[Farmall] IH 2000 loader vs 2001 loader

[Greg Hass]

As to mounting them, I can't help you. As for differences, there are some. 
The 2000 loader was considered the heavy duty loader. We have owned a 
couple over the years. The main differences are the 2000 loader has 2 dump 
cylinders, one on  each side of the bucket, the 2001 loader has only one 
dump cylinder located in the middle of the bucket. On the 2000 loader the 
lift arms and the dump cylinders fasren to the back of the bucket allowing 
you to use any width bucket you chose. The bucket for the 2001 loader 
mounts between the lift arms which seems to restrict the size of the bucket 
to the distance between the lift arms. Because the 2001 loader arms fasten 
to the side of the bucket, to avoid the box beam getting in the way, the 
last two or three feet of the lift arms is heavy strap iron. Both loaders 
lift 2000 lbs. with double acting cylinders, 1300 lbs. with single acting 
cylinders. Will these loaders work for you? Yes and maybe. My worry is do 
the tractors you plan to use have enough hydraulic pressure to lift the 
proper amount. No matter what the pressure, they will lift the loader but 
with how much of a load? As you know, lift is cylinder size times pump 
pressure. I'm sure the lift on these loaders was when mounted on tractors 
of the time; 504,706,606,etc. I'm sure someone on the list smarter than me 
could tell you the hydraulic pressure of the various tractors. Another 
option would be an extra pump such as a front mount. I know that a couple 
of times we hooked our 340 to an implement an it would not lift it, however 
the 574 had no problem. Source of information, personal experience, and a 
product book from IH during the years the 504 and 706 was made. Included in 
this book was a section on these loaders.
Greg Hass
Bad Axe, Michigan