OK, given that it is a misnomer anyway, I still want to convert/adapt my front end loader so that the bucket maintains a (more or less) constant angle to the tractor as the loader is raised/lowered.
My bucket cylinders are on top of the arms and I have seen JD and Kioti self levelers that have triangular brackets atop of the loader arms with rods running back to the lift arm base.
It is just a neat little parallelogram of linkages and with all the Imagineering talent here I just KNOW that someone else has done this and could lead me through the design/development steps.
Fabrication is another matter, I will either sign up for a semester at the local voc tech next month, or have a local weld/fab shop build it for me.
Mostly for the pallet forks, but "nice to have" for snow removal and general bucket work too.
My bucket cylinders are on top of the arms and I have seen JD and Kioti self levelers that have triangular brackets atop of the loader arms with rods running back to the lift arm base.
It is just a neat little parallelogram of linkages and with all the Imagineering talent here I just KNOW that someone else has done this and could lead me through the design/development steps.
Fabrication is another matter, I will either sign up for a semester at the local voc tech next month, or have a local weld/fab shop build it for me.
Mostly for the pallet forks, but "nice to have" for snow removal and general bucket work too.