Loader FEL diving board

[Forgivenpagan]

Just got her home a couple of days ago. I got the fever after reading this site so much! I really need to put some water in the tires soon. I have a tiller, single bottom plow, KK 60" mower, garden bedder, and a 24" Auger coming next week. If I would have bought it all at once i would have had to sleep on it, if it was up to my wife. I did have to buy her a new bedroom set, in exchange for all this. I keep telling her it's cheaper than a girlfriend

On to my Question: Is it worth putting the slime in the tires or just the water? Also does $500 sound kind of high? Thats what my dealer would charge to do all 4 tires, and fill the back ones with water.
Thanks again!

PS I couldn't find the exact OSHA guideline for this application of the FEL

 

[chopped]

Looks like fun do you dump them?

 

[Forgivenpagan]

If they wont jump:thumbsup:

 

[wildcat641]

If they wont jump:thumbsup:

Now THAT'S funny, I don't care who ya are!! :laughing::laughing::laughing:

 

[Toolguy]

$500 just to put water in the tires sounds way out of line. Do you really mean water or something like Rimguard? If you live in the south where it rarely freezes then you could use just water. You only need it in the rear tires and you can do it yourself for the cost of a hose adapter that attaches to the tire valve stem.

 

[BeezFun]

I'd consider using ballast and not filling the tires. It's easier on the grass if the tires aren't filled, saves fuel if you don't need the weight. I'd say tube the tires if they go flat, I've had problems with slime ruining my tire guages, especially the digital ones.

 

[Forgivenpagan]

Ok thanks for the heads up. What am i looking at price wise for a decent rear ballast? the $500 was for some kind of coating that prevents flats.

 

[General Lee]

Uh Oh

 

[teg]

Love the photo... :thumbsup: (watch out for the safety police )

You only need to fill the rear tires, and it says NOT to fill the front tires. You can do it for cost of the fluids and a $15 garden hose adapter. (many thread about fill tires).

$500 to fill the tires, :confused2: guess the dealer doesn't like doing it so he sets a high price. You can use one of your implements as rear ballast for time being... and use the tractor to see if you need it.

 

[Chilly807]

My experience with loaded rears has been that I don't need rear ballast even though my R1's hold less fluid than R4's, I think.

It will pick one rear corner off the ground if I hook something under one corner of the bucket, but if you operate carefully, as you should, it'll be fine.

$500 does seem expensive, I'd check with a couple of tire shops locally first and see if they offer that service. Most rural locations do offer farm service, here anyway. The dealer is certainly going to be more expensive, what they usually do is remove the wheels and take them to the same tire shop you drove past on the way to the dealer in the first place.

As to the diving board.. well, we have a couple of youngsters here that that were trying to convince me to dump them out of the bucket into a snowbank last winter. I had visions of someone hitting their head on the bucket lip on the way out so I refrained from that request.. steel is pretty hard, and sometimes sharp. Just my thoughts on it.

Sean

 

[20 20]

If they are all your children then I quess you wouldn't have to worry about the lawsuit when something goes wrong. If they're not your kids...............I'd be very carefull doing that type of stuff. Not saying it doesn't look like fun, but remember it's 2011 not the 1970's-80's.

As others have said you could fill your own tires for much cheaper, and only the rear.

 

[xtn]

I'm certainly not the safety police for others, but I wouldn't do that sort of thing myself. My tractor had only two hours on it when the FEL failed due to a defective hydraulic line that burst.

Well... okay... I might be tempted to let them try it once.... But no, I don't have a pool, so safety first!

xtn

 

[vrman]

LOL! Ah to be young again!

Looks like the one kid by the pool is saying "Cmon willya!? Lets go already! This ride is taking too long!"

 

[zoltanthegypsy]

Little kids and "heavy" equipment. No thanks! Not the sort of example I'd want to set.

Now, where's my prune juice. And my glasses. And my teeth...

Z.

 

[PHILIP8N]

Looks like something I would do, till the wife or mother-in-law comes out screaming. But then agian, I bought my boy a 50cc atv when he was 3, that sent us to marriage counciling!

 

[magicheater]

Do the kids weigh that much!!:laughing:

 

[newbury]

The real danger comes in when one of the kid's friends tries to mimic what the adult (who knew what he was doing) did - and drops the bucket on a kid underneath.

That picture looked a lot safer than the ones I've seen where someone put a ladder in the FEL and used it to get onto the roof.

 

[Just Bill]

The kids are having a blast and are being supervised too.
Even when they grow up they will remember the fun.
What more could anyone ask for?
My grandkids love to ride in the bucket with it up and Grandma gets a little nervous when they jump into the pool but ......ohwell.

 

[Deano]

Awesome picture!!:thumbsup::thumbsup: