Great accessory for a 2 wheel drive tractor. Great deal on the tractor too. I find tractors like pickup trucks; once you get used to having one you can’t imagine getting rid of it. Darlington, South Carolina USA
I've seen the videos of the property y'all bought and I think you got the scale of the tractor and bucket just right for your needs. You'll wish it was bigger for some jobs and love the small size for others. Excellent fabrication. Now the very best part of this video was when you were carrying the bracket to fit onto the tractor and you remarked "good thing I'm huge". I just about spit my coffee all over my keyboard! Again, thanks so much for the content.
Loved all the solution you came up with in this video. When you live on a farm or are homesteading, you have to solve problems yourself. Keep up the great work.
Oh I love Atherton! How fortunate are you and your wife cause that’s one of the most beautiful places. I always wanted to retire there because I spent a bit of time in Atherton when I was at Lavarack Bks but then, y’know, life happened. A friend of mine from the Army days had a nice house just out of Atherton that we stayed at for a few days and when she sold it, she offered it to us but back then we had to work where our lives were and the boys were very young. Envy you mightily!
Thank you for your comment Kym! Yes it is so nice up there. Haven't been able to get there for a while now. Hopefully in the next few weeks. Will keep you posted
Sometimes it's fun to visualize it right from the mind into reality. Keeps us sharp. Very practical solution. The Yanmar is coming along nicely. It looks like it is built like a small tank too.
" Denme dos Scott Turner y conquistaré el mundo " !!! Maravilloso trabajo, amigo. No puedes dejar de sorprenderme! Tu creatividad es digna de un conquistador de la vida, realmente admirable. Mis felicitaciones y un fuerte abrazo!
:) gracias como siempre Rodolfo. No estoy seguro de que el mundo necesite dos de mí. Estoy muy feliz de cómo resultó el proyecto. Me será muy útil trabajar en la nueva tierra. Todo lo mejor mi amigo.
VERY COOL!!! I just recently purchased a small 4 wheel drive antique garden tractor as well. I’ve found very limited resources to purchase implements for it. Thank you for sharing… what a fantastic idea!
Looks good! Couple observations. As blondihacks once said, and I struggle with this when I make stuff: “Precision costs time. “. Just because you have a machine that can cut to the half-thousandth doesn’t mean everything needs to be that precise. Especially for farm equipment, sometimes close enough is close enough. Also I don’t know if it’s available in your area, but Amazon sells some pretty inexpensive wear bars for buckets. I bought one to weld onto my bucket and another to make a bolt-on tooth bar. Oh also if you put the top link at the lowest position on the tractor it’ll lift the tip of the bucket higher when you raise the three point. This will help keep stuff from falling out.
Scott - Congratulations on your new property and the Yanmar. You are going to thrive in the new environment. Having the bucket on the rear of your tractor creates the need for highest driving force opposite the direction the tire lugs were designed. This will introduce slip (seen in video). This will accelerate wear and tearing in the rear tires depending on soil conditions and amount of bucket use..Swapping rear wheels side to side will reverse the tire drive lug direction. This will increase drive traction in reverse for times when your bucket usage is high. Swap back the rest of the time.
I remember in your video about visiting NY you and your daughter did that bit at the end where she asked if, after meeting all those makers, you could lay down a decent weld. I would say you are there! Very nice build. Love the little tractor. I have a small kubota that I never run out of new uses for. Hope all is well down there!
Great piece of equipment, Scott. Now you will find you will need a bucket that works as you drive forward. Little more power in the tractor that direction!!!
Nice job. I had one of those on an old Ferguson TE20. It shifted literally tons of gravel, fill and mulch. Unfortunately, for those of us with dodgy necks, it's hard to twist around to see well enough to line up with the load. Your latch system works way better than the as bought system that I had.
Hey Mark! I love the old TEA20 MF and came close to getting one before my Yanmar came up. I figured any old tractor will need quite a bit of work and some parts may be hard to get. This bucket is much larger than my shovel I figure so I'm banking on it saving my back. The latch is easy enough to reach and it's simple so I'm happy. Thanks and all the best!
