I'd like to build a metal version of the picture attached, but with a SSQA blank I already have, and preferably with scraps of metal I have on hand if possible. There's a 5'x4' metal mesh trailer ramp someone left on my property a year back that might be suitable for the floor, for example. The sides and bottom will likely be plywood or rubber conveyer belt with a frame of metal angle or box, whatever I have on hand. Aside from a triangle shape is there anything else I should consider?
Background: We muck our horse stalls into our Kubota L2501. It has the front "bucket" pictured made as a prototype out of a pallet as well as a dumping carry-all I made. The carry-all is about 6'x3'.
Cons:
Needs a higher back/sides for more capacity and to stop muck getting all up in the SSQA plate.
I have to take the wood bucket off my forks every time I need them.
The fork FEL attachment weights 350 lbs alone not to mention the wood, hoping a dedicated design can be lighter allowing for more carrying capacity.
The wood one is falling apart after a year of use as a "prototype".
We generally dump wheelbarrows or muck buckets into the carry-all/front bucket by hand then drive the tractor 1/2 mile down to the manure piles 3x a day. We used to have a trailer we dumped into but it required use of a ramp or lifting muck buckets high and would prefer not to go the route of a dump trailer for safety reasons.
Edit: added a picture of the 3pt dumping carry-all I built. Metal frame with rubber conveyer belt sides/floor/back. First picture is as it is today, last picture is older with a prototype wood box frame but shows how it hinges.
Background: We muck our horse stalls into our Kubota L2501. It has the front "bucket" pictured made as a prototype out of a pallet as well as a dumping carry-all I made. The carry-all is about 6'x3'.
Cons:
Needs a higher back/sides for more capacity and to stop muck getting all up in the SSQA plate.
I have to take the wood bucket off my forks every time I need them.
The fork FEL attachment weights 350 lbs alone not to mention the wood, hoping a dedicated design can be lighter allowing for more carrying capacity.
The wood one is falling apart after a year of use as a "prototype".
We generally dump wheelbarrows or muck buckets into the carry-all/front bucket by hand then drive the tractor 1/2 mile down to the manure piles 3x a day. We used to have a trailer we dumped into but it required use of a ramp or lifting muck buckets high and would prefer not to go the route of a dump trailer for safety reasons.
Edit: added a picture of the 3pt dumping carry-all I built. Metal frame with rubber conveyer belt sides/floor/back. First picture is as it is today, last picture is older with a prototype wood box frame but shows how it hinges.
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