Here are some update pics and a short video of the loader. Izzy came down for a visit and I had all of the parts for the hydraulics so we finished up the loader part of the machine. Now I just have to build the body parts and paint it. We did try it out in the sandbox and it did real well for a machine with no cutting edge, just a blunt edge on a 1/8 in piece of plate and no counter weight.
Here is a short video.
http://youtu.be/T1_sSYzdoLg
Thanks for looking.
Travis