@@startingfromscratch7469 Just mild steel. seems to be holding up great, mind you the tractor is only light duty. The bucket is great for loose soil, gravel, sand etc. Breaking ground the tractor struggles as it is light and I guess that translates to the forces applied to the scoop.
Love watching your videos Scott you are a very clever man, keep up the great work. By the way watching you makes me look forward to spring here in the UK wet and miserable at the moment.
Nice job on the rear loader. You'll find many uses for it other than moving dirt. you can haul bags of concrete, concrete blocks. bricks , tools and even use it if you need a little extra height and don't want to get a ladder out.
After designing one in CAD, I decided to check UA-cam to see what someone else has come up with…. I added a hydraulic top link to mine but I also really like your dump latch too…. I think I’ll do both
Hi Scott, Another good job, and it will be useful ! Yippee!!! How creative for the centering tool, and make a tool to cut the holes internally. You would be more in the north of the US I would have told you to create a blade to put on the front of the tractor for snow removal ... Thank you for showing us these beautiful videos, and congratulations again. && Push blue !
I own this same tractor or at least the US version of it. I'm sure you have already discovered this, but I recommend you put as many weights as you can find on the front bumper. They are absolute power houses but they don't have the weight to apply that power. If you use them to drag weight, you often lose the ability to steer, weights will help with that
May I offer a suggestion? Find a scrap of material that fits in a tool holder and mount an old bearing to either end. When you need to square up stock in the lathe, tighten the chuck rather loosely and bump the circumference with your bearing tool. This will get it perfectly concentric so you can tighten the chuck. The other side will do the same but for facing operations. Five bucks worth of parts, you will likely use it every time you use the lathe. Super handy tool
Very clever Scott, nice job!! If you remember next time you head up could you do a bit of filming along the way? Not just for overseas viewers, but most Aussies won't believe how much the farmland up there is like the Southern parts of the country. Stay safe and well :)
Amazing. Really slick build and I look forward to seeing it get some use. I see you forgot about your forge, though. You could easily have heated up that bar and driven a drift through to make the hole larger. Blacksmiths have been doing that for a thousand years. Now, you need to turn a nice knob for that latch handle. Can't be leaving the end just some plain ol' square bar like that.
I always try and leave some controversy, Blacksmith Bait ;) Actually I'm too much of a sook to fire up the forge in this summer heat. Yes indeed a nice handle knob thing is planned too. Thanks Vaughn!!
Great work mate. I bought a few sheets of 3mm just today and it's doubled in price since September. Over $300 per sheet (1.2m x 2.4m). Crazy times, hope the price comes back down.
Here's an idea... make it pull both ways? Your tractor will pull more than it will do in reverse. It should load the bucket up and transport dirt. Awesome build!
Scott, what you attempted on the lathe was totally doable, you just need to work on the fixturing. Fitting tooling in the chuck was how some operations where done prior to the mass production of mills.
You wanna look at a magtron/mag drill mate with broche cutters, a lot easier than using hole saws (up to a certain size ofc) and very handy tool can drill a 40mm hole in 12mm plate easily and quickly
Excellent video. Might consider putting a high carbon wear/scraper edge on the leading edge of the bucket. I'll stiffen it up along with protecting it from hitting rocks and bending it. Even a used One, just bolt it on. Plus look into a live link for the center support/tilt. That way you could tilt the bucket... bought a 125.00 bananas...lol good job
Next time you have to make a latch that catches like that, try using round bar. You don't have to get the angles just so, circles are very powerful. As long as the hook is 1° beyond 180°, it will necessarily hold regardless of weight. Just a neat little math trick that speeds up fabrication
I think you're right. I roller would be much easier on the release. I've had to grease the hook contact points. It's okay but the roller would be much better. Cheers!
Great build will be interested to see how it lasts over time, I would have thought 3mm to be a bit lite on, maybe a few spots that could do with hard facing also.
