Mx5100 let me down!

flyingcow · Mar 4, 2012

CJBOTA- any chance you remember the name of the wood boiler? Was it your typical OWB? Or a long sub like unit?

CJBOTA · Mar 4, 2012

Flyingcow,
Don't know the brand name. But it was huge. Shaped like a small storage shed. He said it was a steal at $3000. I was just able to get the bucket high enough to clear the roof with about 6" to spare.
CJ

flyingcow · Mar 4, 2012

Some of those units are crazy heavy. My units an indoor boiler, about half the size of a frig. just under 1200lbs.

The soft ground and high pick was a bad combo. It's bad feeling when you think you're going over.

General Lee · Mar 5, 2012

LD1 said:
Probabally not as much as the mud you had packed around your front axle in your avitar:laughing: Got a story behind that pic:licking:

Seriously though, according to what I could find online, asphalt is ~145lb/cu ft. And my L3400 heaped I think is like 9 cu/ft (1/3 yd) so your 1ft wider bucket should be closer to 11 or 12 cu-ft heaped.So thats somewhere between 1600 and 1800lbs. Just guessing though. Which probabally isnt bad since the capacity of your loader is like ~1550lbs @ bucket center. Asphalt is a good bit heavier than sand, stone, or dirt by volume as you can see. Same volume of sand would have been ~500lbs less.

Also keep in mind that the loaders on the economy L-series arent nearly as strong as kubotas grand and M models. They arent as strong as some of the competition, but except for rare ocassions, they dont need much more.

Well, one day I decided I was gonna try and cross the creek with my tractor and knew the shore/edge line was soft in certain places. So I tried another area and instead of getting off the tractor and checking the area first, I just went for it. Well the mud was well camouflaged by leaves and down I went. Luckily the rears were still on solid ground so with diff. Locked and help from the loader I got out. I'm gonna build a bridge to get the creek in the near future.

If your calculations are correct or close to the weight of asphalt millings, then I really can't complain about the loaders performance that day. Thanks for that info:thumbsup:

LD1 · Mar 5, 2012

General Lee said:
Well, one day I decided I was gonna try and cross the creek with my tractor and knew the shore/edge line was soft in certain places. So I tried another area and instead of getting off the tractor and checking the area first, I just went for it. Well the mud was well camouflaged by leaves and down I went. Luckily the rears were still on solid ground so with diff. Locked and help from the loader I got out. I'm gonna build a bridge to get the creek in the near future.

If your calculations are correct or close to the weight of asphalt millings, then I really can't complain about the loaders performance that day. Thanks for that info:thumbsup:

Not really sere about the "millings", I just googled "how much does asphalt weigh per cubic foot" and 145lbs seemed common.

Let us know and take pleanty of pics if/when you decide to do that bridge:thumbsup:

High Compression · Mar 5, 2012

I loaded my L5740 tires with RimGuard and it made a HUGE difference. 1298 lbs of difference to be exact. This is my 3rd Kubota that I have loaded the rears with the stuff and I'll never own another without doing it first thing.

CJBOTA · Mar 5, 2012

Yea, now that I have had to think about it I feel bad about the title of my thread. I guess I shouldn't have said it let me down when I tried to do something stupid. However, the MX5100 does need alot of ballest when using the bucket. I'm sure that new back hoe will work just fine.
CJ

General Lee · Mar 5, 2012

CJBOTA said:
Yea, now that I have had to think about it I feel bad about the title of my thread. I guess I shouldn't have said it let me down when I tried to do something stupid. However, the MX5100 does need alot of ballest when using the bucket. I'm sure that new back hoe will work just fine.
CJ

Don't feel bad, my L4400 is the same way. Quite scary with no ballast. My rears are filled but its no where near enough.

beppington · Mar 5, 2012

It's not too difficult to get my back wheels off the ground even with loaded tires & a 600 lb grading scraper hanging off the back. So I'd say that if you want to be able to really utilize your loader, loaded tires are a must. And something very heavy on your 3 point hitch is probably a must, too.

In fact, just yesterday I was lifting underbrush out of an area full of saplings. As I was backing up, a bent over sapling caught the end of the far-right tooth of my grapple bucket, & even that caused the back wheels to come off the ground. I was a little :shocked:

TripleR · Mar 5, 2012

beppington said:
It's not too difficult to get my back wheels off the ground even with loaded tires & a 600 lb grading scraper hanging off the back. So I'd say that if you want to be able to really utilize your loader, loaded tires are a must. And something very heavy on your 3 point hitch is probably a must, too.

In fact, just yesterday I was lifting underbrush out of an area full of saplings. As I was backing up, a bent over sapling caught the end of the far-right tooth of my grapple bucket, & even that caused the back wheels to come off the ground. I was a little :shocked:

My box blade is close to 700 pounds and is not enough, so when possible, I use my 1000+ cutter. I have some sections of RR track to put on my bb when my son can get around to cutting them to length.