1998 lx865

[oasis04]

Hey guys I have been lurking around for awhile Thanks for a great forum. I am buying a 98 lx865 with woods 9000 backhoe and combo bucket as well as smooth cut low profile bucket. Also has loegering OTT. 3054 hrs. Runs great. I will be asking many questions and continuing to read alot of current threads with interest. My initial question is in regard to weight of these pieces of equipment and my intention to pull around locally with a f350 srw diesel. I haven't picked the unit up yet, so I don't have access to any owners manuals. Anybody know a link to an online source of this information. My efforts on google have been fruitless. Thanks in advance SEMPER FI!! Jeff

 

[oasis04]

I also need to know the flow rate on this machine? Sorry but I couldn't find a way to edit my previous post.

 

[Earthwerks Unlimited]

I also need to know the flow rate on this machine? Sorry but I couldn't find a way to edit my previous post.

If you're in my neck of the woods you could borrow my digital 20-ton crane scale--picked it up almost new from craigslist for $200--1/10 new cost.
Aside from that to weigh stuff, simply load each piece on a trailer and have it and each piece weighed at a steel recycling place or truck stop, or anywhere they have a drive-on scale. Knowing the combined weights will give you peace of mind when the DOT pulls you over and weighs you if they suspect you're overloaded. The F350 shouldn't be a problem. I have a LS185.b that I pull with an '03 Ram with a H.O. Cummins. It has OTT tracks (light weight aloy ones NOT like yours), dirt bucket, grapple bucket, and forks. I get about 12.4 MPG even in the hills of Tennessee. If I take it easy I can easily get 17-19 MPG fully loaded as described.
Be sure you have the appropriate rated trailer. Mine is a drop-axle 12,000 GVW with a 20' steel deck which is perfct for hauling the skid steer and all the attachments with room to spare..
My buddy has a '95 F-20 4x4 gasser 460 cid that he used to pull his Ls665 in my 5-yd dump trailer on our way to Mississippi. We had about the same load of tools and people and food---and I still passed him going up hill in Tennessee eeven though I was puilling probably 3,000 lb. more. He was 6 MPG all the way there and back.

 

[Earthwerks Unlimited]

If you're in my neck of the woods you could borrow my digital 20-ton crane scale--picked it up almost new from craigslist for $200--1/10 new cost.
Aside from that to weigh stuff, simply load each piece on a trailer and have it and each piece weighed at a steel recycling place or truck stop, or anywhere they have a drive-on scale. Knowing the combined weights will give you peace of mind when the DOT pulls you over and weighs you if they suspect you're overloaded. The F350 shouldn't be a problem. I have a LS185.b that I pull with an '03 Ram with a H.O. Cummins. It has OTT tracks (light weight aloy ones NOT like yours), dirt bucket, grapple bucket, and forks. I get about 12.4 MPG even in the hills of Tennessee. If I take it easy I can easily get 17-19 MPG fully loaded as described.
Be sure you have the appropriate rated trailer. Mine is a drop-axle 12,000 GVW with a 20' steel deck which is perfct for hauling the skid steer and all the attachments with room to spare..
My buddy has a '95 F-20 4x4 gasser 460 cid that he used to pull his Ls665 in my 5-yd dump trailer on our way to Mississippi. We had about the same load of tools and people and food---and I still passed him going up hill in Tennessee eeven though I was puilling probably 3,000 lb. more. He was 6 MPG all the way there and back.

DOH! Should be “F-250” amongst other misspelled words

 

[oasis04]

DOH! Should be “F-250” amongst other misspelled words

Thanks for the info Dirt. I am in central NC so the elevation or hills are not my concern. Just wanted to make sure I have enough trailer. currently I am gonna be using a 25' gooseneck but I may get a pintle hook tilt trailer. How unsafe is it to back off a deck over trailer without an attachment onboard?

 

[Earthwerks Unlimited]

Thanks for the info Dirt. I am in central NC so the elevation or hills are not my concern. Just wanted to make sure I have enough trailer. currently I am gonna be using a 25' gooseneck but I may get a pintle hook tilt trailer. How unsafe is it to back off a deck over trailer without an attachment onboard?

Put it this way: I made a rear bumper that sticks out about 7” out of 1/2” plate, reinforced with 3“ x 1-1/2“ channel.
Even though my drop axle trailer sits only 14“ off the ground I have flipped mine backward on it's rear onto the ramps. Not a good feeling--chunk of the seat cushion is missing.
Without an attachment it helps to keep the loader arms all the way down, and the mounting plate all the way down to get the most weight out front.
One time while I was waiting to be loaded on a semi trailer I was sitting partially on the hydraulic beavertail when the ******* owner decides he's going to raise it. Luckily(?) I fell backward into sand and the bumper buried itself keeping me from going sideways.
New Hollands have a different weight distribution than most. The weight is mostly in the rear even when you have a bucket, which is why New Hollands can lift more and are more stable (search YouTube for Bobcat Smackdown and you'll see Deere, Bobcat and Cat--but no New Hollands go head-to-head).
If you have to exit without an attachment, drive up backward. I suppose you COULD try backing up, then spin around buuuut I dunno (I'm skeeeeered!!).
Maybe keep the attachments accessible from the ground from either side of the trailer. Originally when I got my trailer I had pallet forks that I rarely used. So I made a holder or docking station made of 6” x 2” x 6' long channels welded underneath the trailer. On paper it was a good idea, and I saw another guy who did the same thing. But the problem is it upsets the balance of the trailer. So now I just keep the forks attached, and then load the dirt bucket with them--sometimes vice versa. I removed the safety buck board on the pallet forks so that they fit nicely standing up inside the bucket. And the other added benefit of the buck board gone is I can also use the grapple bucket to grasp and hold the forks and gain another 2-3' of reach if need be.