l2501 lift capacity

[4570Man]

Everyone gave good advice. The L2501 FEL lifting capacity is not impressive. Kubota makes a good, solid tractor, but without dual hydraulics, you're going to be limited with front lift. I have same pallet forks, which are capable of lifting FAR more than your tractor specs. I sold my Kubota L2800 because of FEL limitation, but otherwise was a great tractor. My TYM 474, with dual hydraulics, has over double the FEL lift capacity, and I can lift weights that the Kubota couldn't budge. Safety first. Plan on manual work to unload many of the blocks before starting tractor. Be careful, good luck.

You realize the TYM tractor weighs 3600 pounds base weight and the Kubota weighs 2600 pounds base weight. Putting brands aside obviously the machine that weighs a lot more is going to lift more. There’s no tractor by any manufacturer ever with a base weight of 2600 pounds that can lift a 2500 pound pallet of block. Your expectations just aren’t in line. I’m not sure what you mean by duel front hydraulics either. Every Kubota except a BX has duel cylinders on the arms and bucket. There’s nothing wrong with a single cylinders design anyway. There’s plenty of equipment that lifts far more than any tractor using a single cylinder.

 

[ljjhouser]

Nope, I wouldn't. Looks like you might have a very nice trailer - looks like it might be 14K.. If you have to haul the blocks, you might split the pallet with another pallet - 1/2 the weight, put them on the back of the trailer, use pallet forks to move it forward over the axles, and take the second 1/2 pallet to the trailer and stack blocks on the first pallet. Reverse it to unload the trailer with the tractor. Extra work, but might be better for both you and the tractor. Good luck.