Loader Follies

[California]

Paul, and Rick, thanks for your comments.

I learned most of what (little) I know right here from others posts. I hadn't driven a tractor in 30 years when I decided I needed one and bought this old Yanmar.

Now that I have a couple of years experience, I hope to give back a little in appreciation for what I have learned here. Again, thank you for your encouragement.

 

[California]

Paul, and Rick, thanks for your comments.

I learned most of what (little) I know right here from others posts. I hadn't driven a tractor in 30 years when I decided I needed one and bought this old Yanmar.

Now that I have a couple of years experience, I hope to give back a little in appreciation for what I have learned here. Again, thank you for your encouragement.

 

[Marlowe]

That is some postcard pretty land in the background. Who cares if a tractor gets stuck with that kind of scenery to work in?

Oh yeah. Been there with the load in the bucket. Mine's just a rear wheel drive model as well.

 

[Marlowe]

That is some postcard pretty land in the background. Who cares if a tractor gets stuck with that kind of scenery to work in?

Oh yeah. Been there with the load in the bucket. Mine's just a rear wheel drive model as well.

 

[Renze]

I can remember the good old days of loading the manure spreader with the 1964 Deutz D50 and loader with 1/3 yard bucket.. Oh man, to drive out of the bunk silo without taking a run to the 1 foot high bank, you had to load the 3pt hitch dirt scoop as much as the tractor could lift, and then throw the rest of the muck ballast with the hand manure fork, untill the 12.4-36 rear tires bellied out... Only serious rear ballast allowed it to drive through muck, and to be steered without the aid of powersteering...

It seems so old fashioned and long ago, but it was only this spring when i had my new loader on the 4wd Zetor 5245 ready...
After the 3rd day of manure spreading, i was just thinking about me not being sick of spreading manure after just 2 days, and even felt to ask the neighbor if i should do his heap also...
It must have been the luxury of powersteering, 4wd and a decent loader tractor that made manure spreading so much fun this year... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Renze]

I can remember the good old days of loading the manure spreader with the 1964 Deutz D50 and loader with 1/3 yard bucket.. Oh man, to drive out of the bunk silo without taking a run to the 1 foot high bank, you had to load the 3pt hitch dirt scoop as much as the tractor could lift, and then throw the rest of the muck ballast with the hand manure fork, untill the 12.4-36 rear tires bellied out... Only serious rear ballast allowed it to drive through muck, and to be steered without the aid of powersteering...

It seems so old fashioned and long ago, but it was only this spring when i had my new loader on the 4wd Zetor 5245 ready...
After the 3rd day of manure spreading, i was just thinking about me not being sick of spreading manure after just 2 days, and even felt to ask the neighbor if i should do his heap also...
It must have been the luxury of powersteering, 4wd and a decent loader tractor that made manure spreading so much fun this year... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[California]

Followup - A neighbor wanted the tiles so I simply carried the pallets a quarter mile.

Attached: I found a 'before' picture I had overlooked. 800 lbs on that first pallet. (6 lbs per tile). No wonder it sunk the front tires.

The lift cylinders handle this weight fine but not the curl cylinders. They won't curl, and droop in a few seconds with this much weight. That's the reason for lifting using chains, and then using the curl to provide a minor amount of up/down at the back edge of the pallet.