Hey all, I'm new here.
I have a technical question pertaining to bucket and other attachment design. I work at a fab company and my boss has tasked me with researching the standardization (or lack thereof) of buckets industry wide.
Having grown up in the seats of various equipment brands I know enough to realize that swapping buckets between OEMs will work but they don't always perform optimally. Then there are those frustrating cases--Bobcat owners!--with an attached implement and you can't even get out of the cab because the boom won't go the whole way down.
Other than width and capacity, I've narrowed what I believe to be the most essential dimensions for proper fitment down to the three shown in the image below. The bucket tilt pin heights appear to vary across manufacturers which in turn effect the height to the top of the quick coupler. Brands also have varying ranges of tilt forward/back capacity and are effected by the bucket back angle. Variances in these measurements can effect how well a bucket works with a given machine.
In my searching, all I have found as far as standardization is concerned is the quick attach plate connection (I think ISO 24410). Are there others?
That all said, my questions are these:
Any advice/input will save this guy a lot of legwork, and it might become a great resource for this community! Thanks
I have a technical question pertaining to bucket and other attachment design. I work at a fab company and my boss has tasked me with researching the standardization (or lack thereof) of buckets industry wide.
Having grown up in the seats of various equipment brands I know enough to realize that swapping buckets between OEMs will work but they don't always perform optimally. Then there are those frustrating cases--Bobcat owners!--with an attached implement and you can't even get out of the cab because the boom won't go the whole way down.
Other than width and capacity, I've narrowed what I believe to be the most essential dimensions for proper fitment down to the three shown in the image below. The bucket tilt pin heights appear to vary across manufacturers which in turn effect the height to the top of the quick coupler. Brands also have varying ranges of tilt forward/back capacity and are effected by the bucket back angle. Variances in these measurements can effect how well a bucket works with a given machine.
In my searching, all I have found as far as standardization is concerned is the quick attach plate connection (I think ISO 24410). Are there others?
That all said, my questions are these:
- Are there any rules of thumb that you follow in regards how high you place quick attach plates to your implements?
- Rules of thumb on the bucket back angle?
- Have you found a bucket design that works well across all skidsteer brands (and ctls)
Any advice/input will save this guy a lot of legwork, and it might become a great resource for this community! Thanks
