Loader Real world fork capacity on B and BX series

[Fallon]

My L3200 was REALLY sketchy lifting "1,200lbs" big square bales on pallet forks. I could only hit 4' high or so I'm most bales. I also had a couple hundred lbs of stuff stacked on the very back of the rotary cutter (lots of leverage back there) & the back end was very light & sketchy.

No way a much smaller machine will be lifting & moving 1,000lbs on the loader. Good chance if you had 3pt forks though. And a safe failure mode (front end comes up) instead of the loader failure mode (front axle breaks or more likely you lift the rears, balance on the front axle which promptly pivots & you roll the machine).

 

[plastikosmd]

It may not be the hydraulics that limit you rather the front axle/front end wear and tear.

 

[nikerret]

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kubota-owning-operating/371361-bx-using-ca-pallet-forks.html

That's some real world BX movement. With that said, my "heavy lifting" needs are much less frequent, than what yours will be. Get a larger tractor, much larger. It wouldn't be any fun always being at the max. In fact, for the same money, you could get a small used skid steer (around 4k lbs unit).