bazman82
Gold Member
So I think I may have a minor issue with my loader/hydraulics or maybe I am just asking too much of my loader. I feel for the size of my tractor that the loader is a bit on the weaker side. I have a 5' bucket and itll lift just fine when picking up stone or dirt etc etc. Heaping buckets at that.
The part I feel that is lacking is: when I start to curl the bucket back with my bale spear (attaches to the bucket) and spear a round bale (4x4 600-700lbs) is that it has a hard time. Now, just to explain this a bit better, it will curl back if the spear is all the way in the bale but, if I can see a foot or so of the spear then there is not enough power there to curl the bucket back all the way to get it to slide down the spear. The bales we make are really tight so I don't always get it perfectly speared. Is this a case of just too much weight at the end of the spear for the bucket to curl or is there another issue at hand? It is my SAME mercury 75 tractor.
The part I feel that is lacking is: when I start to curl the bucket back with my bale spear (attaches to the bucket) and spear a round bale (4x4 600-700lbs) is that it has a hard time. Now, just to explain this a bit better, it will curl back if the spear is all the way in the bale but, if I can see a foot or so of the spear then there is not enough power there to curl the bucket back all the way to get it to slide down the spear. The bales we make are really tight so I don't always get it perfectly speared. Is this a case of just too much weight at the end of the spear for the bucket to curl or is there another issue at hand? It is my SAME mercury 75 tractor.