I've seen the videos of the property y'all bought and I think you got the scale of the tractor and bucket just right for your needs. You'll wish it was bigger for some jobs and love the small size for others. Excellent fabrication. Now the very best part of this video was when you were carrying the bracket to fit onto the tractor and you remarked "good thing I'm huge". I just about spit my coffee all over my keyboard! Again, thanks so much for the content.
Sometimes it's fun to visualize it right from the mind into reality. Keeps us sharp. Very practical solution. The Yanmar is coming along nicely. It looks like it is built like a small tank too.
Oh I love Atherton! How fortunate are you and your wife cause that’s one of the most beautiful places. I always wanted to retire there because I spent a bit of time in Atherton when I was at Lavarack Bks but then, y’know, life happened. A friend of mine from the Army days had a nice house just out of Atherton that we stayed at for a few days and when she sold it, she offered it to us but back then we had to work where our lives were and the boys were very young. Envy you mightily!
Thank you for your comment Kym! Yes it is so nice up there. Haven't been able to get there for a while now. Hopefully in the next few weeks. Will keep you posted
Scott - Congratulations on your new property and the Yanmar. You are going to thrive in the new environment. Having the bucket on the rear of your tractor creates the need for highest driving force opposite the direction the tire lugs were designed. This will introduce slip (seen in video). This will accelerate wear and tearing in the rear tires depending on soil conditions and amount of bucket use..Swapping rear wheels side to side will reverse the tire drive lug direction. This will increase drive traction in reverse for times when your bucket usage is high. Swap back the rest of the time.
Looks good! Couple observations. As blondihacks once said, and I struggle with this when I make stuff: “Precision costs time. “. Just because you have a machine that can cut to the half-thousandth doesn’t mean everything needs to be that precise. Especially for farm equipment, sometimes close enough is close enough. Also I don’t know if it’s available in your area, but Amazon sells some pretty inexpensive wear bars for buckets. I bought one to weld onto my bucket and another to make a bolt-on tooth bar. Oh also if you put the top link at the lowest position on the tractor it’ll lift the tip of the bucket higher when you raise the three point. This will help keep stuff from falling out.
VERY COOL!!! I just recently purchased a small 4 wheel drive antique garden tractor as well. I’ve found very limited resources to purchase implements for it. Thank you for sharing… what a fantastic idea!
Very clever Scott, nice job!! If you remember next time you head up could you do a bit of filming along the way? Not just for overseas viewers, but most Aussies won't believe how much the farmland up there is like the Southern parts of the country. Stay safe and well :)
Great piece of equipment, Scott. Now you will find you will need a bucket that works as you drive forward. Little more power in the tractor that direction!!!
Love watching your videos Scott you are a very clever man, keep up the great work. By the way watching you makes me look forward to spring here in the UK wet and miserable at the moment.
I own this same tractor or at least the US version of it. I'm sure you have already discovered this, but I recommend you put as many weights as you can find on the front bumper. They are absolute power houses but they don't have the weight to apply that power. If you use them to drag weight, you often lose the ability to steer, weights will help with that
@@startingfromscratch7469 Just mild steel. seems to be holding up great, mind you the tractor is only light duty. The bucket is great for loose soil, gravel, sand etc. Breaking ground the tractor struggles as it is light and I guess that translates to the forces applied to the scoop.
Amazing. Really slick build and I look forward to seeing it get some use. I see you forgot about your forge, though. You could easily have heated up that bar and driven a drift through to make the hole larger. Blacksmiths have been doing that for a thousand years. Now, you need to turn a nice knob for that latch handle. Can't be leaving the end just some plain ol' square bar like that.
I always try and leave some controversy, Blacksmith Bait ;) Actually I'm too much of a sook to fire up the forge in this summer heat. Yes indeed a nice handle knob thing is planned too. Thanks Vaughn!!
After designing one in CAD, I decided to check TH-cam to see what someone else has come up with…. I added a hydraulic top link to mine but I also really like your dump latch too…. I think I’ll do both
Here's an idea... make it pull both ways? Your tractor will pull more than it will do in reverse. It should load the bucket up and transport dirt. Awesome build!
