Lift pallet of wood pellets with front loader hack?

[Rod in Forfar]

The bucket of the loader on my TAFE has pre-drilled holes for bolt-on accessories. I added two white oak boards, 1 1/2" by 7" by 44" and presto, I had a redneck pallet fork set. The loader will lift to 11' and with the forks I was able to set the sheeting and shingles onto the roofs of a couple of garages we built a few years ago. The forks have received occasional use over the fifteen years since and have yet to show deterioration from loading.

 

[jyoutz]

I wasn't able to lift the rated load with forks on my MX5800 either. I checked the hyd pressure and found the dealer had it set 10% low for "safety reasons" they say. I reset it to spec and now get the rated 2400# lift at the pins.

How do you reset the pressure?

 

[LD1]

Just remember your rear wheels are the only wheels that have brakes on a 4 wheel drive tractor. Try this out with forks loaded with tractor facing downhill. Lock your brakes like you would for 'park' position. Slowly raise your forks with the load and watch rear tires raise off the ground. Let me know how long it took to reach bottom of hill or you quickly lowered your forks with the load back to the ground.

You have front braking IF its a 4wd tractor and IF you have it in 4wd

 

[LD1]

I wasn't able to lift the rated load with forks on my MX5800 either. I checked the hyd pressure and found the dealer had it set 10% low for "safety reasons" they say. I reset it to spec and now get the rated 2400# lift at the pins.

I can lift a ton on pallet forks pretty easy. (bridgeport series 1 9x49 with 8" riser on a oak skid). Estimating 2200#. But only high enough to transport.

Not sure if I could lift it off of something trailer height. Loaders have the most lift capacity at ground level. And the least at max height.

In the case of the MX, the LA844 loader is rated at the 2400 to max height, but half height (59") it can lift 3030# and at ground level its 4180# at the pins. And more realistic....19.7" forward of the pins, its 1840# to max height, 2450# to 59" and ground level its 3260#

Noticeable in the real world too. I load and move alot of logs on the dump trailer. Load them with the grapple. Sometimes I can grapple a log, raise it ~1-2' to get to the trailer, then go to raise it to load and can only get 3' or 4' before it just runs outta muster and have to cut the log smaller. So maybe it was a 3000# log, and the 3260# capacity at ground level was enough to lift and move it. But to get to 59" high to clear dump trailer the log needed cut down to 2450# per spec.

 

[bdhsfz6]

How do you reset the pressure?

It varies. Some tractors have an adjustment screw on the hydraulic manifold or on the loader valve. Some machines require placing shims in the relief valve.

 

[FERLING]

You have front braking IF its a 4wd tractor and IF you have it in 4wd

I lost my beer finding out that a four wheel drive Workmaster 50 has no brakes on the front wheels. All you have to do is look in your maintenance guide about replacement / adjustment of front wheel brakes. Some people say the engine holds back but my 3 cylinder was raising hell until the load hit the ground and stopped it. Mine had an 8 ft box blade on the rear as a counter weight.

 

[LD1]

I lost my beer finding out that a four wheel drive Workmaster 50 has no brakes on the front wheels. All you have to do is look in your maintenance guide about replacement / adjustment of front wheel brakes. Some people say the engine holds back but my 3 cylinder was raising hell until the load hit the ground and stopped it. Mine had an 8 ft box blade on the rear as a counter weight.

You dont NEED Brakes on the wheels if you have brakes somewhere in the driveline and its in 4wd. I dont actually know any modern tractors that have brakes out at the wheels.

IF you have a 4wd, and you have 4wd engaged....ALL FOUR wheels will actively brake when you push the pedal

 

[Jstpssng]

You dont NEED Brakes on the wheels if you have brakes somewhere in the driveline and its in 4wd. I dont actually know any modern tractors that have brakes out at the wheels.

IF you have a 4wd, and you have 4wd engaged....ALL FOUR wheels will actively brake when you push the pedal

That's also useful on a pickup, especially in snow; when you want to stop but the ABS says keep going. Just ease down on the parking brake...

 

[repete]

You dont NEED Brakes on the wheels if you have brakes somewhere in the driveline and its in 4wd. I dont actually know any modern tractors that have brakes out at the wheels.

IF you have a 4wd, and you have 4wd engaged....ALL FOUR wheels will actively brake when you push the pedal

I would say this is true only if you have a locking front differential. No lock then only three wheels.

 

[jyoutz]

It varies. Some tractors have an adjustment screw on the hydraulic manifold or on the loader valve. Some machines require placing shims in the relief valve.

I have the LA2065 loader. Your MX5800 should be the same. How did you adjust it?