I broke my loader bucket

[modeladay]

Rather I rebroke it as it was previously repaired before I bought it I don’t think I can wreck it again but time will tell. I’m $350 lighter in the wallet and I also lost about 50# on the loader lifting gross weight.

 

[D2Cat]

Must be a light duty bucket put to hard use! Never seen one close to that condition on that size of tractor.

 

[BravoXray]

That looks like it will last a good long while now.

 

[Redlands]

Well that spot should hold now

 

[troverman]

How did it break the first time? Just thinned out in one spot?

 

[modeladay]

How did it break the first time? Just thinned out in one spot?

I really don’t know, I purchased the tractor and it was already repaired . But for some reason it slip all the way down the middle. It was repaired using 1/8 steel that had been heated and roll in to place. That’s where it split again because of the heating??? I was lifting trees that I had cut down with pallet forks that attach to the bucket. Move over a 100 trees before it broke

 

[troverman]

Probably the forks that attach to the bucket did it. They are known for bending / breaking buckets. But they do get the job done, and are a lot cheaper than trying to convert a tractor to quick attach.

I think you've made the bucket sufficiently strong for clamp on forks now though!

 

[modeladay]

Probably the forks that attach to the bucket did it. They are known for bending / breaking buckets. But they do get the job done, and are a lot cheaper than trying to convert a tractor to quick attach.

I think you've made the bucket sufficiently strong for clamp on forks now though!

I believe that something else will break before the bucket, which might be a bad thing