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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jackinok09" data-source="post: 4013362" data-attributes="member: 51322"><p>One last thing to consider most aftermarket loaders put the bucket quite a ways in front of tractor. The reason is they are built basically for a range of tractors of a certain range of hp. Say a 30-50 hp tractor. You simply buy the loader then adaptors for your particular tractor. They are not bad loaders and some are quite good but folks fail to take into account a simple engineering fact that for every ft you cantilever a load the force required to lift goes up by factor of 10. In other words that 100 lb weight you lift straight up takes 10 times the force a ft further out.  Thats  why a skid loader can actually lift and move more than most tractors. They keep loading close. All farm tractors with a loader is a sort of compromise. A loader made for a certain tractor will keep load very close to front and the strongest ones barely clear the front of hood. Look for a rig with loader built for that tractor if possible if not look for one that lifts load as close as you can to front end.</p></blockquote><p></p>