SJBegin
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After searching for a rock bucket, I found them to be expensive 1200. or more. And most were heavy about 700 lbs+. My tractor will only lift 1200 lbs at the pins on a good day. So I redesigned and came up with this.
I used 3/4" cold roll round stock for the tines
Using cold roll I figured the tines would be a little more brittle, but stronger which allowed me to use 3/4" in stead of 1" in order to lighten it up. I was able to bend the round stock to about a 60-70 deg angle with with no problems, this way when attached to the loader I can tip the bucket back more to hold the material better. So far this has worked awesome and I've been able to pick up a rock literally the size of the bucket and the center of the bucket didn't flex, which was one of my major concerns trying to lighten it up. Weighs roughly 300lbs and cost me the same. Hope you like.
I used 3/4" cold roll round stock for the tines
Using cold roll I figured the tines would be a little more brittle, but stronger which allowed me to use 3/4" in stead of 1" in order to lighten it up. I was able to bend the round stock to about a 60-70 deg angle with with no problems, this way when attached to the loader I can tip the bucket back more to hold the material better. So far this has worked awesome and I've been able to pick up a rock literally the size of the bucket and the center of the bucket didn't flex, which was one of my major concerns trying to lighten it up. Weighs roughly 300lbs and cost me the same. Hope you like.
