FEL -- Rear wheels in the air!!

[jimbo64]

I wish there was a way to practice for these events... some sort of loader hazard drill. The handful of times I've gotten into trouble with the loader, I have not responded appropriately quickly enough. I tend to just instinctively try to counterbalance the tractor with my body weight which is a pretty ineffective strategy. Once I even started to put my foot out like a kickstand.

I'm getting better at remembering to drop the bucket but I wish I didn't have to think about it.

Is there ever a scenario where it would NOT be appropriate to drop the bucket to the ground if the tractor begins to lose its center of gravity?

depends on what the bucket is positioned over-as it is usually being lifted when the prob occurs, just prior to dumping------------

 

[Reg]

depends on what the bucket is positioned over-as it is usually being lifted when the prob occurs, just prior to dumping------------

Yeah,
Beware Murphy.
Small children are the obvious one - but they shouldn't BE THERE !!!
and/or you shouldn't be working a FEL where THEY ARE !

 

[tungularafishcamp]

I put dual tires front and rear(one rear with anitfreeze) on my L 2800 and besides keeping me off my nose when picking up heavy loads (almost daily) it adds a lot more stability side to side as I am mostly on uneven soft ground. Kinda spendy but worth every penny.

 

[dex3361]

I put dual tires front and rear(one rear with anitfreeze) on my L 2800 and besides keeping me off my nose when picking up heavy loads (almost daily) it adds a lot more stability side to side as I am mostly on uneven soft ground. Kinda spendy but worth every penny.

We have got to see pics of this L2800 with duals front and rear.

 

[texasjohn]

While moving 30' steel members.... yep....really, really need bunches of weight on rear to keep wheels on ground....considered mandatory....and, that was your point of the post:thumbsup:

 

[PHS79]

Had the rear wheels come off the ground the first day we had our L3600GST, no counter weight on the 3pt. But the problem was that it was the counter weight that actually made the rear wheels come off the ground. I was getting our old weight off our old Ford 555, a 55 gal drum filled with concrete roughly 990lbs, out of the weeds. I put the drum down there with our S250 Bobcat, but I didn't even think of getting the drum out of the weeds with the S250 before I traded it for the L3600. Ended up wrapping a tow strap around the drum and then a chain to the strap and pulling the drum up the hill instead of carrying it.

 

[tungularafishcamp]

Here Randall, the rear ones are commercially available but I had to make the front ones myself.

 

[tungularafishcamp]

lets try that again pics didn't attach will try just one this time

 

[funwithahoe]

lets try that again pics didn't attach will try just one this time

Why did you choose to go with smaller fronts? I am guessing turning but do they really provide traction and stability??

 

[rdsaustintx]

lets try that again pics didn't attach will try just one this time

That's one of the coolest things I have ever seen.

(But then, I don't get out much)