Digger bucket conversion

[Justme]

I have a small woodland that saddly has been used as a tip over the years. Was going to take it all to the tip till we found out its going to cost £80 per ton & as all the rubbish is in the ditches its also mixed with soil. So after some head scratching I though about making a stone / riddle bucket as new ones cost over £400.

To give you some idea of the problem here is a pic

Well I have decided to try a stone / riddle bucket on the digger to get the bulk of it out. I have a bucket I dont use & it also had a few stress cracks so I have ground them & welded both sides up too. As most of this was thick stuff I have run a root weld first & then a much bigger wider cap.

Now I know that this is not in the legue of the pro bucket repairs but as its only used by me & wont ever be further than 100m from the welder & its for one job only it should last.

THE BUCKET

First cut using 3mm cutting disk (was on the grinder )

Did the rest with 1mm disks as its easier

THE HOLE

& the disk used

All the parts bent & laid out. 16mm square for the bars & 6mm x 50mm for replacing the strength removed with the hole.

Some welds & reverse sides showing heat

Just a few more bars to weld on & its done

Will weld the last few bits up tomorrow & then test it.


Justme

 

[engybenjy]

Now I like that! Love turning junk into something useful again

 

[patreusch]

seems like a very good idea and way to save money

 

[Tino]

I've seen much worse. Should do the job no bother, nice one!

 

[Jaeger_S2k]

Now I do hope you keep the pics coming?
I love seeing old knackered things being built it to useful things (I'm beyond repair though).

Oh and I can only hope Malc doesn't see this, I don't think his Renault will be able to pull it?

 

[zardoz]

Well done mate, dont envy you all that grinding with a small grinder though. Please keep us informed.

 

[TheJoker]

Nice work and a clever idea. It's annoying to see that others have wronged your land and you'd have to pay to make things right. I hope the riddle bucket works well!

 

[drivewasher]

Nice work and a clever idea. It's annoying to see that others have wronged your land and you'd have to pay to make things right. I hope the riddle bucket works well!

Haa! R.O.F.L. Riddle THE JOKER

 

[Justme]

Well done mate, dont envy you all that grinding with a small grinder though. Please keep us informed.

Yeh its one of those things I keep saying I am going to get (a bigger one) but never seem to get round too. Not sure I would want to use ultra thin disks on a bigger one mind you.


Well I finished the welding today & did a quick test run. On most of the stuff it works ok but does struggle with the large feed sacks & the plastic seat matrerial from the car as it sits over the bars & stops the soil going through as does all the larger bits of whats left of the car. Will have to manualy pull all the bigger stuff out & try again.

Next job is to add a bar to the dipper arm so I can use it like a grab as previously shown in another thread.

Justme

 

[TheJoker]

Haa! R.O.F.L. Riddle THE JOKER

I walked right into that one!

 

[ghound]

looks good mate. I have seen it done where you cut slots out of the bucket base with a set of burners, and then re weld them back onto the tines that have been left so as to double up on the thickness on material.
Here's a thumb i made for my digger, works perfect if you want to make something simular. You will find 101 uses for it !!

 

[Justme]

That's the one. I saw it in the log splitter thread & you posted some pics for me then too. Finaly going to get round to it. I know you used hard steel but I dont have any so will have to get my thinking cap on to make sure its strong enough. Is the angle you have from the thumb to the dipper arm about right? Looks like just over 90 deg & then a curved end.

Justme

 

[ghound]

i find the angle just about right, but you could use a ram instead of the holding arm. I find the curve and teeth are the job for timber and rocks etc

 

[Justme]

As well as a ram I was considering a tractor top link bar as its adjustable for length.

My digger is piped for a breaker & a grab I think.

Its like that on both sides. I know the block is a manual valve but I dont know if it is one or the other only or has a both setting.

Justme

 

[ghound]

is your digger a schaffe or new holand?

 

[Justme]

Shaeff (terex?) HR16

 

[ghound]

i had one of them, it was badged as a new holland. It was a strong machine, good pull out force.
I liked the fact you had two escape hatches..lol

 

[snowcat]

justme looks like you've got a double service on the machine, so id imagine you can provide flow to them individually, it could have had a grapple rotator, or hyd quick hitch and be plumbed for breaker, whatever its quite a result, fairly expensive to put on after market..

BTW nice looking bucket...

 

[runnach]

BTW nice looking bucket...

Snowie...............I'm concerned

 

[MATT TOB]

Sorry I know this is a really old thread but thinking of doing the same but I cant see any of the pictures of you home made riddling bucket even though I'm logged in and would really appreacite seeing how someone else went about it