Artisan
Veteran Member
Hmmm, lets see here.
We have a JD 4105 tractor w/ a 300CX FEL.
The stock bucket weighs 207 pounds.
The OP says his aftermarket bucket weighs 300 kilogram = 661.5 pounds.
Here are the specs for the tractor. HERE are the specs for the FEL.
The lifting capacity at full height measured at 500 mm ahead of pivot is 1005 pounds.
1005 minus 661.5 = 343.5 Pounds MAX you are allowed to put in that bucket.
Did your salesman TELL YOU that you can only load up 343.5 (and lift high)
pounds into that bucket? HE NEEDS TO BE FIRED IMO. He almost killed you
IMO BUT you are definitely partly to blame, lesson learned , we are ALL
GLAD YOUR OK.
Would you have bought that bucket if you were told ahead of time that
little more than 3- 100Lb sacks of cement are alls your tractor will lift,
SAFELY? ? ?
My little BX25 I believe has a lift capacity of something like 625 w/ stock bucket.
IMHO, your dealer took the money w/o discussing the ramifications of the
weight to HP ratios and left you w/ a flipped tractor, BUT, You positively
were in err by carrying so much weight so high especially for the conditions.
EVERY tractor owner needs a good scare, hopefully you LEARN and will
sit down and LEARN more before you decide to play w/ weight and
gravity. DEADLY combo it can be.
I weigh 225 pounds, 343.5-225= 118.5 So my body and a lil over
a sack of cement is alls your suppose to load that bucket with .
I AM NOT A PRO, TAKE ALL MY INPUT w/ SEVERAL GRAINS OF SALT
and can a pro recrunch my numbers for this gent please?
GLAD your OK, CARRY your loads LOW, ALWAYS!
We have a JD 4105 tractor w/ a 300CX FEL.
The stock bucket weighs 207 pounds.
The OP says his aftermarket bucket weighs 300 kilogram = 661.5 pounds.
Here are the specs for the tractor. HERE are the specs for the FEL.
The lifting capacity at full height measured at 500 mm ahead of pivot is 1005 pounds.
1005 minus 661.5 = 343.5 Pounds MAX you are allowed to put in that bucket.
Did your salesman TELL YOU that you can only load up 343.5 (and lift high)
pounds into that bucket? HE NEEDS TO BE FIRED IMO. He almost killed you
IMO BUT you are definitely partly to blame, lesson learned , we are ALL
GLAD YOUR OK.
Would you have bought that bucket if you were told ahead of time that
little more than 3- 100Lb sacks of cement are alls your tractor will lift,
SAFELY? ? ?
My little BX25 I believe has a lift capacity of something like 625 w/ stock bucket.
IMHO, your dealer took the money w/o discussing the ramifications of the
weight to HP ratios and left you w/ a flipped tractor, BUT, You positively
were in err by carrying so much weight so high especially for the conditions.
EVERY tractor owner needs a good scare, hopefully you LEARN and will
sit down and LEARN more before you decide to play w/ weight and
gravity. DEADLY combo it can be.
I weigh 225 pounds, 343.5-225= 118.5 So my body and a lil over
a sack of cement is alls your suppose to load that bucket with .
I AM NOT A PRO, TAKE ALL MY INPUT w/ SEVERAL GRAINS OF SALT
and can a pro recrunch my numbers for this gent please?
GLAD your OK, CARRY your loads LOW, ALWAYS!