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Read articles →This video is a hands-on lift test, not a walkaround: Matt from Pell's incrementally stacks weighted pallets on the Kubota B26's forks, running the backhoe as counterweight and the engine at full RPM, to find real lift height at each load. He shows 5'5.5" at 1,250 lbs, down to just a curled-back lift at 1,685.2 lbs. Useful for buyers wanting actual measured lifting limits rather than spec-sheet numbers.
Posted by the Pell's channel, which appears to run practical equipment tests rather than sales pitches.
At 1,250 lbs it lifted to 5 feet 5.5 inches, at 1,448.4 lbs to 3 feet 4.75 inches, and at 1,685.2 lbs it could only curl back about 7.75 inches, not lift straight.
Yes, the test used the backhoe attachment on the TLB unit as counterweight while running the engine at full RPM for full hydraulic power.
At 1,685.2 lbs the B26 could not lift the pallet straight off the ground, only curl it back enough to move it, suggesting that is near its max.
