dirt ditch
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I am curious if anyone with a 4in1 (clam shell) bucket on a compact tractor has had a failure similar to this.
The failure occurred while clearing trees. The broken ends of the pin has rust showing for 1/2 it's thickness meaning it had been slowly breaking for some time. This aftermarket bucket is made for a loader with a 37gpm hydraulic system and a 16,000 lb load weight. It has seen more debris / tree clean up use than most equipment here on tbn, but I presume it is a design flaw in the bucket as the same thing happened to the other side of it 3 years ago when it was only a few months old. So not to be accused of Manufacturer bashing on the forums by the higher-ups I cut the nameplate out of the pics.
The failure occurred while clearing trees. The broken ends of the pin has rust showing for 1/2 it's thickness meaning it had been slowly breaking for some time. This aftermarket bucket is made for a loader with a 37gpm hydraulic system and a 16,000 lb load weight. It has seen more debris / tree clean up use than most equipment here on tbn, but I presume it is a design flaw in the bucket as the same thing happened to the other side of it 3 years ago when it was only a few months old. So not to be accused of Manufacturer bashing on the forums by the higher-ups I cut the nameplate out of the pics.
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