MF 80 loader

[oakleaf]

So l'd like to fit a loader to my 575 just to lift round bales of hay and straw about the yard.
I like the ease of unhitching the MF 80 and that it doesnt leave huge brackets on the tractor impeding vision of front wheels etc.
My question is are all 80 loaders the same?
Will one from a 590 or 290 or 565 / 265 fit straight on.
Do they all have the same reach? I think l remember someone telling me the 550 had a shorter reach. Is this correct?
Also presumably it is simple enough to fit a third service to these loaders.
What about soft ride? Not doing much roadwork at all.
Thanks.

 

[multi power]

There is a shorter boom loader for the 3 cylinder tractors
All the rest are the same
300series 4wd have different brackets, I think all the rest are the same, definitely the main brackets under bell housing fit any 2wd
Same loader swaps between my 265 and 398
As for 3rd service they normally use the tractors own spools
If you need to know lift hight I can measure

 

[smcapstick]

As above, there were long and short boom 80s. The short boom loaders are relatively uncommon, though.

They all mount the same way.

 

[Henarar]

We have a short boom 80 on our 565 we use to have a long boom one oddly it seems to lift just as high but forward reach is not so good but traction is better because of this

 

[oakleaf]

What would be the difference berween the two booms ? 12 inches or less ?

 

[Henarar]

not really sure as I never had them both at the same time but at a guess I would say about that

 

[multi power]

I think the biggest difference is lift capacity, long boom lifts more

 

[Henarar]

yep bigger rams I think but then that makes it slower

 

[JGR]

What's the difference between a mf 80 single ram and double ram. Thanks. New to tractors

 

[two-cylinder]

What's the difference between a mf 80 single ram and double ram. Thanks. New to tractors

What do you mean by single ram?
Do you mean difference between single acting lift rams and double acting lift rams?

 

[JGR]

No just the levelling ram's is one better than the other or just older thanks

 

[Henarar]

What's the difference between a mf 80 single ram and double ram. Thanks. New to tractors

A two ram one would be a 880

 

[TheTallGuy]

There are a few 80s about with double rams, but they're not genuine & I've also seen them with double acting lift rams too. Both of which were introduced on the 880 loader if I recall correctly. I'm not convinced that the double crowd/levelling rams is particularly good because hitching up an attachment can be a pain as the two rams invariably end up out of sync, whereas the crossbar/single ram system doesn't have that issue.

Whilst similar, the 80 & 880 arms & brackets aren't interchangeable - I have spare 80 arms that don't fit my 880 loader, which didn't fit my MF690... until some serious adaptions were made!

 

[JGR]

Thanks very much for your help everyone.