Agent Blue
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I have located this 24" bucket at the local steel salvage yard. It was in new condition but not the correct deminsions for use with my Bradco 611.
My boom width inside is 6 1/2" ............. Bucket width is 9", 2 1/2" too wide to fit into the boom ears.
Bucket cylinder linkage is 5" .................Bucket attathment point is 5 1/4" ( this would work with a couple shims )
The Bucket pin holes are 1 1/2" ............ Boom pin is 1 3/8".
I have two problems. The bucket attachment to the boom is 2 1/2" too wide. The second is the 1/8" difference between the pin and bucket bushing size. As this is only 1/8" difference I doubt if a thin bushing would last asit would wear quickly and how would one make a bushing only 1/16" in size ? The first section that pins to the boom will have to be cut off and moved in. This would not present a huge problem if it were not for the compounded bushing problem.
The best solution would be to look for another bucket but there are no guarantees the deminsions would be closer. Any solutions ??????
* A month or so ago I had a post about a fixed hitch Harley type rock rake that I converted to a hydraulic pivot. This was a simple project that turned out with near factory looks and performance.