The 1939 Payloader
Front End Loader
was resurrected!
Front End Loader
was resurrected!
September 30, 2014
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This particular 1939 Payloader was owned by my Grand Father, Wilbur Gould, Jr. He used this for building homes in the Cumberland County, New Jersey area.
We feel honored to have inherited this great machine and even more excited to be able to drive it back home to the original homestead where the farm will be.
Frank G. Hough invented the hydraulic loader and that particular attachment is a version whose roots date to the original North Hydraulic Digger attachment that Frank had a hand in designing and that was mounted on a Fordson tractor in 1922. This loader uses hydraulics in the tower to raise the bucket -- some iterations used hydraulic rams to lift a pair of sheaves to raise cables that were attached to the bucket. The North Hydralic Digger was marketed by Blair Manufacturing of Chicago -- Frank was VP and General Manager of Blair at the time. Frank next adapted that basic loader to many different wheel and track tractors and called them the Blair Hydraulic Digger. He also designed bulldozer attachments and backfilling blades etc.
Frank bought Blair in 1931 and changed the name to Frank G. Hough Co. in 1933. In 1939 he created the "Payloader" that we are using today.
Next will be the paint job to finish the restoration!
This particular 1939 Payloader was owned by my Grand Father, Wilbur Gould, Jr. He used this for building homes in the Cumberland County, New Jersey area.
We feel honored to have inherited this great machine and even more excited to be able to drive it back home to the original homestead where the farm will be.
Frank G. Hough invented the hydraulic loader and that particular attachment is a version whose roots date to the original North Hydraulic Digger attachment that Frank had a hand in designing and that was mounted on a Fordson tractor in 1922. This loader uses hydraulics in the tower to raise the bucket -- some iterations used hydraulic rams to lift a pair of sheaves to raise cables that were attached to the bucket. The North Hydralic Digger was marketed by Blair Manufacturing of Chicago -- Frank was VP and General Manager of Blair at the time. Frank next adapted that basic loader to many different wheel and track tractors and called them the Blair Hydraulic Digger. He also designed bulldozer attachments and backfilling blades etc.
Frank bought Blair in 1931 and changed the name to Frank G. Hough Co. in 1933. In 1939 he created the "Payloader" that we are using today.
Next will be the paint job to finish the restoration!
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