Question for Loader owner/operators with knowledge

[lannie]

Here are some specs on your loader.

https://www.ritchiespecs.com/model/n...0-wheel-loader

[Ken07AOVette]

Originally Posted by lannie

Here are some specs on your loader.

https://www.ritchiespecs.com/model/n...0-wheel-loader

Thanks Lannie, I use RB specs all the time.

Mine is a little different, it is a W130B, thats the older one I think.

I found another site that is closer to the New Holland specs.

[lannie]

The 130b is also in ritchiespecs.
I drove up to Edmonton Monday night and toured Voice's equipment Tuesday. I also thought the buyers fee of 15% was a bit rank.

One bidder has top bid this minute on 28 light vehicles. Pretty sure he is a US bidder and I think he is over fair market value on most of them. If he got everything he is bidding on now his buyers fees would be close to 75,000.00

Looks like your loader will be comfortable and fast for your intended purpose.
Good luck in the upcoming season.

[EZM]

Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette

got pics, it's actually 7 yards lol

I was thinking 4 yard bucket, but even a 7 yard, i would have argued no way it's that heavy ..... but I stand corrected .....Unblvbl..... never would have guessed that weight.

That is HEAVY METAL right there.

[jip911]

That bucket is for a Cat 980H... That machine is over double your weight and double your HP... Might want to keep looking....

J

[Ken07AOVette]

Originally Posted by jip911

That bucket is for a Cat 980H... That machine is over double your weight and double your HP... Might want to keep looking....

J

I may have gotten lucky, there are 2 guys that have snow buckets interested in the big blade. I may have a lucrative deal.

[KegRiver]

I agree with jip911, it's too much bucket for your loader.

Over the years I've run loader a lot, thousands of hours at least.

Yes packed snow and wet snow are much much heavier then dry undisturbed snow.
Another factor to consider is breakout force. When one tries to move a snow bank, the initial force needed to break snow, or anything, from it's resting position, can far exceed the weight one winds up with in the bucket.

Also. as you start to lift it is not uncommon for a lot more then a bucket full to come up with the snow in the bucket. If you are close to max, interesting things can happen as the excess snow breaks loose partway through the lift.

I think a 7 yard bucket full of packed snow may be more the your unit could lift without the other factors.

Packed snow can contain 50 percent water. Since water weighs aprox. 1,500 lbs per cubic yard, your bucket could contain as much as 5,250 lbs of snow. Bucket capacity is measured with what amounts to normal load of sand or gravel for that bucket.
Snow stacks much higher therefor a 7 yard bucket may hold more then 9 yards of snow.
That would push your loaded weight up almost 3,000 pounds for a total of over 8,000 pounds

You would then have a total weight on the pins of around 14,000 pounds.

In the real world a bucket full of snow can contain bits of solid ice, some sand, gravel or dirt all of which are much denser then snow.

Bottom line, you would very likely be operating at close to max if not over max, most of the time.

[Ken07AOVette]

Thanks Keg, I am definately not going to use the 7 yard bucket, am looking at a couple snow buckets this week.

[Ken07AOVette]

for sale or trade, please pass this on if you know of someone looking

http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showt...94#post4044694

[Ken07AOVette]

Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette

Thanks Keg, I am definately not going to use the 7 yard bucket, am looking at a couple snow buckets this week.

I did end up buying the huge bucket. Drove 2 hours to get it, had it sold before I got it home. Made decent money too.

Funny fact- I picked the bucket off my trailer with my loader, just a small chain. It lifted it like there was nothing there at all, the big bucket on my bucket.

The frog on that thing was massive, nearly 2" thick, 18" wide, bet it weighed a thousand pounds alone!