3 ph bucket

[mmbeamish]

I called it a bucket but by the sounds of it, it seems more like a dirt scoop. It looks the the bucket on the front of an fel (a little bigger maybe) but does not seem to have a tilt or dumping option.

Mike

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Tool Box

I just purchased a Bx2200 with mmm and 42" bush hog. I actually have 2 questions? First I made a tool box and mounted it above the turn signal on the right side on the "roll bar", but first thing I did was back into a pile of brush (with box blade) and dented in the tool box. Where are the boxes usually mounted on these sub compacts? 2nd question with my after market 42" box blade I cannot adjust the top "turnbuckle" any more "in/shorten" in order to dig down more than a inch or so in the soil? Does the box blades that are sold with the tractors have the top hitch set farther back to accomadate more adjustment? Am I making any sense?

 

[Bob_Trevithick]

Mike,

<font color=blue>...I called it a bucket but by the sounds of it, it seems more like a dirt scoop. It looks the the bucket on the front of an fel (a little bigger maybe) but does not seem to have a tilt or dumping option.</font color=blue>

Now I'm puzzled. If it looks like the bucket of a FEL, and it doesn't have a dumping action, it doesn't sound like the dirt scoop I have (KK 30"). I'm not sure what you have. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif Any chance of posting a pic?

Bob

 

[Bob_Trevithick]

<font color=blue>... I dug an oil tank 4ft dia x 12 ft long burried 6 to 8 feet underground with one.</font color=blue>

I'm trying to picture doing that. Did you have the scoop mounted to dig going forward or backward? I would guess that forward works best for digging a hole? Backward probably works best for moving an existing pile of stuff?

I have one, but then winter/mud hit and I haven't had a chance to really give it a workout yet.

Thanks,
Bob

 

[pennwalk]

Here is a place that sells a Rear Loader. <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.AffordableEquipment.com/RearLoader.htm>http://www.AffordableEquipment.com/RearLoader.htm</A> I have a simpler version of that idea. It is a light weight bucket that is shaped like a FEL bucket. It mounts to the 3 point facing the rear. Mine has a manual dump release. The Rear loader with the hydraulic top link would be more useful.

Chris

 

[pennwalk]

Here is the page on the Howse web site that shows the rear scoop. <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.howseimplement.com/Landscape_Equip_/Dirt_Scoop/Dirt_Scoop_Pictures/dirt_scoop_pictures.html>Dirt scoop</A>

Chris

 

[bigpete]

A great all-around tool for big or small tractors. It won't replace a loader as a few others have said. It just won't "load," as in-- lift high enough to load onto another vehicle or into a container. I guess you could buy about 10 for the price of a loader, but it would be about 1/10 as versatile and take about 10 times as long to do bigger jobs.

 

[bigpete]

Did I just do something to turn "Silver?" I feel a bit older today, but it's not my birthday, or anything. Maybe I should think about an AARP card....

 

[Twanger]

I was going backwards. It allowed for the weight of tractor (downhill) to force the scoop to dig better.

 

[Bob_Trevithick]

<font color=blue>I was going backwards. It allowed for the weight of tractor (downhill) to force the scoop to dig better. </font color=blue>

Sorry to be dense, but wouldn't the tractor be going downhill in any event? And, am I correct in thinking that the 3pt hitch is better able to handle the forces if you were going forward? Just asking, since I'll be doing some of this work soon.. and hoping to learn by experience (other's experience, that is. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif)

Thanks,
Bob