New bucket

[2310 guy]

Here a couple pics of my new clearing bucket for the BH. It good for leveling and it also carries a healthy scoop.

 

[ray66v]

How much $?

 

[2310 guy]

It was part of the deal when we bought it. Avenue machinery had it built custom for the 2375 BH. The said it was worth $500.

 

[MEhorseFarm]

This bucket is exactly what I have been looking for but cannot find as an aftermarket item for the MF2375. Does anyone know if one like it is available here in the US?

 

[jaybrad]

This bucket is exactly what I have been looking for but cannot find as an aftermarket item for the MF2375.

Ditto here. I was doing some sloping of a drainage ditch this afternoon with the FEL, and all the time thinking that what I really need to do it right is a bucket like this for the BH.

I wonder if there is a source for the bucket itself, then I could get a set of brackets made to fit at my friendly (true) local machine shop?

Jay

 

[MEhorseFarm]

We must have been doing the same job today. I have to clean out my drainage ditch across my field so it will carry off all the water we have had here in the Northeast. The FEL does the trick but I got mired in the mud a few times and made a big mess. I think that bucket would sure make the job easier.

 

[LBrown59]

Ditto here. I was doing some sloping of a drainage ditch this afternoon with the FEL, and all the time thinking that what I really need to do it right is a bucket like this for the BH.
Jay

I built and used this for that /

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/1401948-post1.html

That's my CC gt2554 garden tractor in the back ground.

 

[MEhorseFarm]

I like it. I may expand on that design and make something out of steel.

 

[plowking]

Nice bucket!...I originally stopped at my dealer for a widder bucket. Traded to a bigger machine and bigger bucket,one if the reasons was no bigger bucket available for 2310. I also like the cleanup edge with no teeth. plowking

 

[ray66v]

I made 2 sizes of bolt on steel scrapers several years ago, for such an occasion.

I quickly came to the conclusion that the subcompact is not heavy enough to utilize this type of bucket properly. While a certain level of success is possible, even simple back filling jobs became tedious using this method.

This is why I believe they do not offer anything other than a 10 & 12" bucket for this machine. Smaller than 10" is very hard to empty, bigger than 12", (unless the ground is soft), is going to move the machine around rather than give you the digging & grading effect your looking for. This causes you to have to make light cuts to have any success, resulting in a very inefficient operation.

Again, I am not saying it will not wok at all. I am saying, I have used these types of grading buckets on bigger machines, and they work much better on those.

If you make a scraper for a subcompact, I would not make it any wider than 18".

 

[MEhorseFarm]

Thanks for the info Guys. I am quickly coming to the same conclusion as Ray on this one and have found myself thinking about getting a bigger machine for what I have to do around my property. The GC2310 is a great machine for what it is designed to do but I have 21 acres of mostly fields and a larger machine would help me get things done a lot faster. I'll keep you posted as to what I decide. I would like to stay with red but my local NH dealer has a good deal on a 35 HP HST TLB right now.