Scott, what you attempted on the lathe was totally doable, you just need to work on the fixturing. Fitting tooling in the chuck was how some operations where done prior to the mass production of mills.
Sorry mate had some friends down from Taipei who I havent seen in a couple of years thanks to Covid. Just a question about the cutting edge, would you consider adding a hardened steel bolt on cutting edge, I feel that over time your present one will cut out pretty quick when you hit some subsurface rock etc?
Really nicely made 👌 i just have one thing i would have done differently. I would have made the pivot points just to the rear of the tipping point, so the bucket would return itself when it has dumped out the contents. A lot of the commercial ones here in Denmark 🇩🇰 are made like that, and if you use it a lot it's a time saver 👍 i have one for my Ferguson TED-20 that pivots in the holes in the liftarms, an so does not self-return... It's a pain in the butt to lift the bucket all the way up do dump, and all the way down to reset, and all the way up again to drive off again...
Excellent video. Might consider putting a high carbon wear/scraper edge on the leading edge of the bucket. I'll stiffen it up along with protecting it from hitting rocks and bending it. Even a used One, just bolt it on. Plus look into a live link for the center support/tilt. That way you could tilt the bucket... bought a 125.00 bananas...lol good job
You wanna look at a magtron/mag drill mate with broche cutters, a lot easier than using hole saws (up to a certain size ofc) and very handy tool can drill a 40mm hole in 12mm plate easily and quickly
I swore I was watching Curtis from Cutting Edge Engineering. Accent? ✔️”Heavy” equipment fabrication? ✔️ a job well done? ✔️. Just needed some yellow paint 😜
Tidy job mate. I need one of these, front loader on my MF35x just puts too much weight over the front wheels, you need to be a gorilla to steer with any kind of weight in the bucket. Is that 4mm steel you used for the bucket? Nice touch showing us the steel sheet laid out with the measurements at the beginning. Subscribed!
Thank you. Also from loaders with all that weight up front can lead to premature (wrecked) steering gear boxes and yes you get huge arms. 3mm steel but I added 5mm flat bar to the leading edges and runners on the bottom. I've since sold the little tractor and bucket but the rear loader worked so well for what I needed it for.
It's hard to tell, prob because eyes are getting older. But what was the thickness of the steel you used. And the cutter, was it tempered? Thank you again 😇
Very nice build, Scott. I came across some steel pins at the scrap yard, but they're not what you think. They were designed for concrete reinforcement when welded to angle iron. These happened to be new in the box, so I bought a handful of them. The price was right, and so was the diameter. I wish you well with your new property, mate. It's coming along nicely.
I reckon it pinched your cutter because you still had the center engaged, better to just have the workpiece in the chuck when parting off. Great project mate.
Thanks Andrew. Check video at 8:29 where I removed the live centre. No it was cutting very well and I was not reducing feed rate getting close to the centre. It's only a 2mm parting tool. I was just too eager.
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I've seen the videos of the property y'all bought and I think you got the scale of the tractor and bucket just right for your needs. You'll wish it was bigger for some jobs and love the small size for others. Excellent fabrication.
Now the very best part of this video was when you were carrying the bracket to fit onto the tractor and you remarked "good thing I'm huge". I just about spit my coffee all over my keyboard!
Again, thanks so much for the content.
Spot on and thank you so much!
Sometimes it's fun to visualize it right from the mind into reality. Keeps us sharp. Very practical solution. The Yanmar is coming along nicely. It looks like it is built like a small tank too.
Thanks Joseph! The little Yanmar is a Beauty. Tough little tractor.
Oh I love Atherton! How fortunate are you and your wife cause that’s one of the most beautiful places. I always wanted to retire there because I spent a bit of time in Atherton when I was at Lavarack Bks but then, y’know, life happened. A friend of mine from the Army days had a nice house just out of Atherton that we stayed at for a few days and when she sold it, she offered it to us but back then we had to work where our lives were and the boys were very young. Envy you mightily!
