FEL Control Lever Thingy

[jb62901]

Per my KA203 - LA243 Kubota Front Loader Manual It ia valve lock to prevent accidental actuation when implement is not in use or during transport. The lock is not intended and will not prevent a leak down of implement during the period of storage.

 

[Jay4200]

Per my KA203 - LA243 Kubota Front Loader Manual It ia valve lock to prevent accidental actuation when implement is not in use or during transport. The lock is not intended and will not prevent a leak down of implement during the period of storage.

Mine is a slot that goes front to back (flips from the front), so it will prevent the bucket curl function. It does not, however, have any effect on the up-down function of the loader arms.

I am going to be working with my tractor tonight - I'll try to remember to play with it and see if I can figure out exactly what it does/doesn't inhibit.

JayC

 

[taborekle]

I've used mine only once. My neighboor needed her driving mower blades sharpened. I picked it up with straps under her mower and over the FEL bucket. I could lift it a few feet off the ground. Before I crawled under the suspended mower, I locked the FEL and then tested the joystick to make sure it wouldn't move. Only then did I get under her mower to sharpen the blades.

 

[rdsaustintx]

Last time I flipped mine, the president got a Nobel prize.

Go figure.

 

[kennyd]

Last time I flipped mine, the president got a Nobel prize.

Go figure.

Holy Crap! Please do not do that again In fact, please remove it and destroy it.

 

[kennyd]

I've used mine only once. My neighboor needed her driving mower blades sharpened. I picked it up with straps under her mower and over the FEL bucket. I could lift it a few feet off the ground. Before I crawled under the suspended mower, I locked the FEL and then tested the joystick to make sure it wouldn't move. Only then did I get under her mower to sharpen the blades.

You got under there with just the loader holding it up You are a brave man.

 

[Jay4200]

I've used mine only once. My neighboor needed her driving mower blades sharpened. I picked it up with straps under her mower and over the FEL bucket. I could lift it a few feet off the ground. Before I crawled under the suspended mower, I locked the FEL and then tested the joystick to make sure it wouldn't move. Only then did I get under her mower to sharpen the blades.

OK - I was wrong all along, and I apologize. I checked out my flippy-thing yesterday, and sure enough, it prevents all actuation except 'up' - tractor is 40 miles away, so it sometimes takes some time to get these experiments completed. I don't know what I remembered, but I'm convinced that the bucket dropped with the thingy flipped - it's pretty old and sloppy though, so maybe if I push real hard it'll still drop - don't know.

I quoted the above post simply because I was doing the same thing during this little test. I use a lawn tractor w/ snowblower to clear the 750' driveway at my camp/house (in theory - both are new). The little tractor had a drivetrain failure 2 minutes before it had it's first use. I brought the little tractor home yesterday, and used my L4200 to hoist it up into my pickup. I only dropped it once before I got it in (it was ugly).

Good news is that I fixed the lil' guy last night, so it's ready to blow snow. Bad news is that I used my big tractor w/ FEL to push snow yesterday since the little guy was down - and a FEL does such a horrible job (about the worst snow-removal tool there is for a long and narrow drive) that it's going to take me twice as long as it took me to clear to fix the mess it made.

JayC