Don't do it.

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scootr

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Kubota MX5200 HST, 773 Bobcat, Cat forklift
Neighbor lady called yesterday wanting me to bring the MX over and pull a gate post out. Knowing how rock hard our clay and rock soil is I declined and suggested they dig down some and cut it off.
20 minutes later I see my neighbor roar off the hill and down the road in her direction in his new Yanmar.
Today that tractor neighbor calls me explaining that he bent the loader and sprung a quick attachment pin or plate on the machine. He explained that he will cut one loader arm off and weld it back on to reposition it.
Sorry to hear his misfortune. It's easy to exceed the loader capacity trying to pull something out of the ground.
If your neighbor asks you to do this just say no.
 
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Over the years had neighbors ask but I smarten up quick and year early,size up job and say yes or no and offer advice...gotta go with your gut feelings.
 
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The lift capacity on these Kubota type loaders is really pretty anemic. I like the wheel lift idea for post pulling but I never had the opportunity to try it
 
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Was he using the loader without an implement on and chaining straight to the quick connect?
 
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Somebody did a good job of setting the gate post.
Turns out it was a steel post in concrete. How much I don't know but the clay soil here locks everything down when it is really wet and when it is really dry, like it is now. So you are trying to pull the post, the concrete, and all the hardened soil 3 ft around it.
 
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Was he using the loader without an implement on and chaining straight to the quick connect?
I understand one side of the stump bucket was pulled from the QA after the loader arm bent.
 
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I learned that early on. I had a clothesline post I wanted to pull so hooked onto it with the loader. I then proceeded to lift the rear end of my L275 off the ground.
I have since realized that a metal post driven into the ground will create a nice ball of rust under the sod.
 
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I learned that early on. I had a clothesline post I wanted to pull so hooked onto it with the loader. I then proceeded to lift the rear end of my L275 off the ground.
I have since realized that a metal post driven into the ground will create a nice ball of rust under the sod.
I had one driven into winter wet clay. Many years later I could not pull it, not even with the 5k forklift :oops: So I dug down around it cut it off, haven't seen it since ;)
 

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