Dirt Scoop

[TripleR]

They are handy if you don't have a FEL; don't use one any more though, sitting where it was left years ago.

 

[JC-jetro]

I have a KK dirt scoop or as I call it Rear End Loader. It is not the best but sure beats a Wheel borrow and a shovel . I have used to move huge load of manure from a pile 1/4 mile to my garden site one scoop at a time, 40 scoops in all totaling 10 miles of distance traveled. I'd been really pooped if I did it manually. Yo have already all the hyd system plumbed up to go short of down pressure. I'd figure down the road I can use it for rear ballast /counter weight when I get a loader. For me it was money well spent for the use I got from mine already.

JC,

 

[Dargo]

I bought an old massey fuerguson dirt scoop for $50, i saw one for the same of $65 2 weeks ago here in sc. Mine has some original paint but is proably 50 years old the guy i bought it from told me it was his granddads and he use to use it with his old 8n. Its solid, i have to take the hindges apart as they were filled with dirt and did not swivel well, i greesed them up with dollops of grees and there were bushings missing to allow it to pivot better. Think ball and socket joint is how my piviots and the clams that clamped the ball were to tight i put washers between the clam halves that hold the ball so that it woul allow some play to let it swivel free. This along with greese on the release mechanism freed it up enough to use, i have not really done any thing other than scoop some gravel in my gravel drive playing and load some fire wood up in it and take across the yard. But honestly its a little overkill for moving fire wood across the yard unless your older and cant really get around well, a wheel barrow will hold almost as much. But i love it and for what i paid i did not get taken, heck i have seen onle almost like mine for $150 or $200, but that guy prices all his stuff $100-$200 high it seems.

I bought one at an auction for $50 about 25 years ago. I welded a new front lip on it and screwed with that stupid thing for countless hours. Personally, I saw almost zero use for it. I suppose that's why I gave it away to a neighbor. It was 'good bye and good riddance' in my case. The neighbor said he knew of people who dug full acre lakes with them. BS!! I don't believe that one bit. They'd have to work on it 7 days a week, 12 hours a day, 365 days a year and live to be 250 years old to do so. Besides, they'd also wear out a couple dozen tractors in that time frame.

 

[clemsonfor]

after greasing the thing i got it figured out. where i can dig with it. Dosent work every time, but it will reset itself now. its not the best design but works. He said he watched his grandad dig a minnow pond with it. I guess thats some small baby pool sized thing that they kept bait in?

 

[Dargo]

He said he watched his grandad dig a minnow pond with it. I guess thats some small baby pool sized thing that they kept bait in?

That, I can believe. I'm sure you could do that with one. However, as my neighbor told me, I feel it's complete BS to dig a 1 acre pond with one; at least in less than 2 lifetimes.

 

[wvpolekat]

I bought one at an auction for $50 about 25 years ago. I welded a new front lip on it and screwed with that stupid thing for countless hours. Personally, I saw almost zero use for it. I suppose that's why I gave it away to a neighbor. It was 'good bye and good riddance' in my case. The neighbor said he knew of people who dug full acre lakes with them. BS!! I don't believe that one bit. They'd have to work on it 7 days a week, 12 hours a day, 365 days a year and live to be 250 years old to do so. Besides, they'd also wear out a couple dozen tractors in that time frame.

I suspect it was an operator issue or maybe the lip you put on it. I had one for my 2N and once you get your toplink adjusted right and in the right soil, it would dig until full or it stopped the tractor. They don't work real well in hard or compacted soil unless you have the traction or HP to pull it. If you search on the 'net, there are several pretty well documented stories of folks digging multi-acre ponds with them.

 

[Capt Dan]

Hi All, OK don't own one or have ever used one. A horse drawn one was in my uncles scape pile.

The question I have is why they don't have a toothbar. Of any attachment I've seen that needs a toothbar this is it. Any thoughts on this? Has anyone ever tried it? This has been on my mind awhile and would like to try it to see for myself the difference. Dan

 

[Dargo]

I suspect it was an operator issue or maybe the lip you put on it. I had one for my 2N and once you get your toplink adjusted right and in the right soil, it would dig until full or it stopped the tractor. They don't work real well in hard or compacted soil unless you have the traction or HP to pull it. If you search on the 'net, there are several pretty well documented stories of folks digging multi-acre ponds with them.

There are also several "well documented" sites on the internet proving the earth is flat. I'd sooner believe elephants can fly than believe someone can dig a "multi-acre" pond with a slip scoop.

 

[jinman]

There are also several "well documented" sites on the internet proving the earth is flat. I'd sooner believe elephants can fly than believe someone can dig a "multi-acre" pond with a slip scoop.

Well, I know you are talking about big "mult-acre" ponds as you say, but many small farm ponds have been dug with a slip scoop and mules before the days when tractors were common. I've seen pictures of as many as 10 teams of mules working at once to dig a pond. One tractor and one dirt scoop would be a daunting task, but half a dozen tractors would sure speed up the process. Today, I'd say we don't do jobs like that because we don't have to do them. If it were a case of digging a pond with my dirt scoop or not having a water supply for my animals, I might find myself digging with the only equipment I had available whether it had four legs or four tires.

I have not used my dirt scoop in years. However, one job I did with it proved to be very easy and ideal for the scoop. Because the scoop is completely visible from the operator's platform, you can do really fine cutting work with the lip. I had thick Saint Augustine sod growing near an old house that was being demolished. I wanted to move the sod to a new location and chose to use the dirt scoop. I turned the scoop backwards and used it to scoop off perfect squares of sod about 2-1/2" deep. Unloading the sod was done by lowering the scoop and then tripping it. As I raised the 3ph, my sod square slipped out of the scoop. I was able to cut and rebuild the sod like checkerboard squares that required only watering to establish a solid grass yard. Of course, I had dumped and spread loose sand ahead of time so the grass rooted itself quite easily. That old dirt scoop sure made a great sod cutter.:thumbsup:

 

[wvpolekat]

There are also several "well documented" sites on the internet proving the earth is flat. I'd sooner believe elephants can fly than believe someone can dig a "multi-acre" pond with a slip scoop.

If you choose to think that anyone who does something you couldn't is lying, I can't stop you. But, sure seems like an awful closed minded way to view the world.