f-10 loader cable

Were those old "X" braced things called F-10s too? I was too darned young back then to pay attention, I guess.

I remember the upper arms on those old outfits were round and the cable and pulley affair stood up and down on the rear lower crossbrace on the left side, back there by that triangle shaped tank.

Boy! We're reachin' back a few years! :>)

Allan

Yes, when I said, "X-framed", I was talking about those round tubed, triangle tanked versions with the vertical tilt cylinders.

Remember, the rear vertical uprights on those weren't boxed? They had the two tall green, angle-ironed "X" braces in the back instead of the red U-ironed ones of the later models?

We did the dairy thing so yes, loaded many a small square bale of wheat straw using the sweep head to gather 'em up and then stack into the truck.

When I was living up in Williston, ND, I noticed that the farmers down along the river in Sidney, MT, farmed just about as we did down here in the Nebraska panhandle. Beets, beans, alfalfa and corn.

Allan

No, it is a piece of cake; you can do it in an hour.

Have you got the new cable? The only trick is to make sure the cylinder "pinch" is in the same spot on the new cable as the old one, because one side needs more 'rope' than the other.

Just take your bucket off, after unhooking the old cable from the uprights, pull it out the back of the loader. You'll see how it comes around those pulleys at the upper crossbeam.

Then, unscrew those pipe fittings & anchor bolts at the arm and bring the cylinder down and out of the arm draggin' the cable behind. There are two rollers in there that the cylinder "rolls" on and they will fall off their "axles" when they clear the arm.

If you need any help, hollar back.

Allan