Started making the bucket...got the sheets back from bending shop...they made a mistake, wrong upper angle but I will cover this with a little triangle and it will be fine. Originaly it should have followed side plate shape...
Tractor backhoe - homemade
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mickeyw
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That looks fantastic. How thick are the sides?
Kyle_in_Tex
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Looks good. Our Deere's FEL bucket has roughly 10mm x 100mm wide reinforcement under the bucket in line with the couplings. It goes all the way underneath to the cutting edge.
Ryansweatt2004
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I’ve really enjoyed following this whole thread! Keep up the great work and keep posting updates!
Gale Hawkins
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Some turning and welding...
WOW! that is shaping up to be a nice FEL. You may have mentioned earlier about the bucket and or forks. Are you going to build them from scratch also?
texasranger556
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I keep expecting to check this thread to find that you've started building your own tractor from scratch. The backhoe and loader are going outclass the tractor.
Gale Hawkins
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The bucket is almost done and I made the forks earlyer.
Awesome work.