Adding front bucket extension for more capacity?

[ROUSTABOUT]

We have a huge bucket for moving manure and shavings. Can't use for dirt because its too heavy when loaded. Great for doing what it was intended for. Also I extended one 18" on the bottom. Sides to make it look right. Welded a road grader blade for a cutting edge. That was a few years ago. Used it all day for the last few weeks moving manure.

 

[p0diabl0]

I needed a bigger bucket for hand loading manure, ended up with this made out of scrap steel fence. It's clad it quarry conveyor belt rubber as it doesn't corrode like steel will. It was easier to build this onto a quick attach blank than make something to fit onto the existing bucket.

 

[etpm]

I needed a bigger bucket for hand loading manure, ended up with this made out of scrap steel fence. It's clad it quarry conveyor belt rubber as it doesn't corrode like steel will. It was easier to build this onto a quick attach blank than make something to fit onto the existing bucket.

Nice bucket. I wish I had a quick connect bucket.

 

[ovrszd]

Knowing me as I do,,,, I'd hafta build it stout. Because I'll be trying to "scoop" up debris with the FEL rather than shoveling or hand loading it...

 

[jmc]

Knowing me as I do,,,, I'd hafta build it stout. Because I'll be trying to "scoop" up debris with the FEL rather than shoveling or hand loading it...

And when I misjudge my turning radius up there by that tree...

 

[shooterdon]

Hauling branches and brush in a FEL is frustrating. Clamp on forks help but not the best solution. I had to do it until I got the right equipment.

I like the idea of making something you can chain or ratchet strap to your bucket. Some good ones have been posted.

 

[bigtiller]

JD changed a 6 ft. manure bucket into a bolt-on 8ft. snow bucket. It took just a few minutes to take it on/off.

 

[orezok]

Here’s my brush rig. I can pick up brush and debris without any dirt as it falls through. I used #5 rebar as that is all that was available where I live. #6 would be better. I only slightly bent one bar so far ind it is holding up well.

 

[BukitCase]

This is version 2.0, built it for my 580B - maybe you could scale it down for your smaller tractor. This one's 6'x8'x2' high.

Frame is 2x tube, .120" wall with 1/2"x2" FB at stress points. sides are 16 ga., bottom is 14 ga. over tube lattice.

The brush bucket actually slides into the loader bucket til the back touches the upper side of the loader bucket, this puts the bucket bottoms on the same plane.

The front lip I added 2 pieces of 1/4 x 4" FB, bottom FB welded to bottom corner of the 2" tube and upper FB welded to top corner, forming a triangle "mini-ramp" - initially just to make a little ramp so our big rubbermaid cart could load into it easier, but found I can move an entire compost pile using it as an extension of the loader bucket.

It also doubles as a work platform, I can put a small genny in it and do tree trimming with an electric pole saw. A lot of the time I can trim, get wifey to play "elevator girl", then just drive to the burn pile and dump. Learned a long time ago that material handling can help or KILL you, my method allows handling ONCE while trimming.

You might need to figure out a different mounting, I decided about 10 years ago that I was NEVER gonna be satisfied with just hooks on the bucket; hence the 7 receiver tubes (and an ever-evolving collection of "tinker toys" to plug into 'em)

Scaled down for your smaller tractor, I'd probably look at 1-1/2" x .095" wall tube frame, maybe 1/4" FB at stress points, 16 ga. skins and at least one triangle per side of the frame. I couldn't find any lift specs on your Yanmar, but I'd probably go about HALF the length of my version. If you made yours fit inside as I did, all you'd need for mounting would be a link from the add-on to the two outside top corners of the bucket in your pics... Steve

Oh, my mount takes less than a minute on or off; curl bucket down, inch forward til pins contact those big hooks, curl bucket up, brush bucket slides into loader bucket, done. Reverse process to disconnect. Lets me "park" the brush bucket anywhere for wifey to work a particular area, then yell at me to pick up the (full) brush bucket and drive to the burn pile - all the time just sitting on my butt and wiggling levers :=)