Toy Farmhand Front-End Loader
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I've attended a lot of toy shows over the years and also have a large collection of toy tractors, but I had never seen a toy Farmhand front-end loader. So I built my own 1/16-scale model that's mounted on an Ertl Farmall H. The loader can be manually raised or lowered.
Before building it I took measurements off a real Farmhand loader, which I found in the back 40 of my neighbor's place. Real Farmhand loaders are now quite rare. They were manufactured in the mid 1940's and came with a 10-ft. wide forked "bucket". It was built before balers had become popular and most farmers were still putting up hay by hand with pitchforks. The first guy in theit into a stack in the field. It eliminated a lot of work.
The loader could be raised up to 30 ft. high so you could make a really big stack. One drawback was that the loader was mounted on a big, clumsy frame which made it difficult to mount or remove. As a result, once the loader was mounted, it was impractical to use the tractor for anything else. In later years most farmers mounted the loader on a Farmall H or Allis-Chalmers WC tractor and used that tractor just for loading and haying work.
I often exhibit my toy Farmhand at shows. A lot of older men have stories to tell about their experiences with this loader. (Ken Java, 3186 Benson Rd., Frederic, Wis. 54837 ph 715 327-8445)
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Toy Farmhand Front-End Loader FARM HOME Toys/Games 26-2-35 I've attended a lot of toy shows over the years and also have a large collection of toy tractors, but I had never seen a toy Farmhand front-end loader. So I built my own 1/16-scale model that's mounted on an Ertl Farmall H. The loader can be manually raised or lowered.
Before building it I took measurements off a real Farmhand loader, which I found in the back 40 of my neighbor's place. Real Farmhand loaders are now quite rare. They were manufactured in the mid 1940's and came with a 10-ft. wide forked "bucket". It was built before balers had become popular and most farmers were still putting up hay by hand with pitchforks. The first guy in theit into a stack in the field. It eliminated a lot of work.
The loader could be raised up to 30 ft. high so you could make a really big stack. One drawback was that the loader was mounted on a big, clumsy frame which made it difficult to mount or remove. As a result, once the loader was mounted, it was impractical to use the tractor for anything else. In later years most farmers mounted the loader on a Farmall H or Allis-Chalmers WC tractor and used that tractor just for loading and haying work.
I often exhibit my toy Farmhand at shows. A lot of older men have stories to tell about their experiences with this loader. (Ken Java, 3186 Benson Rd., Frederic, Wis. 54837 ph 715 327-8445)
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