Loader Ford 711 one arm loader

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Richard Strausbaugh

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Can any give me some ball park specs on a ford 711 loader.

I have located one and would like to disassemble and hall it home in a pickup. I am assuming it weight is around 750 - 1000 pounds. But what I do not know is how long will the arm from the bucket to the pivit point be. Can I hall it in a pickup with the tail gate down. Assuming it is 9 - 10 foot, is that close to the length with the bucket removed?

Thanks for any or all feed back.
 
   / Ford 711 one arm loader #2  
Send a PM to Soundguy. He knows more about those loaders than anyone else here. He owns about three of them, and has trucked them all over the Southeast.
 
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i have about 8 of those loaders. both 711 and 722 single boom.

if it is partially disassembled it will fit in a 4x8 cargo trailer. ie.. bucket is removed from the loader.

if it is really disassembled with bucket seperate, boom, and mast, and cyl seperate, it will fit in a short bed full sized pickup WITH a bed mounted tool box. BTDT multiple times.

be aware. there are 3 cyl and 4 cyl versions of that loader.. there is a square box on the side of the upright mast. if it is 3.5" from top edge to mast it is for a 3 cyl tractor like a 2000/3000 post 65 machine. if it is about 5" it is for a 4 cyl.. like an 8n thru the 00/01 and 4 cyl 2000/4000 series. also be aware that it takes 3 bracets to mount the laoder to the common 55-64 ag chassie tractors.. a front one and lower one and a tranny bracket. the front and lower can be torched out of 1/2" and 3/8 plate. the trans bracket is cast steel and has some compound curves in it... hard to fabricate.

add to this that if you want to mount the 3 cyl model to the 4 cyl machine there is an OFFSET trans bracket needed.. or you have to dink with the geometry a bit and use oem brackets.

if you are mounting to a rowcrop tractor like a 700/900 there is a special front drop bracket needed... can be torched and welded from 1/2" plate.

for the 3 cyl machines, the front bracket can be complicated depending onthe type of front bolster you have. lcg models for instance use a very weird looking bracket.

8n's require a more or less non existant front hanger bracket, and a clamp style bracket .. ive' onle ever seen one...

NAA also require a special trans bracket and a tie palte that goes under the steering box to mount that trans bracket. I've seen 2 of those.. and I bought one of them.. :).. have helped a guy make a set for his naa, and another guy make a set for his 900.

there is a kit to mount it to a fordson dexta.. it's probably the most rare... i've never even seen one.

the 4 cyl models have 2500# breakout force and 1000# max lift.. the 3 cyl models have 3000# breakout and 1300 max lift.

most 722 have hyd dump/curl, and power up via a dual spool with one side being da and the other sa.

most 711 are trip style.. either rod trip or cable trip and only need SA hyds to lift the boom.

i've got all the variants, and have plumbed them just about as many ways as you can.. straight of fthe 3pt witht he lift chained down, via diverter plate, via onboard remote valves, via aux hyds tapped off the engine pump using an open center power beyond style valve.. etc... all have their pros's and cons.

there were snow buckets, material buckets, maneuer tine buckets and material plates, snow plows, and gin pole lifts available as front implements.

all of mine that are installed work.. I have a 1955 ford 850 I routinely use to move 800-1000# round hay bales with. here's a pic with a 1000# tifton bale strapped intot he bucket after it fell off the side of the hay trailer as i was going thru the pasture and almost split apart.

soundguy
 

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Thank you SoundGuy for the info on the 711. This one looks like a 4 cylinder version with a rod, Just guessing it is a earlier version, from the way the pin in the pivit point is being held in.
 

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would have to see lower to tell for sure. looks like a good project. metal all looks intact.

what ya mounting it on?

soundguy
 
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Well, there you are!

i love them loaders.. always looking for another. currently I have only 1 left un mounted.. have a few ideas for something goofy. already have a few on row crops, my naa, and on a couple agg chassie models.

the front hanger bracket for a row crop, with a lil work can be made to fit on a 541 frame rail :) the trans bracket and lower bracket fit as is, too :) might be neat looking to see a 541 offset with a 1-arm...

soundguy
 
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Yes you are right a 541 off set with a loader would be different. My first one will just be a standard mounting on a 641. The 641 has a remote valve and rear pie weights. So should be simple mounting once the loader is blasted and painted. This one has brackets with it. But see lots of people looking for brackets. Supprised someone has not fab ed a and posted them for sale. Thanks for you replies.
 
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i love them loaders.. always looking for another. currently I have only 1 left un mounted.. have a few ideas for something goofy. already have a few on row crops, my naa, and on a couple agg chassie models.

the front hanger bracket for a row crop, with a lil work can be made to fit on a 541 frame rail :) the trans bracket and lower bracket fit as is, too :) might be neat looking to see a 541 offset with a 1-arm...

soundguy

I think they are awesome design, wish I had one. Often thought about building one for garden tractor, but that is as far as I got!
 
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Yes you are right a 541 off set with a loader would be different. My first one will just be a standard mounting on a 641. The 641 has a remote valve and rear pie weights. So should be simple mounting once the loader is blasted and painted. This one has brackets with it. But see lots of people looking for brackets. Supprised someone has not fab ed a and posted them for sale. Thanks for you replies.

I think i'm gonna add that to my list of projects this year.. right after I fix a set of 14.9-28 power adjust rims someone welded up that came on a 950 I got.

I got the loader setting there doing nothing, and the 541 is in the shed. I've got the brackets too.

as for the complex cast trans bracket. it would take someone with sand casting ability to pour one... or.. I suppost a machinist could make one out of a billet.

I have seen one person that took an old brush hog blade that had a molded in bend in it..and he did some torching and welding on it, and it worked to mount a loader on a row crop where there was no left steering arm to deal with clearance issues.. as that is one of the mail concersn about fabbing one up for an ag chassie.. the left stering arm.

soundguy
 

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