Thank you for your comment Kym! Yes it is so nice up there. Haven't been able to get there for a while now. Hopefully in the next few weeks. Will keep you posted
This is so impressive Scott. Never would have occurred to me to try to fabricate such an attachment. Happy
Digging!
Thank you! Cannot wait!
Scott - Congratulations on your new property and the Yanmar. You are going to thrive in the new environment. Having the bucket on the rear of your tractor creates the need for highest driving force opposite the direction the tire lugs were designed. This will introduce slip (seen in video). This will accelerate wear and tearing in the rear tires depending on soil conditions and amount of bucket use..Swapping rear wheels side to side will reverse the tire drive lug direction. This will increase drive traction in reverse for times when your bucket usage is high. Swap back the rest of the time.
Fantastic advice Jeffery - huge thanks!
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Looks good! Couple observations. As blondihacks once said, and I struggle with this when I make stuff: “Precision costs time. “. Just because you have a machine that can cut to the half-thousandth doesn’t mean everything needs to be that precise. Especially for farm equipment, sometimes close enough is close enough. Also I don’t know if it’s available in your area, but Amazon sells some pretty inexpensive wear bars for buckets. I bought one to weld onto my bucket and another to make a bolt-on tooth bar. Oh also if you put the top link at the lowest position on the tractor it’ll lift the tip of the bucket higher when you raise the three point. This will help keep stuff from falling out.
Great tips there - thank you! I moved the link lower today and it's better for sure. Ah I agree on the precision comment, but cannot help myself ;)
Just found your channel. Really enjoyed watching you build the bucket/loader! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching! :)
Amazing fabrication job and excellent use of the SQwayRe wonder tool!
Thanks Phil. Don't tell Tim but I use the Sqwayre thingy a lot, mostly for scratching my back but hey ;)
Aussie ingenuity strikes again! Why buy pins, indeed! When you've got the tools, make a tool! Awesome! Good on ya, Scott!
Cheers Tom!!
Nice project Scott.. Thx for taking us along.. looking forward to seeing all the projects on the farm.. God Bless and take care my friend...
Thank you Gary. God bless you also!
Congratulations Scott….. brilliant execution. And every time you use it your heart will warm in knowing you made that! 👍👍😎👍👍
Huge thanks Joel!!
Nice update Scott, glad the homestead is doing well. Great build, as usual mate.
Much appreciated!!
Top class Scott 👌🏻 so many clever bits throughout this video. Looks like something you will get a lot of use out of on the new property 👍🏻
Huge thanks Brendan! Yes this thing will be super useful up at the block. Cannot wait!
I'm impressed with the work you've done! a difficult task, wonderful job Scott!!! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Much appreciate Igor. All the best!
Nice job you will get lots of use out of a simple handy tool like that
Thank you! Yes I hope to
VERY COOL!!! I just recently purchased a small 4 wheel drive antique garden tractor as well. I’ve found very limited resources to purchase implements for it. Thank you for sharing… what a fantastic idea!
Much appreciated, thanks!
Looks great. Had a good chuckle about our exchange rate too. :D
Cheers Merv! Yep it's poo
Slick work Scott ! I would love to see the repairing and modifying of the tractor 👍👍
Thanks Bob! It had the original from tyres on it (and transmission fluid I bet), Hopefully I can put something together
Very nice work. I came here because I am building a custom rear scoop for my garden tractor.
Thanks Rich. They are super useful.
Perfect work! This item will still use your grand-children. Very long lasting. Regards from Germany.
Thank you Dieter!
Very clever Scott, nice job!! If you remember next time you head up could you do a bit of filming along the way? Not just for overseas viewers, but most Aussies won't believe how much the farmland up there is like the Southern parts of the country. Stay safe and well :)
Thanks Anthony. Will see if I can fit that in. Heading up soon. So beautiful up there!
Your skills are very impressive Scott. That will be very useful on your new property. A real back saver I'm sure.
Thank you Jim. Yes my back has over 50 years on it so best I get he machine to do the lifting or I'll suffer the consequences
Tremendous ingenuity, Scott! Really looking forward to the coming creative adventures on the new property!
Thank you! Looking forward to getting back up there!
for being built on the fly, it seems really well thought out. Nice craftsmanship
Thanks Rick!
Great piece of equipment, Scott. Now you will find you will need a bucket that works as you drive forward. Little more power in the tractor that direction!!!
Thanks Ronald. Yes true.
Love watching your videos Scott you are a very clever man, keep up the great work. By the way watching you makes me look forward to spring here in the UK wet and miserable at the moment.
Thank you Kevin! We have the opposite problem here with the heat, darn hot, I'm looking forward to winter haha
I own this same tractor or at least the US version of it. I'm sure you have already discovered this, but I recommend you put as many weights as you can find on the front bumper. They are absolute power houses but they don't have the weight to apply that power. If you use them to drag weight, you often lose the ability to steer, weights will help with that
Thank you for the tips. Yes I've thought of how I could weigh down the front as it can only help with balance.
This video brought Back some memory's mate . Grate job Scott things seem to work out better with out a plan . Cheers . :)
Yep, These there are times when winging it gets the job done (who reads plans any who)
Great video! Excellent craftsmanship! Thank you!
Thank you Thomas!
forme industrious branches out into industrial manufacturing! cutting edge engineering better stay on his toes.
Haha, thanks but don't think they have much to worry about :)
Very cool Scott, that's a bit out of the Forme Box. Like it.
Huge thanks!
I love that mini boring bar!
Thank you! Yes it worked great and is adjustable
Good work, and very ingenious ways to get it done. Chers! 😊👏👏
Thanks, yes had a few problems to overcome.
That tractor looks pretty sharp with new tires and fresh paint.
G'day Scott, great looking Bucket, should be very handy 👍
Thankyou! It's been great to move a heap of gravel and sand over the last few days. Saved my back for sure.
Great video. Great ingenuity for this project. It looks like you really enjoyed it. Cheers
Thanks Steve! Yes it was a good project for sure.
Nice build. We shared this video on our homemade tools forum this week 😎
Awesome, thank you!!
Great job Scott - I am about to make one for my JD. Thanks for sharing your design
My pleasure! Bucket is working great, just used it all weekend.
@@ScottTurnerformeindustrious Did you just use mild steel for the cutting edge or something more abrasive resistant?
@@startingfromscratch7469 Just mild steel. seems to be holding up great, mind you the tractor is only light duty. The bucket is great for loose soil, gravel, sand etc. Breaking ground the tractor struggles as it is light and I guess that translates to the forces applied to the scoop.
wowwwww, every video you surprise me more, great project and you are a master man
Much appreciated Javier!
Hello from Latvia! Great job👍
That's some good looking fabrication!
Thank you Greg!!
Amazing. Really slick build and I look forward to seeing it get some use. I see you forgot about your forge, though. You could easily have heated up that bar and driven a drift through to make the hole larger. Blacksmiths have been doing that for a thousand years. Now, you need to turn a nice knob for that latch handle. Can't be leaving the end just some plain ol' square bar like that.
I always try and leave some controversy, Blacksmith Bait ;) Actually I'm too much of a sook to fire up the forge in this summer heat. Yes indeed a nice handle knob thing is planned too. Thanks Vaughn!!
Awesome scoop build! Great how to video
Much appreciated Jason!
After designing one in CAD, I decided to check TH-cam to see what someone else has come up with…. I added a hydraulic top link to mine but I also really like your dump latch too…. I think I’ll do both
Thanks Jacob. Yes Had top link would be very beneficial. Something I've been thinking about myself lately.
Great work! Thanks for this video. Thumbs up!
Thank you!
Mate keep a lookout for a narex head for your mill. Best boring attachment out there. Quality video as usual, cheers!
The welds are works of art
nice bucket Scott!!
Thanks Andrew!
Fantastic work, Scott! Brilliant idea and execution! 😃
Really well done!!!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Thank you so much MC's Creations!
