I have the 18" bucket on a BH90. It came from the dealer with the hoe. It is painted black. I don't know who specifically makes the bucket but I don't think Kubota makes their own buckets. There are four Hensley top pin teeth. I have about 1" of useless topsoil over 1 foot of useless sandy subsoil over bottomless gorgeous gravel. The biggest rocks I have found are 18" long and football shaped. I have used the bucket to pull 24" white oak stumps without any problem, know your limits, you do have to dig around them to loosen 'em up. You will need the loader to lift 'em out of the hole since the hoe will stall at about 900 lbs (more than the spec number). I have dug plenty of holes to plant bushes and shrubs and the bucket has always stayed nice and clean, never clogged. I have built retaining walls from 2'X4'X6" thick concrete slabs and have skidded them back and forth on top of each other using just the teeth pressed into the top. Never had an issue. That hoe, BH90, can easily handle the 18" bucket if you know and respect your limits (it's not a 40,000 lb excavator). The BH90 has a caution label on the stabilizer cylinders about having the boom at 90 degrees and hitting the stabilizer. Pay attention 'cause while I haven't hit the stabilizer with the bucket, I have retracted the stabilizer and the pad has contacted the boom. You can do more than scrape the paint if you are careless. It's a workhorse and I appreciate having it.
That said, it would be nice if it contained a throttle control, some oil and temp indicators and maybe a tiny tach. When sitting on the hoe it is a long reach to the standard loader valve when you want to use the boom to reposition the tractor. You will smell the UDT vapors coming from the axel vent, your sitting right on top of it, and the radiator fan will send all the heat and some exhaust your way but the cup holder is easy to get at. The BH90 uses the tractor hydraulics so if you don't have that already set up you will need to be sure it is included in the price and make sure the subframe is included also. If you buy from a dealer they will know all this. Taking the hoe off and on is a breeze but you do have to remove the 3ph arm and links. If you garage your machine pay particular attention to the height of the hoe. You can pull the building down on your self real easy. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, those lumps of grease on the seat and the back of your shirt and pants and face and hair etc are from low lying branches flicking it at you. If you have a cab, lucky you, but forget the hoe, I don't believe they are compatible but I could be wrong. I do know the mmm is not compatible with the hoe subframe.
I don't have a Woods 9000 so I can't comment on it.
Pleasant shopping,
I'm looking forward to fly season. Other than setting oneself on fire what keeps 'em away?
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