Bucket Capacity?

[Brokermike]

Ummmmm............. Rick somebody.... I figured this was an easy question. Such as "Oh they come standard with a 1/2 yd bucket"

Any dealers car to opine?

 

[Gittyup]

If you really need to be precise. Your bucket can be devided into two volumes: a triangular volume and rectanglar one. The volume of the triangle will be B x H x L/2. The volume of the remaining rectangle will be H x D x L. The add them together.

Post the dimensions of your bucket (with and without the toothbar) and I'll do it for you. I couldn't find them on Kioti's website.

 

[LD1]

I too would like to see some measurements of the bucket and we can figure out ho many cu ft it'll hold.

Just for refrence I looked at my loader book and my 60" bucket capacity is 8.1 cu ft struck and 9.9 cu ft heaped.

So at about 2 cu ft per foot of bucket I'd guess your's at about 12 w/o the tooth bar. With the tooth bar I'd say you can easially scoop 1/2 yd which is 13.5 cu ft.

 

[Steve_Miller]

Don't forget that by time you got home your 3 yard load of heaping mulch had probably settled down to 2 yards from the vibration of the truck on the road. Until you shoveled it off the truck and fluffed it back up to 3 yards again.

Steve

 

[Erik_in_Hoyt]

I'm actually kind of surprised Kioti doesn't list bucket volumes on their site.
I'm going to guess it holds about 1/2 yard flat loaded, more heaped.
this is based on my 9 Cu Ft "easy dump" (tapered side) 72" bucket and my 14 Cu Ft "straight sided" 72" bucket.

 

[rd_macgregor]

For what its worth...I have a six cubit foot capacity wheelbarrow. With only a modicum of spillage, I can empty three wheelbarrow loads of manure into my 72inch Kioti bucket. This is pretty imprecise, but from it I'd say the one-half (plus) yard volume is a fair estimate for a six-footer without a toothbar.
BOB

 

[novi408]

It is listed if you click on the "Brochure" button for most models, but not for the DK40SE.

I'm actually kind of surprised Kioti doesn't list bucket volumes on their site.
I'm going to guess it holds about 1/2 yard flat loaded, more heaped.
this is based on my 9 Cu Ft "easy dump" (tapered side) 72" bucket and my 14 Cu Ft "straight sided" 72" bucket.

 

[LD1]

I still think it is a 12 cu ft bucket.

They do list the volume for the 66" bucket on the kl351 @ .31 cu meters, which is about 11 cu ft.
11/5.5= about 2 cu ft per ft of bucket
2 x 6 = 12 cu ft

That is if it is about the same depth as the kl351, which it probabally is, it is just a little wider

 

[LD1]

Since this was driving me nuts and I had nothing better to do...I called a kioti dealer.

He confirmed that the kl351 66" bucket is identical to the kl401 72" bucket it is just 6" wider. So that would make your bucket a 12 cu ft on the money.

 

[Brokermike]

Sweet so with a toothbar it safely holds .06yrds more than .44 yards making it 1/2 yard bucket