Custom-Built Loaders Fit Older Tractors

Custom-Built Loaders Fit Older Tractors TRACTORS Loaders 32-3-34 Vaughn heavy-duty loaders are engineered to fit a wide range of older tractors from Farmall 560s to John Deere 3020s. If they don't have a pattern in hand, they will modify one of their designs to fit. Just bring in your tractor. If there isn't a buyer, they don't create a design. It's one way they keep the price down. "We have a lower price than our competitors in the market by keeping our overhead down," says Marvin Langer, owner. "All of our loaders are made by three people. We sell through dealers in Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota, but people in other areas can order direct." Vaughn only makes loaders to fit standard front ends, not front wheel assist. The company uses 1/4-in. high-tensile steel and 4 or 5-in. pipe for torsion tubes. Mounting brackets are made out of 2-in. steel. Hydraulic cylinders on the side have a 30-in. stroke and 1 1/2-in. shafts. Bucket cylinders have the same heavy-duty shaft, but a 20-in. stroke. The loaders feature unobstructed views of the loader bucket or other attachments. While the quick-tach system makes changing attachments easy, the loaders themselves are not quick-tach. Taking one off is just a matter of pulling four pins and detaching the hydraulics, but it's not a quick-tach system. It's one more way Vaughn holds down costs. "Most of the people we sell loaders to keep them on year round," he says. "We do offer stands, but you don't have to pay for a quick-tach system you won't use." Vaughn loaders start at $3,350 for a basic unit. Buckets and other attachments are extra. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Langer Mfg., LLC, 1461 S. State St., Waseca, Minn. 56093 (ph 507 835-2197).

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