soft-ride for loader

Livestockmad

Just wondering why does it have to be turned off when loading and what harm does it do when left on.

Sharpshooter82

Livestockmad wrote: »

Just wondering why does it have to be turned off when loading and what harm does it do when left on.

as it can sometimes drop a few inches if left on when loading so could be a problem if you were trying to be precise (picking up a pallet) and if you had a heavy load on the loader would bounce around.

Zr105

Have never bothered to turn ours off, couldn't say it was ever an issue although the bottle may have been getting a bit soft on last loader but it had done an awful lot of work at that stage...

leoch

how do u turn them on and of

Sharpshooter82

leoch wrote: »

how do u turn them on and of

there should be a lever, its near the headstock on the MF loaders. should be near the soft drive air tanks anyways

Hershall

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

as it can sometimes drop a few inches if left on when loading so could be a problem if you were trying to be precise (picking up a pallet) and if you had a heavy load on the loader would bounce around.

Ya guy who fitted mine told me only to turn it off if using pallet forks

keep going

Hardly ever switch it off and in fact the tractor travels better on the road with it than with the loader off

Livestockmad

keep going wrote: »

Hardly ever switch it off and in fact the tractor travels better on the road with it than with the loader off

Im after fitting mine a few days ago.. It is absolutely brilliant. Every loader should have it

leoch

Wat kind of tractor and loader is it

Livestockmad

leoch wrote: »

Wat kind of tractor and loader is it

Ford 7740 SLE with a rossmore fl 65

Sharpshooter82

keep going wrote: »

Hardly ever switch it off and in fact the tractor travels better on the road with it than with the loader off

Yeah it balances the tractor I believe

Sharpshooter82

Livestockmad wrote: »

Im after fitting mine a few days ago.. It is absolutely brilliant. Every loader should have it

Yeah it's a great job alright

milkprofit

Livestockmad wrote: »

Im after fitting mine a few days ago.. It is absolutely brilliant. Every loader should have it

What did it cost what make

st1979

milkprofit wrote: »

What did it cost what make

I got mine years ago 150 per bottle.one is enough on the loader. Got mine from nelson hydraulics in dublin I think. Got it posted. never switched it off

keep going

st1979 wrote: »

I got mine years ago 150 per bottle.one is enough on the loader. Got mine from nelson hydraulics in dublin I think. Got it posted. never switched it off

In theory you should have 2 one on the up and the other on the down

Zr105

st1979 wrote: »

I got mine years ago 150 per bottle.one is enough on the loader. Got mine from nelson hydraulics in dublin I think. Got it posted. never switched it off

They've come down a bit so! Was €205 cash on delivery when we got the first bottle off Nelson, but that would have been back in prob o3-04.

One bottle for single acting but think you do need the 2 for a double acting loader. Would imagine it would slap when it would come back up against the oil at the top of the ram!

st1979

Zr105 wrote: »

They've come down a bit so! Was €205 cash on delivery when we got the first bottle off Nelson, but that would have been back in prob o3-04.

One bottle for single acting but think you do need the 2 for a double acting loader. Would imagine it would slap when it would come back up against the oil at the top of the ram!

Could of been 200 alright have got it about 12 yrs now. Got 2 one for up and one for down ran it like that for years. Then tried it with one turned off and could see no difference. So have used the second elsewhere. Big ish loader quicke 670 about 2 ton lift. On a 120hp tractor given lots of abuse with 12k hrs on it. Buy one bottle as you probably get 95% improvement compared to two. And yes tractor runs better with loader on. Before I got bottles I would take loader off. After getting them I never bother

Livestockmad

keep going wrote: »

In theory you should have 2 one on the up and the other on the down

But the up one doesn't do much.. I got two, so that when/if the down one gets soft I can swap it with the up one.