Shrub Bucket

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BGL990

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Near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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John Deere 990 4x4
I've seen a couple of pictures of what I think is usually called a shrub bucket. A narrow, pointed sort of
bucket good for digging out small trees and shrubs, or maybe trenching. I wanted one, and a friend needs
some help digging out some echinacea roots soon, so I built one.

The backing frame is 2" x 4" with 1/4" walls, and the bucket itself is 1/4" sheet (or is that plate when it
gets that thick?). I machined the bottom quick attach pins out of solid bar stock and cut holes for them
in the backing frame with an ordinary hole saw. The curved upper quick attach brackets are pieces of
3" x 1/4" flat bar. I welded them on while still flat (sticking straight up), and then bent them by hand
with an oxy-acetylene torch and crescent wrench. They aren't pretty and the fit isn't perfect, but so far
they have held up to anything my tractor can dish out.

I didn't get any pictures until I had it done almost done, but here they are:

First, a front view. Unpainted and before the upper quick attach brackets.
 

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Closeup of the machined quick attach pin welded in.
 

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Painted and on the tractor, front view. I didn't bother to cover in the back part of the bucket area because
I don't think it will be necessary. If I have a problem with too much material spilling out the back, I'll
fill it in.
 

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Closer side view. You can see the not-so-great upper quick attach bracket.
 

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I figure if one digs down in stages you should be able to dig a nice trench. This position would create a
24" deep trench, 10" wide at the bottom with slightly vee'd sides.
 

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Last one, ground level, fully rolled back.
 

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Cool. You're really busy busy busy with all these great projects. Keep up the great work! John
 
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Great idea. Good work.

You will weld in a plate across the back. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I've been thinking of making something similar for my skid steer. I hadn't considered making it out of plate. I'd planned on using large pipe. I might have to reconsider....... /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
 

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