Re: front loader
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Posted by Jason Breeding on September 20, 1998 at 21:18:38:
In Reply to: front loader posted by Lillie Caster on September 20, 1998 at 09:33:46:
: I want to put a front loader on my 5030 Allis
: Chalmers and it doesn't have power steering? A
: local tells me they are real hard to manage if
: without power steering? But he wants to sell me
: a tractor so I need advise, is it adviseable to
: do? Lillie,
As the other folks said, you probably would not like a loader on a tractor with no power steering. But I would have to disagree with the advice not to get a front loader without 4WD. It is true that a small tractor (25-35hp) needs 4WD to be extremely useful with a loader, but a medium size 2WD tractor with power steering can handle a loader efficiently. I currently have a MF 250 (about 45hp, if I remember corrrectly) with a Bushog brand loader with 6 ft. bucket. With liquid ballast in the rear tires and a bushog or box scrape on the rear for the heavier loads, it has picked up everything I have ever loaded in it or hooked to it with a chain. I have loaded entire cars on a trailer with it. At the worst, on muddy ground, with a heavy load in the bucket, backing up a hill, I may have to step on the differential lock to maintain traction.
It's the best thing since a bib on overalls.
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