Nice! I'm very jealous!

 

Very nice! Makes it a lot easier on the back doesn't it.

 

Yes....life got a little easier.

Fadz

 

Congrats on the setup. You probably got one of the last units he made.

 

looks like the PERFECT tool for the job!

the yard looks great too! :fing32:




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Will look a lot better when I dethatch, mow and bag the grass the first time, as well as fertilize.....Thanks!!!

 

Wait, what you're saying is, you wouldn't rather use a shovel and wheel barrow? ! ? ! ? Great addition to the tool shed isn't it? Think that's the first one I saw on the newer a series. ?

 

Wait, what you're saying is, you wouldn't rather use a shovel and wheel barrow? ! ? ! ? Great addition to the tool shed isn't it? Think that's the first one I saw on the newer a series. ��

It's actually on an X734....love it so far, may be able to semi-retire the wheelbarrow.

Fadz

 

Are those side panels on the bucket an option?

 

It's an extension for mulching only....doubles the capacity....can take ofand put a toothbar on or 2 short forks also.

So far I love it......never heard anything bad about this bucket....I've built a dolly for it too, for when I take it off....plane on setting up the dolly so the subframe of the bucket lines up with the frame of the tractor, to make bolting it on easy.

Fadz

 

Great looking setup. As you are finding out you are going to love the Buford Bucket. That mulch extension really saves on the trips. Nice place you have there. Now you have another tool to take care of it.

 

Looks great, it sure will save your back.

 

wow very nice setup!

 

more breaking in of the Buford Bucket and lot's of mulching made easier...more time for fishing this year :thThumbsU





here's a second pile of 6 yards



new technique.....couldn't get under the arbor vitae....so used a 4'x20' paint drop cloth...dumped on it, and raked in under arbor vitae....move drop...no mulch in the grass:thThumbsU



finished arbor vitae.....now on to tougher mulch beds, filled with plants, but I have a strategy for it too.....soon to be tried out....raining today.



FADZ

 

You are having way too much fun! :thThumbsU

 

Sweet!
Yes, buckets are great for mulch, and the mulch extension is even better.
Nice tractor setup, and nice looking property.

 

Thanks Drano!!

 

More episodes to come...Larry....hope you are healing up!!!

 

Weather's been crummy....tomorrow is another day, but got a good pic of mulching with the Buford Bucket ......sun was on it today....



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That looks great. Been pretty wet around here also. That Buford has already paid for it self.

 

Don't know that it's paid for itself yet, but it will, and it's worth it that's for sure....one of my goals now is to get "taking it off and putting it on" down to a science....of course the dolly is going to help a lot!!!!



This was before I had the whole thing put together.

Fadz

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fadzaev6,

Nice to see that BB working out on the newer Signature series. Nice looking setup and yard!!!!

Seeing how much mulch you moved with those mulch extensions, it looks like future project for me.

Roger

 

Nice dolly for the Buford. I made one for mine also. made it easy to roll it up to the tractor and right height for the bolt holes to line up.

Roger, those extensions sure save you a lot of trips.

 

Larry,

Do you remember how thick of material those extensions were made of: 3/16" or 1/4" or some other thickness?

Roger

 

Here is a decent pic of the one i had

 

Today I used my Buford Bucket to put 2500# of compost on the garden. Tomorrow I will put out a similar amount of composted horse manure. Prior to that I cleared a pad for my future shed. Ok, technically that was the x728 and Brush Grubber, but I did use the Buford to level the site and haul the stumps to the burn pile.

After the garden work is done, I am going to use it to put a 1" layer of compost on the troubled spots of my lawn. I cannot believe how much I use that thing. It makes the tractor 3x as useful.

Thanks again GotDeeres and HoosierPete! Great great add on for the JD GT. :thThumbsU:

Almost forgot, that is a great looking dolly for the Buford. I am so going to steal that design. Great work! :thanku:

 

After the garden work is done, I am going to use it to put a 1" layer of compost on the troubled spots of my lawn.

I posted this on another thread. I had meant to post it here. Sorry for anyone who already sat through it. It's a video of me using the BB to put out 2500# of horse manure compost on the garden and then using it to move the trailer around.

 

I snapped some pictures in between rainstorms today. I swapped the Buford Bucket to the 455 from my X748 this past winter.

 

:fing32::eck21::sidelaugh

 

where can i get one and how much do they cost? thanks

 

Here's the contact....

hoosierpete@hotmail.com

may take him a couple of days to reply....works two jobs.....his real job, which is night shift I believe, and building these buckets. There is a waiting list usually, but it's worth the wait. My bucket, with the mulch extension kit, tooth bar, and two forks, including shipping was about $2300.

Fadz

 

Yesterday I put the bucket on my new dolly (plywood with 3 small Harbor Freight dollies underneath).....put a small block of wood under the subframe to keep it at the right heighth for when I re-installed it, fertilized the lawn, drove back up to the dolly/bucket, and it went on easy (the initial install was a lot harder)....now I've got it!!! going to cut the corners off on the edge of the dolly closest to the tractor so I can turn the front tires without them rubbing on and moving the dolly.....turning the tires so it's easier to get the impact on the 2 bottom bolts on each side. Someone earlier on the forum had said they thought it was easier if you put the bolt heads on the inside and the nuts on the outside......he was definitely right!!!!!! :thThumbsU Using one of those new rubber twisty ties that you can get at Home Depot to keep all the hydraulic hoses together and further from the exhaust.....those things work great for a lot of things....use them on my garden trailer/cart to fasten tools on the rail hooks, so they don't move. When I get the dolly tweeked, I'll post pix. Nice to know it will go on and off pretty easily once you get it "down". (maybe a 10 minute deal total, including the hydraulic hoses)

Fadz

 

thanks, i sent him a note.

 

Today, I "tweeked" my dolly for the BB.....here's some photos....allows space to store the tooth bar, forks....whatever......













note the twisty tie on the hydraulic hoses.....works super too!! :greendr:

 

By the way....got my original idea for dollies from this forum, watching the Roy Rector videos on here, and then more specifically the dolly Larry (who has commented on this thread) built for his BB.

Fadz:thThumbsU