My Home built Loader

[Matt_Jr]

Taking on the challenge of building a 4in1 bucket let alone the whole loader is goin' to give you huge amounts of braggin' rights. Makes the hooks I welded onto my bucket look like child's play. Thanks for posting!

 

[rhamer]

Thank's for all the positive comments.

Hopefully it will all work out as I have about 90 tones of dirt to move and I dont fancy using a wheelbarrow

Next weekend is a long one here (4 days in fact) so I'm hoping to make some real progress then.

I'll try and keep up the photos.

Cheers

Rohan

 

[Bedlam]

great job I always get excited when I see the words 'Home Made"

 

[rhett]

hi rhamer,

You build looks great, I would just like to share some of my previous build woes, weight.

When I built my first front end loader for a 22hp Belarus Tractor, I used 4.75mm plate for the bucket wanting heavy duty, I regretted its weight after the build. The manual steering was horrible with undue stress on the front end, also rear ballast was needed to make a lift over 90 kilos. If I do it again, I would use 2mm or 3mm plate, thin walled tubing, placing stiffeners at structural points allowing lighter construction weight. The cutting edge and mount/pivot points is where strength is needed the most.

May I suggest during your construction, consider making the unit easily "Removable and Replaceable". You will find that carrying the weight at unneeded times is unproductive.

All I am trying to say is that my first build was more than twice the weight needed. Probably 3 or 4 times over weight.

Great Work, you will love your loader!
Rhett

 

[rhamer]

Thanks Rhett, I do plan on making the bucket removable, for exactly that reason. I was going to make a standard SkidSteer QA plate but it won't quite fit (the bucket is only 1200mm wide overall), so I'll just make a smaller version.

Cheers

Rohan

 

[David Devuono]

Here is a couple of pictures of a loader I built for my 12hp Kubota B4200. It has down pressure and will lift about 350 lbs. A rear counter weight is a must at my tractor has no power steering.

 

[rbutterfield]

Nice work Rohan,
Keep the photos of your progress coming.
Regards-
Rick

 

[rhamer]

I haven't got any more to show for the moment, as my planned 4 day long weekend loader build turned into a 4 day car fix/rebuild instead

I really hate working on modern cars, never any room to get at anything.

Anyway, I'm hoping to get back to it this weekend, and finish tacking up the bucket.

Cheers

Rohan

 

[rhamer]

Ok, I got some time this weekend and although it looks much the same, there is a lot of little things done..... including scratching my head a lot.

Cheers

Rohan

 

[rhamer]

And a couple more just for good measure.

Cheers

Rohan