Excelente! Gran trabajo de calidad!! Abrazo 🇺🇾
Thank you!
A backwards tumble bug... lol
I like it !!
I love that, Yep! Thanks!
Here's an idea... make it pull both ways? Your tractor will pull more than it will do in reverse. It should load the bucket up and transport dirt. Awesome build!
Great stuff dude.. fantastic piece of engineering.. and a crackin lookin tractor as well.. will come in very handy up in the new place...
Moose! Huge thanks dude!!
Great work Scott. Not too shabby on the welding either. ;-)
Thanks Malcolm!
Nice work as always..👍
Scott, what you attempted on the lathe was totally doable, you just need to work on the fixturing. Fitting tooling in the chuck was how some operations where done prior to the mass production of mills.
Agreed, but whilst attempting the Lathe I had other ideas that seemed more sensible at the time. Cheers Andrew.
Some serious fabrication. I need to go and drink some beers, will be back later to watch.
Good idea! See you when you get back.
Sorry mate had some friends down from Taipei who I havent seen in a couple of years thanks to Covid. Just a question about the cutting edge, would you consider adding a hardened steel bolt on cutting edge, I feel that over time your present one will cut out pretty quick when you hit some subsurface rock etc?
Nice job there digger
Thanks Skeets!
Really nicely made 👌 i just have one thing i would have done differently. I would have made the pivot points just to the rear of the tipping point, so the bucket would return itself when it has dumped out the contents. A lot of the commercial ones here in Denmark 🇩🇰 are made like that, and if you use it a lot it's a time saver 👍 i have one for my Ferguson TED-20 that pivots in the holes in the liftarms, an so does not self-return... It's a pain in the butt to lift the bucket all the way up do dump, and all the way down to reset, and all the way up again to drive off again...
Thanks for the excellent feedback. I see your point. Perhaps I could fit some springs that could achieve the same thing. I love the old MF TE-20
Was thinking of adding front end loader to my tractor.... This is much more simpler.... And more realistic. 👍
I thought exactly the same. Works great for a small land holding.
Very good job
A bloke and a digger. What could possibly go wrong ……. 😂 Excellent build. Regards Paul
Thank you Paul! I've been practicing digging up the yard...........I'm a goner
Great problem solving skills!
Thank you!
Nice work
Thanks Roger!
Excellent video. Might consider putting a high carbon wear/scraper edge on the leading edge of the bucket. I'll stiffen it up along with protecting it from hitting rocks and bending it. Even a used One, just bolt it on. Plus look into a live link for the center support/tilt. That way you could tilt the bucket... bought a 125.00 bananas...lol good job
Thank you Dave! Yes I may have to do some mods along the way. I'll check out that link, but sounds like 25 Bananas too much
Fantastic work!
Thanks Jaco!
While it may not be as functional as a front loader it is way better than a shovel and wheelbarrow.
100% Cheers Wayne!
Very nice job
You wanna look at a magtron/mag drill mate with broche cutters, a lot easier than using hole saws (up to a certain size ofc) and very handy tool can drill a 40mm hole in 12mm plate easily and quickly
Trepanning tool also useful for pillar drill for accurate larger holes 👍
Yes that would be cool to have, cheers Barnzy
Verry good Friends
cottage life with tracktor :D
Absolutely! You have seen my arms and legs....not made for digging :)
@@ScottTurnerformeindustrious don't be so cruel for yourself! Sometimes skinny guys has best strenght to stamina ratio! :D
This is noel in ireland, your a super engineer, watching you during storm nothing. I'm in tipperary its impacting the coasts more.
Thank you Noel! Hopefully the storm passes and all is well.
That's pretty cool
Loved hearing "How Great Thou Art."
Awesome - glad you caught that Dan. I must have played it ten times that day.
Nice job mate.
Can I suggest roll over protection should be a priority.
Cheers. Yes it's on the list.
I swore I was watching Curtis from Cutting Edge Engineering. Accent? ✔️”Heavy” equipment fabrication? ✔️ a job well done? ✔️. Just needed some yellow paint 😜
I'll have to check out that channel. Australian. Huge thanks!
