the combines. Now an 8 inch high steep is too tall for me at 81

 

[bc]

I suppose someone could do like some do with horses and add a stirrup or 2 or 3 from a rope looped around the saddle horn and hanging down.

Another old horse mounting trick for short people with moving horses was to use an upside down 5 gallon plastic bucket on a rope looped around the horn. Cut a hole in the bottom and make a knot so the rope won't pull through. If the horse moved while trying to mount then the bucket moves too.