Driving tractor with the front end loader bucket elevated .

[marcelPL]

This is what happens to you when you run the FEL too high....

 

[johneking]

It can depend on many things.

I mow other people's fields for hire. Some fields I mow, it will be the first time I've ever been on the field. You don't ever get to see it for the first time "already mowed". Some fields, I've been on before, and I "know" the field.

I use my bucket as a tool to "find" surprises in the tall grass and weeds that "no one knows how that got there". I'm pushing the grass and weeds down intentionally with my bucket.

This field had weeds 10' tall in some spots, and at least hood high, all over the field, I'm using my bucket to push it down in front of me to see if "something" is in there:

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In this field alone I "found"...

Stacks of pallets
Old vehicle tires
Old tractor tires
Chunks of concrete
Large mound of dirt

Right out in the middle of all these tall weeds, and randomly strewn about. My bucket, running low in front of me, ON PURPOSE, has saved me more times than I can count.

I have noticed some people driving there tractors with the front end loader bucket about 3' to 4'ft
off of the ground while mowing or brush hogging and I am wondering why some people do so . I always keep the bucket low to the ground .

As most of my "Bush Hogging Jobs" are more like land clearing work {REALLY tall brush and saplings} I keep my bucket as close to the ground as possible to "find" stumps etc.

 

[88bradb]

I have noticed some people driving there tractors with the front end loader bucket about 3' to 4'ft
off of the ground while mowing or brush hogging and I am wondering why some people do so . I always keep the bucket low to the ground .

I prefer removing the loader before bush hogging. It don't take long and makes a more enjoyable experience.

 

[reconmarine]

Also gives critters who might be lurking in your path a few extra seconds to get out.

Agree-see my earlier post on what I do to avoid this. A friend mowed over a 1 day old fawn and has never gotten over it.

 

[reconmarine]

Got a pic of that arrangement?

TXCOMT

 

[jparkerri]

I have noticed some people driving there tractors with the front end loader bucket about 3' to 4'ft
off of the ground while mowing or brush hogging and I am wondering why some people do so . I always keep the bucket low to the ground .

I remove both the bucket and the weight box to get maximum maneuverability. The closer I can get to obstructions, the less trimming I need to do. If you are mowing on a hill, keeping your bucket low keeps your center of gravity low.

 

[reconmarine]

I will post one. Thanks for the idea.

 

[JimR]

This is what happens to you when you run the FEL too high....

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The real question is what was in the bucket? Did you come down off the hill behind the tractor on an angle? I know that with the bucket on my tractor I need a counter balance on the rear because the rear end is light when the FEL is on. That counterweight could be anything from a grader blade, woodchipper, logging winch or a mowing deck.

 

[IndyIan]

Just saw a road crew running a box blade and had his loader as high as it would go.

It does make the tractor shorter, and you can maneuver much closer to stuff, I do this fairly often dodging around cars and stuff when I plow snow at my place on a mostly level driveway. Also in a 2wd tractor it puts a bit more weight on the back end, but only on level ground. Otherwise I run the loader low enough to see over the bucket, or take the bucket right off if I'm mowing trails to make negotiating around corners easier.

 

[marcelPL]

The real question is what was in the bucket? Did you come down off the hill behind the tractor on an angle? I know that with the bucket on my tractor I need a counter balance on the rear because the rear end is light when the FEL is on. That counterweight could be anything from a grader blade, woodchipper, logging winch or a mowing deck.

Not a lot. Just 2 bags of instant concrete as extra weight.

Behind my 600 kilo iseki tx1300 I had my tiller, which is over 100 kilo, and is always kept low for obvious reasons.

But because the front axis of my iseki is pivoting, anything in the FEL being raised can quickly get nasty.

Having this iseki for 5 years now, there are countless times that I had to change underwear