Yanmar LX unloading one ton pallet

Katahdin · Oct 5, 2015

Here's a pic from yesterday unloading a full ton of compressed sawdust bricks with my Yanmar LX. Think wood pellets for woodstoves, we mix them with cordwood. Tires are loaded with a water/methanol mix and had 1000lbs on the three point hitch. EA lists these Bradco forks as weighing 280lbs. Note the R1 AG tires compressing under the weight.

Now I wasn't able to completely lift the pallet off the truck bed, but you could see it take a lot of weight off the truck as the leaf springs uncompressed. I was able to curl the forks a little bit too. Once the pallet was clear of the truck bed I got out of the operator's seat and took this picture. Nice! :thumbsup: Most CUTs in the 40-49hp range can't handle a full ton of pallet weight, but at least the LX can unload it!

4570Man · Oct 5, 2015

My L3240 could unload a 1 ton pallet. I couldn't load a 1 ton pallet like yours I can just drag it off the truck and set it down.

Katahdin · Oct 5, 2015

Wow, 4570man has more brass then me, the L3240 is rated at 500lb less then the LX when using the "500mm/20 inches from pins" figure. That makes me feel a little better about maxing out my loader - I'm glad the LX could do it, but I don't want to break something doing it!

bcp · Oct 5, 2015

Looks like it was delivered by the Army.

Bruce

Katahdin · Oct 5, 2015

Not delivered the U.S. Army, but I do own a couple of their 2.5 ton trucks!

The cargo bed model I picked up in July and did a fine job transporting two pallets of the compressed sawdust bricks, we dropped off the first pallet at a neighbor's house several miles away. They didn't have a CUT to unload tho, I could've driven the LX over there but I figured we needed the exercise...

sd455dan · Oct 5, 2015

Katahdin said:
Here's a pic from yesterday unloading a full ton of compressed sawdust bricks with my Yanmar LX. Think wood pellets for woodstoves, we mix them with cordwood. Tires are loaded with a water/methanol mix and had 1000lbs on the three point hitch. EA lists these Bradco forks as weighing 280lbs. Note the R1 AG tires compressing under the weight.

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Now I wasn't able to completely lift the pallet off the truck bed, but you could see it take a lot of weight off the truck as the leaf springs uncompressed. I was able to curl the forks a little bit too. Once the pallet was clear of the truck bed I got out of the operator's seat and took this picture. Nice! :thumbsup: Most CUTs in the 40-49hp range can't handle a full ton of pallet weight, but at least the LX can unload it!

Good job- it's amazing how quickly we find out that we are glad to have bought (more) tractor than we thought we needed... or at least not ending up with something to small.