Practical volume capacity of LA240 bucket?

Jabroni · Apr 5, 2009

I need to cart a couple of yards of concrete to an inaccessible area about 350 feet off the road. What is the practical volume in cubic feet of the LA240 bucket? I need to cart it down a hill and across some rough terrain, so I don't want it sloshing over the side of the bucket. Then...will that volume be light enough for my BX24 to lift?

The plan would be for the mixer truck to stay off my driveway and on the road, while I make trips back and forth with the tractor. Too far to pump.

radioman · Apr 6, 2009

IMHO, I think the BX bucket is kinda small and the concrete won't stay in without sloshing all over. I know, I tried it with water. Keep in mind that the BX specs is: Loader can lift 235 lbs and the 3 pt hitch can lift 1210 lbs.

Perhaps you could jury rig some sort of a barrel to mount on the 3 pt hitch that will dump in a location you need the concrete. This could be a more viable option. You and I know how fast the BX24 can travel (not fast enough for many trips with concrete) and with a wieghed down bucket , it sure makes for a bumpy ride esp. without loaded tires.

Just to come think of it, having a hydralic dump trailer with high sides would come in handy here.

This would allow you to use your BX anyway.

Wouldn't it be cool if uhaul was renting dump trailers?

Anyway- how much concrete are we talking about here ?

dodge man · Apr 6, 2009

Um, I'm not sure here, but I think the capacity would be 240KG which equals about 530 lbs. As far as volume goes, I think they are listed between 5 and 6 cubic feet. If its a fairly low slump concrete (thick-not runny) it would work O.K. My guess is you would be lucky to haul very much though. Do some computations to see how much concrete you need. Concrete is normally measured in cubic yards. If you could haul 4 cubic feet of concrete, it would take almost 7 trips to get one cubic yard to the site.