Snowlan
Silver Member
I just unloaded a snow blower from the delivery truck today, using the Bobcat pallet forks. The blower is in the 800+lb range, so with pallet call it 900lb. The center of gravity was within 600mm of the loader pins.
At truck deck height I was able to roll back enough and lifting was no problem. Once backed away from the truck and lowering the load to safe height I could not get the roll back beyond the amount shown in the picture. This resulted in the load not being level unless raising the load higher than desired for transport.
Considering rollback force is stated to be 1834lb 20” out from the pins at ground level, far exceeding the lift force, something seems wrong. Anyone else experienced anything similar with known weight or agree the dealer should be consulted? I don’t really want a warranty call to turn into a billable service call because they slap a gage on the hydraulics and say it’s in spec.
At truck deck height I was able to roll back enough and lifting was no problem. Once backed away from the truck and lowering the load to safe height I could not get the roll back beyond the amount shown in the picture. This resulted in the load not being level unless raising the load higher than desired for transport.
Considering rollback force is stated to be 1834lb 20” out from the pins at ground level, far exceeding the lift force, something seems wrong. Anyone else experienced anything similar with known weight or agree the dealer should be consulted? I don’t really want a warranty call to turn into a billable service call because they slap a gage on the hydraulics and say it’s in spec.
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