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CAN A LOADER HOLD SUSPENDED MORE WEIGHT THAN IT CAN LIFT?
I HAVE A 2710 AND USE IT AROUND MY PROPERTY FOR DIGGING AND LOADING. I HAVE PULLED OUT SEVERAL ROCKS AND STUMPS THAT EXCEED THE WEIGHT LIFTING CAPACITY OF THE FEL.(882 LBS)
I STARTED OUT PUTTING A CHAIN AROUND THE ROCK (TO HOLD IT IN THE BUCKET) AND DRAGGING IT TO A DUMPING AREA. I FOUND OUT IF YOU PUSH THE ROCK FORWARD(WHILE IN THE BUCKET) UP A SMALL INCLINE-WHILE HOLDING THE LOADER VALVE TO LIFT AT THE SAME TIME THE BUCKET GOES UP (BECAUSE OF THE INCLINE). IT WILL NOW HOLD THAT POSITION WHEN YOU BACK AWAY. NOW THE BUCKET IS SEVERAL INCHES ABOUVE THE GROUND AND I DON'T HAVE TO DRAG IT. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THE BUCKET WOULD SLOWLY LEAK DOWN, BUT THATS NOT THE CASE. ANY THOUGHTS?
FRED
I HAVE A 2710 AND USE IT AROUND MY PROPERTY FOR DIGGING AND LOADING. I HAVE PULLED OUT SEVERAL ROCKS AND STUMPS THAT EXCEED THE WEIGHT LIFTING CAPACITY OF THE FEL.(882 LBS)
I STARTED OUT PUTTING A CHAIN AROUND THE ROCK (TO HOLD IT IN THE BUCKET) AND DRAGGING IT TO A DUMPING AREA. I FOUND OUT IF YOU PUSH THE ROCK FORWARD(WHILE IN THE BUCKET) UP A SMALL INCLINE-WHILE HOLDING THE LOADER VALVE TO LIFT AT THE SAME TIME THE BUCKET GOES UP (BECAUSE OF THE INCLINE). IT WILL NOW HOLD THAT POSITION WHEN YOU BACK AWAY. NOW THE BUCKET IS SEVERAL INCHES ABOUVE THE GROUND AND I DON'T HAVE TO DRAG IT. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THE BUCKET WOULD SLOWLY LEAK DOWN, BUT THATS NOT THE CASE. ANY THOUGHTS?
FRED