Mini Bucket Makes Concrete Mixing Easy
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Filling a 30-shovel cement mixer by hand was getting old, says John Kennedy, so he came up with a narrow mini-bucket that mounts on a skid steer loader. However, sometimes only a small mixer makes sense. His narrow, mini-bucket combines the ease of skid steer handling with pinpoint pouring of just the right amount of aggregate.
"I can put my 30-shovel mixer in a back yard for a small job and bring in the sand and gravel with my Bobcat. Makes the job easier and keeps the mess to a minimum," he says.
Kennedy made his 14-in. wide, 24-in. tall and 38-in. deep bucket out of scrap 1/2-in. steel he had on hand. However, he's confident 1/4-in. steel would be adequate. The bucket was sized to match the fill of his 30-shovel mixer.
"We made it extra deep so the front end of the bucket could easily be seen from the skid steer seat," explains Kennedy. "We didn't want to accidentally pick up dirt when sliding it into the sand and gravel."
Kennedy could have welded the bucket directly to the quick attach faceplate he fabricated for his skid steer. Instead he put a lip on the back of the bucket to slip over the top of the faceplate.
The base of the bucket is tipped away from the faceplate by two adjustable 5/8-in. bolts. Kennedy used the bolts so he could get the correct spacing to compensate for the less than 90-degree angle inherent in Bobcat arms. He notes that some skid steer buckets tip way back on the ground, but Bobcat buckets don't.
"When we built it, we weren't sure how far it needed to tip away from the faceplate," explains Kennedy. "We didn't want to lose sand and gravel as we went into the pile. Eventually I will replace the bolts with a permanent spacer and weld it in place."
A heavy-duty chain link welded to the top of the bucket initially made it easy to position the bucket on the welding table. Kennedy says it has proven useful for lifting the bucket on and off trucks and trailers.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, John Kennedy, P.O. Box 416, Seligman, Arizona 86337 (ph 928 713-9596; kennedy@tabletoptelephone.com).
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Mini Bucket Makes Concrete Mixing Easy TRACTORS Skid Steer Loaders 34-4-42 Filling a 30-shovel cement mixer by hand was getting old, says John Kennedy, so he came up with a narrow mini-bucket that mounts on a skid steer loader. However, sometimes only a small mixer makes sense. His narrow, mini-bucket combines the ease of skid steer handling with pinpoint pouring of just the right amount of aggregate.
"I can put my 30-shovel mixer in a back yard for a small job and bring in the sand and gravel with my Bobcat. Makes the job easier and keeps the mess to a minimum," he says.
Kennedy made his 14-in. wide, 24-in. tall and 38-in. deep bucket out of scrap 1/2-in. steel he had on hand. However, he's confident 1/4-in. steel would be adequate. The bucket was sized to match the fill of his 30-shovel mixer.
"We made it extra deep so the front end of the bucket could easily be seen from the skid steer seat," explains Kennedy. "We didn't want to accidentally pick up dirt when sliding it into the sand and gravel."
Kennedy could have welded the bucket directly to the quick attach faceplate he fabricated for his skid steer. Instead he put a lip on the back of the bucket to slip over the top of the faceplate.
The base of the bucket is tipped away from the faceplate by two adjustable 5/8-in. bolts. Kennedy used the bolts so he could get the correct spacing to compensate for the less than 90-degree angle inherent in Bobcat arms. He notes that some skid steer buckets tip way back on the ground, but Bobcat buckets don't.
"When we built it, we weren't sure how far it needed to tip away from the faceplate," explains Kennedy. "We didn't want to lose sand and gravel as we went into the pile. Eventually I will replace the bolts with a permanent spacer and weld it in place."
A heavy-duty chain link welded to the top of the bucket initially made it easy to position the bucket on the welding table. Kennedy says it has proven useful for lifting the bucket on and off trucks and trailers.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, John Kennedy, P.O. Box 416, Seligman, Arizona 86337 (ph 928 713-9596; kennedy@tabletoptelephone.com).
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