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edwroy

Hi all,

Question - does anyone know what decals were on the Ark 550 loader?  I know there is a 550 on each side of the arms and a caution decal on vertical post. Any others?

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Edwroy
 

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WNYPCRepair

I was trying a Google image search, and found this:

 

ARK_550_SET__17311.1439312737.1280.1280.



Otherwise, this is about the best picture I could find so far

 

Screen_Shot_2015-08-30_at_8.58.34_PM.thu

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edwroy

Thanks - I actually sent Redo Your Horse the pics from my loader and they created the decals. They look great. Does anyone know if there was a Wheel Horse decal on the front cross bar?

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WNYPCRepair

I saw pics of some that did
 

 

Like this one

 

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roadapples

Yes to the front cross bar decal

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MalMac

I don't believe I have ever seen a Ark 550 on a Wheel Horse that was bought through Wheel Horse with the 550 decal on the side. I am not saying this is 100%. The only decals were the Wheel Horse across the front and the yellow warning on the left upright, and some of those were white. Now if the loader was bought through some other means they had 550 on them.

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WNYPCRepair

I don't believe I have ever seen a Ark 550 on a Wheel Horse that was bought through Wheel Horse with the 550 decal on the side. I am not saying this is 100%. The only decals were the Wheel Horse across the front and the yellow warning on the left upright, and some of those were white. Now if the loader was bought through some other means they had 550 on them.

I never found a picture of one that had both stickers either. To be fair, very few pictures had stickers at all though But the ones I saw that Had WH across the front didn't have the 550, or any other sticker on the arms, just the caution

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AMC RULES
Originally, there's evidence...
mine had the 550 on both arms...
but no
:wh: across the front.   :handgestures-thumbdown:
2015-09-05_001_002.thumb.JPG.1f202b6d32b
 

 

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