New Idea Horn loader

[Kansas4010]

I went to an auction today and came home with a couple implement pamphlets. One of them is this Horn loader. I've never heard of them before. Any ideas on about how old this is? I'm guessing 1950s.

 

[Bruce from Can.]

When I was a kid, our neighbors had a Case VA with one of those loaders. Worked really slick.

 

[fixerupper]

Horn loaders were not uncommon here in nwia. New Idea had a plant in Fort Dodge Ia, 60 miles from where I live but I dont know if the Horn loader was made there.

 

[fixerupper]

(quoted from post at 18:24:31 07/27/19) Horn loaders were not uncommon here in nwia. New Idea had a plant in Fort Dodge Ia, 60 miles from where I live but I dont know if the Horn loader was made there.

Sure enough I found it after I made the first post. Horn MFG was founded in 1909 in Fort Dodge.

 

[formerly ny bill]

if the "New Idea for Victory" page is part of the loader brochure, it would be from WW II era, early to mid 40s. the tractors carrying the loaders appear to be JD A and Allis WD, which would be late 40s to early 50s.

 

[Leroy]

I think that isd where the company that made the horn loaders were when New Idea bout it and mover production to Coldwater, Ohio and then they became Horn-New Idea and then just New Idea, Coldwater is about 30 mile feom me.

 

[jeffcat]

See how this looks.

 

[8NHENRY]

I had one of those on my 44 Massey, was a really good loader. It would raise so high since it had dual acting cylinders you could about dump on the front of the tractor. Really worked good for pushing snow.

 

[pete 23]

Dad bought a Horn loader for the Farmall H in 46. It was the two cylinders with pulley on top with cables type. Sold on auction in 2004 for $5.00. But, I have the H. New Idea bought them out later and there were several around in the 50's with the dual stage cylinders.

 

[fixerupper]

Leroy, according to what I read Avco bought Horn in 1951. Avco owned New Idea. The New Idea plant in Fort Dodge lasted until the early 80 s but I do not know where the loader was made.

 

[rusty6]

Nice find on the old advertising. I've seen some Horn-draulic loader ads from late 40s to 1950. I bought a Cockshutt 40 years ago that had a "Twin-draulic" loader on it. Similar design.

 

[Kansas4010]

No that is part of another brochure.

 

[Leroy]

New Idea had Horn before Avco came into the picture.

 

[fixerupper]

(quoted from post at 20:41:13 07/27/19) Nice find on the old advertising. I've seen some Horn-draulic loader ads from late 40s to 1950. I bought a Cockshutt 40 years ago that had a "Twin-draulic" loader on it. Similar design.

Something interesting I found on the net. Horndraulic is a British company that made loaders. Horn MFG is US company that made loaders. The two are not connected that I know of.

 

[rusty6]

Here is a 1951 ad I've got showing the Horndraulic loader. It lists the Canadian distributors but no mention of where the company is based.

 

[CaseyCub]

I've got a '49 Case VAO with that mid-model "505" loader on it. This is nice info to have, thank you!

 

[Brian G. NY]

I went to an auction today and came home with a couple implement pamphlets. One of them is this Horn loader. I've never heard of them before. Any ideas on about how old this is? I'm guessing 1950s.

 

[Brian G. NY]

In about 1960 my Dad built a loader for the WD using the pictures from a brochure like yours. Buillt everything from scratch inc;luding the rams which he built from black iron pipe and saw mandrel shaft. Still using it yet today. Very sturdy and can lift a lot of weight.

 

[used red MN]

Old post foolery, if you can’t beat em join em!
Here is my Farmall M with what I have always been told was a “Horndraulic” trip loader. In the 60’s and into the 70’s (and I am sure in the 50’s before I was around) it was the only loader we had on the farm with a cow calf herd of 60 or so and some steers and hogs. It was on a Farmall H back then. That poor Farmall made a lot of trips back and forth to load all that manure into two IH 200 spreaders and later an added Kelly Ryan PTO job. I always wondered how tired the guy would have been after completing the same task operating that loader on a hand clutch Deere. I am sure the loading process would have been a lot slower.
(Sorry about the naked engine, that has since been remedied)
Edit: Oops, I didn’t even notice the first pic was when I first mourned it and didn’t even have the cylinders on it. Here it is operational but still a naked engine.)

 

[CaseyCub]

Hey, maybe reviving an old thread will help someone else like us in identifying what they have! Here's a picture of mine from last winter. I forgot to get a better shot while I was there over this past week. (they are stored 2.5 hours from where I live on the other side of the mountains) At the time, the lift cylinders were at a local shop for new wiper-seals.