Sunstar Front End Loader

[wwmw]

Here you are. The bucket is basically 42 inches wide and it is set up to use the hydraulic valves already on the tractor. The Cub cadet 1512 has both a front hydraulic port and a hydraulic to lift for mower deck. I tied into these lines which gives me the lift and dump on the bucket. Will lift close to 200 lbs and has power down (will lift front wheels). The set up uses a mule drive from a mower to create an front attachment point. There were no additional holes drilled into the tractor. Will try to get few better pictures of the mount.

Thank you very much for the pictures, how far will it lift off the ground? more pictures would be great! Did you have to add a pump and filter also? and how much did all this cost you? And what is a MULE DRIVE I've never heard of one. Do you have a picture of that?

Thanks!
William

 

[ssrfenton]

Here you are. The bucket is basically 42 inches wide and it is set up to use the hydraulic valves already on the tractor. The Cub cadet 1512 has both a front hydraulic port and a hydraulic to lift for mower deck. I tied into these lines which gives me the lift and dump on the bucket. Will lift close to 200 lbs and has power down (will lift front wheels). The set up uses a mule drive from a mower to create an front attachment point. There were no additional holes drilled into the tractor. Will try to get few better pictures of the mount.

That looks like a great setup. If an external Hydraulic pump was used, say attached to the mower PTO, would it lift more?

 

[workinprogress]

The hydraulics is right off the transmission from the tractor (factory) so I do not have a second pump. The buckets lifts 10-14 inchs off the ground depending on where I have the cylinder bolted. The mule drive is the bracket that cub cadet uses to attach mower decks to the tractor. I am thinking I have something around $350 to 400 invested in the set up. Remember I already had the hydraulics and hydraulics valves on the tractor. Close to $80 of that amount was spent to have a metal shop bend and cut all the parts for the bucket itself. Well worth the price to have nice bends and perfect shapes.


White bracket on the tractor is the mule drive.


Mounting bracket off the tractor.


Lower point where bucket is attached.

 

[wwmw]

Thank you so very much wiprogress for the info and pictures. Do you have a picture with the loader on the tractor side view I mean? Have you used the loader yet? it looks just like the johnny bucket jr. What about the lifting bars I guess you'd call them, its the arms did you have those cut and welded at the metal shop also or how did you build that part?

Thanks!
William

 

[swick1]

You should be able to get this built for less than $2k if you buy the material and have a vocational school class build it.