BGL990
Gold Member
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.
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.
