MF 80 loader for MF265

Thomas5060

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Livestock Farmer
Granda bought an MF80 loader at auction yesterday but the front bracket is no where near right. Does anyone have a pic of what the front bracket looks like? Have searched the internet but no luck so far. Thanks in advance
 

MF-ANDY

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s.e cambs
haven't got a picture but it will be a plate that bolts across the front of the tombstone using the same bolts as the weight frame if you have one. each side will have a strenghtened hole with a ramp in front of it the guide the loader spigot into.
 

multi power

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Location
pembrokeshire
Granda bought an MF80 loader at auction yesterday but the front bracket is no where near right. Does anyone have a pic of what the front bracket looks like? Have searched the internet but no luck so far. Thanks in advance
Have you any photos?
My front brackets didn't quite match the holes, so I just welded them to weigh frame
I bolted bracket under bell housing and got loader into that and leveled it up to see where front ones needed to be
I will get photos of my brackets
 

multi power

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pembrokeshire
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two-cylinder

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Location
Cambridge
That's not the same as a 265.

As Andy says the 265 one bolts behind the weight frame, (weight frame has to be removed) as does battery carrier IIRC?
It's a large flat plate that spans the width of the tractor and has the loader entry points on each side.
 

multi power

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Location
pembrokeshire
That's not the same as a 265.

As Andy says the 265 one bolts behind the weight frame, (weight frame has to be removed) as does battery carrier IIRC?
It's a large flat plate that spans the width of the tractor and has the loader entry points on each side.
I was more pointing out how I got round not having the correct brackets
 

two-cylinder

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Location
Cambridge
What bit of the 85 loader is longer? the beams or the brackets?
It's a bigger stronger version, made not only to fit the longer wheelbase but also withstand the extra power and traction of the bigger tractors.
I haven't compared them side by side to know where the exact differences are?
But the beam and chassis are longer.
 

two-cylinder

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Location
Cambridge
Andy beat me to it, I was about to say the chassis on the long-beam 80 loader has an extendable chassis enable it to fit the 265/565/275/575/675 in short position and 290/590/690 in long position.
 

Thomas5060

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Livestock Farmer
That's not brackets for a 265 etc. They are for 135/240/250. Front bracket is different and side tie bars bolt to side of tombstone and 2 have pairs of holes depending if 4" spacers were fitted between engine and tombstone
That's the same bracket as what come with ours. So the rear bracket and stay bars should be ok, just need a new front bracket?
 

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