front end loader
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Thomas
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You need to decide whether to even spend the money for a loader. There are after market loaders available in a variety of sizes from Koyker, Woods, etc. but at $4000 to $6000 each you may wish to go tractor shopping.
Gale Hawkins
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This is what I realized 10 years ago when we got the 265 MF from the wife's father. My BIL said I needed to get a FEL in the worse way. Used was beat up really bad and new after market for a 60 HP tractor was like $6K+. In my search I found a highly worn 1983 JD 310B backhoe for $7200. 10 years later I have put on new tires, starter, battery and a lot of hoses and it still starts on the first bump. I have cleared ground with it and pulling the 265 out by myself with the hoe when stuck in the swampy areas.
3-4 years ago we picked up a clean 1966 Ford 3000 then ran across the OEM Ford 711 one arm loader with hydraulic dump bucket. With the BH currently 30 miles away at the son's place we find we are using in more and more. We took it to a tractor show 3 years ago and life got busy last year and this year COVID-19 cancelled the local event so the show tractor is now a work tractor thanks to the FEL.
Everyone has different needs but living 65 years without a FEL now my back thinks the more the merrier.
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There is a chance you can find a used loader for it but expect a long and slow search. I would try to find someone who parts out tractors. But you may find them on the large internet search engines for farm equipment like tractorhouse.com
Gale Hawkins
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Good point. Our 711 loader came off of another 3000 Ford but we still had to make a new front connection bracket for it to fit correctly. If you could park next to tractor with the loader and move over the mounting brackets one at a time and do it from start to finish the same day it would be best. Finding loaders of the same model number is easy but fitment can vary from tractor to tractors for one reason are another. Even plumbing the hydraulics can be a pain in the backside.
Mounted loaders take work can be best and the cheapest.
