My home made cab and my home made snow bucket

[Waldon52]

A couple years ago I bought this old mini wheel loader to cut up to make a mini 4x4 articulating tractor. Once I got it home it worked so well I fixed it up instead. I mounted larger tires on it first. Then I took a rear blade I made and converted it to a front blade on the loader arms . Then I converted the converted front blade to a light weight snow bucket. Then I decided to build a cab for it too. I have had so much fun playing in the snow with this old machine. I even picked up a old set of forks and modified them to attach to the loader arms. These are the kind of projects I enjoy sharing to help give other people who love to tinker in the shop more ideas. ps, the loader looked like a rusty piece of junk and I repainted it too, ha,ha.

 

[Waldon52]

Here is some finished pics showing my home made cab and home made snow bucket. It is all hydrostatic drive. 50hp , it's pretty slow but a blast to use .

 

[davedj1]

Very cool machine and nice fab work also!
What is the machine? Got stats?
dave

 

[herringchoker]

You, sir, are a true craftsman. Impressive design and workmanship on this project and also on your 4x4 mini articulating Deere and mini D-11R in your other threads. Well done! :thumbsup:

 

[TCJatko]

Nicely done, and perfect for its intended uses.

 

[Marveltone]

Very nicely done! I love these fix-em-up and build threads!

Joe

 

[Tomtint]

Beauitfull. ...for sale?

 

[600rider]

That is another fine job of fab and restore! We have a couple of those old articulating Waldon loaders at the shop. They are prety cool machines and I always thought "boy I would love to have one of those at home"! Ours have the cabs on them and are not comfortable for anyone of sizable stature!

 

[ovrszd]

Very good work indeed. She's a Beaut!!!!

 

[stingray1]

Good job

 

[Waldon52]

Thanks ,
I actually had two of them . I bought both of them to cut up for the axles and drivetrains but they worked so well I just could not cut either one of them up. I sold the smaller one last year for $5,500 .
They are pretty cozy in the cab alright, I am one of those plump fellows myself, ha,ha. Today I had to repalce a hydraulic hose on it . We got over 20 inches of snow so far this winter and 5 to 7 more inches coming tonight and tomorrow. I'm sure enjoying the walk behind blade to move snow away from the edges .

 

[Waldon52]

This is by far my best buy , this little loader really moves the snow . Since I rebuilt the carb, put on the new fuel filter and new air cleaner it runs 100% stronger. It is twice the machine it has been for the last two years since I bought it. I just never had time to work on it.

 

[GPintheMitten]

Great job. Very impressive. Where in Michigan? UP?

 

[KubotainNH]

That cab looks like it's factory, very cool.

 

[Cord]

I owned a Waldon for a while. Great lifting capacity but painfully slow and quite top heavy. Their design is still produced today so it's a good 20 years out of date. As they started to put more powerful engines in them they had to raise the engine up so it would clear the axles. The Wisconsin V4's they were designed for sat really low in the chassis. My Cummin 4B sat really high which contributed to the top heavy feeling. Ultimately I sold it because I kept on snapping axles in the Dana 60. Finally upgraded to some aftermarket race axles and they survived. The new owner called me about a year later to report that he had now blown the front ring. Bummer. Waldon parts are stupid expensive!