Using bucket as work platform.

[rico304]

I would NEVER use my BUCKET for a platform!!!!!

Of course, that is only because I have pallet forks and I use those with a pallet! hahahaha
Probably not the safest, but I feel very comfortable doing it. Gives me a great working area. If I didn't have the pallet forks, then the bucket would do the trick.

 

[Highbeam]

I recently cleaned the fenceline. I drive along with the chainsaw in the bucket and when I see a branch I don't like hanging into the fenceroad I run the bucket up and into the tree, drop the boxblade for an anchor, set the pbrake, and then climb out of the seat, up the loader arms, and into the bucket to saw the offending limb off. The loader bucket jambed into the tree won't let it fall, but it could curl. I curl the bucket pretty much all the way so that my feet are in the back of the bucket.

The first few times I went up there I made sure to bounce up and down to check for fear of the bucket weight flipping the tractor onto its nose. It is very stable.

I worry more about getting into a beehive while up in the bucket. It is not easy to escape real quickly.

 

[scott_vt]

On the light side its hard to climb up the loader arms with the beer in hand.They should put ladders welded on loader arms!!
ALAN

Alan your a Maniac, that is without a doubt classic "Maine"

 

[N80]

I worry more about getting into a beehive while up in the bucket. It is not easy to escape real quickly.

There is one easy way.

 

[Ken_CT]

I am a retired plumbing teacher from our vocational tech high school system. I used to tell my students never, ever use a 5 gallon bucket as a ladder...... but when you do, make sure you turn it over first.

 

[escavader]

And i sure in heck would rather fall from a 6 ft bucket ,than go up in a 200 foot tower,i dont care if they welded me on.
HECK,I was only joking about the beer.[but not the ladder part]
I dont even drink .ITS called humor,lighten up
Does any one know the stats on ladder injurys last year.It was one of the top wotk place...if i recall correctly.It seems to me[if someone can recall that] your a heck of alot better in a loader bucket ,then on a ladder according to this.I will try to find out from the safety director at work,we just had ladder training,
ALAN

 

[uphill]

I've recently painted my entire house and everything not reached from the ground was from the bucket. You can cover a 6 ft. wide area side to side and even paint sitting down on the bucket back upper lip if you are close enough. Weighing the safety issue, it seems to be better than hanging off the top of a ladder for an extended amount of time. I just feel safer.

 

[Timber]

Out behind my home and in the woods Nobody can see how stupid I am

 

[3RRL]

patrick_g,
No one is disagreeing with what you are saying.
They are sharing and discussing "Using bucket as work platform". Apparantly,this Board allows sharing and discussion like that. Take from it what you want.
Members are free to express their opinions and experiences. Just like you are. But you come across as though this shouldn't even be discussed and we are stupid for even discussing it? Maybe I'm wrong, but that's what it seems like to me.
There is a difference with not agreeing with what is discussed and trying to limit or impose on us what CAN be discussed.
IMO that is reserved for the Moderators of the Board.

 

[N80]

Pat, what I don't understand is that you use the phrase "dumb and dangerous" about working in a bucket but then suggest that working on a pallet on a FEL is somehow okay. I think you said safer...which is tacit approval. Then you go on to stereotype 'men' by mocking how they share stories about dangerous behavior. Then you share your dangerous story with us.

So, I think what you are saying is that you are one of us. Welcome aboard man!

 

[Timber]

OH dam I think I'm gona be extinct. I gona go over hear and dominate my dog or something

 

[firemanpat2910]

Out behind my home and in the woods Nobody can see how stupid I am

Yeah but we know you will come back and tell us what are the chances of getting Mrs Timber to sneak us some pics

 

[Soundguy]

This is likely to NOT be a universely appreciated commentary!

You've got to remember the vast crossection of people here.. Remember.. quite a large percentage of the readership has no problems with permanently voiding the certification on their rops either... ( can't wait for the replies on this one.. better go get my asbestos boxer shorts... ). And yes.. as timber sugested.. I'm a member of the 'man' club.. got my card right here ( or is it a sign? ) I've had my share of standing on my rops canopy and trimming trees.. stood in my 1955 ford 660 1-arm fel bucket to get at something high... I'm not sure if being int he bucket was the dangerous part.. or that it was my wife operating the controlls was the dangerous part. I've stood on the back of my friends horse trailer while he drove down his driveway, so I could cut the low limbs off his trees so they didn't smack his trailer. ( older guy.. he couldn't get up on the trailer.. )

Soundguy

 

[Egon]

Best be careful if the better half suggests you up your life insurance benefits!

 

[Timber]

Yeah but we know you will come back and tell us what are the chances of getting Mrs Timber to sneak us some pics

How true is that LOL, My wife is still having trouble with the delay in digital cameras. we have a lot of pictures of her feet