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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 4013274" data-attributes="member: 26737">The nice thing about the Ford power steering on my dad&#039;s 4000 and 960 is that it&#039;s more like a car setup--it has its own pump and fluid, separate from the tractor&#039;s main hydraulics. It can be kind of a PITA to have the lift and power steering competing for the same hydraulic flow. (The 1910 uses the tractor&#039;s hydraulics for everything, so I occasionally had the bucket and box blade competing for pressure, which isn&#039;t ideal.)There are aftermarket loaders for Ford 4000s. At one point, my dad had three 4000s: one without a loader, one with a Ford loader, and one with an aftermarket loader. The aftermarket loader was nice, and it had a joystick control, but I liked the system on the Ford loader better. It has separate levers to control lift and bucket tilt, and it also has its own high-flow hydraulic pump, with the fluid reservoir in the lift itself, so it&#039;s independent of the tractor&#039;s onboard hydraulics.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 4013274, member: 26737"] The nice thing about the Ford power steering on my dad's 4000 and 960 is that it's more like a car setup--it has its own pump and fluid, separate from the tractor's main hydraulics. It can be kind of a PITA to have the lift and power steering competing for the same hydraulic flow. (The 1910 uses the tractor's hydraulics for everything, so I occasionally had the bucket and box blade competing for pressure, which isn't ideal.) There are aftermarket loaders for Ford 4000s. At one point, my dad had three 4000s: one without a loader, one with a Ford loader, and one with an aftermarket loader. The aftermarket loader was nice, and it had a joystick control, but I liked the system on the Ford loader better. It has separate levers to control lift and bucket tilt, and it also has its own high-flow hydraulic pump, with the fluid reservoir in the lift itself, so it's independent of the tractor's onboard hydraulics. [/QUOTE]

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