Here Down Under, it's harder to find a skid steer without a 4 in 1. Even if just moving dirt, it's tidier to open up, reach over the pile, and with some practice skill, pick up the dirt leeway little behind. You can maintain the footprint of the pile. It can pick up most stuff, rocks, builders waste, ect.
Thanks Chris for taking time to show the bucket. I'm making a new bucket for my small tractor, nothing as cool as that. Just need it to work brush and other stuff better.🤔
I have 2 (large) comments about the Norm bucket.... I have owned at least 4 of them; #1. The 2 wear strips on the bottom of the bucket is something that all or most American manufacturers use (Norm typically don't have these). You can't trowel crushed rock to a sheen, it continually bones the rock. Every Norm bucket I owned never had these 2 wear plates, the bottoms have all been smooth - like a trowel. #2. I once purchased a Norm with the high back when it was first launched, (not quite as high as the model on this you tube). I sent it back and changed back to their tradition lower back model, which has a more open mesh design, meaning you can clearly see the edge of the bucket, whereas the finer mesh in the high back version obstructs a clear view, particular on sunny days where shadows on the ground make levelling topsoil, or crushed rock near impossible. And by the way, cause the mesh holes are larger in the lower back model, I never had an issue with material falling through, only over the top. All that said, Norm a by far one of the best buckets on the market, heavy duty model of course.
Love it!!!! Run a 6' Version on a TL10 here australia. bucket and machine have 1700hrs on them. no complaints so far. Do alot of road, scour protection and vegetation, and general earthworks with it. Its the only bucket we own for the machine. You'll love em. Chris i suggest you get one for your TL12 you won't be changing bottoms of buckets at 500hrs or so . These Buckets are standard fit when you order a Takeuchi TL with a 4 in 1.
I'd like to see it used in scraper mode. Open the clam shell 2-4 inches, tilt the dozer blade back and push, the bucket should fill itself at a 2-4 inch cut depth or a 4-5 inch cut depth with the clam opening equal at 4-5. IE. Square the clam opening to the cut depth depending on the material. To control the spread to empty the bucket open the clam as needed to discharge to the wanted lift set with the dozer blade. This saves a lot of tilting and back blading.
The valve is there to grab and hold a level and spreader bar. Saves a lot of time and fuel. Square level bar 8 x 4 feet frame, 6 angle iron cross pieces, weld 2×2 ontop horizontal to 3×3 to form : T for jaws to grab. When not in use stands vertically in rack on trailer. I have seen one that was 10 foot wide and was actually the side of the trailer. Works great, stores out of the way when not in use. Haven't seen it anywhere else except Australia.
There is another 4 in 1 bucket manufacturer here that make a very similar unit, Norm is good but the others try and compete so we end up with some great buckets here. Some of our buckets have the bolt on cutting edges, but in different thickness depending on what you want to spend.
It has level site plates on both sides of the bucket to help you judge when the cutting edge is level. Just like the 953 you ran had a level plate all across the top of the bucket that was the same angle as the cutting edge.
Hi Chris , At last some Aussie Engineering and manufacturing being showcased and praised! In this Country our Engineering and manufacturing Industries have been dessimated
So I got my experience moving dirt in Oz. When I moved here I was surprised to see so few 4 in 1 buckets. I never saw any loader buckets over there... all the skid steers and backhoes have 4 in 1s as stock...
As a Brisbanite ('straya), I can only say that Norm Buckets are excellent. Please tell me that off-camera you tried dumping via the 4 in 1? So much faster than tilting the bucket forward and allows you to make a higher pile, particularly when loading big trucks with a little skid steer (like my Thomas 153). Also take a crack at using it to spread, rather than jiggling a load up high like you seem to, fly along with the bucket level, raised a little and the 4 in 1 cracked open a bit. I can't see you going back once the bug has bit.
The valve can also lock really tight onto a length of railway track. Put 45 degree bend in it. Grab track with full width of bucket with 3 foot bent 45 out the side. Great for backfilling trenches, drive parallel to trench using like a grader. To install close bucket, to remove open bucket.
This bucket should sell well in the USA. I noticed a tip back in the bucket while up high. I'm just wondering what Tim will think the first time he has to load a truck with soupy sand and the bucket tilts back and he gets wet through the grate. 🤔😉 😁
Chris, killer work showing what you do...Nice a smooth operator is showing how to get it done and teaching more people than you will know......that look of bliss coming off that bucket step I am curious if it was put back on the truck and sent home...Buetiful piece of equipment with all the weak points addressed
I'm not an engineer nor do I have anything to do with excavation but the skid steer buckets that Chris has used in previous vids have ALWAYS looked puny to me. I realize that the increased load is going to add to the wear and tear on the skid steer so there has to be some reckoning there but that bucket is clearly designed to move dirt and a lot of it. Kudos to the Aussie design and construction! Hope Norm Engineering does well here in the states as well as world wide with this product.
Dad and I are looking into buying a 4 in 1 bucket without teeth for our farm. I think that they would be great for loading feed for our feedlot and for loading composted manure into our spreaders. We have a johndeere 325 tracked skid steer. Nice video that is one really well engineered bucket .
If you want that valve setup on another machine the term of art is "pilot operated check valve", frequently abbreviated to "PO check". To make the machine safe to work on with that equipped you will need a bleed valve to relieve pressure.
good to see you got an ozzie bucket will out last your machine my original norm buckets got over 5000 hrs and final needs a new outer floor the tl150 with a norm bucket gets about 1300 kg in it without tip over
As big as that bucket is you’d think it’d be more tippy when full and lifted up. Very cool! Can’t wait to see future videos of you using yours Chris. 🤔
That is one well built bucket, I would probably paint the windows back so you could see through the expanded metal a little better. I think your machine would look good with one of those. I don't imagine that bucket is cheap thou its probably easy 5 grand by the time you have it imported to the USA.
