2210 lift capacity measured.

lance_w · Jul 5, 2005

I have seen a few posts asking what a 2210 can actually lift.
I had a bunch of 50lb. boxes of welding rod in the truck the other day so I decided to find out. I first found out what I could lift to full height and then added 50 lbs for each consecutive lift and measured from the cement floor to the
center of the bucket pivot pin. Multiple lifts of the same weight
proved the height to be very repeatable. All lifts were done
with the bucket curled fully back. Tilting the bucket forward just a little had a big effect on lift capacity. Here are the results.

750lb. Full height 68"
800lb. 61"
850lb. 51"
900lb. 45"
950lb. 38"

At this point I was out of weight and the bucket was full so I
sat on the loader and had my buddy pull back on the lever.

1170lb. 16"

At this point I decided good enough because the front tires were almost flat and I was out of weight. I always figured this
little tractor would pick up 1000 lbs and move it. Hope this
satisfies some 2210 owners curiosity.

JDFANATIC · Jul 5, 2005

Lance,

Thanks for the experiment and the post. I thought so too! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

johndeere_2210 · Jul 5, 2005

I have always believed this machine would like 1,000lb and move it. Great post!

johndeere_2210 · Jul 5, 2005

I have always believed this machine would lift 1,000lb and move it. Great post!

Bob_Skurka · Jul 5, 2005

Lance, great post! It is nice to see someone actually measure this.

As you noticed, curling the bucket back has a big effect on capacity. The more the curl the more the capacity. Loading the rear of the bucket will also increase measured capacity, while loading the front lip will decrease measured capacity.

Curling the bucket has the effect of moving the weight back over the pivot point. The closer the weight is to loader arms the more the arms can lift. That is why the calculated measurements drop as you go forward of the pivot points. John Deere does, in the owners manual, provide capacities out to the bucket lip.

One thing worth mentioning is that in a dirt pile, it is often not possible to get the bucket to curl back.

This is where 'breakout' force starts to come into play. Breakout occurs as a combination of curl and lifting and the most important measurement is at the bucket lip. I'm not sure if you could construct a test to measure breakout with your welding rod, but it sure would be interesting to see that done too; the problem would be centering the weight over the bucket lip while still balancing it well enough to measure it. I suspect a load cell under the bucket lip, with the entire tractor/loader mounted on an elevated platform may be the only way to do that?

Anyway, this is a great post. Thanks.

Maxfli · Jul 5, 2005

I knew those stumps were 1000lbs each.

When we build the house the builder left 3 stumps in low area on the side of the yard, the largest one had to be 1000lbs. My old tractor (Bolens 17HP diesel), no way would it lift these stumps, I think the rear tires just came off the ground, and with no rops I wasn't going to take any risks anyhow. I bought a 2210 last fall, and for most of the spring it was just to wet over there. 4 wheel drive and Turf tires and I pretty much spun in the mud. Once everthing dryed out I was able to very carefully move the stumps 100yards into the back field where I intend to bury them. I don't think the loader would go more than about 12" off the ground. I did have to boost the PSI in the front tires though, I thought they would blow off the rims. It was everything the tractor could do, and I am glad its done.