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Mini Loaders For Deere Garden Tractors
"I wanted to add a front-end loader to my Deere garden tractor but Deere no longer makes loaders for this tractor. I had to build my own," says Rod Zastrow, Wausau, Wis., who says his loader turned out so well he started up a company to manufacture them.
"Ironman Fabrication loaders are quality-built yet priced
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Mini Loaders For Deere Garden Tractors TRACTORS Loaders 33-4-18 "I wanted to add a front-end loader to my Deere garden tractor but Deere no longer makes loaders for this tractor. I had to build my own," says Rod Zastrow, Wausau, Wis., who says his loader turned out so well he started up a company to manufacture them.
"Ironman Fabrication loaders are quality-built yet priced so the average working man can afford one," says Zastrow.
The loader is equipped with a bucket 48 in. wide by 18 in. high and deep. It holds 6 cu. ft. and can lift 6 ft., 1 in. high.
Loaders are available for Deere 316 through 332 models; for 420 430, 425 through 455 models, and models X475 to X700. Most loaders bolt to tractor's rear axle housing and frame with no drilling required.
"On some of the older models, such as the 318 and 320, you'll have to remove the deck in order to use the loader," says Zastrow. Models 318 through 332 are belt-driven off the same belt that drives the mower deck. Models 420 and 430 are operated by a pto-driven hydraulic pump, while models 425 through 455 and X475 to X700 are driven off the tractor's internal hydraulic system. Loaders made for the 318 and 420 models come with a self-contained hydraulic system.
According to Zastrow, Deere makes a front-end loader for the X models but it sells for about $4,000. "The company hasn't made loaders for any of their other garden tractor models for the past 25 years," he says.
He recommends using lugged, liquid-filled rear tires weighing at least 300 lbs. and adding rear weights.
Loaders for Deere tractor models 318 through 332 sell for $2,720; for the Deere 420, $2,720; the Deere 430, $2,750; for Deere 425 through 455 models, $2,520; for models X475 to X700, $2,650.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Rod Zastrow, Ironman Fabrication, 2801 E. Wausau Ave., Wausau, Wis. 54403 (ph 715 848-4807; ironmanfabrication@msn.com; www.IronmanFabrication.net).
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