Floating a bucket

[kub3700]

Hey guys new to the board and the tractor world, my L3700su was delivered on
Tuesday. Havent had much time to play yet, but I was reading in the manual about positioning your loader control to float the bucket along the terrain. Only prob. is I couldnt find out how to do that. Does anyone have and idea? Any help would be appreciated.

 

[GWD]

It should be a second position forward.

In other words push the lever forward (to lower the bucket) and then push it a little more forward to reach the float position. It should stick in the float position without having to hold it there.

 

[kub3700]

Thanks GWD, I'll try it tomm.

 

[Eric McCarthy]

Sometime's a video might help ya a little bit more. Here's one from Service Dept Vic on how to float your loader.

http://www.youtube.com/user/OrangeTractorTalks#p/u/16/6JusApSZ-rU

 

[GWD]

Sometime's a video might help ya a little bit more. Here's one from Service Dept Vic on how to float your loader.

http://www.youtube.com/user/OrangeTractorTalks#p/u/16/6JusApSZ-rU

Strange, all four of my tractors have the float detent in the "all the way forward" position.

It would seem that one would use the float position after the bucket down motion rather than after passing the bucket up direction.

Maybe it is just a matter of what one is used to.

 

[ETRon]

GWD,
Just a comment, I may be misunderstanding your message but...... when you push the joystick forward or the single lever forward for "up & down" the bucket should be going down. That's the standard hookup. If yours is not I'd suspect the hoses have been reversed.

 

[GWD]

GWD,
Just a comment, I may be misunderstanding your message but...... when you push the joystick forward or the single lever forward for "up & down" the bucket should be going down. That's the standard hookup. If yours is not I'd suspect the hoses have been reversed.

From the center neutral position, moving the single lever forward (toward the front of the tractor) lowers the bucket. Going further forward causes the bucket to float and the detent to hold it in the float position. That is how they all came from the factory and I've never had the FEL off of any of them.

In the video, the float position was all the way the other direction or "back". My four tractors have had float all the way "forward".

It just looked odd to me given my experience with Kubota tractors. The particular model in the video may be designed for snow plowing or something else where float all the way back would make for easier operation.

 

[logan]

my B7800 also is in the forward position.

 

[kub3700]

GWD, your right the reason I posted this originally is because I watched that video and thought that wont work... so i figured I would make the post. I tried it today works great, moving the control foward when the bucket hits the ground I pushed it a little further and it worked. Thanks for the help

 

[ETRon]

yep.... sounds like it's the video that's the source of the confusion!

 

[GWD]

GWD, your right the reason I posted this originally is because I watched that video and thought that wont work... so i figured I would make the post. I tried it today works great, moving the control foward when the bucket hits the ground I pushed it a little further and it worked. Thanks for the help

The bucket will also go into float before it on the ground. Sometimes this is useful if using the bucket to level ground or gravel while backing up.

The amount of material spread can be varied by the angle of the bucket using the front edge. Then put it in float, drive in reverse, and you'll get a nice smooth surface (with a little practice).

 

[RoxannH55]

My new BX2360 with LA243 FEL and box scraper was delivered yesterday. It is awesome.

I spent a few hours playing with it and that was lots of fun, except I couldn't seem to float the bucket. The surface is asphalt and I had the bucket tipped slightly down so I could scoop up some compost. When I pushed the controller all the way forward I seemed to fill down pressure and could hear the bucket scraping.

I thought the problem might be having the bucket tipped down, but this thread says it should work with the bucket tipped. I'd appreciate your advice on what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks for all your help

Roxann

 

[cmorningstar01]

Hi Roxann, When you put your loader in the float position the bucket drops all the way down but does not have any downward pressure on it so as it travels over uneven surfaces the bucket floats up and down over them, When using the float on soft surfaces it tends to help level the material out without digging in, It would not float above the surface of the asphalt so you would still hear the bucket scraping the asphalt there just would not be any down pressure on it, gravity is all that is keeping it down in float.

Valerie

 

[RoxannH55]

Thanks Valerie,

Sounds like I might have been doing it right, and just didn't know it. Maybe the weight of the loader was enough to produce the feeling of down pressure.

 

[jb62901]

I also have the BX2360, If you push the loader lever all the way forward it shouls lock in that position untill you pull it back. While all the way forward you can work the lever to the right or left and adjust the pitch of the bucket. John

 

[RoxannH55]

Thanks all, I went out and played with it a while and got it figured out. I was stopping when the down pressure started instead of pushing through it to find float. It is working as expected now.

 

[Tweetybrun]

Yes. It is confusing. Thanks for the clarification.