Loader 2020D loader capacity

[Mutterranch]

My YM 2020D will pick up more than I know the front end can handle. How much can I expect it to cary without doing damage?

 

[davecharles]

My 2220D will lift enough weight with my koyker 160 FEL that the rear wheels will come off of the ground. It will still drive that way with the front wheel assist engaged. I found this out when unloading a broken 240D that I had just purchased. I hooked a chain to the rear end of the 240D and lifted the back end off of the trailer. I started backing up and realized the back tires on my 2220D were floating off of the ground. Still backed up with the 4wd engaged (probably not the recommended way of operating). You should probably limit your lifting to 700-800 lbs.
Dave

 

[Scotty Dive]

I have a 2020d as well....not too many of these around. I have vtek loader on mine...and not sure what it lifts but the lift is stronger than my tilt cylinders. What loader do you have?

 

[clemsonfor]

i would say you want to stay around 700# max

 

[Mutterranch]

It's a V-Teck V2A with a 5ft. bucket. I have balast in the rear tires and I can still lift the wheels off the ground, I know these tractors are short coupeled and will tip up easily but I also know the front axel is the weak link. I think I will hang a concrete weight off the 3 point for stability but I'm going to keep my loads lighter.
Thanks for the replies.

 

[Scotty Dive]

That's interesting. I have the V2 loader with a 5 foot bucket and I have turf tires on all 4 corners. The rears are loaded and i have never been able to lift them off the ground or even feel that the back end was getting light. I wonder if your cylinders are different size than mine. I always felt my loader should lift more but I really don't have anything that heavy I can lift that I know the exact weight.

 

[Mutterranch]

What RPM's are you working at. When I'm doing heavy work I've been told to keep the RPM's up. I know that increases the hydrolic output.

 

[winston1]

Relief valves are the keys to how much a loader will pick up. They are designed to be set so damage will not be done to loader, tractor or operator.

 

[Scotty Dive]

Dont get me wrong, mine can lift but when I put the bucket into a pile of dirt or even a pile of snow it sometimes wont break out. The last item I lifted back in September that I knew the weight of was a 550 pound woodstove. I had it against the front edge of the bucket while using forks and that was not a problem to lift it. It made the front tires squash down. However, the curl cylinders and their strength are a different matter. I have a gauge on the pressure side (between pump and loader valve) and it maxes at about 2100 psi. And yes, I run at full rpms when working the heavy stuff. I spent quite a bit of time researching what the vtek loader should lift but there are no technical documents out there. I recently installed power steering upgraded the pump to a 9cc. I have not done any heavy loader work yet to see if its stronger but I doubt it is since it always made the 2100 psi. I do question my loader valve as possibly having some leaking since the bucket slowly falls when running or when off. I dunno though. My apologies to the OP for hijacking his thread. OP...what are the dimensions of your cylinders and what valve do you have? Also - I am pretty sure the only difference in our loaders is yours has the quick release brackets where mine does not.



Edit - Looked up my notes and found this:
Vtek V2 Loader
Curl bucket Cylinders - possible match at Surplus center part number 9-7270-12
Retracted length measured center of eye to eye - 20 1/8"
Extended length measured center of eye to eye - 31 3/4"
Eye Hole Diameter - 3/4"
Rod diameter - 1" or 25mm
Case Diameter - 1 15/16" or 50mm
Stroke - 11.625
Notes:Re: Josef Tractor: 1000 to 1200 lb lifting force.

Mine has a BLB loader valve BM40 on a V-tek V2 Loader

 

[chriswheeler]

The manual that came with my Koyker 160 loader said that the break away was in the 1200 lb. range. The tractor it was mounted on was a YM 3000 2 wheel drive, the axle and front tires would never support that extra 1200 lbs in the 5 foot bucket. If you have the joystick control, there is a relief valve that can be adjusted with a socket wrench under a cover on the joystick. After some thought, I set the relief valve so the bucket would still lift the tractor front end, but that's about all. With that setting I was still more than able to load a full struck bucket of crush rock or dirt and still have more lift capacity if needed. I don't think the front ends of the 2 wheel drive tractors are built to stand the extra load that would be applied using the full capacity of some of these aftermarket FEL units, not to mention keeping the rear wheels on the ground. Maybe thinking about it differently might prove to be useful, sure would be safer. Thinking about how much lift do you need from the FEL, setting the relief valve to that point + a little might prevent damage to the front ends of these little tractors. At least that was my thinking as I was setting mine.
Chris