Lifting a building with the 2520 and the 70.

[BlackRaptor]

I got tail weight for it now I figure i have about 600LB on the 3 point and i got the tires filled.
So now I figured I can get this dang building moved.
Figured i would share some picutres.

I know it doesn't look very safe but both tractors were well weighted down and the 70 did the loader moving then the 2520 would match it we took it very slow.

 

[BlackRaptor]

Here are the rest.
And no he's not standing under the building. ha-ha

 

[Runner]

A more graceful ballet I've never seen.

Somebody needs pallet forks for Christmas....

 

[Nuru]

Yeah, that gave me some ideas, Hmmm.

 

[Birdmayon]

Nice work!

BTW, do you know how many gallons the rear tires on teh 2520 take? I got mine filled before it was delivered but the dealer didn't pay attention to the # of gallons. I'm just trying to ballpark how much weight is actually added.

 

[LBrown59]

A more graceful ballet I've never seen.

Somebody needs pallet forks for Christmas....

I don't think forks would have worked as good on this job?

 

[Eagleview]

I bet you nearly cakked yourself when you realised one loader was lowering and the other was not ..

 

[Eagleview]

Nice work!

BTW, do you know how many gallons the rear tires on teh 2520 take? I got mine filled before it was delivered but the dealer didn't pay attention to the # of gallons. I'm just trying to ballpark how much weight is actually added.

Draw a line on each side of the tyre where the water level is ie. 10-2 o'clock reverse the tractor until the back line touches the dirt ie 6 o'clock , mark the dirt where it touches . Drive forward until the front mark touches the dirt and mark again . Remove tractor and measure between marks in centimetres . measure the width of the tyre and imagine the tyre on the ground as a pipe between the 2 marks . Multiply 1/2 the diameter X 1/2 the diameter X 3.1416 X the length and that will give you the litres . 1 litre = 1 kilogram .ie if the tyre diameter is 30 cm and the marks are 200cm apart , the sum would look like this :- 15 X 15 X 3.1416 = 706.86 X 200 = 141 litres = 141 kilograms X 2.2 to get pounds = 310 pounds per tyre .

 

[dbdartman]

I don't think forks would have worked as good on this job?

Sure they would! I remember moving a large press base, weighed about 10K lbs, with two fork trucks, 6500lb & 7500lb capacities each. Forks on the buckets would have been a little tricky, but IMHO safer than just using the buckets.

 

[BlackRaptor]

I bet you nearly cakked yourself when you realised one loader was lowering and the other was not ..

Ha-Ha
then the 70 started lowering you could feel the weight on the 2520.
it made me pucker a bit but all in all it went smooth and was pretty easy and made for some interesting pictures.
the 2520 has so much power for it's size i'm amazed by it every time i use it.
Has to be the best purchase i've ever made.

 

[Runner]

Actually, I've got a shed EXACTLY like that one (I'd better go back and make sure mine's still there...) that I had to move across the yard, before I got the 2520, naturally. I did it with a chain on the trailer hitch of my pickup.

But since I got the tractor, I've often wondered if I could have gotten away with picking it up and moving it with the forks, maybe with a couple of big, ratcheting tie-downs over the top to hold it on.

Then again, the chain and truck worked pretty good too...
.

 

[Eagleview]

Ha-Ha
then the 70 started lowering you could feel the weight on the 2520.
it made me pucker a bit but all in all it went smooth and was pretty easy and made for some interesting pictures.
the 2520 has so much power for it's size i'm amazed by it every time i use it.
Has to be the best purchase i've ever made.

It certainly seems like a strong little bugga .

 

[LBrown59]

Sure they would! I remember moving a large press base, weighed about 10K lbs, with two fork trucks, 6500lb & 7500lb capacities each. Forks on the buckets would have been a little tricky, but IMHO safer than just using the buckets.

How are you going to get the forks out from under the building once you lower it ?
The forks at this point will be wedged between the bed of the truck and the under side of the building?

 

[JDFORLIFE]

put a 2x4 under it and whollaaa their you go. We do it at work all day long with metal that weighs 10 times as much as that building

 

[LBrown59]

put a 2x4 under it

Yeah that would be an important step in the process.

 

[sixdogs]

Wow, what a great feat of engineering. I do believe you did indeed "pucker" on the way down. Shoud frame that photo for the grandchildren.