Farmall B Loader Fitting

Ken Christopherson · Sep 16, 2014

A while ago I asked some questions about a friend of mine's Farmall B he was looking to retro-fit a loader to. Tractor has been a good little tractor so far (he bought it in the spring), and I have had Farmall's in the past that I loved. I told him to go ahead with his idea. He picked up a loader from a local guy for $350 - It was mounted on an Allis WD. The loader seems a bit overkill for the B, so I advised him that when he does get it mounted, he will probably have to add quite a bit of rear weight to the tractor. Here are a few photos of the project so far. Looks to me like he is doing it right - making it quick release, and it sounds like all he has left to do is finish the welds, mount the pump and run his lines. Should be a good little tractor with his belly mower too.

turklilley · Sep 16, 2014

Probably the lift cylinders are low volume, high pressure, and will not lift much.

mkirsch · Sep 16, 2014

No, they're low volume low pressure cylinders. Still won't lift much, but with a B you really don't want to lift much.

Those cylinders will lift all the B will want to handle.

The fabrication looks very well thought out and organized. By the time he is done the tractor will have a full frame and should be strong enough to take whatever the loader can put to it.

DeltaRed · Sep 16, 2014

Good job!!!!

MNGB · Sep 16, 2014

His frame is looking good but that's a big loader for a "B" its a Paulson loader I have the same on my Oliver 770 and those cylinders will lift all thet the rest of the loader can handle.
GB in MN

RC Brooks · Sep 16, 2014

Yes, definitely add weight to the back, not just the wheels. That front bolster might be getting all it wants and more if it hits an obstruction.

gene bender · Sep 16, 2014

Coming from a WD those cycls are hi-pressure and his pump will need lots of pressure to lift anything mite need to go to a larger dia cycl

D beatty · Sep 16, 2014

Your doing a great job on that build Looks very simular to the one we built on our Farmall B in the early 60's. The pieces that run the lenght of tractor on ours sets on drawbar. Does that B have a plate under mag and above steering to put a live hydraulic pump. We started out with large cylinders and it was to slow at lifting . We went to a 2 inch cylinder that works just fine. I have to be carefull because it will lift more than tractor can take. I will put several pctures on here that may help with build and show what I use for counter weight on tractor.

Nebraska Cowman · Sep 18, 2014

I bet it will lift all he wants on a B. My advice would be to loose that big bucket. A bucket about the width of the loader frame would be more suited to the tractor. And much handier. From the looks of the welding skills I think he could cut his existing bucket down.

NNP · Sep 18, 2014

(quoted from post at 03:39:37 09/18/14) I bet it will lift all he wants on a B. My advice would be to loose that big bucket. A bucket about the width of the loader frame would be more suited to the tractor. And much handier. From the looks of the welding skills I think he could cut his existing bucket down.

nice work
Agree with N C,
seems backwards, but a smaller bucket on an old tractor loader actually lets you get more done faster.
Much easier on the tractor and you too.
Even on my modern tractor, I have 2 buckets.
A narrower one for the heavy dirt work, and a wide one for snow.
Spring and Fall, only takes a few minutes to swap em out.

mkirsch · Sep 18, 2014

The more I look at the pictures, the more I like what he's doing. Is he a professional fabricator?

I agree on the bucket. That might work ok in fluffy snow but he will want to remove that wide tine cover and fabricate a narrow tine cover for dirt work.

"High pressure" in those days is what, 1250PSI? Whatever pump he plans on using likely puts out that if not much more.

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