Just trying to understand why someone would spend a huge chunck of money to buy a tractor and them wants to build a loader with very little knowledge of what materials that is needed to build one. You could buy PF Engineering plans, build a decent loader and them sell the plans. You may or may not get the total cost of the plans back. The infomation you get from the plans is worth it.
I would consider another Cub Cadet besides your 100 for a loader. The frame isn't the strongest one. The front spindles and bearings will have to be modified/strengthen to support the extra weight from the loader. Wide frame Cub Cadets have strongest frame. I use to live on a dairy farm. We had a loader on a tractor. The loader was hard on the steering, front wheel bearings and frame.
Since you are a novice welder as you stated in an earlier post I would start out with smaller projects and get the needed experence before building a loader. On 11/18 you talk about taking a barrel and making a blade out of it. The barrel blade won't push snow very well when the blade is angled. The snow rolls off a IH blade. That is the only brand that will do that. Why not buy a IH blade and save yourself some grief and aggervation. Narrow frame blades are hard to find around here. I'm planning to buy a wide frame blade and modify it to fit my 70 or 100. There is a simple easy mod by changing the front mount to the frame that can improve your welding/fab skills.
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