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JD 50 row crop and loader

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Tye

01-19-2003 18:45:08

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I am planning to make a loader for my 50 sometime soon and was wondering if the front end will hold up to the pressure and stresses of a loader. My tractor is a row crop with roll o matic front. It does not have power steering. Would it be wise to put a loader on the front of this tractor? Thank you for any advice.

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Russ

01-20-2003 11:51:22

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Re: JD 50 row crop and loader in reply to Tye, 01-19-2003 18:45:08

Loader Fabricator; I have a Model 45 hydraulic loader on my 1948 John Deere B. It has a trip
bucket with a plate metal slip on section.
It works well enough but would prefer a bucket
designed over a wide front end.
The tractor with loader is 2600 and may be in North Carolina (vice Dover,NH)in May 2003
unless an earlier offer comes forward. Picture
by U.S.Mail is available (8 X 10) upon request.

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Butch Vertin

01-20-2003 10:57:23

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Re: JD 50 row crop and loader in reply to Tye, 01-19-2003 18:45:08

Tye:
When I purchased my 520 it had a loader on it. The 520 does have power steering and rollamatic narrow front. The original owner used this loader for many years with no problem. He did have a device bolted onto the rollamatic that kept it from operating. It looks like a dealer installed device. I took the loader off. You can have it if you want to come to Kansas to pick it up.
Butch

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larry

01-20-2003 09:10:31

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Re: JD 50 row crop and loader in reply to Tye, 01-19-2003 18:45:08

my dad had a 50 and one year they put a 4 row cultivator on it next year we had to put new brakes in the only way to steer was with the brakes the roll a matic will drop one tire into a rut or hole then its about impossible to turn

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Marshall

01-20-2003 08:26:56

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Re: JD 50 row crop and loader in reply to Tye, 01-19-2003 18:45:08

My personal opinion is that most of the two-cylinder row-crops are "too light" for much loader work. Having said that, I would agree with others...I think you could find a decent JD 45 loader cheaper than you could build one. I have seen very few home-built loaders that weren't a "piece of poop".

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Steve - IN

01-19-2003 22:26:33

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Re: JD 50 row crop and loader in reply to Tye, 01-19-2003 18:45:08

Tye,

If all other things were equal, you're better off putting a loader on a wide front with power steering. It's just easier and safer. But I understand that sometimes all you have is a hammer, so everything looks like a nail.

If you're going to make one take a good look at some of the old loaders like the JD 45 or the IH 33A made or specified by the factory for tricycle row crop tractors. I think you'll find that they spread the stress and loadbearing between the rear axles and the front frame rails. Also, check out the sizes of the buckets used on those old loaders -- not very wide, and not very deep. Fabricating a bucket that will only hold a few hundred pounds of last month's vintage cow manure is probably your best insurance / limiting factor for safety and preserving the tractor.

good luck with the project.

Steve

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AlbertoV05

01-19-2003 19:00:38

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Re: JD 50 row crop and loader in reply to Tye, 01-19-2003 18:45:08

Tye, the 50 will "hold up" to a loader. Deere made a Model 45 that works well on them. Have you considered just trying to find a 45 Loader someplace? It may be less expensive than trying to fabricate one from scratch.

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