Built "One-Arm" 3-Pt. Mounted Bucket
"It takes only 10 minutes to put it on and take it off," says Roy Pipo, who built a rear-mount self-leveling bucket to fit the 3-pt. hitch on his Long 2610 tractor. He uses it to haul rocks, dirt, gravel and other materials around his farm.
Before constructing the rear bucket, the Kensington, Minn., farmer used a conventional front end loader but didn't like the amount of time it took to put the loader on and take it off. He used 2 by 4-in. tubing for the frame which attaches to the 3-pt. and made the 40-in. wide bucket out of 3/16-in. thick plate steel. Length of bucket and frame together is 3 ft.
The bucket trips with the hydraulic cylinder off an old front end loader, while tractor hydraulics keep it self-leveling at all times. The loader lifts to 4 ft. high.
Out-of-pocket expense was about $200. Pipo is looking for a manufacturer.
He also built a rock picker and snow bucket for the 3-pt. on his Long tractor.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Roy Pipo, 14759 Co. Rd. 107 SW, Kensington, Minn. 56343 (ph 320 524-2532).
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Built "One-Arm" 3-Pt. Mounted Bucket TRACTORS Loaders 22-6-36 "It takes only 10 minutes to put it on and take it off," says Roy Pipo, who built a rear-mount self-leveling bucket to fit the 3-pt. hitch on his Long 2610 tractor. He uses it to haul rocks, dirt, gravel and other materials around his farm.
Before constructing the rear bucket, the Kensington, Minn., farmer used a conventional front end loader but didn't like the amount of time it took to put the loader on and take it off. He used 2 by 4-in. tubing for the frame which attaches to the 3-pt. and made the 40-in. wide bucket out of 3/16-in. thick plate steel. Length of bucket and frame together is 3 ft.
The bucket trips with the hydraulic cylinder off an old front end loader, while tractor hydraulics keep it self-leveling at all times. The loader lifts to 4 ft. high.
Out-of-pocket expense was about $200. Pipo is looking for a manufacturer.
He also built a rock picker and snow bucket for the 3-pt. on his Long tractor.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Roy Pipo, 14759 Co. Rd. 107 SW, Kensington, Minn. 56343 (ph 320 524-2532).
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