Tractor-Mounted "Scoop" Attachment
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I thought some of your readers might be interested in this "scoop" attachment I made for my tractor to move dirt or gravel. I have a 1960's Ford 801 tractor but I don't have a front-end loader for it and have never had enough need to justify buying one. In the past I just used a wheelbarrow or small trailer behind my garden tractor. Then I got an idea one day at a local scrap yard when I spotted a bucket from an old horse drawn earth mover. I bought it for 12 cents a pound and took it home.
With some scrap iron, two mounting pins, and a trip assembly off an old cultivator, I created a rear-mounted scoop loader that fits the 3-pt. hitch. I can back right into a pile of dirt or gravel to load and then dump with the lever, although I sometimes have to do some manual clean-out because of limited down-tipping motion. (Bob Hudspeth, P.O. Box 51, Era, Tex. 76238 ph 940 665-5942)
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Tractor-Mounted "Scoop" Attachment MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Earth Movers 25-2-34 I thought some of your readers might be interested in this "scoop" attachment I made for my tractor to move dirt or gravel. I have a 1960's Ford 801 tractor but I don't have a front-end loader for it and have never had enough need to justify buying one. In the past I just used a wheelbarrow or small trailer behind my garden tractor. Then I got an idea one day at a local scrap yard when I spotted a bucket from an old horse drawn earth mover. I bought it for 12 cents a pound and took it home.
With some scrap iron, two mounting pins, and a trip assembly off an old cultivator, I created a rear-mounted scoop loader that fits the 3-pt. hitch. I can back right into a pile of dirt or gravel to load and then dump with the lever, although I sometimes have to do some manual clean-out because of limited down-tipping motion. (Bob Hudspeth, P.O. Box 51, Era, Tex. 76238 ph 940 665-5942)
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