Bigger grain bucket

[cotswoldcs]

I have an Albutt A075-80GB grain bucket. It has a 2.1 cu m capacity. I have upgraded to a new JCB TM320S which can handle a lot more. Is it realistic to weld plates to the bucket or do I need to upgrade?

 

[Robert K]

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I have an Albutt A075-80GB grain bucket. It has a 2.1 cu m capacity. I have upgraded to a new JCB TM320S which can handle a lot more. Is it realistic to weld plates to the bucket or do I need to upgrade?

 

[puma power]

I have a 3.5cube on a TM310s its a handful but safe on Wheat and Beans, Could prob take a bit more on barley. 12 buckets of wheat is about 28T some lorries take 13. Wish I bought a bigger bucket years ago don't have to fill it full! Only thing I'd say is my bucket is a JCB it was £1500 in July you could prob stick your old bucket on Facebook and get 1200 and save yourself a load of hassle. The JCB bucket fits the geometry of the machine perfect too!

 

[Chris W]

On a TM you are best to try and find a wide shovel with a short toe plate to maximise your dump over height

 

[cotswoldcs]

I have a 3.5cube on a TM310s its a handful but safe on Wheat and Beans, Could prob take a bit more on barley. 12 buckets of wheat is about 28T some lorries take 13. Wish I bought a bigger bucket years ago don't have to fill it full! Only thing I'd say is my bucket is a JCB it was £1500 in July you could prob stick your old bucket on Facebook and get 1200 and save yourself a load of hassle. The JCB bucket fits the geometry of the machine perfect too!

Wow! I make 3.5 cu metres plus bucket weighing over 3.4t which is more than the TM can lift? Or am I wrong? I was thinking a 2.7 cu m bucket would be plenty for a TM320.

 

[Grim Reaper]

 

[Grim Reaper]

This one fills 29t in 15.5 buckets of barley, it’s a Murray, just about right.

 

[Happy]

This one fills 29t in 15.5 buckets of barley, it’s a Murray, just about right.

Great buckets. Should last you a good while
Mine is 26 years old. Not as big as that though. 18 to a load.
Started life on a matbro ts270 and on its third manitou.
Still on pin & cone and geometry not quite perfect as a result. Does the dribbling over the front if not careful but simply solved by raising bucket up to eye level then crowding back fully again.

 

[quattro]

7and abit buckets 29ton

 

[JWL]

Allmost getting to the point of welding on the appropriate quick hitch attachment and putting the trailer straight on the loader and driving that into the heap to load it!

 

[tr250]

Great buckets. Should last you a good while
Mine is 26 years old. Not as big as that though. 18 to a load.
Started life on a matbro ts270 and on its third manitou.
Still on pin & cone and geometry not quite perfect as a result. Does the dribbling over the front if not careful but simply solved by raising bucket up to eye level then crowding back fully again.

What sort of headstock have you on the manitou? Our first (13 plate) manitou had perfect geometry but the second one cherry who do the pin and cone conversion had changed it but I sent it back and they made me another one like the previous.

 

[tr250]

Wow! I make 3.5 cu metres plus bucket weighing over 3.4t which is more than the TM can lift? Or am I wrong? I was thinking a 2.7 cu m bucket would be plenty for a TM320.

Seems a bit much to me but they are a very capable machine. Apparently on here someone said they can lift 4 ton bags of fert off a lorry with one

 

[Happy]

What sort of headstock have you on the manitou? Our first (13 plate) manitou had perfect geometry but the second one cherry who do the pin and cone conversion had changed it but I sent it back and they made me another one like the previous.

Doughty engineering who are no longer on the go I believe.

 

[fieldfarmer]

3 cube, bucked on a jcb, 536-60, seams about right here, a bit small for osr, linseed, barley, and a bit heavy for beans, wheat. So a happy middle.

 

[cotswoldcs]

But a 536 can lift more than a TM320. I think I will wait until TM arrives and see what it can cope with.

 

[Hampton]

What would people go with on a jcb 531/70? Thinking of upgrading

 

[MF565]

What would people go with on a jcb 531/70? Thinking of upgrading

we run a 3 cube slewtec on our 531-70 at work and tbh its possibly a bit big. as it struggles to lift it the first foot out the heap and bucket roll back force is poor. think a wider but shallower 3 cube bucket would be better. Also wouldn't rate the slewtec overly high for a jcb as doesn't crowd back far enough so grain leaks out the front unless you drive around with it above cab height.

 

[Andrew K]

We run a 2,5 cube bucket on the farm JCB 541/70 and I would say thats about right with cereals,rape beans etc.If I were loading alot of low sp weight grass seed then a 3.00 cube bucket would be ideal.
The bigger buckets are a bit of a pain in visibility terms on the road though, or can be.

 

[puma power]

A TM rating is measured at full steering lock hence they perform better than you’d think. The 3.5 holds about 2.4 ton of good wheat without having it running out sides everywhere. I rather go steady loading than spent time sweeping up! We do have good level concrete to load on and usually have lorry next to heap. It’s a handful mind and you wouldn’t want a hero on it!!!!

 

[puma power]

Bucket weighs just over 750kg.