Small dirt blade

[lb59]

Anyone ever made a small 24 t0 48 inch wide dirt blade to attach to a BH bucket?

[Ingersoll444]

Never seen one, but seems like it would be a neat additon to the BH. Kinda use it to sweep the dirt around.

[bobodu]

I think there might be someone here who has made one....
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[lb59]

Never seen one, but seems like it would be a neat additon to the BH. Kinda use it to sweep the dirt around.

I got the idea while using the BH to move dirt further away from a ditch so I could scoop it up with the FEL without the dirt falling back into the ditch.

Seems to me I could move more dirt quicker with a small 2 - 4 foot blade than I can with the 10'' BH bucket.

[itsgottobegreen]

I have used one on a case 580k backhoe. Its was able to rotate so you could push or pull dirt back towards the trench. But you need a backhoe with some swing power to use it.

[short stop 47]

I seen a dirt blade made from a old oil tank cut the top or bottom at curve add cut blade for bottom. attach hookup for your tractor.Old snow plow blade from highway snow plow makes a good cutting blade for bottom to save plow.you can make this full width of tank approx.6 feet or cot to width.

[pigsitter]

I've seen a local utility use something like that except it was more of a very wide shallow bucket.It really made good timebackfilling the trench! :fing32: