5055E and lifting a pallet

[Laminarman]

I don't know if it could lift a full pallet or not but I wouldn't bet against it. You would need loaded tires and a good weight on the 3PH. You could always move a third of a pallet onto an empty and go with 2000 which it should do with ease. The WM being much lighter wouldn't stand a chance doing it safely. I don't think there is a difference in capacity of a 533 loader if it is switched from a 5045 to a 5055 or 5065 tractor. The pump is the same size as are all the pistons. The only advantage is that a 5065 comes with larger tires that can hold more liquid ballast.

This is interesting, I thought the bigger tractor made the difference. Here is what I want to do: Lift the pallet a foot or two (at the most) off the ground and drive to the field (on firm, dry ground of course.) Part of this drive is, however, uphill, which makes it important for me to do this from the front of the tractor, not the rear. What I'm doing now is loading each bag onto my wagon, laying them out, and pulling them up, then loading each bag by hand into the spreader. I'm handling the bags twice, that totally sucks. If I could load even the top 14 bags onto the wagon (since they're layered 7 bags in nine layers) that gives me 2450 lbs on the pallet forks and a margin of error and a bit less handling overall. I think it's funny however that I"ve been hauling these 3,150 pounds of lime on this Northern Tool wagon I built a decade ago, and I thought I remembered it being a 4,000 capacity wagon. I just found the manual and it's rated at 1,200 pounds!!! So I've been pulling this thing up the hill and over dale for a while with almost three times the weight it's rated for, so I'm wondering how much margin of error they build into these stats.

 

[vtsnowedin]

On a loader the relief valve setting is what limits you as long as you have enough ballast on the back. Once it opens applying more power or RPMs to the hydraulic pump accomplishes nothing. Now the 553 fits on about forty different JD models and some of them might have different output pressures from the pump and different relief valve settings and more or less gallons per minute flow so the above is not universally true but I think it is for the 50xxe series.

 

[charleyfarmall]

Your bags of lime are 1.5 tons? I get 1 ton bags at the local farmers union. The problem I have is that my loader doesn't go high enough for me to use the handles and lift them up over the top of my lime spreader. I have to lift them from underneath and cut the bags open with a knife.

 

[xring100]

This is interesting, I thought the bigger tractor made the difference. Here is what I want to do: Lift the pallet a foot or two (at the most) off the ground and drive to the field (on firm, dry ground of course.) Part of this drive is, however, uphill, which makes it important for me to do this from the front of the tractor, not the rear. What I'm doing now is loading each bag onto my wagon, laying them out, and pulling them up, then loading each bag by hand into the spreader. I'm handling the bags twice, that totally sucks. If I could load even the top 14 bags onto the wagon (since they're layered 7 bags in nine layers) that gives me 2450 lbs on the pallet forks and a margin of error and a bit less handling overall. I think it's funny however that I"ve been hauling these 3,150 pounds of lime on this Northern Tool wagon I built a decade ago, and I thought I remembered it being a 4,000 capacity wagon. I just found the manual and it's rated at 1,200 pounds!!! So I've been pulling this thing up the hill and over dale for a while with almost three times the weight it's rated for, so I'm wondering how much margin of error they build into these stats.

If all you need to do is lift them a couple feet you should be fine I thought you needed to pull them out of the semi

 

[Xfaxman]

I wish I could post what I have from the dealer. He has a spec sheet that he got on his dealer website, and the heading titled "John Deere 553 NSL on 5E Series Tractor" and down that column at the "Lift Capacity at Pivot" is 4,008 pounds. Now, I'm not sure if that's the max and specified for the 65HP model but he told me he thought the 5055 could do over 3,000 with a heavy duty pallet fork. I should just buy a skid steer and call it a day

No not a skid steer, you need a compact telehandler! :thumbsup:

With the pallet forks, rated to lift 4,400 17' high.


Use the grapple the most.


The 1 cubic yard, 6' dirt bucket, heaped, retracted the boom and raised it.

It will go 5.5 feet higher if I extend the boom

The 7' brush hog.

The V417 is 6' wide, 6.5' high and 13' long. Tire size is 14x17.5. Top speed is 15.5 mph, drawbar pull is 7,000 pounds, boom breakout force is 6700 lbf, bucket breakout force is 4700 lbf and it will lift over 5,000 pounds, 17 feet high.

Click the link in my signature to see what else it can do.

 

[Laminarman]

If all you need to do is lift them a couple feet you should be fine I thought you needed to pull them out of the semi

Nope Xring, they place them on my concrete driveway with a little pallet truck thingy then I come home and start moving them bag by bag. Did I mention it sucks??? If I could grab one and move it up to my wagon that's great, if I could drive it up to the field, I'm in heaven.