"I'm not a fan of bolt on FEL. Bobcats use hydrostatic motors, torque motors. When you are loading the front bucket with dirt, you need to apply forward motion while lifting the bucket."
How do you think I load my bucket or hay spike?
"Can't do that with a tractor with a clutch and tranny. "
Scuse me? Am I missing something?
"I've seen people with FEL ram dirt piles and spin rear tires trying to fill front bucket."
Maybe they need a course at the local U in Farming 101.
"Not to mention you are slipping clutch, changing gears."
If you get in the proper gear before you get into the pile and know how to load a bucket you won't be doing all that. And, if you don't have any rear ballast which I do, you can engage your 4wd before you start and have none of that.
"Bobcats can turn on a dime."
You get that one for free.
"Most FEL I've seen are very slow, undersized pump, and can't lift as much."
Maybe they need to get their rpms up where they belong or next time they buy a tractor buy one with an adequately sized pump for the job.
"On the other hand, larger tractors with FEL do work well for 1000# lifting round bales in a muddy cow lot."
I wouldn't call my 65 hp a large tractor and it has fed two 5x6 1600# or so round bales at a time back when I had a JD 530 baler. My Ford 3000 at somewhere around 35 hp has no problems with the same sized bale on the 3 pt. if I have my front end weights in place.
"Neighbor uses a large MF to feed his cows, but he needs a new clutch in his tractor."
Sooooo the process isn't the problem, his worn out tractor is.
"I think tractors with hydrostatics work better with FEL."
You get that one too.
Not being argumentative. Just setting the record straight. One man's junk is another's gold!
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