Increasing the lift capacity of a FEL

[sandman2234]

Make sure your cylinders are correctly oriented....

I know at least 1 cylinder has been replaced, paint didn't match, so that is something I hadn't thought about. Thanks
David from jax

 

[sandman2234]

I'm not sure what you're trying to lift but I did two things to increase the capacity of my MX5800 with LA1065 FEL.

First, I checked the pump pressure and found it to be 10% under spec. Dealer says they do it on purpose for consumer safety reasons. Boosting it to spec gave me a +/- 300# increase in lift.

Second, I took off the bucket and put on a blank SSQA plate with a hook welded to it. This eliminated most of the bucket weight and brought the lift point closer to the pivot pins than it was with bucket mounted hooks. This gave me another 200# of lift.

I will get around to checking pressures at some point. Need to plumb a Guage with some fittings.
I generally use my forks, as they are lighter than the grapple and bucket. Might consider building a plate to use chains and clevis hooks on.
Neither is a priority right now, as I am using grapple to clean up tree debris right now.
David from jax

 

[plastikosmd]

Are you sure the item in question is 1500 lbs?

Once I can’t lift it with both hands, my estimates are not that accurate!

 

[bdhsfz6]

Measuring the lift capacity on any FEL can be difficult.

The numbers I used in post#40 were measured by adding and removing 8# bricks on a pallet.

 

[Jrasband]

Careful, I just had planetary gear failure on my M7060 possibly from pushing the loader to much. I had been thinking about increasing loader capacity, now I know better.

 

[the old grind]

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[sandman2234]

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I used the internet to get the weight of the Toro Workman that we were loading.
Nice scale, I just don't have one.
David from jax

 

[mikester]

If you need to Increase the lift capacity of your FEL you need to pucker up. And find someone to take a video of you for you-tub so you can become a rich and famous social media influencer

Pucker moment

Was taking 1200 pounds down the side of my new home being built to get it into the walkout basement. My rear tires are not filled but I do have the 3 pt ballast box filled with granite. Going down the side this happened. Yup pucker moment but kept it going. Looking for rear wheel weights and...

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[sandman2234]

If you need to Increase the lift capacity of your FEL you need to pucker up. And find someone to take a video of you for you-tub so you can become a rich and famous social media influencer

Pucker moment

Was taking 1200 pounds down the side of my new home being built to get it into the walkout basement. My rear tires are not filled but I do have the 3 pt ballast box filled with granite. Going down the side this happened. Yup pucker moment but kept it going. Looking for rear wheel weights and...

www.orangetractortalks.com

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One of the several reasons for me "considering" an upgrade the size of my cylinders (or better yet check the pressure setting) is because my tractor never does what is shown in the picture. I almost never use the FEL without having some sort of implement on the rear, usually a semi-mount Bush Hog 3008, or my homemade LPGS that is pretty heavy just by itself. My rear tires are also filled 16.9x30 which make it even harder to get light in the rear end!
Wear and tear on the front axle is my biggest hesitation, still pondering this.
David from jax

 

[BlueKnife]

If you need to Increase the lift capacity of your FEL you need to pucker up. And find someone to take a video of you for you-tub so you can become a rich and famous social media influencer

Pucker moment

Was taking 1200 pounds down the side of my new home being built to get it into the walkout basement. My rear tires are not filled but I do have the 3 pt ballast box filled with granite. Going down the side this happened. Yup pucker moment but kept it going. Looking for rear wheel weights and...

www.orangetractortalks.com

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The guy in that thread seems to be implying that the "pucker moment" was the rear wheel coming off the ground. Is that correct? I mean, that's not ideal, obviously, but it's something that anyone who has done much heavy loader work has experienced. I wouldn't even be able to begin to count the number of times I've had the back wheel or wheels of a loader come off the ground while I was using it. I'm sure it's well into the thousands.