I have what I believe to be a Wagner WM-3 FEL on my 8N (any data plate that may have been on the loader is long gone... I've been all over the entire thing multiple times trying to find one).
When I first bought the tractor, I pulled it off the trailer, and immediately put the bucket under the bed of my International MDT flatbed. Didn't budge the truck (didn't expect it to..I know this is a "light duty" loader) though didn't have any difficulty pulling the rear end of the tractor off the ground either.
I've since added a 7 foot landscape rake on the 3 point, and have been using the tractor for a bunch of lifting duties without an issue... Until yesterday. I had a jack on my camper fail, and attempted to lift the camper with the FEL so I could block it up and remove the jack.
FEL didn't budge the camper, but also didn't seem to want to even begin to unweight the rear end either before going to pressure bypass, even at WOT. Bucket was about 6" off the ground at this point, and will raise all the way up when unloaded and fully cycle the tilt cylinder when fully raised, so I don't believe it's a low fluid condition.
Is this expected behavior? Is the approx 300lbs on the 3 point enough ballast to max out the capability of the loader? I'm not trying to exceed the capability of the FEL, I just don't know what the limit really is, as this is my first "real" tractor and first FEL...and don't want to go chasing a "problem" in the loader hydraulics that doesn't really exist either.
When I first bought the tractor, I pulled it off the trailer, and immediately put the bucket under the bed of my International MDT flatbed. Didn't budge the truck (didn't expect it to..I know this is a "light duty" loader) though didn't have any difficulty pulling the rear end of the tractor off the ground either.
I've since added a 7 foot landscape rake on the 3 point, and have been using the tractor for a bunch of lifting duties without an issue... Until yesterday. I had a jack on my camper fail, and attempted to lift the camper with the FEL so I could block it up and remove the jack.
FEL didn't budge the camper, but also didn't seem to want to even begin to unweight the rear end either before going to pressure bypass, even at WOT. Bucket was about 6" off the ground at this point, and will raise all the way up when unloaded and fully cycle the tilt cylinder when fully raised, so I don't believe it's a low fluid condition.
Is this expected behavior? Is the approx 300lbs on the 3 point enough ballast to max out the capability of the loader? I'm not trying to exceed the capability of the FEL, I just don't know what the limit really is, as this is my first "real" tractor and first FEL...and don't want to go chasing a "problem" in the loader hydraulics that doesn't really exist either.
