Jchonline
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hslogger
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I had one of these L260's for about twenty some years and sold it about four years ago to a guy in Sheridan. It had the SAME loader on it, I had the factory manual and parts book for it, let it go with the tractor and all the stuff.
I never did need that four speed pto but see where it could be real handy. I ran a five foot rotary mower off the rear forever. The loader was wimpy but I did lots with it, gotta remember the L260 was made to be a row crop tractor and not a loader tractor.
This little tractor should be bombproof to you I hope. Keep the maintenance up and I will try to recall the loader builder. I can say one thing, I needed to replace my hydraulic pump for it which was on the front PTO shaft. It was a chain drive. I wasn't able to match it correctly with some catalogs and ended up ordering the right stuff from the builder and it was real expensive but the 100percent correct one as far as shaft, output and mount, and chain with sprocket.
Kwik-Way - Blades, Loaders, Mini-Blades and Backhoes for Small diesel tractors I am pretty certain this is your contact. They don't show these on their webpage but I am sure if you call them they will have the archival info and parts you will need. Sometimes it is lot harder and more expensive in the long run if you have to search far and near with no ID to match a failed or missing component.
I never did need that four speed pto but see where it could be real handy. I ran a five foot rotary mower off the rear forever. The loader was wimpy but I did lots with it, gotta remember the L260 was made to be a row crop tractor and not a loader tractor.
This little tractor should be bombproof to you I hope. Keep the maintenance up and I will try to recall the loader builder. I can say one thing, I needed to replace my hydraulic pump for it which was on the front PTO shaft. It was a chain drive. I wasn't able to match it correctly with some catalogs and ended up ordering the right stuff from the builder and it was real expensive but the 100percent correct one as far as shaft, output and mount, and chain with sprocket.
Kwik-Way - Blades, Loaders, Mini-Blades and Backhoes for Small diesel tractors I am pretty certain this is your contact. They don't show these on their webpage but I am sure if you call them they will have the archival info and parts you will need. Sometimes it is lot harder and more expensive in the long run if you have to search far and near with no ID to match a failed or missing component.
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cqaigy2
Super Member
Welcome aboard!
Looks like hslogger got the goods for you!
Looks like hslogger got the goods for you!
goeduck
Super Member
Welcome from NW Washington. I have been through your area, very nice countryside you live in. :thumbsup:
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rangerfredbob
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hslogger, thanks, appreciate the info, I bought mine in Stayton with no manuals so it's not the same tractor 
. Some time in the past this thing has gotten a belt drive hydraulic pump under the alternator/generator or whatever it has (I have a spare, doesn't matter... it works). The loader is a goofy setup with the parallel linkages so it stays in the same orientation. The loader is kinda wimpy, maybe 500lb lifting capability? way less on the tilt cylinders. The bucket is warped to heck, need to play with the torch and rosebud and a piece of firewood or something and get the bow out of the thing and replace some pins and redo some holes in the bucket since they're screwed...
The 4 speed PTO is actually kinda handy, I usually mow in 2nd gear I think which puts the PTO at 540 at 1800rpm on the engine I think (tach vertical I know that) which isn't too loud and probably easier on things. I've ran a PTO chipper on it at idle in 4th which was kinda nice, but I was chipping willow and where I put it it started growing... lesson learned.
That little tractor is a beast, with the filled tires it's heavy, throw in the loader and the 4" wide front tires and it sinks good... I haven't ever regretted the purchase, it's just enough tractor for what I need, with some finesse it does everything I want, when I get stuck I know I pushed the boundaries a little too far. I've learned some things about the tractor, have plugged the screen filter on the inlet of the fuel pump twice, the outlet of the fuel tank plugged once as well. At some point I'll probably have to rebuild the engine as at the minimum governor setting the low oil pressure light comes on but bump it up a little and it's good to go, put a couple hundred hours on the thing...
. Some time in the past this thing has gotten a belt drive hydraulic pump under the alternator/generator or whatever it has (I have a spare, doesn't matter... it works). The loader is a goofy setup with the parallel linkages so it stays in the same orientation. The loader is kinda wimpy, maybe 500lb lifting capability? way less on the tilt cylinders. The bucket is warped to heck, need to play with the torch and rosebud and a piece of firewood or something and get the bow out of the thing and replace some pins and redo some holes in the bucket since they're screwed...The 4 speed PTO is actually kinda handy, I usually mow in 2nd gear I think which puts the PTO at 540 at 1800rpm on the engine I think (tach vertical I know that) which isn't too loud and probably easier on things. I've ran a PTO chipper on it at idle in 4th which was kinda nice, but I was chipping willow and where I put it it started growing... lesson learned
.That little tractor is a beast, with the filled tires it's heavy, throw in the loader and the 4" wide front tires and it sinks good... I haven't ever regretted the purchase, it's just enough tractor for what I need, with some finesse it does everything I want, when I get stuck I know I pushed the boundaries a little too far
. I've learned some things about the tractor, have plugged the screen filter on the inlet of the fuel pump twice, the outlet of the fuel tank plugged once as well. At some point I'll probably have to rebuild the engine as at the minimum governor setting the low oil pressure light comes on but bump it up a little and it's good to go, put a couple hundred hours on the thing...hslogger
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I find it interesting about the hydraulic pump being run off the belt. Mine had a front mounted PTO shaft. The tilt hood had a small cut out at the bottom to accommodate the pump, and double chain drive. Anyway, give those people in South Dakota a jingle. It sure looks like the exact same assembly form afar. The hydraulic oil reservoir was one of the uprights of the assembly and had tiny filler hole. When I would fill it I had to use a funnel and go really slow.
The hydraulic hoses to and from the front mounted pump ran along side and up to the two valves on the the right side of the tractor. Doggone little two cylinder motor, pop pop pop pop mimicked and JohnnyDeere.
The hydraulic hoses to and from the front mounted pump ran along side and up to the two valves on the the right side of the tractor. Doggone little two cylinder motor, pop pop pop pop mimicked and JohnnyDeere.
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rangerfredbob
Veteran Member
That sounds different than mine then, the reservoir is a box shaped tank mounted to the left upright with the controls on the right upright... not the best loader, but it works... doesn't tip up very far, can't get a full load of dirt in it, and the tip cylinders aren't that strong...