He Build A Loader For His Simplicity Garden Tractor

He Build A Loader For His Simplicity Garden Tractor TRACTORS Loaders “It’ll handle loads up to 300 lbs and cost only about $300 to build ” says Kevin Nell Sturgeon Bay Wis who along with his dad built a front-end loader for a Simplicity garden tractor The bucket measures 38 in wide 2 ft deep and 2 ft high It can be raised up to 4 ft high – enough to load a pickup bed – and dumped A pto-driven pump on front of the tractor is used to raise and lower the bucket and also to tilt it The pump is belt-driven off a pto shaft that Nell mounted on the tractor’s engine “I built it because I couldn’t justify the cost of a skid loader ” says Nell “It comes in handy for a variety of jobs that would otherwise have to be performed by a large tractor Some examples are to remove snow from driveways to scrape and spread gravel and to load a pickup or trailer ” He started with a Simplicity lawn tractor that he bought for $350 The Briggs & Stratton 16 hp gas engine was worn out so he replaced it with another newer one He used rectangular tubing to build the loader arms and heavy gauge sheet metal to form the bucket The loader frame is made from 2 by 6-in 3/8-in thick tubing and attaches to a homemade cradle made out of 2-in sq 3/4-in thick steel A subframe made from 2-in angle iron goes from the front end to the back end to help tie the framework A multi-axis joystick control located next to the steering column operates the lift and the power dump simultaneously The tractor is equipped with 3 cylinders – 2 to raise and lower the loader arms and one to tilt the bucket “I paid $200 for the steel and $100 for the hydraulic cylinders The hoses and levers are from old tractor equipment that I already had ” notes Nell Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Kevin Nell 7692 Cherry Ln Sturgeon Bay Wis 54235 ph 920 493-3671; nell_kevin@yahoo com

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