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[daTeacha]

An FEL is like a pickup -- once you have one you will wonder how you lived without it. READ a lot here about stability before you get nuts with it. You will want some rear counterweight, either a ballast box, loaded tires, wheel weights, or whatever. Your dealer will happily sell you a ballast box along with the FEL and you can fill it with all kinds of heavy stuff.

I carry a 900 lb lump of concrete behind the DX29, and really need to get either wheel weights or load the tires. Quartering angles on hills, either up or down, can be treacherous, even with a rear weight, unless you add weight to the wheels, too. I lifted a rear wheel last night with the front of the tractor uphill while doing some loader work. Be careful with that thing!

 

[daTeacha]

An FEL is like a pickup -- once you have one you will wonder how you lived without it. READ a lot here about stability before you get nuts with it. You will want some rear counterweight, either a ballast box, loaded tires, wheel weights, or whatever. Your dealer will happily sell you a ballast box along with the FEL and you can fill it with all kinds of heavy stuff.

I carry a 900 lb lump of concrete behind the DX29, and really need to get either wheel weights or load the tires. Quartering angles on hills, either up or down, can be treacherous, even with a rear weight, unless you add weight to the wheels, too. I lifted a rear wheel last night with the front of the tractor uphill while doing some loader work. Be careful with that thing!

 

[nobody]

Thanks for the advice. One of the reasons I have been leary about getting the FEL (besides the cost) is some of the stories I have read or heard about how dangerous they can be. I have never used one and most of my property is hill side so that is a concern. I guess it is like all things just respect it and take it easy. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[nobody]

Thanks for the advice. One of the reasons I have been leary about getting the FEL (besides the cost) is some of the stories I have read or heard about how dangerous they can be. I have never used one and most of my property is hill side so that is a concern. I guess it is like all things just respect it and take it easy. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[DiskDoctr]

nobody,

You can use the FEL to carry or doze the gravel. Obviously, you scoop to carry a bucket.

To doze (as in push like a bull dozer), roll your bucket so the bottom is just shy of vertical and keep it a few inches off the ground, more or less as needed and push. The more vertical, the less aggressif the tendancy to dig in.

One CAUTION: If you roll the bucket all the way past vertical to the limit of the cylinders, you risk bending your linkage/cylinders, especially on a CUT.

The Box Blade will definitely be a major help. A hydraulic top tilt is EXTREMELY useful with a box blade. Tilt BB forward, it digs in more. Tilt BB back, more spread, almost like a landscape rake.

And fill those rear tires if getting a FEL! Keep your loaded bucket as low to the ground as practical for as much of the time as possible.

Lift/load with the FEL going uphill if not level. Makes gravity work for you and more stable. Be sure to load the bucket evenly left/right for stability.

Those are the quickies" /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

-JC

 

[DiskDoctr]

nobody,

You can use the FEL to carry or doze the gravel. Obviously, you scoop to carry a bucket.

To doze (as in push like a bull dozer), roll your bucket so the bottom is just shy of vertical and keep it a few inches off the ground, more or less as needed and push. The more vertical, the less aggressif the tendancy to dig in.

One CAUTION: If you roll the bucket all the way past vertical to the limit of the cylinders, you risk bending your linkage/cylinders, especially on a CUT.

The Box Blade will definitely be a major help. A hydraulic top tilt is EXTREMELY useful with a box blade. Tilt BB forward, it digs in more. Tilt BB back, more spread, almost like a landscape rake.

And fill those rear tires if getting a FEL! Keep your loaded bucket as low to the ground as practical for as much of the time as possible.

Lift/load with the FEL going uphill if not level. Makes gravity work for you and more stable. Be sure to load the bucket evenly left/right for stability.

Those are the quickies" /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

-JC

 

[nobody]

Thanks diskdoc... i have the FEL ordered. It should be here and on in the next week or so. I guess, like anything else I will have to"work" with it to learn. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Everyone tells me there will be so many uses I will find for it.

 

[nobody]

Thanks diskdoc... i have the FEL ordered. It should be here and on in the next week or so. I guess, like anything else I will have to"work" with it to learn. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Everyone tells me there will be so many uses I will find for it.

 

[DiskDoctr]

Nobody,

I like the windshield washer fluid for filling the rear tires. Do a quick search and you'll find lots of threads on filling tires.

I also recommend a rear implement mounted all the time with a FEL.

Congrats on the FEL. You'll really like it. Learn to use the level guide rod, it helps a lot!

-JC

 

[DiskDoctr]

Nobody,

I like the windshield washer fluid for filling the rear tires. Do a quick search and you'll find lots of threads on filling tires.

I also recommend a rear implement mounted all the time with a FEL.

Congrats on the FEL. You'll really like it. Learn to use the level guide rod, it helps a lot!

-JC