Bucket/implement ups or down?

[Blackfoot]

I hear ya. When i got my loader on my 55' ford 850.. the bucket wouldn't even make a good spagetti strainer it was so 'holy'. i had to cut a hug section out and reskin.

pic 1 is the cut, pic 2 is the new floor welded in, pic 3 is it in primer, and pic 4 in paint.

Soundguy

Hello Soundguy, I have never seen a FEL like you have in your pictures, could you post a side view of it. I have a Farmall A I might like to put a loader on like that one. Also on my MF35 FEL the cylinders ore relieved when the bucket is lifted high as it will go, I really don't like to leave it up in the air like that either, So I am thinking of building a hanger for it. Blackfoot

 

[Z-Michigan]

Hmm.. I don't know where this 2-second rule came from but I know my 3pt hitches on my fords from my 46 2n all the way up thru my NH 7610s will drop like a rock under load if I dump the 3pt hitch lever.. Probably a half second I'd guess.

The manuals for my Deere LX6 and 5105 both indicate that it must take at least two seconds to drop, for safety. I think that is sensible. They have adjustment valves for rate of drop. I think most brands of tractors today do, though stuff made in the 50's and 60's may not.

 

[Soundguy]

I think you are reading the manual backwards. It sounds like they are say.. that for safety.. you want the bucket to take 2 seconds to drop.. not that it cannot drop any faster than that.

Most spool valves can be feathered to allow slow dropping.. including spool valves from the 50's. if i just barely crack the fel spool.. it slowly lowers.

However.. none of that comes into play if a hose pops or fitting breaks.

Soundguy

 

[Soundguy]

r & l sides.



Soundguy

Hello Soundguy, I have never seen a FEL like you have in your pictures, could you post a side view of it. I have a Farmall A I might like to put a loader on like that one. Also on my MF35 FEL the cylinders ore relieved when the bucket is lifted high as it will go, I really don't like to leave it up in the air like that either, So I am thinking of building a hanger for it. Blackfoot

 

[Z-Michigan]

I think you are reading the manual backwards. It sounds like they are say.. that for safety.. you want the bucket to take 2 seconds to drop.. not that it cannot drop any faster than that.

That IS how I'm reading it... you adjust the rate of drop control so that it takes at least 2 seconds to drop (rear implement on 3ph, not the FEL bucket - I don't think there is a specified setting for FEL). I notice a major difference in rate of drop between my LX6 (760 lbs?) and my scarifier bar (200lbs or so). My current setting is right around 2 seconds for the LX6, but if I get a heavy box blade or something I'll have to start monkeying with the adjustment knob.