What have you bounced out the bucket and ran over lately

[wwdiii]

Lately I seem to be hitting bumps and bouncing sometheing out of the bucket on my tractor. Few weeks back I had my box blade chained to my bucket. Hit a bump, bounced my 59 dollar refurbished Homelite chainsaw out of the bucket along with box blade coming un-chained and falling on my chainsaw. It did a number on my cheap trusty saw no doubt. I've had that saw for at least 10 years maybe longer. Its had a hard life but sure held up good and punched way above it weight. I almost loaded up my Stihl 291 that morning, glad I left it at home. Guess I better go buy another cheap saw to repalce it before I tear my Stihl or Echo.

Last weekend I bounced my pole saw out, got stopped and didn't run over it, got lucky.

Logging roads on the property I hunt are rough, bad rough.

What have you guys bounced out and ran over lately, surely I'm not the only one.

Thanks, Billy

 

[Jstpssng]

I've learned not to carry things in the bucket... yet I still seem to destroy them occasionally anyways.

 

[4570Man]

I don’t put stuff in the bucket of any value and I don’t put any chainsaws in the bed of my dump truck. On separate occasions I accidentally dumped a 5 gallon bucket of oil on a brush fire, dumped a chain binder in a brush pile, dropped a log in the truck on a gas can, and dropped another log on a window frame.

 

[oosik]

Luckily - five years ago I replaced the bucket with a grapple. NOTHING bounces out of the grasp of my grapple. Previously - with the bucket - enormous rocks that I routinely move. Just another reason I got the grapple.

 

[shooterdon]

I bounce rocks and rounds out the bucket. Nothing of value goes into it. I have a carry all to move stuff with.

 

[3Ts]

I forgot I had chains in the bucket and scooped up a load of dirt to move. Dumped it and spread it with the box blade, fortunately I hooked the chain with a scarifier tooth while spreading it and pulled the chain out. Now I check what is in the bucket before I start.

 

[jeff9366]

I have W.R. Long's FEL damper installed. Nearly eliminates FEL bounce.

Certainly increases safe speed at which materials can be transported using the FEL.

LINK: W.R. Long, Inc. | Comfort Ride

 

[Thomas]

I've been lucky lately nothing bounce from the bucket,but for while there it was common....saw shovels rake fuel.

 

[mikester]

Patio furniture! Didnt run over it though....

 

[SmallChange]

Nothing personally of late. But just happened to watch a youtube video the other day. A wheel loader is moving material from a huge pile into some kind of hopper (truck? mostly out of view). Operator fails to see a small person who is hidden by the bucket and standing in the middle of the work area, and scoops them up before hitting the pile, filling the bucket on top of them. Then dumps into the hopper. After a few seconds you see the person clawing their way to the top of the hopper, and everybody starts scurrying around to retrieve them.

When I inevitably do this, I hope it's not to something alive.

 

[wwdiii]

My plan is to build a mount for my chainsaw and polesaw. As soon as the temp gets below 90 during the day going to start working on that and a tool box behind the seat too. If I put something in the bucket, good chance I will drop it, scoop it or dump it.

 

[searcyfarms]

if you are bouncing things out of your FEL and running over them you are driving too fast for the terrain - I have been driving tractors for close to 50 yrs and have never bounced anything out of a bucket and ran over it. I have lost dirt and gravel from an overloaded bucket but thats it

 

[TerryR]

if you are bouncing things out of your FEL and running over them you are driving too fast for the terrain

+ 1

I've been carrying chain saws, pruning tools, gas cans, leaf blowers, digging tools, and lots more all over my property in the FEL bucket for over 20 years and never bounced anything out.

 

[drizler]

I didnt need to lose anything from the bucket this week. I had the battery hedge trimmer stuffed as securely as can be next to the seat. Sure enough a random branch slid right in there and plucked it quietly away. I saw it was missing a minute later. I was lucky because I only grazed it and broke the handle. $11. and a new ones on the way from ereplacemenparts so I’ll consider it a half win:ashamed:
I’m careful with my stuff too. I’d hate to be one of those raging bull fellas. It would get expensive/ dangerous fast.

 

[Zebrafive]

if you are bouncing things out of your FEL and running over them you are driving too fast for the terrain - I have been driving tractors for close to 50 yrs and have never bounced anything out of a bucket and ran over it. I have lost dirt and gravel from an overloaded bucket but thats it

Guilty as charged. It was a shovel. I have also dumped a chain (not bounced it out) that I forgot I had put there from some other project.

 

[Molalla1]

I've learned not to carry things in the bucket... yet I still seem to destroy them occasionally anyways.

this ^^^^ it hasn't been recent but I did a number on my Dolmar chain saw not long ago maybe a year . . . swore right then I would try to remember this . . . it did no good I have forgotten more times since. :confused3: :laughing:

 

[buck12]

I can relate to the original poster. Years ago before I bought a chainsaw I forgot about the saw in the bucket and dumped it. Worst part was it was my Dad’s chainsaw. I made a chainsaw mount on that tractor. I have yet to make a mount for my current tractor but it’s on my list to do.

 

[searcyfarms]

Guilty as charged. It was a shovel. I have also dumped a chain (not bounced it out) that I forgot I had put there from some other project.

oh i have dumped something out dont get me wrong - log chain, bucket, shovels, garden tools, landscaping rocks, when i wasnt trying to because i forgot and left something in the bucket from last time i used it.

worst thing i ever did was forgot i hadnt locked the SSQA on my SS with an 84" construction bucket with teeth - parked it in the barn with it in the air and next time i came out, there the bucket was in teh floor and big chunks of concrete broken out where the teeth went in, it would have killed someone if they were under it when it fell

 

[sodamo]

Guilty of bouncing stuff out or forgetting about something left in, but fortunately haven’t run over anything - yet.

 

[sodamo]

Probably my worst offense, I often mow with bucket off. I’ll rest weedeater across the quick attach and while mowing backwards manage to knock off the weedeater. Wife would kill me if I ran over it as it is her favorite, nice lightweight Maruyama.