Thank you. I argued with myself about the thickness as originally I planned to use 4mm, Will see I suppose. Down the track I may cut off the base and weld in heavier plate. Hard facing the cutting plate my be an option also
Really nicely made 👌 i just have one thing i would have done differently. I would have made the pivot points just to the rear of the tipping point, so the bucket would return itself when it has dumped out the contents. A lot of the commercial ones here in Denmark 🇩🇰 are made like that, and if you use it a lot it's a time saver 👍 i have one for my Ferguson TED-20 that pivots in the holes in the liftarms, an so does not self-return... It's a pain in the butt to lift the bucket all the way up do dump, and all the way down to reset, and all the way up again to drive off again...
What a handy attachment. I like the design and the tip release. Nice work. Only upgrade I thiink it needs is a tougher front cutting edge as the mild steel will not last long and can deform easily on rocks and tree roots. eg. Car leaf spring, 450+ grade steel or some random high grade steel from a farmer's yard.
Enjoyed this one was Scott, I reckon this video was a bread and butter one for you, design, welding and fabrication, problem solving on the run, milling and lathe work for a functional project. What are the chances next time you have the mig going of filming a little video or slotting it into a video your technique and welder settings to get welds like the one at 10:05
Sorry mate had some friends down from Taipei who I havent seen in a couple of years thanks to Covid. Just a question about the cutting edge, would you consider adding a hardened steel bolt on cutting edge, I feel that over time your present one will cut out pretty quick when you hit some subsurface rock etc?
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Don’t talk to me about steel prices! Ok, do! It’s bloody crazy! Good video, it was nice to check in with you all!
I know, steel, wood, fuel, all gone nuts. Steel has doubled in about 12 months or less. Good to hear from you!
your welding is one of the bests I have ever seen, great work Scott, cheers
Huge thank you June!!
Love your video. Been looking this exact content for a while. Please keep sharing. It's just great.
I really appreciate that Michael, thank you!
Great accessory for a 2 wheel drive tractor. Great deal on the tractor too. I find tractors like pickup trucks; once you get used to having one you can’t imagine getting rid of it. Darlington, South Carolina USA
Thank you William! It's my first tractor - I love it. It's needed a bit of tidying up but seems to be solid. Time will tell.
I've seen the videos of the property y'all bought and I think you got the scale of the tractor and bucket just right for your needs. You'll wish it was bigger for some jobs and love the small size for others. Excellent fabrication.
Now the very best part of this video was when you were carrying the bracket to fit onto the tractor and you remarked "good thing I'm huge". I just about spit my coffee all over my keyboard!
Again, thanks so much for the content.
Spot on and thank you so much!
Loved all the solution you came up with in this video. When you live on a farm or are homesteading, you have to solve problems yourself. Keep up the great work.
Thank you! Totally agree.
Oh I love Atherton! How fortunate are you and your wife cause that’s one of the most beautiful places. I always wanted to retire there because I spent a bit of time in Atherton when I was at Lavarack Bks but then, y’know, life happened. A friend of mine from the Army days had a nice house just out of Atherton that we stayed at for a few days and when she sold it, she offered it to us but back then we had to work where our lives were and the boys were very young. Envy you mightily!
Thank you for your comment Kym! Yes it is so nice up there. Haven't been able to get there for a while now. Hopefully in the next few weeks. Will keep you posted
Sometimes it's fun to visualize it right from the mind into reality. Keeps us sharp. Very practical solution. The Yanmar is coming along nicely. It looks like it is built like a small tank too.
Thanks Joseph! The little Yanmar is a Beauty. Tough little tractor.
" Denme dos Scott Turner y conquistaré el mundo " !!! Maravilloso trabajo, amigo. No puedes dejar de sorprenderme! Tu creatividad es digna de un conquistador de la vida, realmente admirable. Mis felicitaciones y un fuerte abrazo!
:) gracias como siempre Rodolfo. No estoy seguro de que el mundo necesite dos de mí. Estoy muy feliz de cómo resultó el proyecto. Me será muy útil trabajar en la nueva tierra. Todo lo mejor mi amigo.
Nice project Scott.. Thx for taking us along.. looking forward to seeing all the projects on the farm.. God Bless and take care my friend...
Thank you Gary. God bless you also!
Perfect work! This item will still use your grand-children. Very long lasting. Regards from Germany.
Thank you Dieter!
