How much is too much for BX23 Loader?

[RayCo]

Here's an interesting site that lists lbs/cuft for lots of stuff you might fit in your FEL like: limestone, gravel, beans, coffee, potatoes, platinum, ....

That is a great list! I can haul GIANT piles of carbon monoxide in my BX24!

 

[ultrarunner]

Looks like my BX had close to 700 pounds in the loader bucket based on the heaped bucket capacity of 6.1 cu ft and the 125 lbs per cu ft of wet gravel from the chart.

 

[TalonDancer]

The main thing I found interesting in the chart is the _range_ of densities for raw earth materials depending on whether they are loose, packed, dry, wet, crushed solid, etc. If you scan the chart you'll find that most raw earth materials run between roughly 80-160 lb/cuft. And for some odd reason our Kubota FEL/buckets are sized to lift about that many CuFt in that density range

FWIW I've been moving a lot of limestone in various forms lately: pulverized -> solid blocks with a density range of 87->163 lb/CuFt -- nearly double!

If you look at refined earth material densities you'll discover why Kubotas are not the vehicle of choice for bank heists. Not only are they bright orange and slow -- they can't lift a full FEL of gold or platinum Well that's one project off my list

Talon Dancer

 

[ultrarunner]

I've always remembered my shop teacher said a 1' x 1' x 1' block of steel weighs 470 lbs.

We used 500 lbs per cu ft to estimate the weight of steel plate so as to not overload the lift truck or overhead crane at the tool and die shop where I worked.

Now I can add wet gravel weighs 125 lbs per cu ft to my bank of knowledge.

Thanks for posting the resource TalonDancer

 

[Yankee Clipper]

FYI

The BX23 uses a LA210 loader - the 210 means 210 kg or 462 lbs - that is what it is rated for to full height. Breakout is 950 lbs or twice the lift capacity.

ASAE and SAE rating usually is 50% of breakout - meaning the tractor will remain stable (with rear ballast) and still raise the load to full height.

FYI - this model numbering system applies to most of the newer Kubota loaders to determine the rating.

 

[tommu56]

That is a great list! I can haul GIANT piles of carbon monoxide in my BX24!

I can get more helium in mine!

tom

 

[Jay4200]

Any idea what a wet, heaping load of crushed rock weighs in a BX23 Loader Bucket? I'm thinking 4 to 5 normal buckets, not heaping, to move a yard?.

If memory serves (no guarantee of that) stone typically weighs ~1.5 ton per yard. A heaping scoop should weigh about 600 pounds.

If you aren't blowing your front tires off the rim, you're fine. Besides, if a load is too heavy for the bucket, the the bucket's hydraulics saftey blowoff won't allow the bucket to lift.

JayC