Home-Built, Heavy Duty Front-End Loader

Home-Built, Heavy Duty Front-End Loader TRACTORS Loaders 31-1-19 "I've used it hard for three years without a single problem," says Joel Pominville, Middlebury, Vt., who built a front-end loader and mounted it on his new Case IH MX 120 tractor. "I liked the Quicke 980 front-end loader I had on my Case IH MX100 tractor, but it had some weaknesses," says Pominville. "The frame towers loosened from the tractor, the main bucket pins broke often, and the bushings were very light." So, he decided to build his own loader. The pins were built from hardened steel and he used heavy 1/8-in. wall brass bushings. The frame towers were built from 1-in. thick plate steel and fastened to the tractor using available bolt holes. The cross tube on the loader boom was built from 6-in. sq., 1/2-in. thick steel tubing. The cylinders are much larger in diameter than the ones on the Quicke loader. After spending nearly a year puttering on the project, he finished it and painted it red to match the MX 120 tractor. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Joel Pominville, Quarry Road Farm, Middlebury, Vt. 05753.

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