Some guy doing a stoppie with a 15ton loader

NH-Rob · Dec 17, 2008

I would be more conserned about the center bearings taking on all the load. I know my boss does not want to see the rear wheels come off the ground when digging.

ray66v · Dec 17, 2008

NH-Rob said:
center bearings

Could you be more specific?

foggy1111 · Dec 17, 2008

One of the excavators that built our house has a reputation for doing a similar two wheel stunt with his bobcat. Fun to watch....but when he was showing off at my place.....he ran into my neighbors sprinkler heads and broke em off. He spent the next few hours replacing em....lol

ray66v · Dec 17, 2008

foggy1111 said:
One of the excavators that built our house has a reputation for doing a similar two wheel stunt with his bobcat. Fun to watch....but when he was showing off at my place.....he ran into my neighbors sprinkler heads and broke em off. He spent the next few hours replacing em....lol

Yes, wheelies are common on a skidder. They are unstable and very easy stand up.

NH-Rob · Dec 18, 2008

Center bearing are what suports the articulating part of the loader. Thats a lot of force being aplied to that area. The guy was dropping the rear wheels down easy but if it comes down fast it sends a huge jolt through that spot. Thats what I was told anyway.

drivadesl · Dec 18, 2008

Kind of reminds me of an elephant dancing on two front feet....

Dirthog · Dec 19, 2008

I would like to see what happens when he knocks the whole rear axle housing out of loader they are only held in with 6-8 bolts and not made to have the weight of the axle hanging on them or worse yet brakes the main frame right in front of the rear axle