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Amazing!! I know I’m a bit late but Would you happen to have the build details for this? Would love to make one for myself
Thank you! I have no plans but there is some good details in the video if you study it.
Definitely need to add some wear strips to the underside of the bucket . 3mm mild steel will wear though very quickly .
Thanks Robert. I put on 5mm wear strips underneath. I showed it in the video.
Might want to put a big bright ball/knob on that bucket catch handle… would prevent an impalement lol
I'm on it, cheers
Tidy job mate. I need one of these, front loader on my MF35x just puts too much weight over the front wheels, you need to be a gorilla to steer with any kind of weight in the bucket. Is that 4mm steel you used for the bucket? Nice touch showing us the steel sheet laid out with the measurements at the beginning. Subscribed!
Thank you. Also from loaders with all that weight up front can lead to premature (wrecked) steering gear boxes and yes you get huge arms. 3mm steel but I added 5mm flat bar to the leading edges and runners on the bottom. I've since sold the little tractor and bucket but the rear loader worked so well for what I needed it for.
Great video!!!
Now make me one lol
I have been thinking about buying one but there small compared to yours...
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Buying one! Blimey! Get welding ;)
It's hard to tell, prob because eyes are getting older. But what was the thickness of the steel you used. And the cutter, was it tempered?
Thank you again 😇
Very nice build, Scott. I came across some steel pins at the scrap yard, but they're not what you think. They were designed for concrete reinforcement when welded to angle iron. These happened to be new in the box, so I bought a handful of them. The price was right, and so was the diameter.
I wish you well with your new property, mate. It's coming along nicely.
Thanks Bryant, cannot wait to get up to the property again
I reckon it pinched your cutter because you still had the center engaged, better to just have the workpiece in the chuck when parting off. Great project mate.
Thanks Andrew. Check video at 8:29 where I removed the live centre. No it was cutting very well and I was not reducing feed rate getting close to the centre. It's only a 2mm parting tool. I was just too eager.
Brilliant!
Thankyou LG!
OoooOoh Arrrrrrr Farmer Forme!
Yaaassss ;)
Very nice video now all I need to do is buy $10,000 worth of tools so I can build one
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Who nice👍👍👍 work
Thank you!
nice bro
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Going to add an AR cutting edge? Maybe a roll bar and wheel ballast. Those little tractors are a bit tippy.
ROPS I think they call them. Yes it's on the list but not planning on wheel ballast just now. Cheers Nathan.
Class Scott 👍👍👍
Don’t talk to me about steel prices! Ok, do! It’s bloody crazy! Good video, it was nice to check in with you all!
I know, steel, wood, fuel, all gone nuts. Steel has doubled in about 12 months or less. Good to hear from you!
please weld a knob on the end of that release lever scott, my kidney aches looking at it 😄
It's on my list of jobs.....somewhere : )
Great job , as always, just a question , you mentioned you used argon gas, is that a mig mix or just argon gas ?, also what wire size were you using?.
Thanks! Yes Argon co2 02 mix for light gauge steel projects. Wire 0.8mm. Keep the tilt in ya kilt ;)
@@ScottTurnerformeindustrious cheers , I use the same , I usually use 3 or 4 mm steel and its adequate for that
nice
$50 US... made me laugh mate, good on ya
Thanks Luis! (not far off it!)
Hi! What is the thickness of the plate?
3mm.
You need to find something to stiffen the front edge of the bucket.
Possibly, will see you it goes as it is only for light duty work.
Another good one mate, wish you would stop making it look so easy. I'll get delusions of being able to do it myself 😂
Haha, thanks Tony!!
Hi Scott. I think your voice over is too quiet compared to the noise of the machines (too loud). Cheers!
Thanks for the feedback, I'll work on that.
For a different project I think your "experiment" could be quite useful. Didnt quite work this time, but maybe next time, who knows 😉😉
Thank you, yes with the right jig it would definitely work. Good project video.