Bucket Weight 66" ?

[JCoastie]

Anyone know the weight of the LS 66" bucket (MT240HE w/LL3302)



Left 2 rows of numbers are for LL3301 and right 2 rows are for LL3302
Judging by the manual, the bucket should be either 4 pounds or 235 pounds depending on how you interpret the data lol and whether you include the mounting frame in the total loader weight or not.
I guess if you included the frame, the total with a 235 pound bucket would be 1119.5# ??

 

[Bearsixty7]

I'd guess about 200 is right, when I have had mine off and moved it by hand it doesn't seem all that heavy.

 

[LD1]

I'd guess about 200 is right, when I have had mine off and moved it by hand it doesn't seem all that heavy.

I'm guessing none of those.

The total weight is simply the sum of the boom and mounting brackets

200# seems really light for a 66" bucket. My 72" HD bucket is about 420#

Lighter 60" bucket on a l3400 kubota is about 300

 

[oosik]

From my FEL Op Manual. A round back, 72", HD bucket weighs - 465#. Using crude calculations - that's 6.5# per inch. 66" x 6.5# = ~ 430#. That's an AWFULLY light bucket - if a 66" bucket weighs anything around 235#.

 

[JCoastie]

I'm guessing none of those.
The total weight is simply the sum of the boom and mounting brackets

Agreed, and those numbers add up to the 888#, but they throw a curve ball in there with the approx weight w/o bucket in there which throws things off.

 

[oosik]

My FEL - 1575#. Bucket - 465#. Grapple - 820#. That's for my Kubota M6040.

 

[JCoastie]

I just sent LS an email, will report back with their answer.

 

[Bearsixty7]

I just sent LS an email, will report back with their answer.

With all the additional input, this will be interesting. To me the LS 66" bucket isn't very big and there isn't much to it. Maybe I was just having a "Strong" day for an old man.

 

[PCABE5]

235 lbs sounds right. Theses are light material buckets so they are not going to weigh much more than that. 235 is also comparable to other manufacturer's bucket weights for the size.

 

[JCoastie]

Interesting, LS says the 66" bucket weighs 111 pounds. I wonder if they meant 111kg, so 244 pounds.
I had the LS bolt on cutting edge installed, and that alone with the hardware is 45 pounds.