Johnbro
Gold Member
So I want to be able to pick up a pallet with 2000 lbs of ice melt (in 50lb bags) and stick it in my plow truck. I think in addition to the 2000 lbs of ice melt, plus the weight of the pallet (~20lbs) I'll have to add some sort of simple box around three sides of the pallet to keep the bags from sliding off. so maybe the whole thing might weigh 2200 lbs?
I want to be able to put on some pallet forks and pick up the pallet "box" and put it inside the bed of my F350 just far enough to close the tailgate. Then unload it after the truck is back from a run.
My LA854 specs are rated to lift 1878 lbs at the bucket center and 2489 lbs at the pivot pin. What I don't know is whether this is more than the system can handle with a set of forks like these:http://www.skidsteerexpress.com/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi?preadd=action&key=ATTA1FORKS
It seems like it will be too much weight and the system will go into relief? Perhaps I could jack up the relief valve a bit with a shim and pull it off? The alternative is my wife and I (both well north of 50 YO) will have to load this stuff one bag at a time when there's snow forecast
Any thoughts???
I want to be able to put on some pallet forks and pick up the pallet "box" and put it inside the bed of my F350 just far enough to close the tailgate. Then unload it after the truck is back from a run.
My LA854 specs are rated to lift 1878 lbs at the bucket center and 2489 lbs at the pivot pin. What I don't know is whether this is more than the system can handle with a set of forks like these:http://www.skidsteerexpress.com/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi?preadd=action&key=ATTA1FORKS
It seems like it will be too much weight and the system will go into relief? Perhaps I could jack up the relief valve a bit with a shim and pull it off? The alternative is my wife and I (both well north of 50 YO) will have to load this stuff one bag at a time when there's snow forecast
Any thoughts???
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