Transporting with the loader in the air

[whodat526]

i haul tractors all the time from texas and oklahoma back to louisiana all the time from tractor auctions with the loaders raised in the air when i have to many tractors on the tralier to let it down cause i dont wont to crush the fenders and the others but i always use angle iron and hose clamp on the cylinder rod and let the loader down against them to hold the cylinders up so i dont blow any packing in them but i wouldn't try and leave it raised if i didn't have them under them cause i have had packings blow just from leaving it up on the lot and i have seen the rods bend when hauling cause of the bumps

 

[mjncad]

Mayhap the poor dude didn't even figure that the way to get the loader DOWN is to push the lever FORWARDS ?
Sometimes it is just about THAT BAD on this forum (-:

Could be, and maybe the guy is the same dolt that left a driveshaft in the middle of I-76 for a buddy and me to dodge coming back from the local transportation museum the other day.