Thread: Skeleton bucket is taking shape (pics)

Quote: Originally Posted by Digger145 http://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/...5&postcount=10 I'm liking the look of the stick rake. Was that a custom make job too? Got anymore pics of that? and maybe sizes of the steel used. (hint, hint) I'm rather fond of that root rake as well. It was made by the same two companies as the skeleton bucket in this thread. I don't know if that makes it custom or not. I have a great many...

Quote: Originally Posted by fArMeRkNoWsBeSt Yes it is. Our farm is 5km north of the St Lawrence river. Right above NY State. That is where the Glacier stopped and dropped all the crap from the North Pole. HAHA. That's funny, the North Pole flushed the toilet and it landed in your yard! But it does look like good soil.

That is really looking nice.

That's a nice bucket. I converted a bucket off our old Bobcat 600 in to a rock bucket like that. I was to cheap to put rock teeth on it though. I just ran the slats 5" past the cutting edge, braced them underneath, and MIG welded across the tops to give some wear protection. I assume the bucket's going on an excavator, of is it for a backhoe?

Looks nice, are you going to use it like that or make it water tight? I assume if you used it like that it would be so you could catch rocks and clumps but not sand?

Quote: Originally Posted by fArMeRkNoWsBeSt .... Pic of Stick Rake .... http://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/...5&postcount=10 I'm liking the look of the stick rake. Was that a custom make job too? Got anymore pics of that? and maybe sizes of the steel used. (hint, hint)

Quote: Originally Posted by fArMeRkNoWsBeSt Yes it is. Our farm is 5km north of the St Lawrence river. Right above NY State. That is where the Glacier stopped and dropped all the crap from the North Pole. HAHA. We have about 1-2ft of good black top soil. Then anywhere from 15 to 80ft of hardpan. Then rock. It is quite variable. Some pockets of sand, the odd ridge with rock only a few feet down. For the most part we are quite flat. Excellent...