Bucket or Fork for Loader ?

Sami23

After some opinions on this. Basically at the minute only have hydraulic bale handler for front loader and have been saving up to buy a new implement but can't decide whether to buy a Bucket or a dung Fork more than likely 6ft.
Which do the rest of ye find ye get the most use out of ?

I says

Sami23 wrote: »

After some opinions on this. Basically at the minute only have hydraulic bale handler for front loader and have been saving up to buy a new implement but can't decide whether to buy a Bucket or a dung Fork more than likely 6ft.
Which do the rest of ye find ye get the most use out of ?

Dung fork ya can feed out bales with as well if needs must

larthehar

Sami23 wrote: »

After some opinions on this. Basically at the minute only have hydraulic bale handler for front loader and have been saving up to buy a new implement but can't decide whether to buy a Bucket or a dung Fork more than likely 6ft.
Which do the rest of ye find ye get the most use out of ?

All depends on what you need to do..
Lots of straw bedded sheds.. you prob need a dung fork to clean em out..
All slats and a bucket is prob more multi functional..

Sami23

larthehar wrote: »

Sami23 wrote: »

After some opinions on this. Basically at the minute only have hydraulic bale handler for front loader and have been saving up to buy a new implement but can't decide whether to buy a Bucket or a dung Fork more than likely 6ft.
Which do the rest of ye find ye get the most use out of ?

All depends on what you need to do..
Lots of straw bedded sheds.. you prob need a dung fork to clean em out..
All slats and a bucket is prob more multi functional..

Yes it's the bucket I leaning towards alright. Nearly all slats and the straw bedded areas will be cleaned with smaller tractor anyway.
Just think for doing the bit of reseeding and sowing the WBC the bucket be very handy to have on when tilling to pick any stones that appear.
Are Quicke the best buckets out there or is there a bit of an issue with the curve on the ends of them ?

simx

Bucket grab here super job

GrasstoMilk

Sami23 wrote: »

Yes it's the bucket I leaning towards alright. Nearly all slats and the straw bedded areas will be cleaned with smaller tractor anyway.
Just think for doing the bit of reseeding and sowing the WBC the bucket be very handy to have on when tilling to pick any stones that appear.
Are Quicke the best buckets out there or is there a bit of an issue with the curve on the ends of them ?

Quicke bucket is a great job. It crowds in lovely to the loader and it fills up really well

larthehar

simx wrote: »

Bucket grab here super job

I was just thinking that after myself too.. might be the best tool and you can do anything with it..

I was impressed looking at the prodig buckets, hardox tip is a must if you are scrapping concrete at all..

simx

larthehar wrote: »

I was just thinking that after myself too.. might be the best tool and you can do anything with it..

I was impressed looking at the prodig buckets, hardox tip is a must if you are scrapping concrete at all..

Have a sonarol one here fair aul steel in it

Bucket for sure, much more versatile. You would find so many times it's handy we would be lost without it. As for bedded sheds, you would be wasting your time with a fork from my experience unless you are cleaning them out after a few days rather than a few weeks. Would be like eating soup with a fork.

Timmaay

larthehar wrote: »

I was just thinking that after myself too.. might be the best tool and you can do anything with it..

I was impressed looking at the prodig buckets, hardox tip is a must if you are scrapping concrete at all..

If he's got away with just a bale spike till now, and only considering a bucket or dung fork, I think a bucket grab is complete overkill, he'd get a new bucket and dung fork and prob still have a grand left over.

larthehar

Timmaay wrote: »

If he's got away with just a bale spike till now, and only considering a bucket or dung fork, I think a bucket grab is complete overkill, he'd get a new bucket and dung fork and prob still have a grand left over.

i just said bucket grab was prob the best tool... not the most cost effective..

I have the 4 in 1 on the digger and it is a gift..

I use the tractor bucket for picking stones while ploughing, carrying bags of seed in when sowing, hauling small amounts of meal in bulk to the outfarm, fencing, the list is endless.

simx

Timmaay wrote: »

If he's got away with just a bale spike till now, and only considering a bucket or dung fork, I think a bucket grab is complete overkill, he'd get a new bucket and dung fork and prob still have a grand left over.

6ft sonarol bucket grab 1700 delivered

yellow50HX

Most of the quickie buckets are 7ft now to match the width of the tractor.

If it's mostly lifting and transport then bucket is ideal. You can always pick up a 2nd hand grab for dung or other work.

Who2

yellow50HX wrote: »

Most of the quickie buckets are 7ft now to match the width of the tractor.

If it's mostly lifting and transport then bucket is ideal. You can always pick up a 2nd hand grab for dung or other work.

I bought a 6’ before Christmas, he had another 10 or twelve of them there and said they were the usual. 6’ is loads, you’d want to be a fair bad pilot not to be able to keep along a wall cleaned on the average tractor. Much wider and its a nuisance with the swing it creates .

Zr105

Bucket deffinitely, a fork is no use for scraping up sloppy stuff. And as said above a lot handier for stone picking and general moving like bags of meal etc. Also handy if you need to go saw up a smaller branch down the field, only need to bring the bucket and you can pile them into it

Sami23

Who2 wrote: »

I bought a 6’ before Christmas, he had another 10 or twelve of them there and said they were the usual. 6’ is loads .

How much was the 6' Quicke bucket if you don't mind me asking n did price around much ?

Who2

Sami23 wrote: »

How much was the 6' Quicke bucket if you don't mind me asking n did price around much ?

660. Plus vat. Got a range from 660-760 plus. Looked at a good few types of buckets the quicke is made of a lot lighter stuff but the way it’s engineered is far superior to anything else I seen.

Sami23

Who2 wrote: »

660. Plus vat. Got a range from 660-760 plus. Looked at a good few types of buckets the quicke is made of a lot lighter stuff but the way it’s engineered is far superior to anything else I seen.

Thanks for that.
As I haven't looked at any yet would there be different variations of each bucket as in like a normal transport box and a heavy duty transport box or is there just the one type of loader bucket from each manufacturer ?

Who2

Sami23 wrote: »

Thanks for that.
As I haven't looked at any yet would there be different variations of each bucket as in like a normal transport box and a heavy duty transport box or is there just the one type of loader bucket from each manufacturer ?

The quicke sits better on loaders with the way the euro brackets are built over the bend, the bucket is also tapered in so as to stop stuff sticking in the corners. Most of the other buckets that could be got didn’t allow for a turn up so as to create a water level. Hadn’t the same edge on them and were pig heavy.

Sami23

Will ya throw up a few pics if ya get a chance. Thanks

gazahayes

Looking at getting a sonarol bucket grab here for cleaning out sheep shed hopefully it'll keep from all the small bits falling out.
https://www.donedeal.ie/silagegrabs-for-sale/bucket-tine-grab/10622083