Hello Guest, you do not yet have the necessary rights to see the contents of our FAQ articles. Register in our forum, briefly introduce yourself and your Zetor in words and pictures and actively participate in discussions in the forum, then you will automatically receive access to the specialist articles in the FAQ.

Reply to thread

Message

Hi

I recently built a bale lifter - basically like fork-lift forks but round.

My silage bales are really, really heavy - they are so wet that there is about 6" of water in the bottom of each bale. I can lift them up with our 6945, but the hydraulic pump really sounds liike it's working hard. The journey to my home farm is one hour, so obviously it's out of the question to bring them home like that. At least I can get two onto our trailer, albeit with a struggle.

The question then - how long can I safely keep something really heavy, say over 600kg, up in the air before something overheats or gets damaged?

Thanks,

J-P

[QUOTE="arctic003, post: 2520, member: 80"] Hi I recently built a bale lifter - basically like fork-lift forks but round. My silage bales are really, really heavy - they are so wet that there is about 6" of water in the bottom of each bale. I can lift them up with our 6945, but the hydraulic pump really sounds liike it's working hard. The journey to my home farm is one hour, so obviously it's out of the question to bring them home like that. At least I can get two onto our trailer, albeit with a struggle. The question then - how long can I safely keep something really heavy, say over 600kg, up in the air before something overheats or gets damaged? Thanks, J-P [/QUOTE]

Verification