Post Trenching Trench Cleanout - MicroHoe

[J_J]

You could probably go all the way to a V shape, say 3 in angle. Just a thought.

 

[BobRip]

Being lazy, I wonder if I could just bow out the sides. I could cut a groove in each side plate and then heat it with a torch and bend it out, then weld the grooves. I hate to remake the whole thing.
Or, I could just cut off most of the side, and it might still work to clean out ditches.
I need to test it on ditches first, before I go to major changes, but I suspect it will do the same as now.
Bob Rip

 

[bbabineau]

Attached is my vesion of a trenching bucket that could also be used to clean one dug with the minihoe.

 

[bbabineau]

Here's another view

 

[bbabineau]

And another from the back that shows how it is attached

 

[Highridge]

Wow! Awsome Job! Nice PT too /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[KentT]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Attached is my vesion of a trenching bucket that could also be used to clean one dug with the minihoe. )</font>
Wow! Nice job on a handy tool...

There'd be a market for those, since PT doesn't seem interested in building "grubbing buckets"... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[pajoube]

You are very good at fabricating and welding.
Keep those projects coming.
PJ

 

[bbabineau]

Thanks but I can't take all the credit. I designed it, cut the materials but had a local fab shop weld it up for me. They charged me $150 to supply the tube and weld up all the pieces and they even painted it.

 

[J_J]

Nice job, I was getting ready to ask if you folded any of the pieces and welded the rest, but you said some one had welded the unit for you. You still get the credit for the design. Is it the same width as the mini-hoe?

 

[bbabineau]

The bucket is 8 inches wide at the front and rear of the bottom panel which is 24" in depth. The back plate is 1/2" thick and is 8" at the bottom and 12" at top and 18" top to bottom giving it an outward slope. The sides start at 6" and rise to the 18" at back. Material is 1/4 inch plate except for the back which is 1/2 inch.

 

[J_J]

Now, that is what I call good thinking and good thought out design. The steel thickness, and layout is more than adequate for the intended purpose. Keep up the good work

 

[BobRip]

Very nice. I am jealous.

Bob Rip

 

[Regal]

<font color="blue"> packed dirt into the bucket and I had to hose if out <font color="black">
On a backhoe you can weld a short length of chain to the stick just beyond where the bucket pins on. When the bucket is currled outward the chain tears through the dirt or mud and helps release it from the bucket. Maybe there is a simmilar way you could do this on your design???

 

[BobRip]

Thanks for the idea. I will have to think about that.

Bob Rip