Goin' to look at it in a couple of hours. From the pictures it looks pretty
decent he's asking $1800 for it.
From my searching it appears that Johnson went out of business in the
early 90's. Because they are no longer around I'm begining to have doubts
at that price.
I wouldn't be able to get any support for adapting it to my JD 855 or if I
needed parts for it. I'm pretty handy and have worked around fabrication
my whole life and don't mind making a bracket or two but I don't feel like
getting into a major project this summer.
I spent several hours on the internet last night but there just isn't anything
at all about Johnson Hydralics Mfg. Usually one can find some history about
these companies that went under or someone that sold or installed or used
the equipment but in this case I'm finding nota, that's got me a little nervous.
I found a few discussions where they were used on smaller garden tractors and
it looks a little lighter than the Westendorf Loader of today, but I'm not needing
to move a lot. My tractor is a 2w drive with turf tires so I'm realistic about how
much I can move with it. I just wanted one for some light lifting like some snow
in the winter and a dirt or gravel pile in the summer.
Denny Graham