Blew Hydraulic hose on FEL, instant drop.

[Egon]

The truck has two separate systems.

 

[orezok]

My B7800 has been sitting out in the desert sun for 15 years. I have looked at the loader hoses several times as they look like they have hardened. Would it be prudent to replace all the loader hoses?

 

[jmc]

OP, good warning or reminder to the rest of us.

While using my loader as a scaffold to clean out gutters, I wondered how fast loaders drop. Thought was that it was much less likely than tipping a ladder while trying to reach those last few leaves...

 

[cqaigy2]

OP, good warning or reminder to the rest of us.

While using my loader as a scaffold to clean out gutters, I wondered how fast loaders drop. Thought was that it was much less likely than tipping a ladder while trying to reach those last few leaves...

I would have agreed with you the day before. I've been on a few tipping ladders and was always able to plan how i was going to hit. This was so fast it was like i'd tied a bungee cord to the ground.

 

[Redlands Okie]

Good information, thanks

 

[buck12]

Glad you are okay. I will confess to using my homemade man lift.

 

[Fallon]

Most industrial loaders that can't be removed now have a lift support bar that can be propped up to brace the loader arms. I like the ones that slip over the lift piston rod.

OP - glad you didn't get caught too badly.

You can make your own with pipe or angle iron, c channel or other stuff. Just need to put it over the lift cylinder rod so it dant come down. You dont need much to hold it on. Lower the loader until its fully supported by things & you have your backup system. Can do a strength test by lowering it under power to see if it will hold far more than just gravity.

 

[aczlan]

My B7800 has been sitting out in the desert sun for 15 years. I have looked at the loader hoses several times as they look like they have hardened. Would it be prudent to replace all the loader hoses?

Probably not a bad idea, I replaced all the loader hoses on our B7500 a couple years back with ones from Surplus Center and have been very happy with them.
The hoses on the loader itself all had jic fittings, the ones connecting to the quick connects I used a jic to npt adapter. The factory hoses for the quick connects were jic on one end and npt on the other.

Aaron Z

 

[Industrial Toys]

Thanks for the real life information. I always assumed the loader would come down slowly, since it has to push out oil, AND the other side is still holding it.

Spend a few weekends ago, trimming trees with a double decker man basket on a loader. This makes me question the safety in that. Maybe good excuse to by a 4x4 man lift.

 

[ptsg]

Thanks for the real life information. I always assumed the loader would come down slowly, since it has to push out oil, AND the other side is still holding it.

Spend a few weekends ago, trimming trees with a double decker man basket on a loader. This makes me question the safety in that. Maybe good excuse to by a 4x4 man lift.

The cylinders are tee'd together, so the other side wouldn't hold much. Once the fluid gets a free path, it moves fast, really fast.