MF-65 Loader Identification

MadOnions · Apr 6, 2016

Hello everyone!

Im looking for some help identifying the loader thats on my tractor. I have searched all over google for it but I cant find anything remotely similar. I have a sneaking suspicion that its been beat to fit the tractor. It kind of looks like the trip loader on the WD45 but the undercarriage doesnt look the same...

The main reason that Im trying to identify it is so I can fabricate the missing support brackets... At the moment the thing is pretty unstable and I dont feel safe lifting much more than the bucket. The loader arms look like they have taken a pretty significant hit as well... I havent noticed any broken welds but Im also teetering on just scrapping this one and trying to find another...

Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks for your help!

Dieseltech · Apr 6, 2016

Looks like a Freeman loader, can you read the tag on the loader frame in the photo?

MadOnions · Apr 6, 2016

It doesn't have any information on it that I can see... The paint is layered on and nothing is legible anymore. I have a feeling if I took a wire brush to it I would wipe whats left away...

Dieseltech · Apr 6, 2016

I use paint stripper on tags first, can usually read them after wiping off the layered paint.

MadOnions · Apr 6, 2016

Good thought. Ill give that a shot tomorrow and see if I get anything off the nameplate.

Have any opinion on these loaders though? The thing is pretty beat... Wondering if its worth putting the effort into fabbing mounts and maybe straightening it a little. It would be nice to be able to lift a round bail (4x4) or a engine block or two.

blue water massey · Apr 6, 2016

it has a lot of simalarities to the one on my WD
but I have no idea what make mine is

MadOnions · Apr 7, 2016

Thanks for the picture. It definitely does look like it.

MadOnions · Apr 7, 2016

I took some old stripper that I had and managed a wipe away a bit of the paint. After putting back on some white and wiping it away I can kind of make out two cursive "ee"s... So it looks like its a freeman.

It does have two sets of numbers stamped in it that showed up. One has "500" and the other has "D5 1977". So does this mean its has a 500lb capacity, made in '77, and model D5?

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