Loader A little extra lift

FELMOW2320 · Apr 24, 2012

I brought a trailer load of dirt home today and it was too heavy for the hydraulics to dump it.I used the loader to give a little extra lift.Worked like a charm.

kcender · Apr 25, 2012

That's getting the job done :thumbsup:

Deano · Apr 25, 2012

I had to do the SAME thing a couple of times on some loads of dirt I got in a dump trailer!!:confused2:

LD1 · Apr 25, 2012

FELMOW2320 said:
I brought a trailer load of dirt home today and it was too heavy for the hydraulics to dump it.I used the loader to give a little extra lift.Worked like a charm.

Deano said:
I had to do the SAME thing a couple of times on some loads of dirt I got in a dump trailer!!:confused2:

Are you guys overloading the trailers??? or are the hydraulics just weak???

If I bought a 10k GVWR, and had it loaded @ 10K (what it is rated for) and it couldnt dump it....id be a little PO'ed

Deano · Apr 25, 2012

I think mine was a crappy battery. replaced it and seems to do better.

FELMOW2320 · Apr 25, 2012

This was the first load it wouldn't dump without some assistance.It was way overloaded.I don't know what the weight was but the trailer is 7 x 14 with 2ft sides and the dirt was rounded up above the sides.

texasjohn · Apr 25, 2012

I've used my FEL in the same way:

Reasons:

Low battery or
filter in hydraulic system clogged .... cleaned it up...problem solved

DT86 · Apr 25, 2012

FELMOW2320 said:
I brought a trailer load of dirt home today and it was too heavy for the hydraulics to dump it.I used the loader to give a little extra lift.Worked like a charm.

Been there done that. I was thinking about rigging up a seven pin RV plug on the trailer so the truck could recharge the dump trailer battery as I drove. If I'm not mistaking they have a constant hot pin.

texasjohn · Apr 26, 2012

Yes, there is a hot pin, but the small wires won't carry hardly any current.... recharging a deeply drained hydraulic battery takes a lot of energy....my belief is that you need to run a BIG wire from vehicle battery back to the dump trailer battery. One that will carry 30 amps or more.

DT86 · Apr 26, 2012

texasjohn said:
Yes, there is a hot pin, but the small wires won't carry hardly any current.... recharging a deeply drained hydraulic battery takes a lot of energy....my belief is that you need to run a BIG wire from vehicle battery back to the dump trailer battery. One that will carry 30 amps or more.

Good point. I suppose if you were traveling a ways between dumps, say 10 miles and back, it may work though. If you started out with it fully charged and constantly fed power back to it...?