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I think it was I, not Larry that called you "Rob." If
you will look at the bottom post, I thought it was signed by "Rob", and that was
who I was responding to in the thread of comments. My apologies if I got
it wrong.
Pieter (or "Rob" if you prefer!)
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 6:49
PM
Subject: RE: (ET) ET Loader.
Never thought my comment about the front end loader would cause so much
response. Once again, I have no experience with the front end
loader, I simply was relaying the wisdom Bill Gunns shared with me, when
I asked him about front end loaders. I am sure there are people out
there that have been using them happily for years. But given Bills
involvement with ETs for so many years his advice against using one was taken
to hart by me. Especially being that I am the guy all the Rules of
Murphy were written about. That is is something can break I will usably
find a way to break it. :-)
PS Larry, you were close, the name is Roy, but what the
heck Rob, Roy call me what ever, just don't call me late for dinner, or the
local ET pull. :-)
riginal Message-----
From:
owner-elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
[mailto:owner-elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu] On Behalf Of Pieter
Litchfield
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 1:42 PM
To:
Elie, Larry (L.D.); oleoranch aaahawk com;
elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: (ET) ET
Loader.
I do think, as an ET loader user, that Rob's point is
well taken. As I said in my earlier post, I can feel the frame flex a
bit when I pick up a moderately full bucket. In fact, I was thinking
about adding a heavy angle subframe under the middle of the 'Trak just to
beef it up, but the loader subframe may make that difficult. I think
the E-15 (and I assume the 20 is about the same structurally) is really near
its design limits with the bucket loader, and the stresses associated
with even normal twists and jolts that go with careful and appropriate use
will eventually weaken the frame platform and front end.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 11:16
AM
Subject: RE: (ET) ET Loader.
You can
break anything given the... desire?
I
bought an Farmall 'H' once for parts; that's a full size farm
tractor. Casting broke clean in the middle. Turns out the guy
left the loader on, about 10" from the ground, and tried to do some ground
work at high speed at the edge of a pond. The tractor bounced at
about 6 MPH, the bucket dug into the sand, and the back wheels came up a
foot or so. The casting broke.
I have
used loaders on larger farm equipment with and without power
steering. The real key is how and when. On packed ground or
pavement you are OK. On soft stuff you have to move to turn the
wheel. Although I don't have a GE loader, I wouldn't be afraid of
it.
Larry
Elie
Just a note here,
Do not overload when working with the loader. I have
gotten several free Elec-Traks with loaders where the tractors were broker
in half form the loader. Rob.
- No trees were destroyed in the creation of this E Mail, however many
electrons were severely inconvenienced! RAV (DofTI)
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