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Anthony G

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I have a John Deere 40U with a 3-pt hitch with the touch-o-matic hydraulic system. I want to move what I think is approximately a 1000lb metal shaper with a CAT 1 3-pt boom pole using this tractor. There are boom poles going up to 2000lbs that would seem to do the job, but my question is will the tractor and the hydraulic system be able to handle this? My tractor seems to have no problem lifting a 500lb or so disk harrow that is way out behind it.

Regards,

Anthony
 
Good chance with out lot of weight up front you will end up lifting the front end not the thing on the boom pole. Many years ago I used a JD-A to pull and engine and transmission out of a Chev Nova and we had to have 2 guys hang on the front end to keep it on the ground
 
(quoted from post at 14:00:59 06/25/14) I have a John Deere 40U with a 3-pt hitch with the touch-o-matic hydraulic system. I want to move what I think is approximately a 1000lb metal shaper with a CAT 1 3-pt boom pole using this tractor. There are boom poles going up to 2000lbs that would seem to do the job, but my question is will the tractor and the hydraulic system be able to handle this? My tractor seems to have no problem lifting a 500lb or so disk harrow that is way out behind it.

Regards,

Anthony
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ot likely
 
Your reply made me smile. Remember back in the 60's/70's the "Eight Ball"? You would ask it a question and invert it to see the reply...

Greg1959 :D


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I have my doubts that a 1000lbs can be lifted by a 40U. BUT... does it have front weights, or a 2 row cultivator? That would improve the odds greatly. If You have a 1000lbs boom pole, there is probably a hook, or loop in the middle which is actually where the 1000 is rated. Go out to the very end of the pole, & it drops to 500 - 750 depending on the model/brand. A 2000lbs is going to add a lot of weight on the back which is where You don't want it. As for hydraulic pressure; I am unable say.
 
Wouldn't that 850 pounds be a vertical lift at the ball ends of the thee-point arms, NOT at the tip of a boom pole extending considerably rearwards?
 
Bob,

I suspect you're absolutely right. The brochure didn't go into many details, however.

If the arms were extended way out back, I would think the front end of the tractor would go up in the air farther than I would want to be around.

Stan
 

While the boom pole is rated 2000 lbs, the further out you extend the load, the less the tractor can lift. Its (tractor) rating is for a given weight at the end of the lift arms.. What ever the answer, be careful.

Engine lifts are the same way, the more you extend the arm, the lower the rating. So keeping the load in closer is alway better.
 
Good shapers aren't growing on trees anymore. Find a Bobcat or a loader tractor, a forklift, a boom truck from a lumber company...something else. A shaper weighing 1klbs isn't a real big one by any means, but you need to do it right or it's going to be scrap.
 
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