bucket size

[Paul A]

Does anyone know the capacity of the bucket on a LA452S in cubic yards.
This bucket is on a L3000DT. Its 5 foot wide.
Thank you.

 

[Daren Todd]

Measure height, width, and depth, multiply all three together, divide by 2, and that should give approximate cubic feet. Then can google the number of cubic feet too cubic yards. Or they have a converter app you can download for your smart phone.

 

[85Hokie]

Does anyone know the capacity of the bucket on a LA452S in cubic yards.
This bucket is on a L3000DT. Its 5 foot wide.
Thank you.

Here is a SWAG, education SWAG - but still a guess.
A bx25 bucket is four foot wide, holds about 5 cubic feet flat across or about 6 cf heaped.....
yours is 25% wider ....5' versus 4' ........and deeper too. so I am gonna say take the 4' bucket, add appox 25% more in length, and maybe 10% more in depth....

I would say straight across - approx 6.75 cf / 27 .....or 1/4 cubic yard.

 

[skeets]

I thought they were a 1/3 yard on that loader,, though I could very well be wrong again

 

[gpreuss]

My 66" bucket is about a third of a yard struck level. Yours should be about that, heaped.

 

[85Hokie]

I thought they were a 1/3 yard on that loader,, though I could very well be wrong again

skeets,

you aint never wrong.......

some of us just aint RIGHT all the time! (so my wife tells me)

 

[Dave_eng]

Here are the spec's from my owner's manual for a much bigger tractor (M7040) with 72" bucket. Struck 15.5 cu feet, heaped 19.4 cu ft.
Do you have an owner's manual for your loader?
Dave M7040

 

[skeets]

skeets,

you aint never wrong.......

some of us just aint RIGHT all the time! (so my wife tells me)

Woman have many faults,,
Men only have 2,,,
Every thing we say and every thing we do

 

[placervillebob]

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[Russell King]

Measure height, width, and depth, multiply all three together, divide by 2, and that should give approximate cubic feet. Then can google the number of cubic feet too cubic yards. Or they have a converter app you can download for your smart phone.

I do not understand this formula and believe it is not correct.
I think you meant measure in inches and then divide by 12 to get into feet but that is not correct - you need to divide by 12 three times to get each measurement in feet.

The formula is measure the width, depth and height each in inches. Divide each one by 12 to convert to feet, divide each one by 3 and you are in yards. Then multiply these three yard dimensions together to get cubic yards.

For example assume each dimension is 36 inches.
36/12 = 3 feet
3 feet/3 = 1 yard
1 yard x 1 yard x 1 yard = 1 cubic yard

If I misunderstood what the formula was, please explain.

 

[MagKarl]

I'm with you Russell, I don't follow the math.

Volume is length x width x height (all in feet). The answer will be cubic feet. There are 27 cubic feet in a yard, divide to get the fraction.

 

[85Hokie]

I do not understand this formula and believe it is not correct.
I think you meant measure in inches and then divide by 12 to get into feet but that is not correct - you need to divide by 12 three times to get each measurement in feet.

The formula is measure the width, depth and height each in inches. Divide each one by 12 to convert to feet, divide each one by 3 and you are in yards. Then multiply these three yard dimensions together to get cubic yards.

For example assume each dimension is 36 inches.
36/12 = 3 feet
3 feet/3 = 1 yard
1 yard x 1 yard x 1 yard = 1 cubic yard



If I misunderstood what the formula was, please explain.

As others have said, the formula is off a bit......

the yards are correct - 1 yd x 1 yd x 1 yd does get you there.......

now if you want to measure EVERYTHING in inches...... since the bucket is not a perfect depth - round spots in there to mess with your head a bit !

Length in inches, x width in inches, x depth in inches / 46656 !

otherwise leave EVERYTHING in feet, make sure the decimal in feet is correct too, and divide by 27....... and the answer will be in cubic yards....... think of a cube that is 3'x3'x3' and then look at it as 1 yd x 1 yd 1 yd.......there are the same........you need 27 of them thar cubic feets to get one of them thar cubic yards......

most people screw it up when figuring out how much concrete to buy, they have a driveway or something and the THICKNESS is always gonna be 4" or 6" or something like that......that NUMBER needs to be converted to FEET to throw in the formula ........ 4" = .333 ' 6" = .5 '

hope this helps a bit