Loader stand

A front loader (10) for a tractor, with at least one front loader arm (12) and a parking stand unit (28) mounted on the front loader arm (12) for parking the front loader (10), wherein the parking stand unit (28) comprises a parking support (30) pivotably mounted on the front loader arm (12) that can be pivoted from an operating position (P1) into a parking position (P3), wherein the parking stand unit (28) further comprises a locking brace (32) that is pivotably seated at one end on the parking support (30) and is movably guided at the other end on the parking support (30) by means of a guidance means (50) formed on the locking brace (32) and at least one guide groove (48, 49) formed in the parking support (30), wherein the guidance means (50) can be brought by pivoting the parking support (30) into the parking position (P3) into a locking position in which it comes to rest at a stop (66) formed in the guide groove (48, 49), wherein the stop (66) is formed in the guide groove (48, 49) in such a manner that the guidance means (50) can be pressed against the stop (66) and fixed in the locking position by a support force of the front loader arm (12) acting in the parking position (P3) on the locking brace (32).