I have owned a 49 8n for 12 years now. I use it regularly with a finish mower and snow plow, and occasionally with a back blade, box scraper, scoop, plow, discs, and boom pole. One thing that I had and sold was a nice front loader with a 2 way cylinder on the bucket. I had to get rid of the loader because it was just sitting, and all the extra weight of the frame, pump, valves and controls (loader arms, bucket, and cylinders off) were just so heavy that it made all the other tasks less fun (steering, braking, etc).
So here is where I am headed with this. I can push dirt or snow, and can lift things, but I can't lift/load dirt. I don't want another front loader because I don't use it enough. The rear manure scoop (Dearborn 19-27) is interesting to me, but hard to come by.
I have read on some forum some place that a man took his boom pole and attached it to all 3 points, then at the point of the boom, attached the top mount of his scoop, then took 2 long pieces of angle to connect the bottom points (3 pt hitch/boom pole to bottom of scoop). Sounds like a good idea, except I am pretty sure (without testing) that this rigging will lift little more than an empty bucket. So I have been reading about the auxiliary hydraulic port on the bottom right of the tranny. When you look at pics of the rear manure loader, it shows additional hydraulic cylinders assisting the 3 pt lift. I assume that it uses the same port.
Can I buy a couple of 1 way cylinders and get the extra boost that I need? Do they just operate at the same time as the internal with no timing issues? I know that for the old Wagner loaders, you needed to chain the 3 point arms down so that all of the flow went to the loader cylinders. Has anyone done anything like this and did it work? I realize it wouldn't get you high enough to load a 1 ton dump truck, but you could reach a trailer.
So here is where I am headed with this. I can push dirt or snow, and can lift things, but I can't lift/load dirt. I don't want another front loader because I don't use it enough. The rear manure scoop (Dearborn 19-27) is interesting to me, but hard to come by.
I have read on some forum some place that a man took his boom pole and attached it to all 3 points, then at the point of the boom, attached the top mount of his scoop, then took 2 long pieces of angle to connect the bottom points (3 pt hitch/boom pole to bottom of scoop). Sounds like a good idea, except I am pretty sure (without testing) that this rigging will lift little more than an empty bucket. So I have been reading about the auxiliary hydraulic port on the bottom right of the tranny. When you look at pics of the rear manure loader, it shows additional hydraulic cylinders assisting the 3 pt lift. I assume that it uses the same port.
Can I buy a couple of 1 way cylinders and get the extra boost that I need? Do they just operate at the same time as the internal with no timing issues? I know that for the old Wagner loaders, you needed to chain the 3 point arms down so that all of the flow went to the loader cylinders. Has anyone done anything like this and did it work? I realize it wouldn't get you high enough to load a 1 ton dump truck, but you could reach a trailer.
