Front-End Loader Worst things to do to a FEL

[SPYDERLK]

Well as a newbie on day two unloading that BS I realized I might be in trouble when through the seat I felt pressure in my right bun and less pressure on the left and kind of oscillation through the steering wheel as the BS swayed slightly. When the adrenaline started flowing and the flight or fight instinct started I fortunately made the right decision although I did ding up the BS. No time to think about #1#2or#3.
Sitting in my family room I'm making some drawings, following this forum, showing vector forces etc. The scary thing that the drawing can't show is how fast the reports say a roll over can happen. I do believe the idea that once you go past the point of no return the loaded wheels would contribute to the event.
Thanks again for the great discussion.

You were probably on level ground for this and would have been ok regardless ... assuming you were alert and also didnt make a major mistake. A common enuf major mistake is to have a truck drive out from under a load that you cant quite lift. That load suddenly is all borne by the tractor and can take the front to the ground with the rears high in the air. Big time bad. ... A lesser situation is to have the load lifted clear, but the rear start to raise as you back. This can be handled gracefully because it is usually the backward takeoff that completes the overbalance. -- Use idle speed and lowest gear. Back straight and very slowly. Stop and lower the load as soon as you clear. With the load at ground level the back up issue will ease.
larry

 

[RoyJackson]

Use idle speed and lowest gear. Back straight and very slowly. Stop and lower the load as soon as you clear. With the load at ground level the back up issue will ease.
larry

Since Ron has a Deere 670, as long as he uses reverse, low range....engine RPM isn't critical. Reverse Low is just about a creeper gear.

 

[SPYDERLK]

Since Ron has a Deere 670, as long as he uses reverse, low range....engine RPM isn't critical. Reverse Low is just about a creeper gear.

Yeah. Wish the 7520 had a creeper. My min speed is about 0.7mph at lo idle. Slower than that its slip the clutch.
larry

 

[enterprisebbc]

I used my bucket last fall to pull up steel fence posts- and to redrive them. Short piece of chain wrapped around post and hooked to bucket and lift.
To drive it in- jam it in an inch or two in the ground and set the bucket on the top and lower the bucket. Beats a sledge hammer all out!

Thanks for the info. You just saved me ton of work.

 

[Bdavis]

I hope using your FEL to lift your front wheels (buried to the axle) out of the mud and push your tractor back is not a bad thing.

I swore I would not get stuck this year as I did last year but I did it again last weekend. I make one heck of a mess when I get stuck but at least I have the tool to fix it when it dries out.

 

[Ron JD670]

You were probably on level ground for this and would have been ok regardless ... assuming you were alert and also didnt make a major mistake. A common enuf major mistake is to have a truck drive out from under a load that you cant quite lift. That load suddenly is all borne by the tractor and can take the front to the ground with the rears high in the air. Big time bad. ... A lesser situation is to have the load lifted clear, but the rear start to raise as you back. This can be handled gracefully because it is usually the backward takeoff that completes the overbalance. -- Use idle speed and lowest gear. Back straight and very slowly. Stop and lower the load as soon as you clear. With the load at ground level the back up issue will ease.
larry

Thank you for the comments
Unfortunately I was on a mild slope of soft gravel combined with turning and a high FEL with a load acting a bit like a pendulum. I had parked the trailer in such a place that I had to start turning just as I the BS cleared the the trailer. I was creeping, but, as I started to turn there was a feeling of floating I was feeling through my seat and the steering wheel. I did not have time to think about it at the time and was not going to do a do over to find out. I think one front wheel might have been trying to lift and the other front tire was kind if crawling in the soft soil as the BS swung slightly. At any rate I fortunately pushed the FEL control down and I felt the tractor settle on all four wheels. Had I parked the trailer where I could have just backed straight up I'm sure I would not have learned or come close to learning a lesson. I'm now trying to learn from the forum rather than my mistakes.
Thanks again.

 

[Muhammad]

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