Very nice work. I came here because I am building a custom rear scoop for my garden tractor.
Thanks Rich. They are super useful.
Nice job you will get lots of use out of a simple handy tool like that
Thank you! Yes I hope to
Just found your channel. Really enjoyed watching you build the bucket/loader! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching! :)
Aussie ingenuity strikes again! Why buy pins, indeed! When you've got the tools, make a tool! Awesome! Good on ya, Scott!
Cheers Tom!!
Amazing fabrication job and excellent use of the SQwayRe wonder tool!
Thanks Phil. Don't tell Tim but I use the Sqwayre thingy a lot, mostly for scratching my back but hey ;)
Looks great. Had a good chuckle about our exchange rate too. :D
Cheers Merv! Yep it's poo
Nice update Scott, glad the homestead is doing well. Great build, as usual mate.
Much appreciated!!
This is so impressive Scott. Never would have occurred to me to try to fabricate such an attachment. Happy
Digging!
Thank you! Cannot wait!
for being built on the fly, it seems really well thought out. Nice craftsmanship
Thanks Rick!
VERY COOL!!! I just recently purchased a small 4 wheel drive antique garden tractor as well. I’ve found very limited resources to purchase implements for it. Thank you for sharing… what a fantastic idea!
Much appreciated, thanks!
Looks good! Couple observations. As blondihacks once said, and I struggle with this when I make stuff: “Precision costs time. “. Just because you have a machine that can cut to the half-thousandth doesn’t mean everything needs to be that precise. Especially for farm equipment, sometimes close enough is close enough. Also I don’t know if it’s available in your area, but Amazon sells some pretty inexpensive wear bars for buckets. I bought one to weld onto my bucket and another to make a bolt-on tooth bar. Oh also if you put the top link at the lowest position on the tractor it’ll lift the tip of the bucket higher when you raise the three point. This will help keep stuff from falling out.
Great tips there - thank you! I moved the link lower today and it's better for sure. Ah I agree on the precision comment, but cannot help myself ;)
Scott - Congratulations on your new property and the Yanmar. You are going to thrive in the new environment. Having the bucket on the rear of your tractor creates the need for highest driving force opposite the direction the tire lugs were designed. This will introduce slip (seen in video). This will accelerate wear and tearing in the rear tires depending on soil conditions and amount of bucket use..Swapping rear wheels side to side will reverse the tire drive lug direction. This will increase drive traction in reverse for times when your bucket usage is high. Swap back the rest of the time.
Fantastic advice Jeffery - huge thanks!
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forme industrious branches out into industrial manufacturing! cutting edge engineering better stay on his toes.
Haha, thanks but don't think they have much to worry about :)
Very cool Scott, that's a bit out of the Forme Box. Like it.
Huge thanks!
I remember in your video about visiting NY you and your daughter did that bit at the end where she asked if, after meeting all those makers, you could lay down a decent weld. I would say you are there! Very nice build. Love the little tractor. I have a small kubota that I never run out of new uses for. Hope all is well down there!
Haha, she's a cheeky bugger still! Thank you Joseph. I'm very happy with the little tractor, kind of like your first car.
Clever design, useful thingy. Nice job again. 👍
Thanks!!
That turned out pretty nice………. Great job!
No words, great, awesome! Works really well. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Jose for your encouraging words!
Great piece of equipment, Scott. Now you will find you will need a bucket that works as you drive forward. Little more power in the tractor that direction!!!
Thanks Ronald. Yes true.
Great video! Excellent craftsmanship! Thank you!
Thank you Thomas!
Nice job. I had one of those on an old Ferguson TE20. It shifted literally tons of gravel, fill and mulch. Unfortunately, for those of us with dodgy necks, it's hard to twist around to see well enough to line up with the load. Your latch system works way better than the as bought system that I had.
Hey Mark! I love the old TEA20 MF and came close to getting one before my Yanmar came up. I figured any old tractor will need quite a bit of work and some parts may be hard to get. This bucket is much larger than my shovel I figure so I'm banking on it saving my back. The latch is easy enough to reach and it's simple so I'm happy. Thanks and all the best!
