Wow that is looking good, those uprights look like they are factory. Do you have a brace going down to the front end?
Maybe you can build one for my 1886 someday.thanks BK- as tough as it was to find a loader- I wonder if there is a market for a "kit"-just all the steel pcs cut and drilled-I think I could do all the frame parts- no bucket- for around 200.00-matbe when I am done with this project- I will tack one up