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Read articles →This isn't about a specific tractor model but a technique tip: Neil from Messick's demonstrates the correct bucket angle for back dragging with a loader, explaining why over-extending hydraulic cylinders weakens them and can bend a rod if you hit a buried rock or stump. He shows the wrong way versus right way on a simulated dirt pile. Useful for any loader owner doing dirt work, not tied to one brand.
Posted by the Messick's Farm Equipment channel, a dealership offering practical operating advice that also promotes their parts and service.
Use the smallest rollback angle needed to pull the pile backwards instead of rolling the bucket all the way out, which keeps cylinders from being extended to their weakest point.
As a cylinder extends, the rod loses support from the cylinder structure, so hitting a buried rock or stump while backing up can throw torsion onto the weak, extended rod and bend it.
Rolling the bucket way out, nearly flattening its underside, which extends the cylinders far out and risks throwing the bucket if it strikes something underground while backing up.
