loader bucket and load

Limecuda · Mar 2, 2007

How much weight can you pick up before the bucket will bend? I plan on unloading my 800lb plow by throwing a chain around the bucket and gently lifting it, but I do not want it to collapse or something. Am I being to cautious or will it be fine? CK30 by the way.

kwolfe · Mar 2, 2007

Do you have buckets hooks? Try to attach the chain to a few points on the bucket in order to disperse the weight. That should work.

ToadHill · Mar 2, 2007

I believe the hydralics will quit before the metal will bend.

kentrodngun · Mar 4, 2007

I won't dare tell you how much I lifted with the FEL bucket (KL1223) on my LK3054 but lets say it was way over your 800 lbs. No bent metal or anything. I will however admit to lifting a 1000 lb chipper out of a crate with a chain wrapped around my bucket. No problem then either. I say don't sweat it.

Steverino · Mar 4, 2007

Limecuda said:
How much weight can you pick up before the bucket will bend? I plan on unloading my 800lb plow by throwing a chain around the bucket and gently lifting it, but I do not want it to collapse or something. Am I being to cautious or will it be fine? CK30 by the way.

My 7.5 ft. Western Pro plow weighs about 680 pounds and I move with no strain at all. In fact I hardly know it is there, so just chain it so it doesn’t swing or substantially shift and you should be all right.