front end loader on 1958 450

Was Front End Loader factory option on 1958 Farmall 450. Was told it could possibly be W-450.
Thanks to Eugene for setting me straight on Model Year of tractor.Was also told it was 1960.
What weight oil does air filter use.
Thanks Kevin R Cook

Front end loaders are optional on ALL tractors.

The oil bath air cleaner uses the same oil as what you put in the engine.

Kevin: The factory front end loader option for a
Farmall 450 in 1958, would have been the 33A. I can't imagine putting a 33A on a 450, my 300 made mincemeat of a 33A back when they were both new. Given metal fatigue since then, I think a 450 would soon demolish a 33A. The best loaders came after that, 2000 or 2001 on 460-560. They will mount on a 450 with minamul fabrication for mounting at front end.

Farmalls are not great loader tractors, the drive train was engineered for straight ahead drawbar pulling. Over the years I had loaders on 300, 560, 656, Cockshutt 540 and 45 hp skidsteers. I'd rate the skidsteers number one, Cockshutt number 2 and Farmalls at bottom of pack. I bought my first skidsteer new in 1972, and since I needed a loader at two farms, skidsteer took the heavy load at main farm. 560 with 2000 loader at second farm. By 1976 I bought my second skidsteer, took the loader off 560, packed it away in drive shed, and put the 560 back to drawbar work for which it was designed. Four years later, a guy came along and actually gave me money for the IH 2000 loader. Giving money for a tractor front end loader, is more than you could get me to do today.

I once challanged my dad to a loader runoff, he with 560 and I with skidsteer in heavy clay, loading a dump truck. Skidsteer was 5 times faster.

I went on to farm 1,000 acres, (500 cultivated 500 forest land) 175 holsteins, 2 skid loaders and 7 tractors with not a loader on any of them.

Definitely a 33A would be period-correct, but not too many of them left anymore because of the pipe design. They didn't hold up, which is why IH didn't offer them for long and went through so many models.

A 2000 or a 2001 with a hydraulic dump bucket would be the useful options. You would definitely want power steering though.

mkirsch: Power steering would be nice, however I never had it on my first 3 loaders IH 31, 33A and a Wagner. That Wagner was a lot heavier loader than the IH 2000.