Rear mounted loader?

[Tayook]

I have lived on tractor house, craig's list and ebay for about three weeks now: )

I just got a price on the Westendort HL 30, about $1800 new, so unless I can find a used one, that is probably out of the question.

 

[Iangb]

CadPlans Corporation - Where you can find designs, tips and order information to build your own backhoes, diggers and MORE!

This explains what I want, but they are just selling the plans to build your own?

That's the deal..........but they do have an arrangement with Metkit so you can buy a complete kit and weld it up yourself.

 

[wolc123]

I made one myself and it worked suprisingly well, better in fact than some front loaders I have used on 2wd tractors. The best part about it was that you gained traction as you filled it. I simply attached a 3-pt lift boom to the tractor, and hooked that onto the top link position of a pond scoop. I ran a couple pieces of angle iron as extensions on the lower links to make those hookups. It really worked good for loading a manure spreader, but I also used it occasionally for loading a small dump truck with topsoil, and a trailer with stone. I had to put some weight on the tractor's front bumper for counterweight, and when I tried it on my Ford 8n, it could only lift the empty scoop. My front-weighted Ford 2000 would lift about 1/3 yard of topsoil however. It sure worked a lot better than a shovel or pitchfork. I only used this contraption when I had to lift to a significant hieght such as onto a truck, trailer, or spreader. The plain pondscoop without the boom was faster for just moving stuff around. Since getting a 4wd tractor with a front loader, I got rid of both the scoop and the boom (gave them to my dad). You are right that a tractor without a front loader is much more manuverable in tight quarters than one with a loader. A good feature of my rear loader was that it went on and off as fast as any 3-pt implement and it didnt cost me a dime as I already had the two implements that made most of it. It served me very well for about 10 years.

 

[Tayook]

Sounds cool. Do you happen to have any photos of the scoop?

 

[wolc123]

Sorry no photos, but it was just one of them basic 3 pt scoops, and lift boom like they sell at TSC. You can probably buy a scoop for around $300, and a boom for $100 or so, new today. The only trouble I had with it was a badly bent lower link arm on the tractor one time when I had to move a bunch of topsoil in a hurry with the dumptruck. The funny thing is, I still have that link arm as I straightened it out and use it on my 8n today (interchangeable with model 2000), but I sold the rest of the 2000 (with a new link arm) about 5 years ago. 3 pt hitches were not really intended for using in reverse so you had to take it kind of easy when using the rear loader. After bending that link, I added some stabilizer bars that made it much stronger, and never had any more problems.

 

[JB4310]

Looks like a trip bucket?

Yeah but that's what you need so you don't have to get into an involved hydraulic system, you do have to have at least 1 aux remote.

Looks like it would be alright for occasional use and the price isn't through the roof, pretty easy to take it off when you didn't need it.

JB.

 

[Taylortractornut]

Warratah in Australia made one, Then later Hooper thats a trip type but has a scissor boom. Ive made a few copies of them for my customers. One can be made for about 150 if you have a good source of scrap metal. You can do a google on rear loaders or linkage loaders as they are called in Europe. Westendorf makes one called Autodump, then theires Negrisolo, Then Forano is an old scissor type. And the old Dearborn rear loaders I have all but the boost cylinders to one of those. I also know a man that had one he made like a hay scissor that he put a bucket on and used it on a 3930 Ford to dig a hole to put a 2 ton log truck into so he could load with another 3 point scissor.
The version of scoop I made for my tractor at work was more like a combo of the Cad loader and the Negrisolo rig.
im posting a pic of the Hooper scissor lift scoop

 

[RoyJackson]

While the rear loader is being considered, don't forget about the ballast you'll require on the front end of the tractor, especially if you want that loader to go more then a foot or three up.
And while you're considering front ballast, consider the extra weight you'll be carrying on that front axle. Most CUT front axles cannot handle an excessive amount of weight.
Just something to think about...

 

[stgabby]

Something like this. I do not know much about them, just something I found while searching for FEL.

I am new at this too.
i am going to the farm show in Louisville and look at the Westendorf Autodump.
it is the only dump i have seen in the US that does what you describe and it is what i am considering.
go to westendorf mfg website and you will see it. there is a video of the WR_10 on youtube

 

[dourobob]

There was a company in Canada that made one called a WIFO loader
WIFO Farm Equipment Limited
It does not show on their web site any longer.
I sold one for $200 a couple of years ago. I had used it on a 1951 Ferguson TEA 2085. Worked well.

Good luck in your search.