Tiogaglide
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Hi folks, I am going to look at a 1985 Ford 6500 loader next week. I was trying to get a little info about them before I visit . I have seen some photos of the 1985 6500 . The mechanic told me it end up in a used car repair shop because some one needed money. They been using it to move cars and other heavy things. Don't really have a full time use for it. He said the brake pedals don't move or frozen. He stops it with emergency brake. do these use hydraulic breaking? Does the emergency brake use the same pads as the normal foot brake pedals? It has no pto or 3point setup. Just the arms for the loader but NO BUCKET! That's the way they got it. He claims it runs good only problem is the foot brake pads are frozen. Any one had any experience with brakes on these? Also not having a bucket. I looked on line I can not seem to see any kind of buckets for it. I know these are a little on the rare side. Is locating a bucket at a reasonable price going to be impossible? Again I looked at photos only but it looks in good shape and price is not very high . I have a JD 450 loader crawler. They seem to be completely different bucket hook up. I attached 3 photos , Can anyone give me some insight about this before I go to see it?I would really greatly appreciate any input. Thaks