bandit67
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- Lake Hartwell, SC
- Tractor
- 2012 B3000 HSDCC 2020 Z251 Zero Turn
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Just cause it will lift it don't mean it's safe to lift it.)</font>
That's why I qualified the statement </font><font color="blue" class="small">( I can tell you though, from tests I've done on my Case and a Kubota subcut, that those printed lift capacities tend to be on the conservative side by 100 lbs, )</font> with the following statement </font><font color="blue" class="small">( but too much weight in the FELs on those little machines can make them very unstable. )</font>
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Folks over look the safety issue by focusing on highest lifting capacity. )</font> This statement makes no sense. Manufacturers post the "highest lifting capacity" (as you put it) that the machine can SAFELY lift, hence the conservative numbers they list. Since most folks read the manufacturer's specs and base their purchase decision on those numbers, then it would seem that they are not overlooking their own safety by focusing on "highest lifting capacity".
How much these loaders can actually lift is usually a test done by the owners once they've gotten the machines home, and are curious as to how much they are actually moving around when picking up dirt, rocks, tree stumps, etc. , and then use something like bags of cement which they know the weight of to get an idea of what they are actually moving, and how that compares to the mfr's specs.
And knowing that these loaders actually ARE ABLE to lift more than what the mfr's specs state is good information to have if a novice tractor owner is assuming that their machine cannot lift any more than what the mfr. specs state. That's when they could get into trouble - lifting what they think may only be 500 lbs when it is actually 700 lbs, and then trying to move the machine and getting into trouble by tipping, rolling, etc.
So what is the point you are trying to make by attempting to discount the information I've provided? Oh, yeah, inflating your post count.
That's why I qualified the statement </font><font color="blue" class="small">( I can tell you though, from tests I've done on my Case and a Kubota subcut, that those printed lift capacities tend to be on the conservative side by 100 lbs, )</font> with the following statement </font><font color="blue" class="small">( but too much weight in the FELs on those little machines can make them very unstable. )</font>
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Folks over look the safety issue by focusing on highest lifting capacity. )</font> This statement makes no sense. Manufacturers post the "highest lifting capacity" (as you put it) that the machine can SAFELY lift, hence the conservative numbers they list. Since most folks read the manufacturer's specs and base their purchase decision on those numbers, then it would seem that they are not overlooking their own safety by focusing on "highest lifting capacity".
How much these loaders can actually lift is usually a test done by the owners once they've gotten the machines home, and are curious as to how much they are actually moving around when picking up dirt, rocks, tree stumps, etc. , and then use something like bags of cement which they know the weight of to get an idea of what they are actually moving, and how that compares to the mfr's specs.
And knowing that these loaders actually ARE ABLE to lift more than what the mfr's specs state is good information to have if a novice tractor owner is assuming that their machine cannot lift any more than what the mfr. specs state. That's when they could get into trouble - lifting what they think may only be 500 lbs when it is actually 700 lbs, and then trying to move the machine and getting into trouble by tipping, rolling, etc.
So what is the point you are trying to make by attempting to discount the information I've provided? Oh, yeah, inflating your post count.
