Loader on a B

I just ran across this video tonight on youtube. (see link below)
Don't know if anyone has see it. It is a loader on a B. I have a BN and have been pondering the idea of a loader, but I have not been able to find any info. I've Googled many phrase combinations, but have come up empty. I have even tried to search here, but also have not had any success. Anyone have an idea what he has on the B and how it might be attached?

Thanks,
Kenneth


Farmall B with Loader Video from youtube.com

Don't know about ones made for the B but I know they made them for the cub. I still kick my self for not buying on at an auction that fit a cub. It sold for $7 so I could have gotten it probably for $8 plus a friend would have bought it from me the very next day
Hobby farm

Henderson Midget was one. I do not think IHC made one. Surely would have to be light duty. I always thought an H would have to be the minimum loader tractor.

Its not a Henderson. Why do you have to have a big tractor for a loader they are selling them everyday on smaller tractors than a B Farmall.

Today's small tractors are designed for loader work. The B was designed exclusively to pull heavy loads. The heaviest thing a B was designed to have on the front was a set of cultivators. A B's front end is very weak.

I think the B loader on YouTube is a custom fabrication. As I recall it had a hydraulic bucket. Anything made during the B's time would've had a mechanical trip dump bucket. One hydraulic control was a luxury back then; two would've been seen as ludicrous.

Pretty much any loader that will fit around the B's hood could be made to work with enough scrap metal, a welder, and a torch. You would want to build a subframe that ties the tractor's front bolster and rear axle housings together, then mount the loader to that so that any stresses are placed directly on the front pedestal or the rear axle housings, rather than on the engine block.

Bs do not have hydraulics, unless you lucked out and got one that had its engine block replaced with one from a Super A or C. You would have to jerry-rig a power steering pump to belt drive off the crankshaft to get "live" power. However the loader response will be slow. Another option is a PTO pump, which will provide more flow, but will stop every time you push the clutch. Either way you need to mount a small tank with hydraulic fluid somewhere on the tractor.

We had a loader on a BN when I was a kid. It worked fine, the hydraulics were provided by a Char-Lyn PTO driven unit.

It was intended as a manure loader, but would work OK for other light work as long as you didn't try to use it as a D-9 Cat.

It mounted on the same attachment points that the mounted cultivators used.

From personal experience with a friend who's SC broke at the front of the engine block (with small loader) going over a modest frozen tire track in a field, They can be tender. If used with prudence no issue. But prudence can and will overtake from behind. If a sub frame was designed to rigidly connect the bolster to the rear frame casting, I would go for it. JimN

Everyone, thanks for the the input. My intended use is hauling mulch, compost. So nothing too heavy.

After looking at the video again, I agree with mkirsch, it does appear to be a custom job. I guess I was hoping that there was a "bolt on" that would work. Now to find the right canidate for modification....

If you can find one from a C or SC would be your best bet for mounting as the Henderson model for a C mounts great. I sold one to a guy for his B all he wanted was to push snow.