The thread is old, the issue of quality is still relevant.
I'm very interested the 84 inch high capacity bucket:
84-in High Capacity Skid Steer Bucket
But confused by several things:
The depth/height dimensions of 49 and 40 inches, and struck capacity of 35 cu ft sound great, I want as much depth as possible.
However if I look at other buckets with smaller dimensions claiming greater capacity I am confused. For example, this 2020 HLA bucket at 39" deep and 35" high, a full 10 inches shorter supposedly, claims a struck capacity of 39.4 cu ft.
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Then there's the weight and materials. Most of the buckets say they have 3/16 materials steel thickness, and 5/16 end plate thickness. Some have stouter bolt on edges, 3/4 inch thick by some inches deep. These buckets weight in the neighborhood of 715+ pounds. (Again, see the HLA bucket, or others, only Tomahawk uses thinner materials and much less weight in this high capacity arena I'm exploring).
Now back to the Titan Attachments bucket. They don't publish the steel thickness. The edge (not bolt on) is 1/2 inch, which is fine. I'm going to use this thing to haul random yard crap. But I wanted to know the thickness, and ideally other things, since the pictures on the TA bucket don't show any gussets that I can see, or bracing on the bottom, or what have you.
So I spoke with somebody there, they went off for a while to figure it out, and came back to the phone with these answers. He said the materials thickness was 3/8 inch, and the endplates are also 3/8 inch. I double checked, since that sounds very thick! I would expect, given the dimensions and capacity of the bucket, that a 3/8 inch materials steel would weigh twice what a 3/16 materials steel would weigh. However it weighs about the same as the HLA bucket. So something is off. Though the TA bucket has perferated steel at the top, and maybe that isn't 3/8 either.
So at the end of the day, TA claims twice the thickness of steel, substantially larger dimensions, and yet the same weight and less capacity than the similar HLA bucket.
What am I missing? All I can think of to explain these things is the _shape_ of the curve of the bucket, and the perferations for weight control and viewing through part of the bucket.
I've scoured the web for any customer experience with these buckets and haven't found any. Curious as to whether anybody here has experience with the TA high capacity buckets to verify what they've told me.
And of course, SSQA fit is still a concern. Once I take delivery of a 750 pound bucket, it isn't going to leave my property until I sell it or die, I expect.
Any wisdom or experience here with these buckets? I'll be using it on my tractor, LA1065 loader. Figure it's fine, but obviously these are very heavy buckets. My heavy duty regular bucket is only 400-ish pounds.
