Re: Which tractors are good for loader work/

Posted by Mosey on February 27, 2002 at 10:40:41 from (192.158.61.78):

In Reply to: Which tractors are good for loader work/ posted by Mosey on February 27, 2002 at 07:47:32:

I think I may have not made myself clear on this post. Sorry about that. What I'm looking for is a cheap way to do some loader work. Not a lot, just occasionally. For example, I have an area on top of a hill that's about 30' wide and 60' long that I want to shave down. I want to move this dirt to another area in a low spot about 300 yards away. I have a small tractor (NH TC29D compact diesel) and a tiller and a 30" rear scoop. The ground is too hard to dig with the scoop without loosening it up first, so I've been tilling it, then moving it one scoop at a time and it's taking too long. I would use the tractor with a loader to scoop the dirt and put it into a tilt trailer, which I would pull with my other tractor, and then move the dirt and dump it off the tilt trailer. That should be much faster. I also would use the loader to lift 4x8 sheets of plywood and shingles to the roof of an addition and pole barn I plan to build in the near future.

To put a loader on my NH, it would have to be a quick attach type or it will be in the way when I’m mowing. I priced one and they want about $4500. So I figured if I could get a second tractor for the same or less money, it would be more handy to have a second tractor to do the loader work so I could use the one I have now to pull the trailer and do the tilling. Does any of this make sense?

It would also give me a good excuse to buy an antique tractor and fix it up, which is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. The reason I bought the compact diesel instead of an antique in the first place was because I wanted something smaller and lighter (2500lbs) for mowing the yard (3 acres) and I needed 4WD for some of the steeper sections of my hilly back yard, plus I wanted a hydrostatic drive and live PTO. The area that I’m going to be working with the loader is not steep, so I don’t need 4WD and I won’t drive it on the yard, so I don’t care if it’s a little heavier. Something around 3500lbs to 4500lbs would be fine. For example, when I first started looking for a tractor for mowing my yard, I looked at an Allis Chalmers D14, but decided it was too big. Now something that size would be just fine. So, rather than spend $4500 on a loader for my NH, I’m hoping to get an antique with a loader for $3000 or less. The reason for this post is to get an idea of which antique tractors will handle a loader and have the hydraulics for one.

Follow Ups:

• Re: Re: Which tractors are good for loader work/ JWC 16:29:14 02/27/02 (0)
• Re: Re: Which tractors are good for loader work/ Dell (WA) 11:35:48 02/27/02 (1)
  • Re: Re: Re: Which tractors are good for loader work/ Keith B 12:55:57 02/27/02 (0)

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