DavesTractor
Elite Member
Take and lift a 25# weight close to your body, then stretch your arms straight out and lift the weight. Its the same effect as the loader is experiencing.
That is a great example.
Take and lift a 25# weight close to your body, then stretch your arms straight out and lift the weight. Its the same effect as the loader is experiencing.
That is a great example.
mike69440, I agree on what you are saying about standards for rating. I was thinking for the front bucket an amount that it can lift at the center of the bucket floor would be a reasonable number. A Max26/28 anywhere near max lift is a handful and works best if you have a backhoe on the back for ballast. It's a great stat for our marketing, but honestly if you want to lift more than 1,000 lbs very often, I'd recommend a larger frame machine like a 3016. I think a max lift rating ought to have a duty cycle attached. Like when you buy a welder, it may do 200 amps, but has a 40% duty cycle at 200 amps, and a 60% duty cycle at 150 amps and can run 100 amps all day long. That separates bragging rights from what the unit is really designed to do on a regular basis. The Max26/28 is great for that occasional load that would just be too heavy period for some of our competitors tractors, but I'd be cautious hauling heavy with it regularly.