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02-23-2013, 12:29 PM
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Craftsman loader bucket
I am sorry to post these old pictures on this forum but I got a private message and could not send them via the private message system. Can anyone explain how the URL images work? Any way here are some pictures of my Craftsman bucket loader and the mods I made to it to get it to work on my 1811. I welded two 3/4 inch nuts inside the frame to tighten up the bracket since there was a little play in it while using it. On the left side I made a tube that uses the existing bolts on the foot board to hole the release arm that you see in the picture with the OEM lock release on top of it. I was going to use a linear electrical actuator but it was getting too complicated and all the arm does is unlock and dump the bucket which doesn't take a lot of force. On the www.Mytractorforum.com they have a guy who used two electrical actuators to operate his but it added several hundred dollars to the final price. BTW, the picture of the right side rod is out of date since I had to add a longer arm to the arm on the tractor to give the long push rod more movement travel. The original travel of the rod would work if the bucket was not full but there wasn't enough forward travel to raise it all the way up until I added about 6 inches to the hydro arm.
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02-23-2013, 12:52 PM
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Ok, I've got a couple questions. So you added 6" to the lift bracket, the one on the side of the tractor correct? Did you use solid tubing for the lift rod? Also, the mechanical arm on the right, is this a custom arm you fabricated out of something or completely custom? I do have the original arms for this and could chop and weld something up. One more. You say you welded on a bar for the quick release. You also welded in nut on the inside of the frame for easy install. Why both?? What am I missing? Did you have just put the bar in there so it would hold it in place while you were trying to get the bolts in? So basically for added help during install??? Thanks.
Brent
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02-23-2013, 04:46 PM
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Yes both of the push rods are solid 1/2 inch bars. I tried 3/8 but they just flexed too much I'll try to get a picture today and send it to you. You are correct that the bolts are to tighten the whole thing up because with just the snap in bar it was too wiggly when using it. The right side bucket pipe that sticks up also had to be moved to point upwards instead of down like the original picture because it did not allow for enough travel when loaded. You can see the change in these new pictures. I used the original clamps that came on the bucket to hole the pipes that operate it. The tubes or pipes are about 1/16 thick walled and are thicker than galvanized pipe. The last picture shows the left side control arm and the bolt welded to it that slide into the tube under the foot rest. I bored more than one hole on each end of the control arms so that I could have an adjustment if needed. With a full bucket of wet sand you will need all of the travel you can get due to the bending moment of all of the items combined. On the tractor end where the hydro arm is I had to weld a piece of angle iron to the flat bar that I originally used due to bending under a heavy load. I started with 3/8 inch flat stock but that was not stout enough. Luckily I did not have but one load of wet sand to spread because that stuff is heavy!
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02-24-2013, 07:27 PM
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Ok so I'm getting started on this right now and from your pictures your frankenstein bolts look to be higher than mine. If i put the bracket around them it is definetely lower than yours. Yours looks like the top of the bracket is about an inch below the top of your frame? Does this sound about right? Are the frankenstein bolts in a different location on my 1650 compared to your 1811? Can you get a pic of your franky bolts so I can see them clearly?
Brent
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