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Telehandler Bucket Pivots 90 Degrees
Northern Irish engineer Robert Wright was challenged to build a swiveling loader bucket by one of his dairy farm neighbors. It allows the operator to scoop up material normally and then pivot the bucket to the side to dump.
    The pivoting bucket was designed for use inside narrow barn alleys. The bucket attaches to a pivoting frame that’s fitted with a pair of hydraulic cylinders. Another set of cylinders pivots the frame away from the front of the loader.
    The trickiest part of the design was balancing the weight once the frame was extended all the way out to dump.


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2020 - Volume #44, Issue #3