Tremendous ingenuity, Scott! Really looking forward to the coming creative adventures on the new property!
Thank you! Looking forward to getting back up there!
That tractor looks pretty sharp with new tires and fresh paint.
This video brought Back some memory's mate . Grate job Scott things seem to work out better with out a plan . Cheers . :)
Yep, These there are times when winging it gets the job done (who reads plans any who)
I love that mini boring bar!
Thank you! Yes it worked great and is adjustable
Great job Scott - I am about to make one for my JD. Thanks for sharing your design
My pleasure! Bucket is working great, just used it all weekend.
@@ScottTurnerformeindustrious Did you just use mild steel for the cutting edge or something more abrasive resistant?
@@startingfromscratch7469 Just mild steel. seems to be holding up great, mind you the tractor is only light duty. The bucket is great for loose soil, gravel, sand etc. Breaking ground the tractor struggles as it is light and I guess that translates to the forces applied to the scoop.
Great video. Great ingenuity for this project. It looks like you really enjoyed it. Cheers
Thanks Steve! Yes it was a good project for sure.
G'day Scott, great looking Bucket, should be very handy 👍
Thankyou! It's been great to move a heap of gravel and sand over the last few days. Saved my back for sure.
Love watching your videos Scott you are a very clever man, keep up the great work. By the way watching you makes me look forward to spring here in the UK wet and miserable at the moment.
Thank you Kevin! We have the opposite problem here with the heat, darn hot, I'm looking forward to winter haha
Mate keep a lookout for a narex head for your mill. Best boring attachment out there. Quality video as usual, cheers!
Your skills are very impressive Scott. That will be very useful on your new property. A real back saver I'm sure.
Thank you Jim. Yes my back has over 50 years on it so best I get he machine to do the lifting or I'll suffer the consequences
Nice job on the rear loader. You'll find many uses for it other than moving dirt. you can haul bags of concrete, concrete blocks. bricks , tools and even use it if you need a little extra height and don't want to get a ladder out.
Thanks! Totally agree.
After designing one in CAD, I decided to check UA-cam to see what someone else has come up with…. I added a hydraulic top link to mine but I also really like your dump latch too…. I think I’ll do both
Thanks Jacob. Yes Had top link would be very beneficial. Something I've been thinking about myself lately.
wowwwww, every video you surprise me more, great project and you are a master man
Much appreciated Javier!
Congratulations Scott….. brilliant execution. And every time you use it your heart will warm in knowing you made that! 👍👍😎👍👍
Huge thanks Joel!!
Top class Scott 👌🏻 so many clever bits throughout this video. Looks like something you will get a lot of use out of on the new property 👍🏻
Huge thanks Brendan! Yes this thing will be super useful up at the block. Cannot wait!
a dab hand with the welding and nutting stuff out. nice work
Thanks Mark!
Hi Scott,
Another good job, and it will be useful ! Yippee!!!
How creative for the centering tool, and make a tool to cut the holes internally.
You would be more in the north of the US I would have told you to create a blade to put on the front of the tractor for snow removal ...
Thank you for showing us these beautiful videos, and congratulations again.
&& Push blue !
Snow would be so nice right now. Darn hot here in the tropics. Thank you for your support and encouragement!! All the best
I'm impressed with the work you've done! a difficult task, wonderful job Scott!!! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Much appreciate Igor. All the best!
Hello from Latvia! Great job👍
Nice build. We shared this video on our homemade tools forum this week 😎
Awesome, thank you!!
Slick work Scott ! I would love to see the repairing and modifying of the tractor 👍👍
Thanks Bob! It had the original from tyres on it (and transmission fluid I bet), Hopefully I can put something together
I own this same tractor or at least the US version of it. I'm sure you have already discovered this, but I recommend you put as many weights as you can find on the front bumper. They are absolute power houses but they don't have the weight to apply that power. If you use them to drag weight, you often lose the ability to steer, weights will help with that
Thank you for the tips. Yes I've thought of how I could weigh down the front as it can only help with balance.
I like that latch. Simple and effective.
Thanks, simple is best.
Awesome scoop build! Great how to video
Much appreciated Jason!
