234 loader addition

[DitrPoor]

I am new to this site and hoping with the wealth of knowledge I have been reading yall could help me with this. I just but a mid 1980s IH 234 compact, and I was seeing if i could put a little loader on it. I have seen them in pictures, but I haven't seen how they handle the hydraulics. Sorry if this is a dumb question. I am a newbie.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

There were not very many tractors of that series made, as it was in the time before this current compact tractor craze.

Your biggest challenge is going to be finding a loader to fit, unless you are experienced at fabrication and are not opposed to modifying something to fit. What few "factory fit" loaders that were made for these tractors, are on other tractors.

 

[DitrPoor]

I actually have a loader off a similar mitsubshi tractor from the same year. I have the fabricating skills and tools, I just don't know the hydraulic aspects given there are no remote hook ups or where I would tie the hoses into the tractor. I pick up the loader this weekend so maybe I will be able to see how it is routed on the Mitsubishi machine.

 

[sandcastle1]

I do not think that you are going to get enough flow from the tractor system to run a loader very well. You might need to consider a PTO pump to run the loader.
This topic has been brought up before. Might have been here might have been on RED POWER site.