New matbro bucket.

[TrewithickFarm]

Morning all,

Are these buckets any good? doesnt seem bad money.

https://www.agri-linc.com/proforge-all-purpose-handling-bucket-1m3.html

Steve

 

[davedb]

I’d recomend Evans and Reid they were cheeper than that and I’m really pleased with the bucket it’s very hard wearing and strong

 

[jack_c]

Brian Scott in Northern Ireland make a great bucket, alot deeper than those Proforge ones and our 7ft 6" was cheaper than those too.

 

[nick...]

Morning all,

Are these buckets any good? doesnt seem bad money.

https://www.agri-linc.com/proforge-all-purpose-handling-bucket-1m3.html

Steve

They will be fine,top company to deal with too
Nick...

 

[tweedale terrier]

Lots of good manufacturers out there. Albutt are my premium brand though.

 

[ColinV6]

We’ve got an albutt. Really happy with it.

 

[Bullring]

What about the xform bucket from eastern attachments or albutt.

 

[milkloss]

What about the xform bucket from eastern attachments or albutt.

we have an 8ft 1.6cu xform from cherry. Good bucket, good company. We made the mistake of ordering one with a weld on edge and we're quite hard on ours. Welded new edge with bolt on holes and a new reversible bolt on now. Not cheap but cheaper than a bucket!

 

[Wellytrack]

I’d recomend Evans and Reid they were cheeper than that and I’m really pleased with the bucket it’s very hard wearing and strong

Had a look at their stuff there, their bale handler seems to have taken a lot of inspiration from McHale....

 

[davedb]

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This is the bucket we have that price on eBay was beaten dealing direct it’s really wearing well the toe plate is very hard scrapes out on concrete every day

 

[it's not over]

Brian Scott in Northern Ireland make a great bucket, alot deeper than those Proforge ones and our 7ft 6" was cheaper than those too.

I find the hitching point is too low on the bucket which can leave the front cradle scraping on the ground sometimes

 

[Pistonbroke]

Anyone had an LWC bucket? Sjh machinery have them on eBay. £845+vat for 1cum. Look well made

 

[Bullring]

Anyone had an LWC bucket? Sjh machinery have them on eBay. £845+vat for 1cum. Look well made

Didn't they buy slewtic?

 

[Pistonbroke]

No idea. I was told it's a massive welding firm and the attachments are a small part of what they do

 

[e3120]

Anyone had an LWC bucket? Sjh machinery have them on eBay. £845+vat for 1cum. Look well made

Well made but the manitou brackets on mine are at a poor angle so crowd is rubbish. Previous Slewtic grain bucket is fine.

When I contacted them to try to get a couple of lugs to improve the angle, response was somewhat abrupt.

 

[Sparkplug]

Depends which Manitou you have got - Manitou MT range or MLT RangeI used to order MT with bracket welded Vertical and MLT it is leaning forward to get proper rotation on either series.

 

[e3120]

Depends which Manitou you have got - Manitou MT range or MLT RangeI used to order MT with bracket welded Vertical and MLT it is leaning forward to get proper rotation on either series.

That makes sense, the brackets are vertical, even though the back of the bucket is a nice angle. It is an mlt (635); bucket ordered through manitou ag dealer, so you'd have thought it would be right/not too hard to sort.

 

[Sparkplug]

That makes sense, the brackets are vertical, even though the back of the bucket is a nice angle. It is an mlt (635); bucket ordered through manitou ag dealer, so you'd have thought it would be right/not too hard to sort.

So at height you will be able to tip the contents of the bucket backwards and empty them down the boom!! - Ag dealer to blame - - what did they order from their supplier?
95% of the used Manitous I have sold over the last 18 years have been MT from the construction industry, and whilst we have sold some to AG - I always quiz the materials being handled, so I can advise them to go and find a MLT if thats what I think is right for there application - and some are happy with the restricted Rotatation Limitations, especially if they want a simpler cheaper machine that they can maintain themselves without all the Bells & Whistles - horses for courses - over 40 years experience RTFLT & TH.

 

[Sparkplug]

That makes sense, the brackets are vertical, even though the back of the bucket is a nice angle. It is an mlt (635); bucket ordered through manitou ag dealer, so you'd have thought it would be right/not too hard to sort.

A skilled man on a burning torch will be able to cut out 95% of the excess - knock the bracket assembly forward to correct angle, and re-weld so you have correct rotation

 

[e3120]

Yes, a clutz could tip the contents over the back at height, but better that than no-one being able to fill/retain the contents at ground level.

A couple of triangles with duplicate lower holes welded on in the farm workshop would also leave a happier customer. For the purposes of this thread the attitude was more of an issue than the design.