I used to rent the 240 and 250 series John Deere skid steers. The 250 was rated at 1700# IIRC, and could not lift a 2000# pallet of wood pellets off a truck. If I removed 200-250 pounds, it could just barely do it. The machine was not counterweighted. I wouldn't count on that small of a Bobcat being able to lift that pallet at all.
moving 2500 lbs with a 1750 lb limit bob cat
good evening all;
I am going to make a new drive way with pavers. I have 25 pallets to put down and I'm going to be renting a small bob cat to move them. I can get a real good weekend rate from a local rental yard but the only bobcats they have are small and have a 1750 lb lifting capacity. each pallet weighs about 2500lbs.
what I want to know is, if I only wanted to lift the pallet about 6 inches off the ground to transport it, would that be possible?
I understand if I wanted to get it any higher the bobcat would just fall forward but if I kept it low I was thinking it might work.
Or would a bobcat that size just not have the guts to even get 2500lbs off the ground at all?
I am going to make a new drive way with pavers. I have 25 pallets to put down and I'm going to be renting a small bob cat to move them. I can get a real good weekend rate from a local rental yard but the only bobcats they have are small and have a 1750 lb lifting capacity. each pallet weighs about 2500lbs.
what I want to know is, if I only wanted to lift the pallet about 6 inches off the ground to transport it, would that be possible?
I understand if I wanted to get it any higher the bobcat would just fall forward but if I kept it low I was thinking it might work.
Or would a bobcat that size just not have the guts to even get 2500lbs off the ground at all?
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I doubt it would be able to lift 750 lbs over what it says it can. 100 to 200 lbs over, maybe.
The concern I would have in addition to it leaning forward would be the hydraulics not being strong enough to lift it.
The concern I would have in addition to it leaning forward would be the hydraulics not being strong enough to lift it.
It will NOT be able to lift it even 6" off the ground. It will just go into bypass (relief).
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ok;
sounds like a no. So now I either need to spend more money on renting larger equipment or off load the equivalent of 7 or 8 pallets of pavers before I move the pallets.
I'm on a budget but time is money too. I'm stuck between poor and a cheap place. hard decision.
appreciate the help.
sounds like a no. So now I either need to spend more money on renting larger equipment or off load the equivalent of 7 or 8 pallets of pavers before I move the pallets.
I'm on a budget but time is money too. I'm stuck between poor and a cheap place. hard decision.
appreciate the help.
I'd manually unload onto another pallet so machine can lift weight.
MU
MU
I'm going to price a bigger bob cat from a different yard. I was getting a good deal on the smaller one. I think it was a s175. when I looked up the specs it says tipping load of 4076 lbs the lift capacity was linked to height lifted.I'd manually unload onto another pallet so machine can lift weight.
MU
If its less than $150 for a bigger machine it will be worth it to not have to lift up about 7 pallets of pavers by hand. But I may not have that figured right either but to get the pallet to be 1750 lbs I would have to remove about 30% of the load and there is 25 pallets
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