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Originally Posted by Charlie9000
I bought the CADplans as well. I am trying to lighten it and thereby reduce my counterweight requirements. My current evolving plan is to make the bucket only 36" wide, reduce the bucket height to 16", and mount only 1 curl cylinder in the centre of the bucket. It's really only going to be a toy for me anyway, so if it takes longer to do a job it just means more time in the seat playing.
I am still noodling ideas around, and looking for pictures like this to get ideas.
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Here's my pf eng. loader. The bucket is as wide as the rear wheels, it dont make since to drive over the top of what your trying to move IMHO. I have seen kubotas with wide buckets, but rather shallow, thats seems to work. This one has moved 100+ yards of gravel, dirt and sand and TONS of snow. The only thing I miss is power steering for the tight spots (I plan on putting it on someday). In all reality, you can only pick up what you set your pressure at. I have never got close to getting a full bucket of heavy stuff in the bucket (and I have tried) A wide bucket would smooth out material nicer than a small bucket, ie. weight dist.