Was thinking of adding front end loader to my tractor.... This is much more simpler.... And more realistic. 👍
I thought exactly the same. Works great for a small land holding.
That's some good looking fabrication!
Thank you Greg!!
Good work, and very ingenious ways to get it done. Chers! 😊👏👏
Thanks, yes had a few problems to overcome.
May I offer a suggestion? Find a scrap of material that fits in a tool holder and mount an old bearing to either end. When you need to square up stock in the lathe, tighten the chuck rather loosely and bump the circumference with your bearing tool. This will get it perfectly concentric so you can tighten the chuck. The other side will do the same but for facing operations. Five bucks worth of parts, you will likely use it every time you use the lathe. Super handy tool
nice bucket Scott!!
Thanks Andrew!
Very clever Scott, nice job!! If you remember next time you head up could you do a bit of filming along the way? Not just for overseas viewers, but most Aussies won't believe how much the farmland up there is like the Southern parts of the country. Stay safe and well :)
Thanks Anthony. Will see if I can fit that in. Heading up soon. So beautiful up there!
Great work, nice design Scott. Fun to watch!
Glad you like it, thank you!
Well done, Scott.
:) Thank you!
Nice work handsome! Greetings from cold and snowy upstate NY
Hey Derek! Cold and snowy sounds like bliss right now. It's a hot summer here.
This is noel in ireland, your a super engineer, watching you during storm nothing. I'm in tipperary its impacting the coasts more.
Thank you Noel! Hopefully the storm passes and all is well.
Great stuff dude.. fantastic piece of engineering.. and a crackin lookin tractor as well.. will come in very handy up in the new place...
Moose! Huge thanks dude!!
Nice to see you back on the welder should have a job with Norm buckets,
Cheers from down Sth
Summer and welding not much fun. We had some cooler weather thank goodness. Cheers!
Amazing. Really slick build and I look forward to seeing it get some use. I see you forgot about your forge, though. You could easily have heated up that bar and driven a drift through to make the hole larger. Blacksmiths have been doing that for a thousand years. Now, you need to turn a nice knob for that latch handle. Can't be leaving the end just some plain ol' square bar like that.
I always try and leave some controversy, Blacksmith Bait ;) Actually I'm too much of a sook to fire up the forge in this summer heat. Yes indeed a nice handle knob thing is planned too. Thanks Vaughn!!
Great work mate. I bought a few sheets of 3mm just today and it's doubled in price since September. Over $300 per sheet (1.2m x 2.4m). Crazy times, hope the price comes back down.
Thanks! Yes I know its nuts. I paid $210 early this month. I think we haven't seen the worst of it yet unfortunately.
Do you know price per kg?
@@RR-eb7qv Around $5kg.
Speaking to the steel merchant it’s due to drop this year apparently
Great video. Nice engingeering and fab. Cool you didn't have to stitch small pieces of sheet steel to make larger pieces. : ) Mahalo for sharing! : )
Haha, yes thank goodness I had a bit more sense during this build. All the best!
Great work! Thanks for this video. Thumbs up!
Thank you!
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻great build! Looks awesome!!!
Huge thanks Gib!!!
A backwards tumble bug... lol
I like it !!
I love that, Yep! Thanks!
Here's an idea... make it pull both ways? Your tractor will pull more than it will do in reverse. It should load the bucket up and transport dirt. Awesome build!
Great work Scott. Not too shabby on the welding either. ;-)
Thanks Malcolm!
Excelente! Gran trabajo de calidad!! Abrazo 🇺🇾
Thank you!
Scott, what you attempted on the lathe was totally doable, you just need to work on the fixturing. Fitting tooling in the chuck was how some operations where done prior to the mass production of mills.
Agreed, but whilst attempting the Lathe I had other ideas that seemed more sensible at the time. Cheers Andrew.
You wanna look at a magtron/mag drill mate with broche cutters, a lot easier than using hole saws (up to a certain size ofc) and very handy tool can drill a 40mm hole in 12mm plate easily and quickly
Trepanning tool also useful for pillar drill for accurate larger holes 👍
Yes that would be cool to have, cheers Barnzy
Nice job there digger
Thanks Skeets!
