I spent the weekend building a product that I came up with. I have looked at alternatives to a loader (which I can't afford right now) and didn't really come up with anything that I liked. I had back surgery recently and really need something that I can rely on for help.
My criteria with the "Plucket" (plow bucket) was that it had to be installable without drilling or modifying the 54 inch plow blade (no drilling). It had to be strong enough to survive being pushed into a load of topsoil and it had to have some serious capacity without spilling its load as you go from the pile to where you will need it. I think that I managed to put it together quite well but you guys will have to be the judge of that.
The way is works is that the Plucket closes and goes under the plow blade by about 8" where it hits hard stops. When you drive into the material that you are picking up, you then rotate the Plucket but don't open it at the bottom. You only bring it up enough to meet the lower edge of the plow blade. It creates a nice deep bucket like a loader would have. When you are ready to dump it, you lift it all the way.
I would like to manufacture these but would kind of like a feel for whether they are something that others would like to buy. I have a company that manufactures water recycling systems and would likely sell them through it. Ironically, the company is called Freeloader Products and I built a kind of loader.
We had snow overnight so I had a chance to try it on the driveway. Worked well!
My criteria with the "Plucket" (plow bucket) was that it had to be installable without drilling or modifying the 54 inch plow blade (no drilling). It had to be strong enough to survive being pushed into a load of topsoil and it had to have some serious capacity without spilling its load as you go from the pile to where you will need it. I think that I managed to put it together quite well but you guys will have to be the judge of that.
The way is works is that the Plucket closes and goes under the plow blade by about 8" where it hits hard stops. When you drive into the material that you are picking up, you then rotate the Plucket but don't open it at the bottom. You only bring it up enough to meet the lower edge of the plow blade. It creates a nice deep bucket like a loader would have. When you are ready to dump it, you lift it all the way.
I would like to manufacture these but would kind of like a feel for whether they are something that others would like to buy. I have a company that manufactures water recycling systems and would likely sell them through it. Ironically, the company is called Freeloader Products and I built a kind of loader.
We had snow overnight so I had a chance to try it on the driveway. Worked well!
