Another Loader identification help thread

[Smiles79]

Just don’t expect too much out of it. Those loaders weren’t all that strong and it doesn’t look mounted the best. Moving hay and scooping loose material should be fine, but you go to digging dirt and stumps you’ll likely have problems.

Thank you!

 

[Smiles79]

Just for future reference, you can take the cylinder apart and take it to your local hydraulic shop and likely get a kit for half that price.

Good to know, thanks. I knew I could take it apart and identify the parts that way, didn't think it would be that much cheaper though.

 

[flying belgian]

At this point I think I would put a universal (bobcat) quick attach on it. I think the loader is built heavy enough for the hydraulics of a Dave Brown.

 

[Smiles79]

At this point I think I would put a universal (bobcat) quick attach on it. I think the loader is built heavy enough for the hydraulics of a Dave Brown.

When you say bobcat do you mean the brand Bobcat or the skid steer style quick attach?

 

[m16ty]

Good to know, thanks. I knew I could take it apart and identify the parts that way, didn't think it would be that much cheaper though.

I just did a similar cylinder on my Massey, it was $32 for all the seals at my local hydraulic shop.

 

[flying belgian]

When you say bobcat do you mean the brand Bobcat or the skid steer style quick attach?

Yes, skid steer style.

 

[Smiles79]

Yes, skid steer style.

I've been thinking about it. I'd kinda like to build my own but I'm not sure how much work that is

 

[Jim.ME]

You can get ones like this that you add ears on to fit your loader. The longer loader side allows room for different ear arrangements o be installed. They are on eBay, Amazon, and likely found other places. I've used several. Sometimes a bit of adjusting to the latches, grinding the top taper that fits in the attachment plate, along with fabricating and installing the ears, but price can be 1/4 or less than some of the brand name ones you can buy complete.

 

[Smiles79]

You can get ones like this that you add ears on to fit your loader. The longer loader side allows room for different ear arrangements o be installed. They are on eBay, Amazon, and likely found other places. I've used several. Sometimes a bit of adjusting to the latches, grinding the top taper that fits in the attachment plate, along with fabricating and installing the ears, but price can be 1/4 or less than some of the brand name ones you can buy complete.

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Thanks, and these cheaper ones are still built well enough?

 

[Jim.ME]

Thanks, and these cheaper ones are still built well enough?

We have put a couple on JD 2030s, no problems. Have been used on grapples handling logs, forks on many things, bale huggers as well as buckets. Tractor's have loaded rears and ballast on the three point.

edited spelling

 

[Smiles79]

Got the cylinder rebuilt last night and looking good. Thanks for all the help! On to the next problem, which you'll see a post about shortly lol

 

[Mike(NEOhio)]

I have a 148 and the angle of the boom arms is sharper than on yours. The difference between the 148 and 158 is the reach but I'm puzzled by the lift cylinders on the outside of the masts.

 

[Mule Meat]

It appears as if some had cut the lower lift arms and grafted ones from a JD 145 loader onto it..

 

[Jim.ME]

I have a 148 and the angle of the boom arms is sharper than on yours. The difference between the 148 and 158 is the reach but I'm puzzled by the lift cylinders on the outside of the masts.

It appears as if some had cut the lower lift arms and grafted ones from a JD 145 loader onto it..

Smiles79's loader is a model 37 loader that has had two (instead of the original one in the center) bucket cylinders, and a material bucket installed on it instead of a manure bucket. They had long lift arms, and the lift rams mounted on the outside of the towers.

Edit to clarify whose loader identification I am addressing here.

 

[Tx Jim]

FEL in photo appears to be a model 148 to my aging eyesight.

 

[Jim.ME]

FEL in photo appears to be a model 148 to my aging eyesight.

I agree with you, Mike(NEOhio)"s picture is a 148 loader. My post was to Mike (NEOhio) and Mule Meat who I understood were commenting on Smiles79 Loader, which has pretty well been determined to be a 37. I just edited my post to clarify whose loader I was addressing.

 

[Tx Jim]

Sorry for my confusion. I agree Smiles79 FEL is a model 37

 

[m16ty]

I have a 148 and the angle of the boom arms is sharper than on yours. The difference between the 148 and 158 is the reach but I'm puzzled by the lift cylinders on the outside of the masts.

That JD loader fits that Oliver nice. I’d change the shade of green and get rid of those JD decals, nobody would know the difference.

The loader you have is much more modern than the loader in question though.

 

[m16ty]

FEL in photo appears to be a model 148 to my aging eyesight.

The loader on the David Brown is not a 148. That one is much older than a 148.

 

[Mike(NEOhio)]

That JD loader fits that Oliver nice. I’d change the shade of green and get rid of those JD decals, nobody would know the difference.

The loader you have is much more modern than the loader in question though.

It came off a 4020. The rear end of the side brackets lined right up with the holes in the Oliver tub. The front end is a little narrower than the 4020 frame and the sides didn't reach the front holes. I made a couple of 1-1/4 thick bars for the sides. I flipped the front bracket because the tub is a bit too long.