Scrap Iron Loader

[bal0123]

Here are a few pics of my homemade loader. This is the 2nd Loader I have built. 1st one I bought all the iron and material to build it, This one I went the cheap way out and salvaged for scrap iron at the dump and were ever else I could find it. The bucket is the only iron I had to buy, since finding a flat sheet of 11 gauge sheet iron is impossible to find at the dump. The cylinders, the single stick two spool control valve and all the hoses and fittings cost me. But I now have a loader for less than 800 dollars and it works great. I had no plans just cut and weld and if it worked great and it did. I am not a welder either, it aint pretty but it holds.

 

[wdchyd]

Nice Job:thumbsup:.....I like the nice high lift also.....

 

[mmurphy]

Here are a few pics of my homemade loader. This is the 2nd Loader I have built. 1st one I bought all the iron and material to build it, This one I went the cheap way out and salvaged for scrap iron at the dump and were ever else I could find it. The bucket is the only iron I had to buy, since finding a flat sheet of 11 gauge sheet iron is impossible to find at the dump. The cylinders, the single stick two spool control valve and all the hoses and fittings cost me. But I now have a loader for less than 800 dollars and it works great. I had no plans just cut and weld and if it worked great and it did. I am not a welder either, it aint pretty but it holds.

Looks great. For some one that isn't a welder, looks like you did a good job. My trick when I weld is to hurry and paint the welds so the rain does not wash them away!!!

 

[MikeD74T]

If I could find "scrap' like that at my dump I'd be there A LOT. Nice job. MikeD74T

 

[magicheater]

That is a challenging project. I have made a few things from scrap, yours turned out nicely!

 

[czechsonofagun]

Looking great! I also like the lever for scoop dumping.

 

[Baby Grand]

Nicely done - I can see a lot of thought went into it.

-Jim

 

[Johndeere3720]

Nice job! :thumbsup:

 

[zmoz]

If I could find "scrap' like that at my dump I'd be there A LOT. Nice job. MikeD74T

Me too! Around here the "dump" makes much of their money off of scrap metal, no scavenging allowed. Not sure why anyone would take that stuff to the dump in the first place?

But nice loader though!

 

[bal0123]

thanks for all the good comments, I know it has been awhile since I posted last, got a serious virus and crashed my computer. Needless to say took me awhile to save to buy another computer. I have made a new modification to my tractor. The front stock wheels would not hold the load of a bucket full of clay soil, kept popping the tires off the rim, even when they were filled with 120 psi, The 3 rib bias ply tires are only rated for 60 psi. The 120 helped a little but also I was a nervous wreck when airing them up this much. I purchased these new wheels and tires from tractor supply, they are 185/70/13 with load range C tires, basically small trailer tires. I could not find any that matched up to my 4 bolt pattern. So I cut out the centers and made my own centers out of 3/8 steel plate. So far they work nicely. Here is a pic of them lifting the backend of my 1/2 ton chevy. and they are not even flat. HIPPIE

 

[Mace Canute]

120 psi in an old set of tires.:shocked::shocked:

You are lucky to be alive.

 

[Renze]

The front stock wheels would not hold the load of a bucket full of clay soil, kept popping the tires off the rim, even when they were filled with 120 psi, The 3 rib bias ply tires are only rated for 60 psi.

filling them with more pressure doesnt help much, because the belt that should keep the heel on the rim, stretches more. I like wagon tires a ply rating above what i need according to manufacturers recommendation, because dry rot is allways quicker than wear on my bale trailers.

 

[jake98]

Adapt-A-Wheel! Nice job. You gotta take them down to the tire place and ask them to balance them fer ya.. :laughing:

 

[gsdavis1]

What kind of psi are you putting on the hydraulics for the loader? Are you using an auxiliary pump or just the tractor hydraulics. What size cylinders are you using?

I ask because it seems like that little tractor and loader has a LOT of lift power!

Greg

 

[bal0123]

LOL !!!! yeah the 120 psi in the tires, they were not old tires, new tires just had a few plugs in them, ended up blowing the plugs out aswell. I said I was a nervous wreck when doing this but honestley I had on two pair of insulated coveralls and a motorcycle helment with face shield and two pair of leather welding gloves also had my cell phone in my pocket in case I needed to dial 911. I was more scared of the sudden BOOM then what danger or harm it would actually cause me. Thankfully my compressor only goes up to 120 psi, who knows what would happen if it went higher.
GSDavis I don't know what kind of PSI, I am getting out of the system pressure. I have not hooked up a gauge to it yet. Though I am using the tractors hydraulic pump. Before I made the loader I did my homework and found out that these old grey market yanmar tractor hydraulic pumps only put out 2-4 gallons per minute, not much but it is something to work with. I used a single stick, two spool control valve that is rated for only up to 7 gallons per minute. Purchased this from Northerntool. I also purchased my cylinders from Northern they are 2" bore with a 1 1/8" rod, 16" stroke, these are tie rod cylinders but work great for this application aswell. My bucket filled with somewhat moist red clay soil which is very heavy. I figured the bucket to hold approximatley 10.0 cubic feet of material with the bucket heaped and soil dumping out I figure about 12 or 13 cubic feet, which I think is about 2 wheel barrows full. It works great the hydraulics are a little slow to dump the bucket but the boom up and down work terrific.