Tweaked FEL

[4570Man]

Excuse me for interpreting your comment. Hitting the relief valve should not cause failure. Every time I use my FEL for heavy work I hit the relief valve with no mechanical failure. This failure has nothing to do with the relief valve. Pressures were exerted on the structure of the FEL frame way before the relief valve could save it.

That was the point. The relief valve is supposed to profit from mechanical failure.

 

[VroomVroom]

The loaders are used I think harder then their intended for sometimes. Some pushing is ok and necessary to scoop up a load. But it really was designed more for lifting . However, when I push anything or lift anything I try to keep the bucket square with the load. Lifting on one side can put a twist in the loader frame I would imagine. Though some of the other cats on here would know a little more about the loader then I. First loader we've had here besides what was on the old farm all has been only 10 years ago. I don't like pushing with one corner, or lifting with one corner of the bucket. You can see a twist starting so I just don't do it. If your going very fast at all, and I mean half the speed of low gear while grading a road and strike a stone 1 or 2 inches high sticking out of the ground I can see the forces on the FEL so I'm very soft when doing that too. Lifting straight however, either the end will come off the ground or it will just stall and not lift.

 

[ovrszd]

Lifting straight however, either the end will come off the ground or it will just stall and not lift.

And that's the description we were given.

 

[ovrszd]

Lifting straight however, either the end will come off the ground or it will just stall and not lift.

And that's the description we were given.

 

[oldtimer 66]

on a repair. Try to confirm that the locks were engaged and if not maybe you can engage them now. You will need to cut out the center cross tube and maybe remove the bottom torque bar. The 2 arms would then be relaxed and you can evaluate the repair and see if any new parts are required. I have tried to straighten a loader frame before and it is almost impossible doing as a whole asmy. Later.

 

[Wilco]

The fact that the loader mounting frame is sloped on the front of the tractor looks to me like the failure was at the loader mount somewhere. A failure elsewhere should not tweak the mounting frame.

 

[mercdv]

I'm also still having a hard time wrapping my head around the damage from the description of what happened. Every time I have seen something like this it involved a tractor in motion. That makes it a little hard not to make assumptions but since I wasn't there to see what happened, I'm just gonna try to help the OP figure out a way to get things fixed. It isn't like the JD warranty will cover any of the damage because the OP already said he tried to lift something too heavy. I'm hoping he comes back with a list of things damaged or more pictures so we can give him some specific advice on the best path moving forward.

 

[mercdv]

The fact that the loader mounting frame is sloped on the front of the tractor looks to me like the failure was at the loader mount somewhere. A failure elsewhere should not tweak the mounting frame.

I'd definitely like to see a good series of pictures taken of the masts and mount points from several angles. That could possibly clear some things up quickly.

 

[goeduck]

:liar: That will buff right out. :liar:
Here, hold my beer again :drink:

 

[UtahJock]

Holy carp, that's a lot of good comments. Who I thought was my eye witness was in the house at the time. So it's only my word. The tractor was new this spring, and unless the dealer messed it up, it should be set-up properly. My previous tractor, a 1025R, was put through a lot of abuse, and nothing bad happened to it ever. I can't take more pictures until this coming weekend. And I will take some measurements. Thanks again for the help.