Driving tractor with the front end loader bucket elevated .

[Retired LE]

Keep the bucket low. The higher it is, the tippier it gets, especially on hilly ground.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

Not a lot. Just 2 bags of instant concrete as extra weight.

Behind my 600 kilo iseki tx1300 I had my tiller, which is over 100 kilo, and is always kept low for obvious reasons.

But because the front axis of my iseki is pivoting, anything in the FEL being raised can quickly get nasty.

Having this iseki for 5 years now, there are countless times that I had to change underwear

I thought that was what the tool box was for? To keep clean underwear in?



Kidding, of course. Glad you weren't hurt (presumably?)

 

[reconmarine]

I

i lower my bucket and attach a 10 foot bar with 18” chains at 12” intervals to get critters out of the way when bushhogging.

I

i lower my bucket and attach a 10 foot bar with 18” chains at 12” intervals to get critters out of the way when bushhogging.

 

[reconmarine]

Attached to bucket with 2 welding vise grips on angle iron screwed to 4x4 post. Since chain was just on hand, it was too light so I put cable clamps on end of each chain for weight.

Has worked well.

As a Christian, I don’t believe in killing any of God’s creatures unnecessarily—especially if the reason is just because I was too lazy to spend an hour with a cheap and easy fix.

 

[fossilfuelphil]

On familiar parcels, I usually mow with bucket up a few feet for visibility as well as not having it hit the ground on the bounces.

 

[JLinOK]

I have noticed some people driving there tractors with the front end loader bucket about 3' to 4'ft
off of the ground while mowing or brush hogging and I am wondering why some people do so . I always keep the bucket low to the ground .

My terrain is often rough so I raise mine high enough that it doesn't jam and low enough for visibility over the top. I raise it high over fences gates etc. when I have tight clearances. I lower it nearly touching the ground when going across slopes.

 

[5030]

Agree-see my earlier post on what I do to avoid this. A friend mowed over a 1 day old fawn and has never gotten over it.

I mow fawns, yotes and ground hogs in fields all the time. No way can I stop the disc mower fast enough not to gobble them up and run them through the crimp rolls. Interestingly, when I go back to rake or ted the next day, they are always gone. The animal kingdom likes fresh killed (and processed meat). Same thing applies to when I go hunting. You don't leave a deer lying in a field or an elk or an antelope lying until the next day because it will be eaten. How it plays.

Cruel as it seems, I mow them and forget about them. I just provided a meal for a predator that they didn't have to hunt down and kill themselves.

 

[5030]

As a Christian, I don’t believe in killing any of God’s creatures unnecessarily

I am, as well, but schitte happens.

 

[sailonner]

on field areas I've mowed before I'll leave the bucket low. In areas where I haven't, I'll raise it up to keep from running into a stump hidden in the weeds or blackberries.

 

[alaarp]

I like your design but do not see how this device would help in the case of a day-old fawn. The ones I have seen don't move if they consider themselves well hidden, even when machinery gets closer and closer. `