For 1. i it***8217;s my tractor, for 2. I know the risks and don***8217;t care.. I got 5k total into the entire tractor and loader if something breaks I***8217;ll fix it, to me it***8217;s worth the risk, I***8217;m not buying a 10-20k tractor for a little more lift when I don***8217;t even need that much lift to begin with.. increasing your pressure slightly above spec ain***8217;t gonna do nothing and I***8217;ll tell you why.. the hoses, fittings, cylinders, front axle.. and more are all able to handle it and Carrie the load.. the reason Kubota turns down their pressure so low compared to competitors is because the bx is much lighter than say that of the John Deere 1025r or 1023e... the reason Kubota makes theirs light is to be competitive in a market where most people wanna use these tractors for mowing their lawns and doing residential work as well as landscapers who wanna trailer them around with out having to have a tandem axle teller or anything real heavy duty... because the bx is so light in the rear Kubota turns down their pressure in order to keep customers safe who will not ever put ballast on the rear of their bx... this is a liability thing.. for people who DO use the tractor as a TRACTOR and load the rear end up with 300-500lbs of rear ballast THEY want more lift power.. and not thousands more hundreds more.. and to easily do this you turn up the relief pressure.. that***8217;s it.
Iv had my pressure up for Over a year and I over work my bx CONSTANTLY.. I stress it out almost weekly and it handles it like a dream, no leaky cylinders no blown lines no nothing.. iv talked to guys on this forum alone who said they***8217;ve had their pressure at 2200lbs for Over half the tractors life! And they STILL haven***8217;t seen an issue..
Obviously all of this is going to depend on how you use your tractor how you care for it and how much risk your willing to take, that***8217;s why you need to leave it to the person who owns the tractor to decide and not jump down somebody***8217;s throat about ***8220;OMG that***8217;s over spec***8221; NO SH*t it***8217;s called Kubota being conservative.
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Let me start with a polite "Dial it back" comment.
If your going to follow things by specs and standards then your golden, but your not, be prepared for the negative / corrective comments.
You need to dial the quick negativity back a lot.
You are making video's that go against the grain and against specs and against warranties.
Your point is it's your tractor, and I'll do whatever I want, Yea that's fine, but your encouraging others to follow your path, and that's the sticky point.
I 100% agree with beeX's position that bumping pressures up to make it lift beyond the specs of the loader are dangerous.
And if your doing that, you probably should get a bigger tractor!
On your video you made some mistakes:
The gauge is glycerin filled not water.
The PSI of the hoses is the burst pressure, slide the hose protector back and read the PSI on the hose.
The fittings they use are also to used to spec, and bumping the pressure up that high can cause them to drastically fail.
This is a BIG point, Adding ballast to make up for making the loader being able to lift more weight WILL NOT take any strain off the front axle, weight in the bucket is weight.
The strain is there and also on every other component in the system.