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Best way to remove the IH 2050A Loader from my 574?

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I am a newby here so please bare with me....I recently purchased a IH 574 with a 2050a loader. The tractor needs major repairs (wiring harness completly melted) and I figured that it would be easiest to do the repairs if the loader was off as it is going to be some time before the project is completed.

I have been reading about open-center and closed-center hyd. systems. Do I need to plug the hyd. feed/return lines or loop them together? Do I plug/loop right off of the pump or somewhere else? Do I need to build a craddle to support it or just back out?

And finally, I really don't need the loader and was curious as to it's value. It has some welding/repairs done to it and is not very pretty but still very functional.

thanks.
 
Just to comment on the utility value of a loader.

Really impressive once you get it working right. Consider any outdoor lifting or hauling task. You have sort of a mobile rough-terrain forklift/crane (within common-sense reason and within rated capacities...not exactly the same but you get the analogy), and anything you ever did with a wheelbarrow is now going to be done with the loader bucket...in my case it'll hold 3-4 wheelbarrows' volume and is backed by 50hp. Big time saver, well worth it IMHO.

If you're into digging, building, acquiring new implements (unload them from the back of your pickup) a loader is indispensible IMHO.
 
As far as the loader being removed, you would have to look at how it is plumbed. You would have to look at the input and output lines to the loader valves and connect them together. Assuming the hydraulics also power the 3pt.
A cradle of some sort ahead of the front wheels would be preferred so you can back out of it easily.
Or an overhead cradle to support the back while you back out. Or use jacks and back out in stages.
A loader is indispensable, being welded probably took care of it's weakness. To reduce weight doing other jobs, just remove the bucket.
 
Hi Jason, 574 has open center hydraulic system. Re your loader connections, there were two methods of connecting a loader on a 574.
1)The cheap method by connecting loader to the outlets of remote valves. If your loader is connected in this method all you have to do is to disconnect the loader hydraulic hoses.
2)The most common method is to hava a set of hydraulic control valves tapped into the hydraulic retun line by the right hand side of the seat from the outlet of the remote control valves to the input of the draft control under the seat. If this is how your loader is connected then you must connect the input hydraulic hose to the output hose.

Removing the loader, drive under a big tree and suspend the loader arms from the tree limb and back out of the arms then remove the loader harness one side at a time.

JimB
 
Can you post any pictures? Personialy I would not be without a loader. WE have one with a grapple and between three locations that attatchment gets a workout. We have working loaders three locations and are putting quick attatch hitches on those loaders so we can move attatchments instead of tractors. Keep that loader, use it in good health, and enjoy!!! Armand
 
My winter project was rehabbing a 464. When I got it started, it sounded like it was laboring so I got to looking and it had been plumbed for a loader but someone just put plugs in the outlet and inlet line. I looped the lines and everything was OK. As for the loader, to me a tractor isn't complete without one. I have 3 and an Ag Krane for the 3388. Looking for an 1850 for the 464.
BTW anyone know where I can get a battery cover/hood insert for a 464. Found one online for $366. Darn near as much as I paid for the tractor!
 
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