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Re: H or M McCormick Loader
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Posted by Hugh MacKay on December 15, 2003 at 13:59:48 from (209.226.247.64):
In Reply to: H or M McCormick Loader posted by 44H on December 15, 2003 at 10:12:47:
44H: Those were a great old loader in their day. My dad bought one new with his H in 1951. Not sure but I think his was a 31. They will lift more than the loaders that followed them. Problem with them because of where lift arms are hinged, when loader is up full height, they have very limited reach over a truck or other high vehicle. They were fine on manure spreaders where loader was up little more than half way. The other thing they tend to do is spill material over back of bucket unto tractor hood, again due to the hinge point. I know all loaders will do this some but these were very bad. My dad had the factory angle snow blade with his. It was very hard on the loader. Broke those telescoping pipes to front of tractor a lot. Also broke the cross member between loader arms just in front of front wheels. In fact angle plowing with that blade ruined the loader. By the time it was 5 years old it hung about 5" low on one side. A fabricator tried on numerous ocasions to take that sag out of loader. It never held very long. I do remember the first years my dad had that loader on the H. Having the only loader on our road neighbors came with tractors and spreaders and they would do the whole community. I have seen dad with 6 spreaders hauling from him. Usually one was broke most of the time so 5 may be a better call. Two of those spreaders were 150 bu behind M's and the rest would much smaller spreaders behind 20 to 30 hp tractors. They created quite a stink, they had a lot of fun and spread a lot of manure.
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