California
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- Jan 22, 2004
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- Location
- An hour north of San Francisco
- Tractor
- Yanmar YM240 Yanmar YM186D
You might take a scrap of 3/4 ply, about 2 ft square, and cut it to wedge into the bucket. Make it a fraction of an inch longer than the teeth to avoid gouging the truck. Put some holes near its corners and wire it to the teeth.
Or make it oversize and wire it flat across the open face of the bucket, with its working edge supported by the teeth and the opposite end jammed against the bucket hinge. This is a one-time-use project, isn't it?
For those unloading belts: seems to me it would be easier to crank it if you fold some pleats into it before loading. So the first part of the load falls off the truck before the middle and back portions start to move. I wonder if you could crank it with a cordless drill....
Tom Swift
ps Whatever you decide - post some pictures!
Or make it oversize and wire it flat across the open face of the bucket, with its working edge supported by the teeth and the opposite end jammed against the bucket hinge. This is a one-time-use project, isn't it?
For those unloading belts: seems to me it would be easier to crank it if you fold some pleats into it before loading. So the first part of the load falls off the truck before the middle and back portions start to move. I wonder if you could crank it with a cordless drill....
Tom Swift
ps Whatever you decide - post some pictures!