Almost flipped my BX25D

[uglyboy]

First time I dug out a big stump/rootball with my BX24 backhoe, I chained it to the loader to take it away, and promptly had a rear wheel come up.
Thank God the rootball was only a couple inches off the ground. There was a big rock, probably over 100 pounds, that came out when digging out the stump. I picked it up & cradled it in the backhoe bucket to keep the rear wheels down.
Now, when ever I lift something real heavy with the loader, I go find that big rock for counter-weight. I almost always have the BH on when doing anything with the loader. Helps even more to pivot the dipperstick out a couple feet to put that rock even farther out back.

Pete

 

[Tooljunkie]

Concrete recycling bins at 750 lbs each. Supervisor said two on a pallet will be fine. Fargin ice hole. First pair felt heavy but managed.
Second were not in same spot on pallet, further away so to speak.
Backed away from trailer and it started to nose over, i lowered quick, smashed the pallet and crapped my pants. Never did anything so stupid in all my life on a machine. Backhoe on tractor, but no ballast. Wheels set narrow. Management knows better. Glad im away from that now.

Heavy is one thing, exceeding capacity is another. Handle heavy loads with care.
Carry low, move slow.

 

[koja]

Bank Walker,
Thanks for posting your experience, enough can't be said for loader and tractor safety tips, even for the hard headed, a reminder of what can happen is good!

X2 , well said .

 

[Fredneck]

I was doing some fencing this last weekend. I had my forks on the front and the post hole digger mounted to the back. I had two 330' rolls of fencing, and about twenty metal fence posts as well as a pallet. I loaded all from the back of a truck, crossed a ditch, drove up a 200 ft incline with no problem. When I started down into the field I was fencing the back of the tractor lifted about a foot off the ground. I only had the forks about a foot off the ground so it stopped it from flipping forward or to the side. It all happened very slow but it was an eye opener. I had thought it could roll to the side but did not expect it to try and flip over. Other than this one issue it has really impressed us. We have used to load fire wood into the greenhouses all winter. I may need to look into getting one of the spacer kits for the wheels and putting antifreeze in the rear tires.

Obviously, be care full what you're lifting when you only have a post hole digger on. I would definitely fill the rear tires with antifreeze, which isn't a cheap date but gives you the ballast you need when you're lifting stuff....8-1/2 pounds per gallon could give you 5, 6 hundred pounds depending upon your tires. Spacers or even flipping the tires to widen them will help to stabilize as well. I always keep the box blade on for ballast when the backhoe is off. Good luck.