Narrow FEL bucket

Anonymous Poster · Jul 15, 2002

I'm about to purchase a JD 4115 with a 410 loader. We live on a small horse farm. I'd like to be able to dump loads of bedding directly into the horses' stalls (this would eliminate alot of manual labor), but all of the FEL buckets that I have seen are too wide. Does anyone make a narrow bucket that would work for this. How difficult/expensive would it be to have a standard bucket narrowed? The doors are approximately 40" wide. Thanks for your thoughts.

ScottAR · Jul 15, 2002

Any decent welding/fabricating shop should be able to narrow a standard bucket or custom make one with larger capacity. (bedding is straw yes? Lightweight stuff anyway) If going this route, I would either get two factory buckets and have one modified or get one factory bucket and have another custom made. Custom will probably be more expensive but you might end up with exactly what you want instead somthing that "sorta works". YMMV

Kodiak · Jul 16, 2002

Ok, so how wide are the loader arms on a JD 4115?

Anonymous Poster · Jul 16, 2002

Okay, it turns out that the doors are almost exactly 48" wide, so I'm not as tight on space as I thought. Are there any standard buckets that are narrower? The bedding is wood shavings (lighter than sawdust).

Thanks