Can't find stump bucket

[JohnFourteenSix]

I'm wondering if to respond to the other thread which seems to be relatively new; but I'm seeing that perhaps something that mounts on pallet forks would be helpful as well, especially if I need to engage at a distance of some sort? In my case I'm trying to dig through muck/mud, so the more distance between the tractor and the mud, the more I can get done, since I can only get so close before getting stuck. Of course that's not my only application, but is the first to come to mind.

 

[jeff9366]

THIS THREAD? "Re: Drive-in style bucket forks"

I believe I have more experience with a Bucket Spade than any other current T-B-N contributor.

1) Most Bucket Spades will excavate a hole 3' diameter x 3' deep directly mounted on the FEL bucket.
With Bucket Solutions (brand) Bucket Spade it is not difficult to dig 4' deep but hole diameter may be the width of your bucket.

2) No Bucket Spade on a tractor is going to move tree with an 8" trunk nor grape vines.
(I spent my working years in the California wine business, working for wineries which owned substantial vineyards.)

To move >3" trees an SSQA Tree Spade mounted on a Skid Steer or 6,000 pound bare weight tractor with an FEL is necessary. You cannot transplant established grape vines, they will die.

3) A Bucket Spade mounted on Pallet Forks over 30" has too much leverage, proportional to fork length, working against limited compact tractor hydraulic power, especially relative to spade support strength of a light FEL bucket.




Most, not all, Bucket Spades are designed for direct FEL bucket mounting on tractors and potential Pallet Fork mounting ON SKID STEERS.

PHOTO: BS/BS Pallet Fork sockets.

 

[jeff9366]

I'm trying to dig through muck/mud, so the more distance between the tractor and the mud, the more I can get done, since I can only get so close before getting stuck.

The tool you need for this work is an excavator, not a tractor.

Much longer reach arm. 360 degree bucket swing.

On tracks, much more stable.

On tracks, much more float on swampy ground.

Sunbelt rents excavators and will have an equipment lot somewhere around Orlando.
Sunbelt will deliver rentals.

VIDEO: excavator working in swamp - YouTube

 

[Xfaxman]

I'm trying to find a stump bucket available for purchase, but the only one that turns up is the titan one, which seems to be out of stock. Everything else I see is SSQA. Is it simple to convert from SSQA to JDQA? I see there's an adapter plate but it seems that this will cost me some power.

Lots of them showed up on an image search: JD stump bucket - Image Search

 

[Notforhire]

This is what I bought. #23 Spade Grapple | MS Attachments The grapple works well, it allows you to back up and use the pulling power of the tractor to rip out the stump rather than depending on the loader break out force.
Their attachments are built on site. According to what I read here Tractors | MS Attachments they are willing to make you a JD QA one.
They do offer other stump buckets W/O grapples on their web site.