510 wheel loader ih

Brian806

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How good is a international 510 wheel loader and how are finding parts? Looking for a farm loader! I have ran newer cats and deeres at my job but I can't afford them and the seems reasonable price!
 
I don't know much about a wheel loader not this brand or model, but for an average farm owner, I see it a a bit overkill, unless you have insane amounts of dirt to move and you want to get done in one day, that is what they are good for nothing else.

for the same money or maybe less, I got a JD 310 backhoe, and I am pretty happy with it, I am not in any way partial to this brand or model either, its just what was available at the time that I could afford, I done some work to it and it needs more but so far what I consider tinkering, to others same work Would be heavy machinery mechanic work, but parts are widely available at least for what I needed so far, not too expensive , granted the loader cup is probably half the size you are looking at thou I have used it extensively and moved quite a bit of dirt with it and its large enough for me and I would think most owner operators.

a wheel loader on the other hand, in my opinion is more like a professional crews machine where one guy does nothing but move dirt non stop all day and tomorrow and so forth, and that's all it does, a backhoe I'm sure would come in handy elsewhere around the farm despite its shortcomings competing with the wheel loader at this one particular job.

another toy I got recently is a dozer and while a totally different animal while shopping I have seen some that were equiped with a loader bucket and some that also had an optional backhoe, again a more versatile tool.

guess my point is if there was a tool I could use all around that's what I would look for but there is no such thing, however I would rather have something that can accomplish a few tasks than just one because I can not afford the largest and the greatest for each chore I have, and it sounds like you are not rich either, and you work a day job, so I cant imagine what you would need a wheel loader for, unless you run a quarry on the side

you have made me curious thou
 
Well the reason I was thinking this wheel loader would be could is because about 3 miles from me thiers a farm I could get to farm but it has a lot of small brush and trees on it and thiers some other ground around me in the same boat nobody farming and they grew up but thier to big for a bush hog! I want to expand my farming acres! It's either clean up this ground or travel further for more land! I my job we actually have used wheel loaders to more a fair amount of brush with them as long as it's dry! And thier pretty fast doing it! And also since it's on rubber I can drive it down the road! Which is a plus over a track loader or dozer! I know it's big enough I'm just worried about parts cause with anything that old anything can go wrong at anytime I know!
 
in my personal experience, a loader ( backhoe ) is not the greatest tool to scrape off brush, I have done it but for the most part I have just laid them over, but the backhoe itself sure comes handy popping stumps especially if all you are talking about is overgrown brush a little too big for a brush hog, most I got in one pop, some larger ones, 8" oaks maybe 2 or three, foot or larger, a half dozen, and if you plan on farming and put a plow to the ground, I would prefer to go about it that way, its actually the route I took, we snaked in between the larger ones, with hatchets actually, got the ones I could get in a couple swings, small chainsaw on the 3-4" ones and backhoe on what was left, the brush just ran it over with the loader, than we plowed and popped the rest of the roots, lots of work but running it over with a loader, not sure what would happen when you try to plow it, or if the lots you have done at work were plowed afterwards or just brushhogged or simply left alone.

now a dozer on the other hand, although I have been advised to get one in the first place and I cheeped out and when I spent some money I got the hoe as its a bit more versatile and than a farm tractor with various attachments among which a box blade, I finally got involved into a project where the other party brought a dozer, a nice larger one, he scraped in a half an hour what would have taken me a whole month, it was frozen and he scraped the frost and 12 inch oaks stumps and all, didn't even hesitate,

now I cant afford that kind of dozer but I started looking right away and just recently got me a small beater, guess I'll still use the backhoe for the larger stumps but for the most part I should be able to snake in around them and get most the brush

now granted its on tracks and you need a trailer to get 3 miles down the street, but you said it yourself, when its dry you may be able to use a wheel loader, by than its too late to plant, if that's all you are doing maybe renting a decent dozer for 1 day might do the trick.

I like to own my own stuff, and its my own property and I will need the equipment years later too, so I made my choices, to each is their own, my dozer is a 70s IH and parts availability is not the greatest, I would suspect the loader to be similar, not sure if there are any IH dealers left, on the other hand I was pleasantly surprised how affordable the parts I needed were at the jd dealer, I usually avoid dealers period.

either way depending on what you are doing and what those lots look like a wheel loader does not sound like the tool in my experience, if you already have a brush hog, spending a day on foot with a chainsaw cutting larger brush, chain it drag it out, and run over the rest with the hog may not be such a bad way to go about it, sounds like a one time deal you'll be plowing after that.
 
Brian, I too know nothing about a 510. However, the answer to my dreams was a Cat 944 wheel loader, about 12 tons worth. I put teeth on the 4 in 1 bucket and it does everything I ask, including clearing and driveway creation on my mountain.

In my market, wheel loaders are incredibly cheap, compared to TLBs or crawlers. I sold my crawler after I bought my 944, and have no regrets.

Good question, your asking after 510 parts. I'm partial to Cat, for that reason. Not that Caterpillar hasn't failed me, but I've got a 50 YO tractor. It's a wonderful machine.

Good luck with it.
 
The answer to your question is the 510 is a very simple and easy to work on loader. Parts are still out there and not that high. I have owned three of its bigger brother 515s for years. there is no such thing as a do it all machine. Each has it own merits and advantages, dozer,track loader,back hoe, loader excavator.
 
Those are good loaders and common around here .My buddy has a 540 for commercial snow removal and made lots of $$$$ over the years . I just bought a 920 Cat and it works great at the farm for snow.Thius summer I plan on topping a bush road with the materail that's available but I need to install teeth on the cutting edge . The loader is also a great lifting device and nice for leveling driveways .I owned 2 backhoes and should have kept one for digging .
 
I agree with you--a 4 in 1 bucket with teeth is really handy for clearing brush and trees. I use my 941B for all of my land clearing but occasionally use the dozer to cut the roots on real big trees
 

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