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Bucket Size for the M371?
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<blockquote data-quote="chesterspal" data-source="post: 129591" data-attributes="member: 23493"><p>Not to beat a dead horse... but this seems to make no sense to me.</p><p></p><p>The M371 came equipped with a 36" bucket according to replies here and this page off the internet.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]4762[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>But the machine is just under 41" wide. The bucket on my machine is 41" wide so a tad wider than the machine is.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]4763[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>This would seem to be how it should come... not 36" and be less than the width of the machine.</p><p></p><p>Say you need to dig a shallow trench to move water away from an area. In fact, one of the jobs I need to use my M371 for is just that. They're called <strong>water bars</strong> and they're shallow (at least 6" deep) ruts dug into the slope of the land at a 30 degree downward angle to direct the rain water off and to the side where it can drain into the ground. Often they are filled with large size trap rock so you can easily travel over them.</p><p></p><p>If the bucket is less than the width of the machine as soon as you reach the tires you must stop and dump that bucket no matter how full it may (or maynot) be.</p><p></p><p>If the bucket is wider than the machine you can just keep moving forward until the bucket is full.</p><p></p><p>Am I missing something here?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chesterspal, post: 129591, member: 23493"] Not to beat a dead horse... but this seems to make no sense to me. The M371 came equipped with a 36" bucket according to replies here and this page off the internet. [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_5652.jpg"]4762[/ATTACH] But the machine is just under 41" wide. The bucket on my machine is 41" wide so a tad wider than the machine is. [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_5651.jpg"]4763[/ATTACH] This would seem to be how it should come... not 36" and be less than the width of the machine. Say you need to dig a shallow trench to move water away from an area. In fact, one of the jobs I need to use my M371 for is just that. They're called [B]water bars[/B] and they're shallow (at least 6" deep) ruts dug into the slope of the land at a 30 degree downward angle to direct the rain water off and to the side where it can drain into the ground. Often they are filled with large size trap rock so you can easily travel over them. If the bucket is less than the width of the machine as soon as you reach the tires you must stop and dump that bucket no matter how full it may (or maynot) be. If the bucket is wider than the machine you can just keep moving forward until the bucket is full. Am I missing something here? [/QUOTE]
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