[AT] FEL Question

[Dick Day]

He truly loves the tractor but is having a hard time believing that this was 
done to satisfy customer demand.  Even the dealer is questioning the wisdom 
of their  decision to provide more power to downward thrust vs roll-back.

Glad to hear you're satisfied with your LS.  I have a Boomer 40-hp and have 
had no real issues with it since I bought it in 2004.  I was told that LS 
now makes the Boomer for NH. I stopped in my local NH dealer and just 
mentioning 'LS' in there brought nothing by snarls :(  They refuse to sell 
the new Boomers. According to them, the new ones are off-shore junk.  I'm 
sure my '04 came on a boat but it was okay then, but not now.

Oh well.

Thanks again.  I will pass along you advice.

Dick

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From: "Mike Maynard" <mmaynard at rochester.rr.com>
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 7:13 PM
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] FEL Question

> Dick,
>  I bought an LS R3039 (older version of the XR3037 basically) last January
> and I see a similar thing with mine.  It seems that LS didnt engineer as
> much strength in the roll back function as most customers would like.
>
> I would suggest he switch to forks that go on in place of the bucket.  I
> have a set for mine and they do pretty well for me.
>
> I have used the method suggested as well about setting down and rolling
> back at the same time (when moving hay bales) and this does work pretty
> well.
>
> All in all its one of very few 'oddities' about the LS that bothers me.
> Strangely my biggest complaint about the entire tractor is that the seat
> doesnt flip up!  It made me have to find a place to keep it inside - so I
> guess it snot a bad thing!
>
>
> Mike
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Andy Glines 
> <andyglines at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>> These are nice machines but they have their limitations like everything
>> else.  If it is not lifting like you think it should check the hydraulic
>> pressure.  Get a gauge that will fit into the remote connections and 
>> check
>> the pressure against what the factory recommends.  The clamp on forks are
>> quick but they do push the load farther away from the pins reducing you
>> lift capacity.  Also be careful of clamp on forks as you are liable to 
>> bend
>> the lip of the bucket with heavy loads.  If your tractor has a quick 
>> attach
>> bucket (like skid steers have) buy or make a set of forks which attach at
>> the pins.  Lastly, a word of caution.  The arc that the loader bucket
>> follows puts it farther away from the tractor as it travels toward the
>> ground.  You may have enough rear weight to lift a load from the truck 
>> but
>> find the back end getting light as you lower the load.
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