Skid Steer type bucket on a CUT?

[jmc]

Hello All,

Apparently, Kubota has a shortage of QA buckets. My tractor delivery has been held up 3 wks so far because of it and this morning the dealer said end of June. It may turn out that all I get at the end of June is a new delivery date. Several others on this board have had their Kubota delivered with the loader and no bucket.

The tractor is a 4330 which has a fair lifting capacity. My thought is to maybe cancel the Kubota bucket and use my tracked loader bucket on it. That bucket is 67 inches wide so its wider than the front tires but 3 inches narrower than the rear R4's. I could get a 4 in 1 for the loader if swapping buckets between machines got too frequent.

As far a bucket anatomy, the skid steer type have a longer bottom and lower back than a conventional bucket. I think that shape is easier to scoop because more dirt can slide in before it hits the back of the bucket and has to "buckle" to continue filling. The lower back might help with visiblity too.

Has anyone ever used a skid steer bucket on a tractor.? Any comments welcome. I need to advise the dealer soon.

Thanks,

John

 

[chim]

Would the lower back allow rocks to roll onto the hood easier? I had a couple dirt clods come back toward me with the factory FEL on my B7500...................chim

 

[gray]

I had my L48 delivered with a skid steer bucket on it while I waited for my 4in1 to come in. I used it for two projects while waiting. The bucket was a long bottom low back type. It was good for skimming earth off the top and had large capacity. It was more strain on the loader although the tractor handled it. The long bucket bottom creats greater leverage than the standard bucket shape. I saw other skid steer buckets at my dealer that were very close to a standard tractor bucket. Any of them would have worked. I would suggest either waiting for your bucket or asking the dealer if you could use a tractor type bucket ( most dealers have many extra buckets around) till your proper one comes in. I would not use the long bottom skid streer type for a long time. Get a full width bucket if you can, a narrow one with limit too many things.

good luck.

 

[jmc]

Chim and Gray,

Thanks for your replies.

Chim, thats a good point on the bucket spilling. I've seen it already when using the tracked loader with dirt but without the gravitational pull of a shiny new hood.

Gray, do you recommend it for only temporary use because with the extra overhang and extra volume it may overload the loader? If so, wouldn't the hydraulic capacity limit that? Or was there some other drawback to that shape of bucket?

John

 

[Melville]

I am also waiting on a new bucket for my 4330. Its a quick attach heavy duty and the dealer just said that it will be here next week. Here is a pick of what I picked up so far. Hopefully next week I can use the loader.