Trakjak winner of Farm and Machinery Innovation Award 2015 in Assocation with the Farmers Guardian / 2016 Winner of the SSAB IAgrE Health and SafteyAward
Designed primarily as a safer way to jack up and support the rear of a tractor, particularly with its wheels off, Trakjak is the brainchild of Irish contractor Padraig Fay.
Born out of the export industry, where there is a constant need to take back wheels off for thorough cleaning and shipping preparation, the device makes use of the tractor’s rear linkage to safely lift its own rear-end off the ground.
To work, the rear linkage is connected to a frame which runs under the rear of the tractor. When the frame is lifted via the linkage, it essentially ‘levers’ the tractor up in the air.
Once raised, the tractor is supported on Trakjak’s solid wheels, and can even be driven around the yard with the tractor’s rear wheels removed (with four-wheel drive engaged). This means the wheels can be safely removed in the workshop then the tractor is taken out for a wash, for example.
Mr Fay says: “It was easy to see a need for something better than current methods, and I just elaborated on what I was doing with bits of wood.”
Trakjak is certified to a 12-tonne lifting capacity
Designed primarily as a safer way to jack up and support the rear of a tractor, particularly with its wheels off, Trakjak is the brainchild of Irish contractor Padraig Fay.
Born out of the export industry, where there is a constant need to take back wheels off for thorough cleaning and shipping preparation, the device makes use of the tractor’s rear linkage to safely lift its own rear-end off the ground.
To work, the rear linkage is connected to a frame which runs under the rear of the tractor. When the frame is lifted via the linkage, it essentially ‘levers’ the tractor up in the air.
Once raised, the tractor is supported on Trakjak’s solid wheels, and can even be driven around the yard with the tractor’s rear wheels removed (with four-wheel drive engaged). This means the wheels can be safely removed in the workshop then the tractor is taken out for a wash, for example.
Mr Fay says: “It was easy to see a need for something better than current methods, and I just elaborated on what I was doing with bits of wood.”
Trakjak is certified to a 12-tonne lifting capacity
Lama Awards 2015/2016
SSAB IAgrE Award 2016 |
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Trakjak is an ingenious Tractor jacking tool to lift the rear wheels of the tractor off the ground to replace the repair or replace them. "With the Trakjak in place under a Massey Ferguson 6000 Series tractor showing its simplicity and strength in design to raise the rear wheels of most tractors on the Irish market." Quote from Famersjournal.ie
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