Loader Bulge on Outside of Loader Arm

[5030]

You're right...the paint is far from perfect.

It's a tractor not a Ferrari. The last thing I look at when I buy a tractor is the paint job.

 

[Coyote machine]

It's a tractor not a Ferrari. The last thing I look at when I buy a tractor is the paint job.

Must explain how you can settle for Kubota paint results, eh?

 

[5030]

Must explain how you can settle for Kubota paint results, eh?

Kubota Orange turns Mary Kay pink after 10 years or so............:laughing:

I have John Deere too. It also turns a different shade..... chalky green.

Then there is New Holland Red on hay tools. That goes to orange after a few years.....

Like I said, ain't a Ferrari

None are barn queens, they all get used and used hard. I'm more concerned with operational attributes and longevity versus operating expense than a paint job.

 

[sd455dan]

Looks to me like a manufacturing defect in the flat rolled plate. I'd be looking for a new loader or at the least, some compensation. If it was from an internal issue like freezing water, the paint would be cracked... it's not.

agree- my fords FEL did allow water in and froze- it expanded equally on both sides (not) like the ops- looks like a defect from manufacture and they passed it
New tractor, I would want it replaced. Or some form of compensation, If you were to sell it and a buyer noticed it you would take a hit on the selling price for a defect

 

[Egon]

The bulge the OP has on his loader may have occurred as the loader was being used.

 

[SPYDERLK]

agree- my fords FEL did allow water in and froze- it expanded equally on both sides (not) like the ops- looks like a defect from manufacture and they passed it
New tractor, I would want it replaced. Or some form of compensation, If you were to sell it and a buyer noticed it you would take a hit on the selling price for a defect

The bulge the OP has on his loader may have occurred as the loader was being used.

That was the basis of my thinking from the OP description and pic. ... Note that corners show no crinkle. If the effect was not in evidence originally, then it lurked in the metal waiting for a tweak - physical or thermal - to cause a buckle on the flat unbraced area. The effect is fairly smooth and may not cause the paint to delaminate.

There must have been some pent up compressive force left there as the arm was fabricated. Your nominal loading added to it and the flat side buckled a little. I think youre due a new loader or a rebate on the one you have. ... It may be stable in present form. :confused3:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/ls-tractor-owning-operating/455846d1454539923-bulge-outside-loader-arm-image-921128210-jpg

 

[haymower]

Having dealt with numerous brands of machines over more decades than most of you have be alive, let me add two cents worth to this string. More times than not, if the wrinkle is on the rear side of the lower portion of a boom assembly, the cause was a forward impact with something relatively solid. Likely, the point of impact was on the same side that has the bend or at least the side that has the most bend.
In my experience, most of these I've seen were in snow removal areas and many used a wide blade or bucket that was much wider than the loaders.
The hardest to diagnose have been the Rhino brand and Amerequip loaders with curved booms. usually those loaders will bent just below the gussets where the lift cylinders attach.

I'll ask if this brand of loader has a gusset where the lift cylinder attaches? If so, is the bend between the gusset and bucket pivot pin location? If you answer is yes to both of these questions, I would give about a 99% chance someone has hit something somewhere.

If you send me a message, expect a long delay because some of us geezers don't spend much time doing the internet stuff.
Now, if this isn't worth the 2 cents, then just call it free advice which is worth the cost=nothing!

 

[Woodshaver]

I think you are spot on with your analysis Mr. Geezer. As someone who has bent a loader, your input is very good.

 

[SPYDERLK]

I think you are spot on with your analysis Mr. Geezer. As someone who has bent a loader, your input is very good.

But says nothing about the OP loader.

 

[countrybumpkin]

Been almost 2 months , what did you end up doing about your loader?