Loader Bucket position when parking tractor

[davrow]

Is there a consensus on the best way to position the bucket when parking your tractor? Level, face down so water won't pool, other? Wood under it to keep it off the ground, etc.

Or is this controversial, too? :laughing:

 

[two_bit_score]

I wouldn't leave it raised up, unsupported. Mainly because I never have seen anyone do it that way but also to prevent a tripping hazard somewhat.

 

[dragoneggs]

Is there a consensus on the best way to position the bucket when parking your tractor? Level, face down so water won't pool, other? Wood under it to keep it off the ground, etc.

Or is this controversial, too? :laughing:

Oh boy... now you have opened another can of worms! Well I think it should be on the ground and I always relieve the pressure (wiggle the stick) after shutting it down. I store in under cover so I don't worry about water pooling but if it could catch water I would tilt it accordingly so it wouldn't. I will say that I like to keep it level especially after adding a Piranha tooth bar. It's smarts to knock your ankle on the corner of the bucket if it is raised a bit! :yell: My :2cents:

 

[NVBigBlue]

Is there a consensus on the best way to position the bucket when parking your tractor? Level, face down so water won't pool, other? Wood under it to keep it off the ground, etc.

Or is this controversial, too? :laughing:

I think just about everything can be controversial. :stirthepot:

I usually just level the bucket. That should keep the bucket from holding too much water.... If it's going to be parked for quite a while, then I try to throw a thin layer of grease on the exposed parts of the cylinder rods. I would think that a piece of wood under it might help stop rust as well.

I didn't think San Diego got rain.

 

[crash325]

turned all the way back & all the way down. :laughing:

:grumpy: All the rest of you are wrong.

 

[D7E]

turned all the way back & all the way down. :laughing:

:grumpy: All the rest of you are wrong.

As we were required to do with equipment when i worked on pipeline to ensure all rams wre closed and oil was back in the tanks to make pulling the dipsticks more acurate every morning (Allowing for the college kid drivers ) ?

 

[Gordon Gould]

I try to lay the bucket flat on the ground. A little contest with myself just to keep my eye in practice.

 

[GManBart]

Some manufacturers recommend that all the rams be retracted to keep them protected from rust.

 

[pacerron]

It makes sense to keep the cylinder rods retracted but there is always some exposed. Wiping with hydraulic oil might help but would attract dirt.

My tractors are inside a barn with a dirt floor. In the winter, for convenience, since the battery is up front under the hood which is hard to raise unless in front and close to it; I put the bucket so the bottom is 90 deg to the ground and drop it down on the dirt. It can't go any further down and cannot slip forward or backwards with the tractor stationary.
All this to have easy access to the hood and battery which I keep on a trickle charger during the cold months.

In the warm months I keep the bottoms of the buckets flat on the ground. Buckets are different shapes but I find less of a trip hazard that way.

Like somebody said, there are many ways. Just don't leave it hanging off the ground.

 

[bigbull338]

i like to keep my fel down on the ground.that way it wont leak down an drop the fel.an keeping fel down is safer.