Rear end loader!

[Slamfire]

I'll go along with you, the pond scoop is a handy device. Especially after I learned to use it efficiently. I've wondered about mounting it on one of the scissors lifts you see for bale spears. Maybe this coming winter. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[Slamfire]

I'll go along with you, the pond scoop is a handy device. Especially after I learned to use it efficiently. I've wondered about mounting it on one of the scissors lifts you see for bale spears. Maybe this coming winter. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[wolc123]

I think a rear loader may be more effective than a front loader on a 2wd tractor, especially if it lacks power steering. A front loader causes a loss of traction and more difficult steering as it is loaded while traction actually increases as a rear loader is loaded. I made one out of a pond scoop and a lift boom attached to the upper 3-pt attach. Stabilizer bars were added to the lower links which were extended with angle iron to reach the lower 3-pt attach of the scoop. A fair ammount of hydraulic power is required to operate such a device as a lot of leverage is lost with the extended scoop. My Ford 2000 had plenty but the little 8n could only lift the empty scoop. I loaded a lot of trucks, trailers and manure spreaders with this setup before going to a fwd with power-steering and front loader. I would rate the rear loader on the 2wd about 1/2 as effective as the front loader on the fwd but it cost less than 1/10 so depending on the ammount of loading you need to do it may be an economical alternative.

 

[wolc123]

I think a rear loader may be more effective than a front loader on a 2wd tractor, especially if it lacks power steering. A front loader causes a loss of traction and more difficult steering as it is loaded while traction actually increases as a rear loader is loaded. I made one out of a pond scoop and a lift boom attached to the upper 3-pt attach. Stabilizer bars were added to the lower links which were extended with angle iron to reach the lower 3-pt attach of the scoop. A fair ammount of hydraulic power is required to operate such a device as a lot of leverage is lost with the extended scoop. My Ford 2000 had plenty but the little 8n could only lift the empty scoop. I loaded a lot of trucks, trailers and manure spreaders with this setup before going to a fwd with power-steering and front loader. I would rate the rear loader on the 2wd about 1/2 as effective as the front loader on the fwd but it cost less than 1/10 so depending on the ammount of loading you need to do it may be an economical alternative.

 

[bbse]

I was thinking it would be good at soft, loose materials. And it would be a lot cheaper. I have a fwd with ps and a fel, but I might economize on my next( if there ever is a next) tractor. I really don't use the loader much except to move gravel and dirt, most of my use is mowing and scraping.

 

[bbse]

I was thinking it would be good at soft, loose materials. And it would be a lot cheaper. I have a fwd with ps and a fel, but I might economize on my next( if there ever is a next) tractor. I really don't use the loader much except to move gravel and dirt, most of my use is mowing and scraping.