I saw in another thread how some of you have the dump bucket attachments... I think the one I've seen in Cabelas. Any impressions, good or bad? I have maybe 30 yards of material piled up I need to move that I could pick at with something like that, and I'd sooner pay a bit more and have the rig if it's worth anything than to spend half that much on renting a bobcat for the day...

Any thoughts?

MB

 

I have really gotten a lot of good use out of mine. I've moved gravel, mulch, and dirt with it. You get about a wheel barrow load in each scoop. Here are the draw backs to it: the design of how the front leaf spring brackets mount to the a-arms is not the best in the world (I have to take off and reattach my boot guards). The mounting system does take up about 4" of ground clearance. When lowering the bucket I have to often get off the bike and manually re-engage to release lever to raise the bucket back up. Here's the good things: quality steel construction, decent load, fair customer support (the mounting system was missing a bolt and they sent my a new one), it attaches and detaches from the mount quickly and easily, many different attachments uses the mount. To remove the mount, a couple of bolts are all it takes. If you want more info feel free to send me an email.

 

Thanks, Pat89...

Anyone else have this rig? I can't believe they went to production with this thing and have only sold three...

 

I've been thinking about it. Have the Swisher scraper blade - snowplow to you city folks - and it's built stout. All metal, and I've pushed a fair amount of dirt, rocks and gravel with it.

One thing, though. You can kiss your ground clearance goodbye. When I put the mounting kit on my Cat 500i, I remembered why I bought the Cat with its high ground clearance in the first place. Darned if I wasn't hitting all sorts of things I was used to rolling over. Fortunately, the mounting kit comes off pretty easily pull two pins, unbolt the big bolt in the back, and it's off.

 

Unless you have a re-curring need for such a thing, I'd say that it would be cheaper to rent a bobcat or a mini tractor with a bucket than pay for the kit... Locally, I can get a back hoe with the bucket for a little over $200 a day. And move a lot more at a time.. Maybe that is why they haven't sold a ton of these.

 

I have one and it works great. Same disadvantages as Pat89. You definately have to have a winch, and if it's a warn, you may need to buy a break for it. You do want to go slow when you are hauling a load. If you hit a bump it can bounce up and disengage. The bucket swings down and brings you to a sudden stop. Mine was missing a bolt as well. For the price it is well worth it.