3320 / 300CX Lift Capacity - Example

[beenthere]

76 bags of mulch (full pallet) from HD and I can't budge it out of the back of the truck I must be underestimating the weight of the mulch per bag. Oh well dump some off the top and try again....

If the mulch was only 25# per bag, that would be 1900 #'s. What is your lift capacity/limit?

 

[Snowcatter]

Not sure what these bales weigh, but i know my ol mans 4000 series Kubota wont lift them . . . . it always makes me chuckle

The hay Bales are almost as big as the tractor.....

 

[Rob-D]

Great White, did you lift that load without ballast?
Rob

 

[om21braz]

During use of a rental 3320 w/ 300x loader, I questioned it's capability. The machine we rented took all it could muster to lift a 72" pulverizer (approx. 1200lbs.) over the bed side of a standard/stock 91 Silverado long bed 4WD truck. Judging by the results some of you are having, I believe the rental 3320 was in need of repair and/or adjustment.

 

[Nitro-Fish]

I started a thread a while back about how to increase the capacity of the FEL on the 3x20 series tractors, the replies I got were for the hydro cab models, I was looking for open station Power reverser mods. I have not had any problems with anything yet, but I won't be able to put mine to the real test until later this year when I buy my pallets of wood pellets for winter. I was told by my dealer that the 3x20's with 300CX Loader would be able to lift (with proper ballast of course) the 2000lb pallet of pellets high enough to move the pallets around; I don't need to stack them, just be able to lift them 6" to 12" off the ground to move them around without breaking the pallets down. Has anyone been able to lift anything around this weight with the 3x20 & 300CX combination? Also, I'm still interested to find out if there is an easy increase (such as the shims for the 790's which was a great help) for this series tractor & loader with the Power reverser & open station, pics would be great too!

 

[Nitro-Fish]

Whoops! Should have read the older posts first, it looks like the weight is obtainable, so now I guess I'm just curious about increasing the capacity.

 

[GreatWhitehunter]

Great White, did you lift that load without ballast?
Rob

Negative, I had my ballast box on when I lifted the pallet. The pic with the trailer hitch on was awhile later. I've lifted over 2k with my 300x.

Matt

 

[2YD]

In reading these posts it appears my lift capacity is off quite a bit as I dumped 20 bags off the pallet before I was able to lift it out of the truck (2500HD). So checking this link....

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...g/165999-john-deere-3520-loader-capacity.html

Maybe this can help you get a little more capacity out of it?

I am wondering if anyone can tell me what kind of tester I need to use so I can keep the pressures within the acceptable limits?

 

[beenthere]

kennyd posted a pic of his tester setup, with hose, pressure gauge, and male hyd connector. Posted just a day or two ago I believe.

Here
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...rating/171394-hydro-pressure.html#post1959463

 

[Nitro-Fish]

Does anyone know if the method for increasing capacity is the same for the OS Power reverser tractors and the Hydro Cab tractors?