Front-End Loader Worst things to do to a FEL

[johnrex62]

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[LD1]

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Those two quotes in my signature are the words I live by.

Allthough sometimes they are not used together.

 

[schoolsout]

Don't lift or push anything with the corner of the bucket. That can twist the loader frame.
Do not neglect to use rear ballast to match the intended load.
Don't use a loader as a bulldozer....they're loaders, not bulldozers and not excavators.

There's a few to start...

oops...I think I've done all of those so far...

Question, though....we have a 4 in 1 bucket and I'll open it up and use the rear part of bucket similar to a dozer blade. I'm not trying to move mountains, by any means and our soil is very sandy...I'm mainly pushing along debris from the last logging episode. Is that bad?

 

[schoolsout]

Guess I should have kept reading...seems I'm not the only one...

 

[RoyJackson]

oops...I think I've done all of those so far...

Question, though....we have a 4 in 1 bucket and I'll open it up and use the rear part of bucket similar to a dozer blade. I'm not trying to move mountains, by any means and our soil is very sandy...I'm mainly pushing along debris from the last logging episode. Is that bad?

I'd say many of us (including me) have done at least some of the things we warn about not doing...mostly a matter of using some common sense.
I won't recommend any of these practices (caveat: my loader manual also shows the digging procedure as others have written about) and I definitely wouldn't allow anyone using my tractor to do them (I lent out my old 670 once...watched a friend of mine really abuse it for about 2 minutes...then I chased him off the tractor).
When one owns the tractor, and knows he'll have to pay for any damages, he'll think twice before doing anything excessive.
My opinion, anyway...

 

[schoolsout]

My father and I split the tractor together and he seems to be the one that wants to push it a little harder than I do....that might be because he has money, though :/

 

[two_bit_score]

I'd say many of us (including me) have done at least some of the things we warn about not doing...mostly a matter of using some common sense.
I won't recommend any of these practices (caveat: my loader manual also shows the digging procedure as others have written about) and I definitely wouldn't allow anyone using my tractor to do them (I lent out my old 670 once...watched a friend of mine really abuse it for about 2 minutes...then I chased him off the tractor).
When one owns the tractor, and knows he'll have to pay for any damages, he'll think twice before doing anything excessive.
My opinion, anyway...

Yeah. My brother us always complaining that I'm going too easy on my tlb. Of course, he has torn up all his stuff already.
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[crash325]

I haven't violated any of these rules for at least 2 weeks. Been too busy working on the sheep's foot & roller.

But look out next week, am pretty sure that I can break almost every rule.:laughing:

 

[bearcreek paul]

I'm guilty I put the beer in first!

 

[CompactTractorFan]

2. Be mindful of bucket position when lifting high. It is easy to dump objects and material back on yourself and the tractor if you are curled ALL the way back and raise to MAX height.

Learned that quick. Heaped bucket full of compost raised to max high = Heaped bucket of compost on you...