Loader Brand new BX2380 Front End Loader Issue/Damage

[JWR]

Well Guys, how about this dummy!View attachment 606942View attachment 606943

After five years of install/remove the FEL, I screwed up bad. IIRC It was late and I was tired and forgot to put the stands down. Ended up denting the grill, scratching the side panels and damaging some hydraulic lines. IIRC I had to take the FEL apart to get the cylinders aligned.......IIRC.

Cheers,
Mike

Can you elaborate and say what IIRC is ?

 

[4get gto]

Can you elaborate and say what IIRC is ?

" If I Recall Correctly "

 

[oldballs]

As I get older, "IIRC" is used more often.....even the FEL installation/removal procedure.:laughing:

 

[Diggin It]

As I get older I have more and more trouble with recall, correct or not.

 

[eubie5]

I think he's back guys, LMFAO!!

Bravo

 

[airbiscuit]

I think he's back guys, LMFAO!!

Huh? The OP has gone dark after just one month on TBN (June 2017).

 

[robertm]

Maybe you wise guys can offer up a SCUT 101 class made available to all new owners as part of the purchase? Give the guy a break... like you all have not screwed up anything before.... right?

You are right, Dragon. Moral of this story is, TAKE YOUR TIME. Double check BEFORE you pull the joystick. Many forget how unforgiving hydraulics can be. That power at idle can bent, twist, wrack, etc. before you know it. With that comes big $ repairs.
Note to self and others. Don’t keep pushing it. Don’t get mad. These things should come off and go on easy. If they don’t, something isn’t right. Tach the machine down to slow the process and allow more time to forgive mistakes.
Based upon the OP’s photos, he was at full throttle or just kept pushing it. That bent loader stanchion and mounting bracket 30-degrees out from the tractor took high hydraulic pressure, or time to bend.

 

[jsteinhauer]

These things go on and off easy, and you can do it few times in a row in the spring, until you're sure it's in your brain. But you put on your snowblower in October and leave it there through April, you have to learn it all over again. Someone made a point early in the thread about there needing to be one extra step in the mounting procedure. That would have saved me the trouble. I guess I just have a lower threshold for realizing something's not right, and the dismount procedure was not going to work. I figured someone else probably had the same experience and hoped for a Youtube solution. That did not exist, but the OP's pictures convinced me to figure out a different way to remove the FEL. His post has value, even if he did not return. And you just need a few tools that most guys who decide to buy a front end loading tractor should already have in their garages...and some time to think about it before proceeding.

 

[dougtrr2]

I have problems with the loader on my BX24 from time to time. The problem is when they poured my garage floor they made a pretty large diameter slope to the drain. So I can always get if off, but sometimes getting it back on is a challenge due to the different angles. So sometimes only one side gets hooked and before I realize it the cylinders are out of sync. At that point I just extend both cylinders to get them synced. Then I can get them hooked in the brackets. Once they are hooked I can just retract them and life is good. Mainly just watch what is happening and stop before things get ugly.

Doug in SW IA

 

[sixdogs]

I had a similar issue helping my neighbor with her brand new B2650. I Have done loaders for decades but in removing the loader on a gravel barn surface, I had to stop several times because I thought the loader was coming off crooked. The parking stands seemed flimsy and seemed to be flexing? Not sure what it was but it took me 15 minutes for a two minute job. When I put it back on the right loader arm and bracket was awkward to engage. It didn't instinctively go together as I had expected and took me maybe 20 minutes to make sure everything was OK. Maybe it was me but I have done lots of Kubota loaders.

Note that you have to be very careful when you move in to put a loader on and must line it up 100% or back up and line up again. That's a huge part of loader installation. Maybe the newer BX's and maybe B's need a little more TLC when you put things back together? The second time I R and R'd the loader it was two minutes and more normal.