genaric buckets
trbomax
Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 133 Starvation Lake, Mi |
2004-04-21 83810
Are buckets brand specific,or industry standard as far as pin plaacement ad interchaingability? A friend has an older [yellow] Ford tractor with a 18" hoe bucket,I'd like to use the bigger bucket on my NH occasionally.He has the tractor an hour or so away from here, so its not a matter of going next door to look at it !
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genaric buckets
Murf
Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 7249 Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada Pics |
2004-04-21 83816
Unfortunately pin diameter, space between mounts, etc., will vary between manufacturers.
There was a movement a few years back to try to standardize mounts, sort of like with Category 1, 2 & 3 3pth equipment is.
The big problem was that none of the manufacurers wanted to make their existing or past equipment obsolete. That kind of equipment is in service for MANY years and the phase out of 'non-standard' equipment would be a VERY long and expensive proposition.
The other problem is one of simple design factors. The length anmd diameter of cylinder that moves a bucket for instance dictates how far the two pins need to be apart to make sufficient torque and rotation for digging, and the capacity of the machine dictates how strong they need to be, that in turn requires certain minimum sizes of pins.
Best of luck. ....
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