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85Hokie
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Can you be more specific with what you are planning to do ?
Tow ...what? I have pulled many cars/trucks that where stuck in reverse using the bucket hooks...... skidded logs....etc.
Using the bucket for moderate towing can be very useful. Notice I said "moderate". It's very possible to bend or warp the bucket or even the loader frame by trying to jerk something loose or pull something extremely heavy. Since pulling/pushing forces pass through the hydraulic cylinders to the tractor frame, they can also be damaged through jerking or extreme loads. And tugging backward on heavy objects from one side of the bucket has a tip-over risk also.
As Hokie says, this is very handy but you need a sense of what is reasonable. Pull a car with a dead battery out of the garage? Piece of cake. Start jerking on a 36" oak stump to break it loose in the ground? Never.
Pulling should be done from the center of the bucket, not from just one side. But be careful you don't pull so hard you bend the center of the bucket! Many owners add chain hooks at the top of the bucket and may reinforce that top lip so it won't bend. I have hooks on each side and pull or lift from both sides.
As Hokie says, this is very handy but you need a sense of what is reasonable. Pull a car with a dead battery out of the garage? Piece of cake. Start jerking on a 36" oak stump to break it loose in the ground? Never.
Pulling should be done from the center of the bucket, not from just one side. But be careful you don't pull so hard you bend the center of the bucket! Many owners add chain hooks at the top of the bucket and may reinforce that top lip so it won't bend. I have hooks on each side and pull or lift from both sides.
had to pull our F350 dually out of the way this weekend (dead battery) with my b2910, chains attached to the FEL. Worked great. as long as what you're wanting to do is reasonable, I don't see a reason not to.
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Don't use nylon or similar (stretchy) rope to pull stuff.
Neighbor had asked for help pulling some small stumps (pine, oak, juniper) so I walked to his place, arriving just in time to see his tractor rear up about 1ft on it's rear wheels. He was using a 1/2" nylon rope to try to pull a stump out vertically with the FEL. The rope slipped off under a lot of load, sending the front of the tractor skyward. No one was hurt, & when I asked why he wasn't using a heavy chain, he said because it was heavy.
We then used a chain (from the rear hitch) an axe, & a shooter bar & popped them all out in 30-40 minutes.
Neighbor had asked for help pulling some small stumps (pine, oak, juniper) so I walked to his place, arriving just in time to see his tractor rear up about 1ft on it's rear wheels. He was using a 1/2" nylon rope to try to pull a stump out vertically with the FEL. The rope slipped off under a lot of load, sending the front of the tractor skyward.
No one was hurt, & when I asked why he wasn't using a heavy chain, he said because it was heavy.We then used a chain (from the rear hitch) an axe, & a shooter bar & popped them all out in 30-40 minutes.