All you need is a good pressure gauge. Tee it into the hydraulic hose on the cylinder side of the control valve. Then scoop a bucket full. Pick a spot in the lift cycle that you can repeat every scoop. Example: Top of loader arm lining up with a bracket on the frame. Why you need this is the pressure is only the same for the same load size at the same spot in the loader's lift cycle. The geometry of a loader changes as it goes higher or lower. Now you just need to weight what is in your bucket a few times to get what pressure means what weight. This is all the fancy ones do in a modern loader.
At the local quarry the one loader guys understands this. HE cycles the loader up to the same place every time. His loads will be within 500 lbs. on 25 ton. The other part time fellow does not understand this. He just digs and looks at the readout. He is always several ton off in 25. Usually light. End up hauling 22-23 ton from him all the time.
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