How level does ground need to be to remove/attach 200CX loader?

   / How level does ground need to be to remove/attach 200CX loader?
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Is a 200CX loader something I can have delivered and install myself or do I need to have the dealer do the initial installation? I guess it would need to be delivered already in the parked position to allow me to reattach it.
 
   / How level does ground need to be to remove/attach 200CX loader? #12  
When I picked up my 70A from the individual I bought it from, I purposely bled the boom down to the ground to make it easier to load, position and tie down on my trailer. Once I got it home, unloaded and sitting on the ground, I obviously couldn't drive underneath it with the mast down on the ground. I just faced the tractor the opposite direction and pulled up along side the loader so I could plug the hoses in. Then I raised the masts into the normal "parked" position. Unhooked the hoses, pulled the tractor around, drove underneath it and mounted it up.

Anytime you leave the loader parked for extended periods of time, there is the chance that the masts my bleed down to the point that you can't get back under it. I always try to park it in a location that I can get along side of it on the hose side in case I need to raise it a little so I can get underneath it. If you can't park it such that you can get along side of on the hose side, you can still raise it back up by spending a little money on a set of extension hoses.
 
   / How level does ground need to be to remove/attach 200CX loader? #13  
Unless you are very mechanically inclined and have suffered through the trauma of heavy equipment things going wrong, have the dealer install it. Their price is a bargain and they'll do it in 1/10th of the time and get it right.
 
   / How level does ground need to be to remove/attach 200CX loader? #14  
I find that when Taking my FEL off- flat area is the key where the FEL stand and bucket is and the rear tires are on same plane. side slope is out of the picture as the front axel pivots causes to tilt more. I also found that downslope is heck alot better then up slope as I can gain extra curling space to align the pins.
 
   / How level does ground need to be to remove/attach 200CX loader? #15  
Anytime you leave the loader parked for extended periods of time, there is the chance that the masts my bleed down to the point that you can't get back under it. I always try to park it in a location that I can get along side of it on the hose side in case I need to raise it a little so I can get underneath it. If you can't park it such that you can get along side of on the hose side, you can still raise it back up by spending a little money on a set of extension hoses.

I have yet to encounter that problem with mine, but then I don't leave the loader off of it for months at at time. I use it far too much. Where I used to park it, I would be able to get along side of it. Now, I slip it into a shed and could not. But I'll take that risk as it is 100% easier to remount. Haven't had an issue since I started the practice.
 
   / How level does ground need to be to remove/attach 200CX loader? #16  
I have yet to encounter that problem with mine, but then I don't leave the loader off of it for months at at time. I use it far too much. Where I used to park it, I would be able to get along side of it. Now, I slip it into a shed and could not. But I'll take that risk as it is 100% easier to remount. Haven't had an issue since I started the practice.

I haven't experienced it either... was saying that the possibility exists.
 
   / How level does ground need to be to remove/attach 200CX loader? #17  
I haven't experienced it either... was saying that the possibility exists.

It certainly exists. My bucket settles somewhat now. The arms don't. Yet. I just look at how the backhoe on my Beaver settles. I have to keep a chain looped through it when not using it. Been that way for most of the time we've owned it. So if I begin to notice the 855's loader sagging when I take it off, I will have to revise how I stow it.
 

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