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bmaverick · Apr 1, 2021

PILOON said:
I love to DIY!

My cab is DIY
Heater is DIY
3 pt weight is DIY
Snow plow DIY
Camera DIY
LED lighting DIY
Snow blower rotation is DIY
Radio is DIY
Strobe is DIY

As soon as all the snow is gone I'll take a few photos that might ignite some ideas for you all.

Yes, please do share, even from up north Canada. Over here we get plenty of Canadian cold fronts out of Alberta.

TMGT · Apr 2, 2021

Pin on quick attach for the loader

Grapple bucket

Core aerator

Backhoe

Leaf vac

gasman1075 · Apr 15, 2021

I didn't make this but I recently purchased this after looking for a ground driven sander I can use on my long ( 1200') gravel driveway in upstate NY

BackRoad · May 7, 2021

Keep 'em coming...

wolc123 · May 8, 2021

I made a rear loader for my old Ford 2000, from a TSC pond scoop and lift boom. It was more effective than a factory front loader on that 2wd tractor (other than a stiff neck) because it didn't have the traction issue.

A front loader on a 2wd tractor causes the tractor to loose traction when it is loaded, but the loaded rear loader increases traction. That makes it a lot easier to break material out of a hard pile on soft ground.

I hooked the lift boom to the top link position on the scoop, and made (2) lower link extensions from 4" x 1/4" angle iron (approximately 5 ft long). I also used a pair of TSC lower link stabilizers with it to keep from bending the Ford's lower links when I stabbed the scoop into a pile.

That rear loader worked great for loading a manure spreader, but I also used it to load a dump truck with dirt and stone. The best part was the cost (free), since I already had all the components to make it.

You need a decent ammount of 3 point lift capacity to use it. My Ford 8n, could just barely lift the empty scoop, but the 2000 would lift it heaping full.

I only got rid of it after getting a 4wd tractor with a front loader (no traction issue there), and no stiff neck.

denchen · May 9, 2021

Its not as fancy as many things on here, but here is my tool bar on my small garden tractor. The frame is made of old scaffold pole. There are two small pegs welded to the top of the bottom cross member. The idea being, a chain can be quickly turned one turn around the bar, then a link simply dropped between the pins. I use it for pulling firewood and pulling up small trees and hedges. I added an electric winch and a standard ball hitch for pulling a small trailer. Everything works well

p0diabl0 · May 11, 2021

For mucking horse stalls we need to move about 5-6 yards of material from one end of the property to the other daily (about 1/2 a mile). I made an FEL basket/bucket clad with rubber conveyor belting remnants from a local quarry. We load via muck buckets or wheelbarrows so it doesnt have to withstand digging forces.

On the 3pt is a dumping box, based off of the TSC carry-all frame and scrap metal on hand. A board fits in across the back that is easily removed for dumping.

1BADDZL · May 15, 2021

Log grapple, carry all with hydraulic dump.

1BADDZL · May 15, 2021

Adjustable forks with hydraulic thumb.

bmaverick · Dec 30, 2021

wolc123 said:
I made a rear loader for my old Ford 2000, from a TSC pond scoop and lift boom. It was more effective than a factory front loader on that 2wd tractor (other than a stiff neck) because it didn't have the traction issue.

A front loader on a 2wd tractor causes the tractor to loose traction when it is loaded, but the loaded rear loader increases traction. That makes it a lot easier to break material out of a hard pile on soft ground.

I hooked the lift boom to the top link position on the scoop, and made (2) lower link extensions from 4" x 1/4" angle iron (approximately 5 ft long). I also used a pair of TSC lower link stabilizers with it to keep from bending the Ford's lower links when I stabbed the scoop into a pile.

That rear loader worked great for loading a manure spreader, but I also used it to load a dump truck with dirt and stone. The best part was the cost (free), since I already had all the components to make it.

You need a decent amount of 3 point lift capacity to use it. My Ford 8n, could just barely lift the empty scoop, but the 2000 would lift it heaping full.

I only got rid of it after getting a 4wd tractor with a front loader (no traction issue there), and no stiff neck.

Could you post a few pixs please.

Loaders are so pricey now. The OE for my machine when I got it was just over $2,500. It's now about DOUBLE the price.

I've been looking at RELs for about 2 years now. I may have an idea.

This one from the 90s till about 2011 was $700 without hydraulic top-link and $950 with hydraulic top-link. The company is gone now.

The bucket is made by Swisher as a FEL for ATVs and UTVs. It was then modified as a 3PT REL by
DP Equipment in the southeast.

There are plans out on the internet I had found to utilize the Swisher bucket for SCUTs and CUTs as FEL or REL applications. Just doing a little change-up on the Swisher mounting makes it doable as a REL.

Here's the plans.

With the finished setup in the very last image, the bucket can now work either as a FEL or a REL.

As a FEL

As a REL

I could do a hydraulic top-link to dump or utilize an electric variable positional linear actuator to hinge the bucket to dump at any control angle up to and even curling the bucket.