Loader how to measure a fel capacity

[ncnurseryman]

Anyone know how to measure a heaping load on a front end loader. The nursery is starting to offer mulch and the tractor is a jd970. The bucket has had some extra steel welded on so I can't just look it up. I need to know how much of a cubic yard it will hold to determine pricing per scoop. Any ideas? Thanks.

 

[RoyJackson]

Determine the area of one end of the bucket, then multiply that by the width of the bucket. That will give you the volume. Then it shouldn't be too hard to convert to cubic yardage.
It's going to take some geometry skills to calculate the area of the end of the bucket though.

 

[mikehaugen]

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/owning-operating/254953-bucket-capacity.html

check this out

 

[ncnurseryman]

Thanks Roy, but me and geometry never got along. I took some measurements and determined that the bucket is 541/2 inches wide, 22 inches deep (from bottom of bucket up to the side edge) and height of 30 inches (cutting edge to top lip). Not sure it that's the correct measurements to take though. I think the calculation for getting cubic yards for spreading mulch is length times width times .25 (for three inches deep) then divided by 27. But this doesn't seem to work for the bucket.

 

[ncnurseryman]

Okay, so I took 54 inches length divided by 12 to get 4.5. Figured that what I said was height was the width so 30 divided by 12 is 2.5. Took the depth of 24 divided by 12 to get 2. So 4.5 x 2.5 x 2 equals 22.5. Divide 22.5 by 27 equals .83 so seems like the bucket will hold a bit over 3/4 cubic yards if my math is correct.

 

[sdkubota]

I would guess a heaped bucket is around 60% more than the struck bucket capacity. Example, I have a Kubota LA463 loader with a rated bucket capacity of 8 cubic feet as I recall. Talke 1.6 times 8 = 12.8 cubic feet divided by 27 = 0.47 cubic yards.

 

[sdkubota]

Okay, so I took 54 inches length divided by 12 to get 4.5. Figured that what I said was height was the width so 30 divided by 12 is 2.5. Took the depth of 24 divided by 12 to get 2. So 4.5 x 2.5 x 2 equals 22.5. Divide 22.5 by 27 equals .83 so seems like the bucket will hold a bit over 3/4 cubic yards if my math is correct.

It will depend on the geometry of the bucket...ie: triangular or rectangular, etc.

 

[ncnurseryman]

Triangular. I think I am going to build a one cubic yard box, fill a heaping load and then transfer it to the box to see what I get.

 

[sdkubota]

Triangular. I think I am going to build a one cubic yard box, fill a heaping load and then transfer it to the box to see what I get.

Explain the overall bucket width in feet and inches. Then describe with as much detail a cross section of the end of the bucket like depth, height, and if the top also has a small width or it comes to a point in inches. You do that and I will tell you what it holds.

 

[Carl_NH]

Just get a wheel barrow (most are 6 CF) and unload your bucket into that.