Re: Front End Loader

Posted by Gerald on November 26, 1998 at 07:55:11:

In Reply to: Front End Loader posted by Junior on November 25, 1998 at 18:31:06:

: How do you mount a front end loader to the tractor?

If you hadda ask, you have to buy brackets from the loader manufacturer that fit the tractor. After bolting them to the tractor, you tip up the back of the loader and drive under it, and then lower the loader on the brackets. Generally there's a couple bolts or a latch to hold the back of the loader to the brackets and the front hooks. There are as many details as tractors and loaders combined. With a set of brackets for the wrong tractor a good blacksmith can weld up anything to anything. Then you still need to supply hydraulic power either using the auxiliary valves on the tractor, or tapping the tractor's hydraulic system or building a completely separate system for the loader with its own valve, reservoir, and pump. The pump can be on the PTO or sometimes driven directly by the engine. Classically its with a shaft through the front pivot pin from the front pulley of the engine. Owner's manuals that come with loaders tend to have lots of details for multiple tractors on brackets, installation, and operation. There are significant differences between the makers in how easy it is to buy brackets and manual. Most tractor makers only made brackets to fit their own lines. After market makers don't know of a tractor they did't make a bracket for, but sometimes those brackets can be hard to find.

Gerald

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