http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110523658333&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:AU:1123 You don't see a steering 'wheel' like that every day.
Why is the loader on that end of the tractor?:beatsme
Interesting bit of engineering. I don't think it'll win any show'n shine awards at the fair, but it's not such a bad concept. On a typical 2wd loader, the back end of the tractor is always too light and needs a counterweight. The front end takes all the weight and abuse. You can forget about backing out of a pile up hill with a full bucket if the ground is wet. That thing has the traction and floatation where it's needed. The counterweight is already in place. I'd hate to operate it, though. Forget about shifting over 6" at the last minute to clean up that that windrow you left on the last pass. Interesting where they put the bucket cylinders.
The steering levers are on the right. That's the crank for raising the bucket.
I wonder how many people were either killed or dismembered by those things ???
It's cute . I understand from old-timers that there was a machine that had the bucket go right over the operator. It could load from the front and dump from the back. Phil
There were quite a few rear end loaders around, years ago. That one is mounted on a Fordson tractor, but the Chamberlain tractor company in Perth, designed and built quite a few of them. Joispoi is quite right, they were much better than a conventional front end loader, because the weight is on the drive. Here is some more information on them. http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...IkVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WeYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4380,4236404 HeavyEquipmentForums RnR.
The Chamberlain tractors look alot safer than that Fordson in the original post. The Fordson unit puts the driver in harms way if anything rolls off the back of the bucket when the bucket is raised all the way. Maybe that can't happen the way they setup the bucket linkage.
the original/predecessor to Volvo loaders were commonly known as 'headclippers' around here... wonder why :tong http://www.volvo.com/constructioneq...story/products/wheel+loaders/introduction.htm