Tractor loader rebuild

[Pete O]

Thanks heaps for taking the time to take and post those pics Arvid, it will be a great help to have them there for reference.
I found a document online that shows there are two different locations for the lower pin
   
and I've seen a photo of a hitch frame that has two holes to accommodate both types; I think I will do that with mine.
With your hitch frame, it appears that the lower pivot pin is one piece extended across both arms- is that the only thing that prevents the two sides from pivoting to different angles? I'll probably add a cross member between the two.

I got finished welding the barrels into the cutoff arm tips and beveled the cut edge of the pieces ready to weld back on, won't get back to it for a few days now but the next step will be to weld the ends back on the arms.

Having already decided to add the more complicated double-link tipping arrangement to the loader, I'm toying with the idea of also adding a level-lift system. Of course this would add massively to the complexity of the project but it would also be kinda fun.