Steiger loader,with Biddles vid!
 

Well,have a couple of tractors sitting around & figured.What would happen If I flipped the interior around in the cab & maybe but a bucket on er?
So this is what I'm thinkin.
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...uckPics689.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...uckPics690.jpg
The plan is to make a new hood a little shorter & wider.move the exhaust,& do a bit-o-butchin on the cab.
She's no gunna look perfect to a 1:1.Put a can of cat yellow on er. I think it will look just fine. My main goal here is to load dirt.Cheap!
Just happen to have an old alum axle layin around & figured this baby will take the weight hangin out front.
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...uckPics695.jpg
Then butched in a 350 axle for the rear.
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...uckPics691.jpg
The trany is a PMD tranfercase bolted to a carson gear reduced motor.
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...uckPics694.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...uckPics693.jpg
Now the loader arms.
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...uckPics696.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...uckPics698.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...uckPics700.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...uckPics702.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...uckPics706.jpg
Thanks for lookin!
FGD

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Great idea Freddy.

That is clever thinking.:cool:

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I agree! Very clever! And it's already looking really good too. You don't waste much time, when designing and building on the fly, do you? Is it going to be hydraulic?

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Yes i have to agree, you are a very smooth and creative builder, makes it look so easy, well done!

But the green will go away right? :)

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Very cool Freddy, I like the green, kind of Terex or Euclid looking. I would no like to be the fuel man for your rig though, not easy to get to. The aluminum wheels are a very nice touch, not as cool as spinners would be but still very cool.

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Freddy you never cease to amaze. I never thought about turning the Ford around and seeing a loader in it but now that I sit here staring at yours it makes me want to give it a go. Can't wait to see what you make out with for this machine.

Tyler

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Hey Freddy ,really like your wheel loader idea ,very cool,look foward to seeing more.:D
Kinda reminds me of the 90's Dresser payloader ,used to run one on a pipeyard a long time ago,LOL here's one
http://www.machinerytrader.com/listi...?OHID=7230872&

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nah leave her greeeeeeeen terex loader !!!!!!!! :) just a sugestion

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Freddy, YOU DA' MAN...can't wait to see more. Great idea, keep up the great work.;):D:eek:

Big John

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This will be sweet!!! Cant wait to see it in action!

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Are you sure you were not a equipment designer a few years back, because I am sure that is how the wheel loader came to be. Someone was laying in bed and said ( What IF I SPIN THE CAB AROUND ON THAT OLD TRACTOR AND PUT A BUCKET ON IT ) ! ! LOL

Great work agian Freddy...

greg

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Fred, you have got a very good idea here. Very innovative!!

Brian

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Freddy, U da man!!! You gonna make me buy another tractor :D

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**** fine work Freddy. Can't wait to see it finished.

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Love it already!
I vote for green, too =)

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Wow! Thanks Guys!
Was all big on paintin er yellow,but now I might leave it green.
Cowboy,didn't see no aluminum axle in your tractor when I took it apart.
Well managed to get the interior flipped around in the cab.
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...uckPics713.jpg
Then shortened up the frame.Made rear bumper & engine cover.
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...uckPics720.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...uckPics725.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...uckPics729.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...uckPics727.jpg
Now I can start stuffin the guts in er!:D
Thanks for lookin!
FGD

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The back of the cab looks wrong leaning out. Straight up would be better in my eyes. It does look great though. Very scale though.

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What a change! That looks really cool! I would have never though a Steiger would have been a good base for a wheel loader. The rear hood look great, and I think the cab looks just fine with the posts leaning both ways. A lot of the older piece of a equipment had cabs a lot like that. Is it a Freddybuilt brand loader? Green paint would be a nice touch!

I like those rims and tires! I know where the rims came from, but the tires?

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