Is this practice bad (Ramming something with FEL)
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Deano
Veteran Member
MSWLOGO,
It is yours, do with it as needed. I have been using my BX24 as you described and probably even harder...so far so good! I don't want to break anything, but I also bought it to work, and that is what it does, very well I might add!!
I see NO Problem with what you are doing, and I don't wax either!!
Deano
It is yours, do with it as needed. I have been using my BX24 as you described and probably even harder...so far so good! I don't want to break anything, but I also bought it to work, and that is what it does, very well I might add!!
I see NO Problem with what you are doing, and I don't wax either!!
Deano
This was the first time I "cut" something with the FEL. It worked quite well and was quick. But I used to think dragging the bucket backwards was safe too until I read the forum and folks here said it was a weakness with pistons fully extended.
I had been doing .2 miles of the road with the BX24. Now I'm doing .6 miles with the B2320 and I worked it pretty hard (my body too, can't imagine doing this job with loaded R4's). Box blade paid for itself 2x over on one grooming. $1000.00 for 5hr's work.
It's a road that goes around an island in a lake plus a man made causway that connects it to land.
crazyal
Super Member
Do you keep that road open in the winter? If so nothing like frost for growning those size rocks up here in the Norht East. As for cutting the root I don't think it's that hard on it but if there was a hidden rock that the FEL also caught then you could do some harm. It sounds like you're not going very fast so even a rock probably would do any harm. After who here hasn't 'hit' something with his/ her bucket unintentionally.
woodchuckie
Platinum Member
I cracked the gland nut on the small bucket cylinder on mine. I occidentally hit something going down a very steep hill pushing small pine out. It wasn't the speed but the weight of the whole tractor and it was concentrated on the very left. So yes it can damage it but I haven't changed the way I use it.
mrtfelton
Member
So yes it can damage it but I haven't changed the way I use it.
I second Woodchuckie.
I second Woodchuckie.
rpeter
Silver Member
Your original question was "is this hard on the pistons?"
The answer is yes.
You have indicated you do not care and will continue to do it any way.
Your choice ... end of discussion.
The answer is yes.
You have indicated you do not care and will continue to do it any way.
Your choice ... end of discussion.
Your original question was "is this hard on the pistons?"
The answer is yes.
You have indicated you do not care and will continue to do it any way.
Your choice ... end of discussion.
I'm not convinced it was any harder on the pistons than "normal" FEL work.
Geesh does every one (in the it's stupid camp) just scoop clean loam or something.
tommyz270
Silver Member
Ok, so I'm almost at the point of buying a B2920, fel, backhoe, 5' box blade, 5' brush hog. I rented a 7510 to see how it handled with what I was doing and it worked fine.
The reason to get the machine is to work it. I'm making a road, of course in low gear, but dig/scrape/scoop/move dirt/rocks/logs/branches/roots(hardest).
I had and will have the tractor bouncing because I'm working it. If these things can't handle the work, I'm now concerned about buying one. I would think Kubota's engineers would design the tractor to limit it's own work before damage - hydro not being able to lift any more, not being able to move foward, etc...
I went a test drove a BX24 (just to see how it ran) and the guy never had the RPM's higher than 2,200. I tried it out, turned it up to 2,800 and it was night and day. He said he wished he would have turned it higher when he was using it for the past 2 years but was scared he'd break it.... Dealer told him turn it up, it's governed, you can't break it.
Guess my point is that if a new B2920 won't be able to handle anywhere from the light simple work to the hard taxing work, what good is it? Isn't it a tractor?
With all of that said, sounds like what you have experienced, in my opinion, is ok but just be careful... I'm a believer that the machine will tell you when it's had enough...
I know I'm going to get ripped apart on my comments, but hey, that's what we are all here for, right? To comment and get opinions??
The reason to get the machine is to work it. I'm making a road, of course in low gear, but dig/scrape/scoop/move dirt/rocks/logs/branches/roots(hardest).
I had and will have the tractor bouncing because I'm working it. If these things can't handle the work, I'm now concerned about buying one. I would think Kubota's engineers would design the tractor to limit it's own work before damage - hydro not being able to lift any more, not being able to move foward, etc...
I went a test drove a BX24 (just to see how it ran) and the guy never had the RPM's higher than 2,200. I tried it out, turned it up to 2,800 and it was night and day. He said he wished he would have turned it higher when he was using it for the past 2 years but was scared he'd break it.... Dealer told him turn it up, it's governed, you can't break it.
Guess my point is that if a new B2920 won't be able to handle anywhere from the light simple work to the hard taxing work, what good is it? Isn't it a tractor?
With all of that said, sounds like what you have experienced, in my opinion, is ok but just be careful... I'm a believer that the machine will tell you when it's had enough...
I know I'm going to get ripped apart on my comments, but hey, that's what we are all here for, right? To comment and get opinions??