You have got some sticky dirt or maybe clay!
Loader ColdWater tractor loader install
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You have got some sticky dirt or maybe clay!
FleetMan
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Have you tried spraying the inside of the bucket with used motor oil or diesel fuel. Concrete contractors spray their forms with oil or diesel to keep cement from sticking, might work for sticky clay and mud also.
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alpinebigfoot
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Was thinking of spraying silicone in the buck should work for at least a couple buckets. Thanks for the info. Not sure if I want to put oil or fuel where a pond is going though.
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Maybe you could paint the loader bucket with cooking oil. Its environmentally harmless.
For rollover stability on my present YM186D I turned the hubs around and mounted the wheels external to the hubs, the widest possible setting. There's no shoulder on that side to center the wheel so its essential to occasionally check that the lugbolts are snug. This isn't a recommended configuration but I felt I needed the width for safety.
Turning the front wheels around does nothing since the front axle hinges in the center, it doesn't resist rollover forces until its too late.
I sanded the faces of the rear hubs that are now the outside, to assure they were flat. I didn't have to take off more than just old paint.
I also filled the rear tires with water, and mounted 77 lb wheel weights external to the wheels (photo) where they give the best leverage against rollover. Here are some more 77 lb wheel weights I bought. I might mount these one each on the inner faces of the wheels, or possibly double these on the outer side of the wheels. Or put them on the larger Yanmar if I ever take the backhoe off that one. These came off a 20 hp Kubota (I didn't add that link to Kubota corp, ignore it) with factory loader, where they were mounted double each side.
Are your rear tires loaded (water filled)? That's an essential first step.
For rollover stability on my present YM186D I turned the hubs around and mounted the wheels external to the hubs, the widest possible setting. There's no shoulder on that side to center the wheel so its essential to occasionally check that the lugbolts are snug. This isn't a recommended configuration but I felt I needed the width for safety.
Turning the front wheels around does nothing since the front axle hinges in the center, it doesn't resist rollover forces until its too late.
I sanded the faces of the rear hubs that are now the outside, to assure they were flat. I didn't have to take off more than just old paint.
I also filled the rear tires with water, and mounted 77 lb wheel weights external to the wheels (photo) where they give the best leverage against rollover. Here are some more 77 lb wheel weights I bought. I might mount these one each on the inner faces of the wheels, or possibly double these on the outer side of the wheels. Or put them on the larger Yanmar if I ever take the backhoe off that one. These came off a 20 hp Kubota (I didn't add that link to Kubota corp, ignore it) with factory loader, where they were mounted double each side.
Are your rear tires loaded (water filled)? That's an essential first step.
Neat 1500
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Sorry I should have been more specific. Only flip the rears and not the fronts as it places way more stress on everything and something will break. As for water fill, put the valve at 12 o'clock, take the weight of the one you are filling, take out the schraeder (spelling?) valve and hold just the hose on the stem letting it burp air periodically. I did this to mine until the water was near the top then refit valve, place back on ground an top up with air to 20 PSI. Job done.
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alpinebigfoot
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It gets mighty cold up here. Washer fluid be better? I will switch the hubs on the rear today to. Yesterday I was pulling a large blueberry bush and the tractor almost rolled ! It was on two wheels front and rear on its side. The bush was holding it from flipping all the way. I jumped off the tractor so fast. Thank god just a bruised knee.
Neat 1500
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Yep washer fluid would be better. Take care my friend and get a ROPS as soon as you can. I know the feeling
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alpinebigfoot
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Thanks Neat. I got on the waiting list for the ROPS program.
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it doesn't get that cold here,but I added 1 gallon of antifreeze to each tire B-4 filling with water..Put the antifreeze ,or what ever you are going to use in a pump sprayer and add to the tire, then fill with water
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alpinebigfoot
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Looks a lot better now should keep me a little more up right.
