Turf cutting bucket

[Vinpetrol]

Anyone know of a bucket for lifting turf off the top off a trench to be relaid again . About 450 wide to go on Volvo ec18 ?

 

[Antony Holmes]

i have not seen one in the flesh but looks ok

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[fred]

Anyone know of a bucket for lifting turf off the top off a trench to be relaid again . About 450 wide to go on Volvo ec18 ?

BMC at chepstow will make you one, top bloke runs it.

 

[Vinpetrol]

BMC at chepstow will make you one, top bloke runs it.

Cheers Fred , I will give him a try

 

[Giles]

used this on a job worked well

 

[V8Druid]

used this on a job worked well

that's neat

 

[Thomas7740]

Has anyone on here made or used a Turk cutting wheel? Was thinking a disc from a plough would be a good base for one

edit Turf not Turk

 

[Vinpetrol]

used this on a job worked well

Did you make the cutting wheels Giles ?

 

[doobin]

Has anyone on here made or used a Turk cutting wheel? Was thinking a disc from a plough would be a good base for one

edit Turf not Turk

Made one many years ago when I still had my Schaeff (yes, that long ago!)

It's been in a drawer ever since!

 

[Giles]

Did you make the cutting wheels Giles ?

lads from up your way brought it with them, they had the rfu contract doing new lights at rugby clubs. was just on hire to them for few days when they did our club. just bounced club to club in van with everything in and hired in plant each club.

 

[Vinpetrol]

Has anyone on here made or used a Turk cutting wheel? Was thinking a disc from a plough would be a good base for one

edit Turf not Turk

The Turkish community will be breathing a collective sigh of relief

 

[Vinpetrol]

Made one many years ago when I still had my Schaeff (yes, that long ago!)

It's been in a drawer ever since!

What size pins ? I’m thinking of creating some extra drawer space for you

 

[doobin]

What size pins ? I’m thinking of creating some extra draw space for you

30mm pins. I set mine up quick and dirty for the semi quick hitch I had at the time- just run a long pin for one of the bucket pins with a wheel on one side or both. Then tie that back with a dogbone to the second pin, insert into back of hitch and retain with linch pin.

 

[Vinpetrol]

30mm pins. I set mine up quick and dirty for the semi quick hitch I had at the time- just run a long pin for one of the bucket pins with a wheel on one side or both. Then tie that back with a dogbone to the second pin, insert into back of hitch and retain with linch pin.

Would it fit on a harford hitch 30 mm pins ?
If so would you consider selling it ?

 

[doobin]

Would it fit on a harford hitch 30 mm pins ?
If so would you consider selling it ?

Would depend a lot upon pin spacing. Just tell me what you need and I'll have a rummage in the scrap and see if I can salvage enough bits to make you one.

 

[doobin]

Mulling it over- if one wanted to cut turf prior to digging a trench, by far the best soloution would be a pair of discs, each on a bearing carrier, that mounted via a simple bolt or pin to the back of the bucket side edges. Just need a little hole in the side of each of your buckets.

Then you'd clip on the discs for the size of the bucket you wanted to use, run down the spray lines, take them off, lift the turf and start digging. You'd probably end up with an inch or two of turf clearance either side of the trench, which would be ideal.

 

[Smiffy]

Mulling it over- if one wanted to cut turf prior to digging a trench, by far the best soloution would be a pair of discs, each on a bearing carrier, that mounted via a simple bolt or pin to the back of the bucket side edges. Just need a little hole in the side of each of your buckets.

Then you'd clip on the discs for the size of the bucket you wanted to use, run down the spray lines, take them off, lift the turf and start digging. You'd probably end up with an inch or two of turf clearance either side of the trench, which would be ideal.

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[Mogman]

Mulling it over- if one wanted to cut turf prior to digging a trench, by far the best soloution would be a pair of discs, each on a bearing carrier, that mounted via a simple bolt or pin to the back of the bucket side edges. Just need a little hole in the side of each of your buckets.

Then you'd clip on the discs for the size of the bucket you wanted to use, run down the spray lines, take them off, lift the turf and start digging. You'd probably end up with an inch or two of turf clearance either side of the trench, which would be ideal.

Me being lazy I would have the ‘pair of discs’ on an axle to to the right width then weld a short end of channel that the discs axle fits in snuggly on the back of the bucket, so just locate the axle pull a digging length, lift the bucket of the axle pull the trench and repeat all done without leaving the cab

 

[GazCro]

I'm assuming if you're wanting to cut the turf to do a v tidy job it's not a rough arse horse field you're digging through. Can you not hire a proper turf cutter from a garden machinery place?

 

[doobin]

Me being lazy I would have the ‘pair of discs’ on an axle to to the right width then weld a short end of channel that the discs axle fits in snuggly on the back of the bucket, so just locate the axle pull a digging length, lift the bucket of the axle pull the trench and repeat all done without leaving the cab

Mk2 already designed! Trouble is you wouldn't want anything welded to the bucket that would ipnterfer with other day to day operations.