Attachments for an old fashioned front loader

BnB

Hi. I am picking up a tractor in a few weeks that has an old fashioned 3 point power loader on it like the one in the picture below (if I don't screw up posting this on my phone)

Anyone have any idea where I might go to pick up a bucket and fork for it. I know I could possibly buy a new one and get the brackets made but I'm not sure it's worth that kind of money as I won't be doing that much work with it.

I've been keeping an eye on DoneDeal over the last month but I haven't seen anything come up but then I'm not even sure I'm looking for the right thing. i.e. Is there a proper name for the type of fitting I am looking for that might make it easier to search for?

blue5000

Try using 'trip loader' in your searching. The loader in the pic looks to me as if it was a trip loader in it's earlier days and was converted to a 'power loader' by someone handy with the welder.

Nekarsulm

Throw up a photo of your actual loader.
That one in the photo is ( unless I'm very mistaken) a Massy trip loader converted to a hydraulic tip and also with home made brackets made to fit it to a Leyland.

mycro2013

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Throw up a photo of your actual loader.
That one in the photo is ( unless I'm very mistaken) a Massy trip loader converted to a hydraulic tip and also with home made brackets made to fit it to a Leyland.

I've some old ones here which may suit, nothing fancy. But usuable

BnB

Hi. Thanks for the replies. I'd say you are right in that the pic I showed there does look like an old trip loader that was modified. I don't think the one I have is like that. It is a Leyland loader (i.e. an actual Leyland branded loader that has been put on a Leyland tractor) and it does look like it was a power loader from the start, but now that you have mentioned it, I'll have a closer look to see if it has.

I can't take a picture as I don't have it yet but I might try and get down in daylight to the yard where it is next weekend and take a picture.

Eventhough my loader is different from the pic, it is still the same general idea. Two arms that are meant to go either side of the bucket/fork and a single hydraulic ram coming from the middle. If I got something that fitted the two sides I'd be delighted. It wouldn't be too much extra to get a bracket in the middle to fit the ram.

Mycro - Thanks for the reply - I'll send you a PM

wrangler

BnB wrote: »

Hi. Thanks for the replies. I'd say you are right in that the pic I showed there does look like an old trip loader that was modified. I don't think the one I have is like that. It is a Leyland loader (i.e. an actual Leyland branded loader that has been put on a Leyland tractor) and it does look like it was a power loader from the start, but now that you have mentioned it, I'll have a closer look to see if it has.

I can't take a picture as I don't have it yet but I might try and get down in daylight to the yard where it is next weekend and take a picture.

Eventhough my loader is different from the pic, it is still the same general idea. Two arms that are meant to go either side of the bucket/fork and a single hydraulic ram coming from the middle. If I got something that fitted the two sides I'd be delighted. It wouldn't be too much extra to get a bracket in the middle to fit the ram.

Mycro - Thanks for the reply - I'll send you a PM

I used to have a tanco loader like that but I always bought wider implements for it and welded lugs on to the back.
Using wider implements it'd be better to have a tilt ram either side rather than one in the middle

raypallas

Would you think about getting an adapter made from the leyland loader to suit euro brackets? That way you're not restricted in the attachments you can pick up down the line.

BnB

raypallas wrote: »

Would you think about getting an adapter made from the leyland loader to suit euro brackets? That way you're not restricted in the attachments you can pick up down the line.

I was thinking that myself too. I'm not sure if it's worth it as all I'll ever use is the bucket and fork. But if I can't find ones to fit, I'd nearly get the adaptor made rather than getting a bucket and fork changed to fit my loader

dzer2

Where about are you

You could try a breakers yard

BnB

RE the breakers yard - Good idea. I'm in East Clare and I don't know of any around here but there are a few that are always advertising on DoneDeal and I might give them a ring.

Anyway, I got down today to measure it and take a few pics. It is 101 CM across (from the outside of one arm to the other) and the arms are 6cm thick. Unlike the pic I showed of the other loader, it doesn't look like an old Trip loader that was modified - Looks like it was always a power loader.

Nekarsulm

That is a really nice Syncro! You got a peach there!
Has it the gear levers in the middle, or one each side of the seat?
272, 262?

Who2

I’ve a bucket I think will fit. If you want pm me. It’s only 4 or 5 ft wide ( I’d have to check)

BnB

Nekarsulm wrote: »

That is a really nice Syncro! You got a peach there!
Has it the gear levers in the middle, or one each side of the seat?
272, 262?

It looks great all right. It's a 272 with the gears either side and an old rattle cab.

I can't take any credit for it. The fella who is fixing it up for me and doing a great job is a real Leyland nut (as you can probably tell from the 804 in the background). He has a few more real gems there too.

Nekarsulm

Now you can take the Syncro Challenge
Flat out in High Reverse.
Should be about 20mph

_Brian

we make our own brackets with 70*70 heavy duty box, hole saw to punch out for pins.

put a set on some pallet forks over the summer and it worked a treat..

rushvalley

BnB wrote: »

RE the breakers yard - Good idea. I'm in East Clare and I don't know of any around here but there are a few that are always advertising on DoneDeal and I might give them a ring.

Anyway, I got down today to measure it and take a few pics. It is 101 CM across (from the outside of one arm to the other) and the arms are 6cm thick. Unlike the pic I showed of the other loader, it doesn't look like an old Trip loader that was modified - Looks like it was always a power loader.

Often see loads of leylands scattered around east Clare but never seen one as clean as yours:D possibly the cleanest in Clare?

BnB

Ahhhhh there's a few clean one's around East Clare if you know where to look. They were the tractor to have here in the 80s so plenty of sentimental old fools (like myself) now keep one or two of them. But as I said above, I can't take credit for the one in the pic, a fella is doing it for me.