[AT] FEL Question

[Cecil R Bearden]

Unless you have a heavy duty loader like what is used on 90hp tractors 
and larger, those clamp on forks will get you in trouble.  Unloading off 
the back end of a truck can be a bad experience if the pallet is heavier 
than the capacity of the loader.  I would get a skid steer attachment 
for the loader and then get brackets for the loader bucket and the other 
loader tools.  This would get the load 2 ft closer to the loader and 
make a big difference in the capacity of the loader.     ALDOMI is a 
manufacturer I use for my skid steer brackets and attachments.

Cecil in OKla



On 11/18/2013 8:49 PM, Dick Day wrote:
> Greetings.
>
> My son recently bought one of the new LS  tractors, I believe it's 37hp. As
> I understand it, LS is the one who is now making the Boomers for New
> Holland.
>
> The tractor is really, really nice (it's not nice to covet thy son's
> tractors)
>
> Here is a link to the model he has.
> http://legacytractors.com/buy-new/ls/tractors/xr-series/ls-xr3037hc
>
> After a month or so, he had a palletized delivery come to his home. When it
> arrived, he put his forks on the bucket and proceeded to unload it from the
> semi that delivered it. We are estimating that it weighed about 1400 lbs.
> It was then he discovered that he had a hard time getting the loader to curl
> back. He gave it more and more throttle but it just would not tilt back.
> Luckily, he was able to lower it to the ground and then move it off the
> road.
>
> I realize that using forks extends the weight way beyond the pivot point,
> but he still should have been able tilt it back.
>
> He contacted the dealer. Since this is a brand new model, the dealership had
> not really had much chance to work with it, other than prepping it for my
> son.  He told them what happened and they agreed that something is not right
> so they contacted LS. LS swears that this is by design. They said that this
> was done because of customer feedback.  Really?  I'm sure there are
> applications where a lot of downward thrust might be handy, but I am not
> having any luck thinking of one.
>
> His forks are not the skid loader type, they clamp onto the bucket.  I have
> a pair like them and have never had a problem.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dick
>
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