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    An adult male prepares to climb the three add-on steps that lead to the cab of his JD tractor.

    Add-On Tractor Steps

    2 pics of red combine steps with added silver angle-iron and metal plate step bolted on with rope tied to plate of step. 1 pic the step is down to use – the other it is pulled up against the 2nd step so it is out of the way.

    Added Step Plans

    About 18 inches above the hanging step that is welded to left and right 30-degree-sloped arms is another metal pipe also welded to the arms

    Break-Away Hanging Step

    Three pictures—(1) JD combine with three added fold-up stairs; (2) Case-IH combine with two added fold-up stairs; and JD combine with one added bottom stair (not fold-up).

    Combine Cab-Access Stairs

    Two pictures—(1) close-up of the ladder-swing mechanism attached to a combine just above its front tires; (2) full-view of the machine with ladder in out-of-way position.

    Combine Power-Swing Ladder Kit

    Four flexible cables and eight clamps that attach the added step to the tractor three-step ladder.

    Flexible Sidewall Added Step

    Color rendition of Mohrman’s 7-inches-apart added steps mounted over his tractor’s existing steps (as described).

    Homemade Added Tractor Steps

    Before & after pics left and rt of John Deere combine with original 4 steps on left and modified with 4 additional steps - 8 total - on rt.

    Homemade Additional Step Treads

    Man in blue jeans brown coat and black cap standing on top of platform on large green farm equipment & holding silver chain attached to yellow step ladder that is fastened on outside of standard green steps integral to the farm equipment

    Homemade Retractable Cab-Access Ladder

    Color drawing of the add-on step bolted to the frame just above the lowest existing step plus drawing of how it swings up when it hits an obstacle.

    Homemade Tractor Step Up

    The driver’s-seat-controlled hydraulic cylinder

    Hydraulically Operated Wide Steps

    Hinged to the tractor’s two-tread step is the add-on two-tread step

    John Deere T-Series Auto-Folding Extra Step Kit

    The photo shows the tractor’s original three-step ladder with the added bottom retractable step and added left-side hand rail.

    Ladder with Retractable Step

    |Two photos (1) Single add-on step (unmounted) with toolbox underneath; (2) custom-designed lower and upper add-on steps mounted on a tractor.

    Older Tractor Add-On Steps

    Ink drawing of a 3/4 rectangular heavy rod

    One-Hand Support Bar

    Left pic of Powered Retracting-Steps extended on John Deere combine. Rt pic of steps retracted on the combine.

    Powered Retracting-Steps Kit for Deere Combines

    Safety Step

    His hands grasping the ladder’s hand rail

    Spring-Loaded Telescoping Ladder

    Shown are three steps installed around the battery box (one just below it

    Tractor Window Step Kits

    No Longer Produced
    Just below the cab door is the lift as described—i.e.

    Winch-Powered Tractor Step Lift

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This work is supported by the Assistive Technology Project for Farmers with Disabilities, project award no. 2021-41590-34813, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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