3PH Lifting Capacity

[NewToy]

I was curious about the operational characteristics of the 3 point hitch hydraulic lift. My FarmTrac 270 has a 1500+ lbs lifting capacity. I was wondering if you exceeded that is there a relief in there that lets go or is there a possibility of damaging the hydraulics?


Thanks for any info,
John

 

[NHeuro]

We can't see a picture, something is wrong.
A bit above your lift capacity isn't a big problem when you do it once, but i think it will give a few problems after a long time when you do it much. This is when you go only a bit above the capacity.
When you are lifting something that is a lot above the capacity i <ill give problems in a short time.

DON'T forget:
When it was possible to lift much more farmtrac would write a higher lift capacity in the specs.

 

[NewToy]

I don't know what I did with the picture, I'll have to try again. The reason I was asking about the lift is that I move several different trailers around with the and have no idea of the tougue weight. I don't think I'm getting close to it, was just curious how that worked. Relief valve or not?

Thanks,
John

 

[Scozz]

1500# is an awful lot of tongue weight!!!

 

[geneP]

I'm not familiar with the Farm Trac, but all tractor hydraulics I've seen have a relief valve that will bypass the fluid at a predetermined pressure, preventing overload. This causes the maximum pressures on the system and overheats the fluid if done very long. I think you'll know it when you overload the hydraulics and would advise not to do it continuously.