Farmall Cub - with rear hydraulic loader for chicken farm poo!

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Hello
I was going thru some saved pics and found this one of a Cub that was for sale here in NZ about 18months ago.
It was used in a chicken farm and had been adapted for clearing chicken poo. One owner since 1970!
The rear mounted hydraulic loader showed good levels of Kiwi ingenuity! Inspiration must have stopped before the driver's seat was designed - see sack on bonnet!
Enjoy!

Hudson
Dunedin, NZ
 

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Picture makes it hard to see the details. But I think there is a seat mounted on a single post, similar to the original seat. It looks like the sack is on top of the seat.
 
Not sure how heavy that loader frame and bucket are, but it hangs off the back end pretty far. Front end must get pretty light with a bucket full of chicken manure.
 
The loader arms are fairly short and are very close to straight out, note the relative heights of the pins on each end. The bucket is about as far from the wheels as it could get through the operating range. When lowered, the bucket is probably fairly close to the tires. If raised much from the current position, it will start to follow an arc towards the wheels. Note the cylindrical weight under the front axle. It is probably either solid iron or filled with concrete.
 
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