Fantastic work!
Thanks Jaco!
Excellent video. Might consider putting a high carbon wear/scraper edge on the leading edge of the bucket. I'll stiffen it up along with protecting it from hitting rocks and bending it. Even a used One, just bolt it on. Plus look into a live link for the center support/tilt. That way you could tilt the bucket... bought a 125.00 bananas...lol good job
Thank you Dave! Yes I may have to do some mods along the way. I'll check out that link, but sounds like 25 Bananas too much
Nice work as always..👍
Next time you have to make a latch that catches like that, try using round bar. You don't have to get the angles just so, circles are very powerful. As long as the hook is 1° beyond 180°, it will necessarily hold regardless of weight. Just a neat little math trick that speeds up fabrication
I think you're right. I roller would be much easier on the release. I've had to grease the hook contact points. It's okay but the roller would be much better. Cheers!
Great problem solving skills!
Thank you!
Привет. Хороший получился ковш самосвал. Я тоже себе сделал такой ковш. Очень полезная штука. Лайк за изобретение. 👍
Еще раз большое спасибо! Ведро - отличный помощник.
While it may not be as functional as a front loader it is way better than a shovel and wheelbarrow.
100% Cheers Wayne!
Great build will be interested to see how it lasts over time, I would have thought 3mm to be a bit lite on, maybe a few spots that could do with hard facing also.
Thank you. I argued with myself about the thickness as originally I planned to use 4mm, Will see I suppose. Down the track I may cut off the base and weld in heavier plate. Hard facing the cutting plate my be an option also
Very nice job
Удачи ДРУГ-САМОДЕЛЬЩИК!!! 👍🤝
Nice work
Thanks Roger!
Really nicely made 👌 i just have one thing i would have done differently. I would have made the pivot points just to the rear of the tipping point, so the bucket would return itself when it has dumped out the contents. A lot of the commercial ones here in Denmark 🇩🇰 are made like that, and if you use it a lot it's a time saver 👍 i have one for my Ferguson TED-20 that pivots in the holes in the liftarms, an so does not self-return... It's a pain in the butt to lift the bucket all the way up do dump, and all the way down to reset, and all the way up again to drive off again...
Thanks for the excellent feedback. I see your point. Perhaps I could fit some springs that could achieve the same thing. I love the old MF TE-20
What a handy attachment. I like the design and the tip release. Nice work.
Only upgrade I thiink it needs is a tougher front cutting edge as the mild steel will not last long and can deform easily on rocks and tree roots. eg. Car leaf spring, 450+ grade steel or some random high grade steel from a farmer's yard.
Thanks Nathan! Yes I may need to beef up the blade but that will be easy enough to do (I hope)
Enjoyed this one was Scott, I reckon this video was a bread and butter one for you, design, welding and fabrication, problem solving on the run, milling and lathe work for a functional project. What are the chances next time you have the mig going of filming a little video or slotting it into a video your technique and welder settings to get welds like the one at 10:05
Huge thanks Adam! I really enjoyed this build and I have very useful tool to help out as well. Yes it may be a video idea for the future.
Very good job
The welds are works of art
Some serious fabrication. I need to go and drink some beers, will be back later to watch.
Good idea! See you when you get back.
Sorry mate had some friends down from Taipei who I havent seen in a couple of years thanks to Covid. Just a question about the cutting edge, would you consider adding a hardened steel bolt on cutting edge, I feel that over time your present one will cut out pretty quick when you hit some subsurface rock etc?
Definitely need to add some wear strips to the underside of the bucket . 3mm mild steel will wear though very quickly .
Thanks Robert. I put on 5mm wear strips underneath. I showed it in the video.
A bloke and a digger. What could possibly go wrong ……. 😂 Excellent build. Regards Paul
Thank you Paul! I've been practicing digging up the yard...........I'm a goner
The welds are a feast for the eyes. Learning by doing... or? Greetings from Styria.
Greetings, thank you!
Fantastic work, Scott! Brilliant idea and execution! 😃
Really well done!!!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Thank you so much MC's Creations!