scooping load into fel bucket

[npalen]

This is why I can't forget about someday having a 4in1 bucket.

 

[MossRoad]

I once found a good book at the library about running a TLB. ...

I bought a bunch of repair, maintenance and operator's manuals for our old IH2500b back in the early 90's. The operator's manual had a really good tutorial for loader and backhoe work. Really nice for someone like me that hadn't used one before that purchase.

 

[ugabulldog]

I know pile isn't very big, it is gravel from driveway in spots that had too much, can't really combine piles and they are too far away, and piles are big enough where shoveling is a pain, although I have done some shoveling towards to end.

 

[MossRoad]

I know pile isn't very big, it is gravel from driveway in spots that had too much, can't really combine piles and they are too far away, and piles are big enough where shoveling is a pain, although I have done some shoveling towards to end.

If it's an existing pile of gravel on an existing gravel drive, why not just scoop down under the pile and pick it up. Then tip the bucket back all the way and use the weight in the bucket to back-drag the ridge that'll form on the far side of the hole into the hole with the rear of the bucket?

 

[bcp]

I once found a good book at the library about running a TLB. You can chase stuff around all day long with a FEL. You need back up. No, not a Police strategy. I like to think of running a loader as eating off a plate. You can use speed when getting a wayward pea onto a spoon, but you don't have that luxury with a tractor. Also, now try getting that pea when you really can't see, just guestimating. It's where skid steers definitely have an edge.

Somebody had it figured out:

"I eat my peas with honey;
I've done it all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny,
But it keeps them on the knife."

Bruce

 

[4570Man]

If it's an existing pile of gravel on an existing gravel drive, why not just scoop down under the pile and pick it up. Then tip the bucket back all the way and use the weight in the bucket to back-drag the ridge that'll form on the far side of the hole into the hole with the rear of the bucket?

If I’m scooping dirt off dirt sometimes I’ll drop the bucket a little deeper into the original dirt and then back drag the loose dirt back to fill in the low spot I just dug. I use the same tactic if I have to meet two ditches digging from opposite directions.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I have yet to see, like a full length rubber flapper at the edge of a bucket. Kind of like the thing for getting gravel off your lawn at the end of a string trimmer.

 

[Thomas]

Flat bucket push in what you can than flat shovel for clean up...easier and faster.

 

[k0ua]

One thing that can help a bit when the pile gets too small is to backdrag the pile into a "line" In other words, make a line at least 6 feet long if you can and say a foot wide or less. Then aim the "line" in the middle of a flat bucket, and go at a fairly brisk pace and when you get to the end of the "line" curl and lift. The idea of the line is to offer some increasing resistance as you start scooping. After you have done that it is time to get out the scoop shovel and the rake/broom.

 

[npalen]

Maybe need to try a piece of light sheet metal, I'm thinking 16ga max, with ends folded up 90 degrees and would clamp in the bucket. I'm thinking it would more readily slide under the pile rather than pushing it.
Make sense?