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Kollin_farmall300

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I am 13 years old and have a 1956 farmall 300. When it was purchased used long ago it came with a front end loader. The loader has a International Harvester logo on both sides and is white. I am confident that this is a factory loader yet I have done much research and it appears that there is no information on this loader so I am curious if it maybe was made at a shop for this tractor aftermarket. The reason I say it may have been made at a shop is because all of the welds look very professional, as though it had to have been created by a certified welder.
 
Welcome Kollin!

The loader probably is an aftermarket.

Just about any shop that is equipped to produce something like a loader will have good welds. They have the equipment, every thing is clean and new, fits well, is assembled in fixtures and in the best possible position to get quick, easy, and good welds. The welders tend to get good at welding them because they do the same type work every day.

Where you find bad welds are when something has been modified to fit where it was never intended to fit, or it was broken or bent, and the component repaired or replaced. Some people are good at it, some are very good at it, and some are really, really bad! LOL

Is it on the tractor and working?

Anything we can help you with please feel free to ask!

Glad to help keep the old iron alive, especially when a youngster is showing interest!
 
Thanks for the info! The only thing I was wondering was about the IH emblems located on the sides of the loader. Was it possible that it was made for another IH tractor and modified at a shop to fit the 300?
 
If the loader frame is made from 4" tubing and the towers are radius bent and
gusseted, It is likely an IH 2000 series loader built for IH by Great Bend Mfg. They
were good loaders and very adaptable to many brands and models of tractors.-----------
Loren
 
Sounds like you may have an IH #30(or 33) loader.Those were commonly put on 300 tractors.Does it have a pipe frame? or a 'low slung' channel iron frame?A picture or two would be extremely helpful. Help us to help you.
 
A lot of loaders have been modified to fit tractors other that what they were originally mounted to. Also most(if not all) loaders were made to fit a multitude of tractors using differing bractry.
 

Painted white, with the IH logos, most likely it is an IH built #33 loader. It was made to fit your 300, as well as the 400, 350, and 450. It would also fit on the H and the M.
 
If the tubing was square and white most likely a 2000 series loader - if the tubing was round it was probably a Series 33 loader. A 33 loader is usually red - but that can be changed in about 30 minutes with a paint brush. The IH emblems could have come from anywhere. My 33 loader has IH emblems from a bag of random decals I picked up at an auction. They look good on the loader and look "factory" if you don't know what the original factory emblems look like.
 

Kollin, it appears from your post that you may think that the loader was built at an IH factory. It is well know that it would not have been.
 
I have a #33A loader on one of my H's and it's red. (Where there's still paint on it).

BTW, the #33 loaders had a trip bucket while the #33A had a hydraulic tilt bucket.
 
Here are the photos of the loader. The pictures of the tractors front end show the loader rests. Hope this helps! Also, this information everyone has is super helpful, and thanks to all who replied
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That's an IH 2001 loader. The only way that it differed from the 2000 is that the 2001 had a single cylinder on a narrow bucket
while the 2000 had dual cylinders on a wider bucket. These loaders were made to fit a wide range of IH tractors. The rear axle
brackets on yours don't look like my 2000 mounted on a 350 - it is possible that they were modified at some point.
 
thank you for your reply! i have also seen others say that this loader is a series 33A loader. does the 2001 have somewhat of relation to the #33A?
 
Also, does anyone know how much this loader would be worth with a little bit of work done to it? i have been looking into getting a 3 point hitch for this tractor, as it would be used much more than this loader would be.
 
Not all 2001s were that way. Our 2001 had the narrow bucket - but it was trip operated - no cylinder on the bucket.
 
You're right - the hydraulic bucket was optional on the 2001. My post implied that all 2001s had a cylinder. Thanks for clarifying that.
 
(quoted from post at 21:07:30 12/30/19) thank you for your reply! i have also seen others say that this loader is a series 33A loader. does the 2001 have somewhat of relation to the #33A?
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There is no relation at all. People were just guessing at what you had based on a vague description and no pictures up to that point.

A 33A loader would be "period correct" for a Farmall 300 from the mid 1950's. The 2000-2001 series loaders came along in the late 1960's.

Loaders did not come "factory" on any farm tractors. They were installed by the dealer, or in some cases, by the farmer. In this case, the loader was probably installed when the tractor was approximately 10-12 years old.

The main identifying trait of a 2001 vs. a 2000 is that the 2001's boom arms end in flat plates, like yours does. The 2000 loader has square tubing all the way to the end of the boom arms.
 
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