Many loader innovations were developed by third party companies along with County. These started on County crawlers, and then Fourdrives, and went on to both equal-wheel and 004 Series, and were a major application for County products in several ways. Many are well known and widely used, even today.
This might be considered to include loading cranes, but this is a subject in its own right and not part of this article. Clearly, there is a major impact on the tractor when a loader is fitted, so it is important to get it right. The likes of Bray, Leeford, Bomford, Grays, and Farmhand were some of the better known companies that produced loaders for County models, as well as companies overseas, and many were sold.
Sometimes, County would hold a demo unit fitted with a loader, an 004 with a Farmhand was one often in stock. When County got into the torque converter transmissions, mostly via County Power Drives, this enabled the tractors to be much better suited to loader work and extended this application to two-wheel drive tractors, as well as four-wheel drive models. Especially on the
