MF 880 loader euro headstock

[Macsky]

Has anyone put a euro headstock on an MF 880 loader, hard job? Any pics?

 

[REStracTORATION]

Not done a 880 loader
But I did this the other day on a trip loader on and old Nash


If you give me your measurements of your loader boom I'll see if the faceplate I used is compatible

You might be better welding mf brackets on the back of a faceplate though
As the pins are 30mm on the faceplate

 

[Thomas5060]

We done it to an MF80. Put the hook ends on the opposite sides and then everything will line up. Stick pins in and jobs a good un. We used link arm balls in the hooks to keep the pins in.

 

[TheTallGuy]

Been thinking about it myself. There is a chap on ebay that does one https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Massey-F...736560?hash=item238fc262f0:g:EW4AAOSwAYtWQnIP but it's quite pricey compared to the others about, but the cheap ones usually aren't wide enough for the 880 hooks which are ~1260mm apart & I think the pins are 1"1/4 from memory.

I'm currently adapting a forklift carriage for mine, once I see how the tractor handles the forklift I intend revisiting the euro headstock.

 

[Sharpy]

Been thinking about it myself. There is a chap on ebay that does one https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Massey-F...736560?hash=item238fc262f0:g:EW4AAOSwAYtWQnIP but it's quite pricey compared to the others about, but the cheap ones usually aren't wide enough for the 880 hooks which are ~1260mm apart & I think the pins are 1"1/4 from memory.

I'm currently adapting a forklift carriage for mine, once I see how the tractor handles the forklift I intend revisiting the euro headstock.

This is why @Thomas5060 has put the hook ends on the inside of his boom.

 

[TheTallGuy]

This is why @Thomas5060 has put the hook ends on the inside of his boom.

Makes sense, but the arrangement on the 880 is a bit different - particularly the tip/crowd linkages. Given the level of work it would probably be simpler to do as @REStracTORATION says above & weld a set of massey brackets to a faceplate.

 

[Thomas5060]

Have no pics of it on this phone but lifted this one off my Facebook but if you zoom in you can see it

 

[Macsky]

Have no pics of it on this phone but lifted this one off my Facebook but if you zoom in you can see it
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7610 ??

 

[GAM]