How Do I Know When My Bucket is Level?

If you're running a front end loader, how do you know if it's level? That's tough when you're first learning to drive a tractor. In today's Q & A I give a couple of pieces of advice.

First, on a few select loader buckets, the top is parallel with the bottom. That makes it real easy to know when you're level, you just watch the top. Unfortunately, a lot of loader buckets are not that way.

There's a device that's call a "bucket level indicator" that comes standard on many front end loaders. That's a rod that attaches to the bucket mount with a bracket that attaches to the mainframe of the loader. By watching the rod go up and down, you can tell from the tractor seat when the loader is level. Many times, those rods get ripped off the tractor, or bent, and no one bothers to replace one.

If you can find out who made your loader, you might be able to order a replacement bucket level indicator. The problem is, most of the tractor manufacturers don't make the loaders, they buy them from another company who specializes in building loaders. Sometimes, on older tractors, to get parts for the loader you have to go to a dealer for the company that made it for the tractor manufacturer. So that can get a little tricky.

I know a lot of people make their own bucket level indicators. See the comments for some ideas.

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