one cubic yard loader bucket

[Sully2]

I sure hope you dont intend on picking up anything more than a bucket full of feathers!

[3RRL]

Originally Posted by dfkrug

Here is the first set of these I did for my earlier main tractor (Kubota).
The fork tines were 1.75x6 originally and were HEAVY. I first adapted
them to hang from my FEL bucket, then decided I do not like bucket
forks (can't see what you are doing!). I paid a steel warehouse to
use their large plasma cutter to cut the forks the long way. Then I
welded up a pin-on frame with lifting hook. Works great!

Dave,
Thanks for posting the extra picture of the forks. I thought they looked like solid steel forks but when you said you made them, I thought they might have been square tube like many of these guys make/use for the home made jobs. Those are really thick at 1-¾". What is the width of them now, cut long ways? Looks like 3" or so?

[dfkrug]

Originally Posted by jinman

My first impression of seeing your new bucket was to think the front should have been a 6" to 1' high lip. Since you are not pushing this into a pile, it doesn't really have to have a thin lip, does it? I think it's a terrific idea for all kinds of carrying jobs, but I think if it is sitting flat on the ground while you are filling it, you may have things falling out the front until you get it curled back. That's my only suggestion on what seems like a great idea to me.

You still want to be able to easily dump your load using your bkt curl
function. A lip on the bkt would require MANUAL unloading. :-(
There is no reason that the bkt has to be flat on the ground when you
are loading it.

MAD: Good visual comparison of bkts. I see your dump trailer is in the
photo, too. It looks about a cy, too. Indeed my large bkt is designed
to fill the need of such a dump trailer. Very similar function.

[MadReferee]

Originally Posted by dfkrug

I see your dump trailer is in the
photo, too. It looks about a cy, too. Indeed my large bkt is designed
to fill the need of such a dump trailer. Very similar function.

It's a Country Mfg dump wagon. Dimensions are 4' x 8' x 18". That comes out to about 48 cu ft or 1.8 cu yds. That's about a bucket and a half from the dozer.

[jinman]

Originally Posted by dfkrug

You still want to be able to easily dump your load using your bkt curl
function. A lip on the bkt would require MANUAL unloading. :-(
There is no reason that the bkt has to be flat on the ground when you
are loading it.

Hmm... I was actually thinking about a hinged "tailgate," but that would add complexity to what is already a very useful tool.

When my house was built, the framers built a big box for scraps and trash. They just put it on a piece of plywood for a bottom. I used my forks to lift it and carry it to a burn pile in a gully. I've often thought of how handy it would be to have a box built on top of a wooden pallet to use for similar hauling. Your solution is far better than that.

[dfkrug]

Originally Posted by jinman

When my house was built, the framers built a big box for scraps and trash. They just put it on a piece of plywood for a bottom. I used my forks to lift it and carry it to a burn pile in a gully. I've often thought of how handy it would be to have a box built on top of a wooden pallet to use for similar hauling. Your solution is far better than that.

Funny you should mention that. Years ago, I built a wooden box on a
pallet that I could haul around on the tractor forks, carrying gravel. I would
take the box in my truck to the materials yard and they would fill it.
When I got it home I would use the tractor to take it off the truck with
its 1000# load of gravel. I would then use the gravel for concrete. The
box kept the gravel clean, but required a shovel for unloading. I had
another box for clean sand.

[dfkrug]

Originally Posted by Sully2

I sure hope you dont intend on picking up anything more than a bucket full of feathers!

The combination of my large bkt and the fork frame is less than the weight
of the 4n1 bkt I installed on my old L2550. I am limited to about 500-600 lb
remaining capacity, depending on how high I want to lift it. That is still
a lot of feathers.

[Sully2]

Originally Posted by dfkrug

The combination of my large bkt and the fork frame is less than the weight
of the 4n1 bkt I installed on my old L2550. I am limited to about 500-600 lb
remaining capacity, depending on how high I want to lift it. That is still
a lot of feathers.

LOL!! Thats what I was thinking for sure.. You load that bucket up with packed gravel or ??..and you might find yourself with the rear end of the tractor up in the air....

My std bucket is real close to 9 cu ft..and normally when Im moving dirt and such I dont grab a heaping bucketfull...but the dirt pile was damp once and I got a "super load" that was heaped. BOY..I sure could feel the rear end being light and Im running right at 275 lbs of weight in my ballast box.!!!

[kwolfe]

Sully,
I would think that your 3030 would require a good bit more that 275lbs hanging off the rear. I put that on my bx1500 to make it feel solid. I wouuld think that 500lbs or so would make that FEL feel better. I don't have a ballast box, so I am not quite sure if it will fit that weight.

[Sully2]

Originally Posted by kwolfe

Sully,
I would think that your 3030 would require a good bit more that 275lbs hanging off the rear. I put that on my bx1500 to make it feel solid. I would think that 500lbs or so would make that FEL feel better. I don't have a ballast box, so I am not quite sure if it will fit that weight.

Dont think I could get 500 lbs in it?..maybe..??..solid concrete but I didnt want to go that route( makes it tought to back up on that "street")

And as I said I usually dont get a HEAPING bucket full of anything...except mulch and it doesnt weight doodlie squat in comparison. Except for its greater weight ( over a BX)...which helps A LOT in pushing over trees..etc.. I use mine like it was a "jumbo" BX.