homemade bucket help

[casetractor]

that sounds kinda wierd but ill take your word for it. it actuaaly has allot of places i can mount it so i think i will be ok with mounting it and i have slot of level places where i can work:thumbsup:

 

[jimmysisson]

Leejohn - are you planning to brace your loader towers down to the front of the frame or some other way? Right now it looks like a load in the bucket would twist the towers right off the frame? Maybe I can't see somthing? Looks good otherwise - how far along are you?
Jim

 

[Leejohn]

Yes I'm going to run a kicker down to the front. Right now they are strong, but wouldn't want to bend them.
I have 2 ways I could run the hyd. one with a power steering pump and the other is with a reg. hyd pump. Just waiting on the $$ and a small valve to come along. I want to wait until I can get a new engine. I want one that I can hook a pump on the front, but well just have to wait and see what comes up.
The cyls I made new pistons for them, the stock cyls have a floating piston and check valves on the rod piston. That gave me 1 3/4" more travel.
If I would take the time and get me a valve I would just run it off the bolens hyd. It wouldn't lift much, but I could run it up and down, until I get a new engine and know for sure what way to go with the Hyd.