1054 Wheel Horse with drawbar hitch at work

[Lane Ranger 10,968]

I came across these photos this morning and it reminded me that my brother and I have to get our father to complete this project he started .    We had one of the 1054 Wheel Horse tractors with the drawbar hitch on it that he made (he made three of them for our 1054 tractors)  with a chain attached to it.

 

 

 

 

Dad than began heating up a garage door spring in the gas furnace he uses in the blacksmith shop.  He then attached the spring to his heavy steel work bench outside and the 1054 tractor.   

 

 

 

Luckily for David and me the propane tanks ran out of propane before the garage spring got hot enough to do what dad said he did once before -extend the spring out 20 feet by the Wheel Horse pulling the hot steel garage spring out from the work bench!

 

Something we still have to do!