one arm bandit

John O gave you great advice.

The most important bracket is the 'hip' bracket.. it is the one with complex curves on it to (normally) clear the steering arm.. it's absolutely essentialfor the 4-wheel tractors especially.

The lower bracket can be used, and if missing, torched out of 3/8 plate.

As john O mentions.. the front bracket ont he 4-wheel jobs is merely a piece of 1/2" plate with some bolt holes punched in it, and a 'toe' hole.

The 7xx/9xx use a totally different toe hole bracket.. however.. you are in luck. that front 9XX bracket i believe is also torchable out of 1/2 plate. Will need a square piece with 4 bolt holes, a tear drop shaped piece with a notch cut lat into one side to weld onto the square plate, and then 2 small gussets, one on each side of the tear drop that is perpindicularly welded to the square plate.

The HIP bracket, if you can find it will be the make or brake .. If he has the hip.. you can torch the front follwoing my directions and a bit of measuring.. now here's the kicker.

that hip bracket is very important tot he 4-wheel tractors as it is bent and formed in a way to clear the left side steering arm. Since the 9xx and 7xx don't have an arm there, i don't see why you couldn't take a 4" x 12" piece of 1/2" plate, cut the bottom down to a bit of a contour, like an upside down tear drop, and then punch the 3 bolt holes in it for the trans bellhousing, and then weld on a piece of round stock in place of the nub that is normall on the hip bracket that engages the box on the sid eof the loader frame... drill the nub/round stock for a long anchor bolt.. say.. 3/8 be fine.. I use long 8" 'j' bolt anchors for this.

So yeah.. if you can get the laoder, and it has the hip bracket, you can torch the rest .. the front will be a lil bit of fabrication.. but not bad. If you had to make the hip bracket.. it would be a wee bit hard.. but not impossible. Enough of us have these that we cound provide measurements.

Look at my attached pic. near the front you see the special 'toe' bracket. since it is not complex.. it CAN be fabricated with torch and welder.. near the back you see my 3/4" ratched hanging down.. it is on 1-of the bolts onthe hip bracket.. see the nub near the air cleaner tube?

if you are serious about joing the 1-arm club.. we can help.

soundguy

Good luck,

-John

You can torch out the lower under trans bracket from 3/8 plate. An enterprising individual could even torch out the front bracket for the narrow front tractors using 1/2" plate.

the trans 'hip' bracket is the real deal maker / breaker... it has complex curves in it.. and while a pile of moneyy a blacksmith and a machinist on retainer could likely yeild a working piece.. it's better to have one in hand than try to make. Same with the wide front brackets... the front and bottom are torchable if push comes to shove.. but that hip bracket is the one you will need.

If he has the laoder.. he 'had' the brackets if it was ever mounted...

and yes.. the 1-arms can fit the narrow fronts just fine.. ford made the brackets for them. your dual wheel narrow front arguable would be better than my single wheel narrow front.

since mine was a trip bucket model, I just ran a hose from a 90' fitting in place of the pipe plug on the test cover to the loader lift cyl, and then chained my upper lift arms tot he axle trumpets... raising the 3pt handle makes my loader go up.. Not as neat as my dual spool valves on my 660 and 850.. also didn't cost me 700$ for the plumbing either!

good luck.

soundguy

The difference between a 711 and a 722 one-arm loader is whether or not the frame is used as a hydraulic sump for a front pump. The 711 does not have the sump and must be plumbed into the tractor hydraulics. The 722 has the sump and can be used either with a front pump or plumbed into the tractor.
The 711 can have either a hyd or trip dump bucket. I would think the 722 would most likely have the hyd dump but I've never seen one to be sure.

Alan