DiezNutz
Veteran Member
New M59 owner "Bill in VA" posted the following in one of his threads:
This got a few comments in reply, mostly that they tend to get tangled in brush and either ripped off or taken off, or that they don't move proportionately to the bucket curl.
This was my reply:
One of the more useful "designs" I've heard of is from member TWINKLE TOES years ago... ziptied a half-filled 20oz clear plastic Coke bottle to the top of the bucket, easy to see. Kindof a low-rent spirit level, and seems like it gives a better true "level", so the right idea.
Anyway, I thought this was a good subject for discussion (maybe I'm bored), but being buried in the M59 thread probably wasn't getting much traffic.
Bucket level rods have gone from DIY, to options, to std equipment on some 'Botas (and others).
What do you think?
More hassle than they're worth?
Couldn't live without yours?
Obvious marketing ploy? (e.g., "cupholder wars")
Discuss.
So far I find the level rod for the front bucket to be useless. Either i'm missing the point or I'm just not trusting it. Do you folks use this at all?????
This got a few comments in reply, mostly that they tend to get tangled in brush and either ripped off or taken off, or that they don't move proportionately to the bucket curl.
This was my reply:
DiezNutz said:It's interesting to see some "ehh" comments regarding the bucket level rod.
My tractor didn't come with one, and some time back, fabricating your own seemed to be the latest rage. Some of the TBN'ers here came up with some very well executed designs that looked factory.
I never was compelled to though... my reasoning was that unless the tractor is also on flat level ground (and how often is that?), you're not really cutting a level swath. All the rod is telling you is that the loader arms & bucket have a certain relationship to each other, but nothing about the relationship of the arms to the tractor. Which also means there's only one specific position of arms and bucket where the bucket really is level.
Instead, many times I'm wanting the bucket to have a different angle of attack based on the tractor's attitude, so that the end result is level. Rod is useless there. So for me, too, the level pad on the bucket, as well as the "feel" I've developed for how the bucket is cutting in - maybe as I'm feathering the curl, is what seems to work best. :confused3:
One of the more useful "designs" I've heard of is from member TWINKLE TOES years ago... ziptied a half-filled 20oz clear plastic Coke bottle to the top of the bucket, easy to see. Kindof a low-rent spirit level, and seems like it gives a better true "level", so the right idea.
Anyway, I thought this was a good subject for discussion (maybe I'm bored), but being buried in the M59 thread probably wasn't getting much traffic.
Bucket level rods have gone from DIY, to options, to std equipment on some 'Botas (and others).
What do you think?
More hassle than they're worth?
Couldn't live without yours?
Obvious marketing ploy? (e.g., "cupholder wars")
Discuss.