Hello from Texas. My first post. Here's my question. Has anyone built a bucket to attach to your 3pt hook up? Not talking about a dirt scoop. I have one of those. Need a more heavy duty tool like a bucket off a front end loader. Don't say I need to go and buy a new tractor. Don't have that kind of money. Looking for something I can make myself. I have a 460 Long tractor. So any ideas will be appreciated. Thanks again for the help.
3pt bucket
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Sorry Storm, ..can't offer any help with your bucket but I'd like to welcome you in to the forum and I'm sure the guys (and gals) here will jump in shortly with some great suggestions for you. Not much they can't help with!!
So Welcome In and Happy New Year,.....good luck with it!!
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So Welcome In and Happy New Year,.....good luck with it!!
CHEERS!
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There is a concurrent thread on 3ph pallet forks and one post contains a picture. The picture might give you some ideas about fabrication. I'm sorry that I am not able to provide any other help.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/192732-3-point-fork-lift-attachment.html
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http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/192732-3-point-fork-lift-attachment.html
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Craig Clayton
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I built a 3pt bucket 15 years ago from a FEL of a Kubota, which would be the same size as the machine would take 26HP. I even took pics in late NOV when I was finishing up a grading job at the front of the property. The pics are in the camera. I made a frame that was welded to the bucket and it has a hydraulic cylinder for tipping. Max tippping lift is only 2'.
The group will be interested as always in something neat, I will have to post pics.
Craig Clayton
I built a 3pt bucket 15 years ago from a FEL of a Kubota, which would be the same size as the machine would take 26HP. I even took pics in late NOV when I was finishing up a grading job at the front of the property. The pics are in the camera. I made a frame that was welded to the bucket and it has a hydraulic cylinder for tipping. Max tippping lift is only 2'.
The group will be interested as always in something neat, I will have to post pics.
Craig Clayton
LD1
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It might help if we knew what you were wanting to bucket for.
You say you already have the dirt scoop, what are you hoping to gain with a FEL style bucket on the back that the dirt scoop cannot do??
The undaental problems of a rear bucket vs and actual loader are:
It cannot lift very high, so piling dirt will be difficult.
You will need rear remotes if you plan on dumping at all. and then, you might not have enough height to dump all the way.
3PH DONT have down pressure. So digging may be channelging.
And tractors dont have much traction in reverse.
You say you already have the dirt scoop, what are you hoping to gain with a FEL style bucket on the back that the dirt scoop cannot do??
The undaental problems of a rear bucket vs and actual loader are:
It cannot lift very high, so piling dirt will be difficult.
You will need rear remotes if you plan on dumping at all. and then, you might not have enough height to dump all the way.
3PH DONT have down pressure. So digging may be channelging.
And tractors dont have much traction in reverse.
Craig Clayton
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To LD1
I built the bucket because back then I could not afford a FEL so I bought a bucket for $100.00 The design was to shuttle cement into the pole barn for the floor and it worked very well. When I redid my patio several years ago I had to remove all the top soil for the entire lenght of the house. The down pressure is not an issue because I angle the cutting edge down just a touch and push backwards and it will self load until the bucket is full.
A wood working plane only has the blade sticking down a little bit but as long as it is travelling forward the wood is planed off. I helpd a friend who has a motor scraper and the cutting edge is only down 6" but you know the amount of horsepower that they need to peel dirt.A motor scraper can not pile dirt but they make piles 50' high. I did the same with my rear bucket in that I dropped the first dump then one beside it for 2 lenghts of the tractor. On the next layer I dropped the next pile and made layer 2. By the time I had the excavation done I had a tappered ramp 6' at the peak.
In Nov I needed the dirt for my gate project and I started and relocated half of the pile.
I will have to post pics, The advantage with the rear bucket is the weight is right behind the rear wheels, It is hard on the neck when loading.
Craig Clayton
I built the bucket because back then I could not afford a FEL so I bought a bucket for $100.00 The design was to shuttle cement into the pole barn for the floor and it worked very well. When I redid my patio several years ago I had to remove all the top soil for the entire lenght of the house. The down pressure is not an issue because I angle the cutting edge down just a touch and push backwards and it will self load until the bucket is full.
A wood working plane only has the blade sticking down a little bit but as long as it is travelling forward the wood is planed off. I helpd a friend who has a motor scraper and the cutting edge is only down 6" but you know the amount of horsepower that they need to peel dirt.A motor scraper can not pile dirt but they make piles 50' high. I did the same with my rear bucket in that I dropped the first dump then one beside it for 2 lenghts of the tractor. On the next layer I dropped the next pile and made layer 2. By the time I had the excavation done I had a tappered ramp 6' at the peak.
In Nov I needed the dirt for my gate project and I started and relocated half of the pile.
I will have to post pics, The advantage with the rear bucket is the weight is right behind the rear wheels, It is hard on the neck when loading.
Craig Clayton
Here's a few... But if you can build these, why not build a FEL. Several people on TBN have threads on doing just that.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/72077-rear-loader.html
CadPlans Corporation - Where you can find designs, tips and order information to build your own backhoes, diggers and MORE!
Rear-end hydraulic loader for tractor
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/72077-rear-loader.html
CadPlans Corporation - Where you can find designs, tips and order information to build your own backhoes, diggers and MORE!
Rear-end hydraulic loader for tractor
Craig Clayton
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teg
I like the first link with the rear bucket loading into a pickup truck. That model has twice as much steel as mine and that is why it gets the height.
Craig Clayton
I like the first link with the rear bucket loading into a pickup truck. That model has twice as much steel as mine and that is why it gets the height.
Craig Clayton
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CompactTractorFan
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Welcome to TBN!!! I've never seen a 3-point mounted bucked, but that does not mean it cannot be done...:thumbsup:
