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New Mini Loaders For Deere Garden Tractors
    I’m still getting responses from your readers on these two loaders. Now I’ve come up with yet another loader design for the Deere 445. This loader has a 48-in. wide bucket that lifts 60 in. high and operates off the tractor’s standard hydraulic system. Works great for material handling, snow removal and landscape work.
    A local metal shop laser-cut the lift booms and formed the bucket. Otherwise, I did all the design, welding and fabricating work by myself.
    Ever since my dad taught me how to arc weld back when I was about 13, I’ve loved making stuff out of steel. I also have a fascination with hydraulics. I really got inspired by garden tractor loaders I had seen on the internet, and that led me to pursue these projects. I also get a lot of inspiration from FARM SHOW. I’d be happy to help anyone who wants to try his hand at making a loader like mine. (Steve Nichols, 1248 N. Seminary St., Galesburg, Ill. 61401 ph 309 337-7141; seminarybob@gmail.com)


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2016 - Volume #40, Issue #6