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Stan-in-AL
08-29-2002 08:30:15
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Re: Weight of 1950 Hough HA Loader in reply to James C. Clark, 08-27-2002 22:55:51
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I've got a Hough HA also. The HA got heavier somewhere during production, I'm not sure what year. Don't know when it was first produced either. It seems to be the smallest loader that Hough built. I have a copy of a sales brochure, dated 9/25/48, that says it weighs approx. 4500 lbs. Also have a parts list from Jan. 1954, (serial #23500 thru 26899, which covers mine), which doesn't give the weight, but the appearance of the loader is somewhat different from the 1948 brochure. The frame is quite a bit heavier. Have a sales brochure from 3/60, that says weight is now 5150 lbs for the gas version (diesel now available, 5350 lbs.). My HA, serial #24375, appears more like this later version, with the exception of the lifting mechanism, including lift cylinders, which are still like the older models.
So depending on which year you have, I'd say it weighs between 4500 and 5350 lbs. Would it happen to have the fork-lift attachment? That was an option. It is just a set of forks that replaces the bucket. I'm rebuilding/restoring mine for use as a forklift to use indoors at a machine shop. If I can't find original forklift attachment (unlikely), I'll just make my own, using forks from a junkyard forklift. Good luck.
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