If he painted the 3 screens black (back side), the eyes should see through it a tad better. The mind will play tricks on you, seeing red instead of black.
Yep !! Chris , that's a must have on your Fleet of Machines !! Looks very well built, and performs great too......Go on and get it, ya know ya want it !! lololol... Great as always !Have a Great Evening....
Try opening the 4 in 1 a couple inch's and curl the bucket slightly the start cutting a tenth or 2 and the bucket will collect most of what it is cutting ( kind of like a scraper) ! There is a whole lot for you guys to learn about what you can do with a 4 in 1 bucket ! Hope this helps you all Chris !
looks like you are about halfway to an excavator/backhoe bucket when you tilt all the way forward with the bucket all the way open. might be useful for digging I'd like to see that given a shot
The money shot was at the end! _Excellent driving!_ (But who didn't know that.) Reminds of the cups and I think safety cone videos you did years ago. _Extremely acurate_
It's very good, but the only issue you may have is that if you're lifting a full bucket of sloppy wet sand and silt from a pond into the haul truck, then at max lift, the mesh may allow it to pour all over your feet. Demonstrating with dry stuff is fine, but that's not how you use it.
That’s a very nice bucket but I bet looking through the expanded metal to see the cutting edge isn’t very easy. It would be great for loading trucks! I have a new CA Attachments 4in1 that I seem to always fight with when grading I’ve never been happy with that purchase.
1:48 You said "drop a log." Huh huhhh uhh huuuuuhhhh.... 7:30- if you close your eyes and listen this little machine sounds like a Chewbacca convention.
It is great to see the Norm Engineering Pro Series Loader Bucket in action - thanks for sharing this awesome video!
What's the MSRP on one of these?
How can I get one??
NORM Engineering, How much shipped to the US? I need this in my life.
@@rkbrauercontractingservice2950 $5000usd
🇦🇺
So the real question is when’s yours coming? Lol
Tim will love that bucket ………..time for Uncle John to get his check book out.
Here Down Under, it's harder to find a skid steer without a 4 in 1. Even if just moving dirt, it's tidier to open up, reach over the pile, and with some practice skill, pick up the dirt leeway little behind. You can maintain the footprint of the pile. It can pick up most stuff, rocks, builders waste, ect.
Wow.
That bucket makes the regular 4 in 1 buckets you've shown look puny.
The bulldozer action looks like it would be useful.
Thanks.
Agree. Backdragging may faul the valveblock though.
@@RangieNZ It should have a high pressure release valve if the engineers are worth their salt
@@j.e.honiball1327 I was meaning stone/ clay etc, not excess fluid pressure.
Every skid steer in Australia comes with a 4 in 1 bucket as standard pretty much. Grading, back blading even loading trucks is easier with one.
Thanks Chris for taking time to show the bucket. I'm making a new bucket for my small tractor, nothing as cool as that. Just need it to work brush and other stuff better.🤔
Well, it’s Australian. So of course it’s good! 🇦🇺
Aussie buckets are always have to do a bit more work because they're always pushing uphill from down-under.
I have 2 (large) comments about the Norm bucket.... I have owned at least 4 of them; #1. The 2 wear strips on the bottom of the bucket is something that all or most American manufacturers use (Norm typically don't have these). You can't trowel crushed rock to a sheen, it continually bones the rock. Every Norm bucket I owned never had these 2 wear plates, the bottoms have all been smooth - like a trowel. #2. I once purchased a Norm with the high back when it was first launched, (not quite as high as the model on this you tube). I sent it back and changed back to their tradition lower back model, which has a more open mesh design, meaning you can clearly see the edge of the bucket, whereas the finer mesh in the high back version obstructs a clear view, particular on sunny days where shadows on the ground make levelling topsoil, or crushed rock near impossible. And by the way, cause the mesh holes are larger in the lower back model, I never had an issue with material falling through, only over the top. All that said, Norm a by far one of the best buckets on the market, heavy duty model of course.
Love it!!!! Run a 6' Version on a TL10 here australia. bucket and machine have 1700hrs on them. no complaints so far. Do alot of road, scour protection and vegetation, and general earthworks with it. Its the only bucket we own for the machine. You'll love em. Chris i suggest you get one for your TL12 you won't be changing bottoms of buckets at 500hrs or so . These Buckets are standard fit when you order a Takeuchi TL with a 4 in 1.
Great vlogs , been watching for a few months, Also great to see Aussie people sharing products with Americans , Tony New South Wales ✌👌👍Australia
I'd like to see it used in scraper mode. Open the clam shell 2-4 inches, tilt the dozer blade back
and push, the bucket should fill itself at a 2-4 inch cut depth or a 4-5 inch cut depth with the
clam opening equal at 4-5. IE. Square the clam opening to the cut depth depending on the material.
To control the spread to empty the bucket open the clam as needed to discharge to the wanted lift
set with the dozer blade. This saves a lot of tilting and back blading.
Looks like it is well made. It would save time in the size and speed you can move materials and grade.
Beautiful 4 in 1. I used them for years over in England. Dig basements out , car parks ect... 😁💪👍
probably costs a pretty dollar to buy but i would imagine you would get your monies worth out of it, looks solid and beefed up big time
ricky bobby 78 The exchange rate is in your favour the Aussie dollar is 69cents to the American dollar,Cheers from down under.
@@raeanker3078 Thats a great point made, im i the Uk so tbh i wasnt aware of the exchange rate.
$3995
Don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone operate a skid steer so efficiently.
The valve is there to grab and hold a level and spreader bar. Saves a lot of time and fuel. Square level bar 8 x 4 feet frame, 6 angle iron cross pieces, weld 2×2 ontop horizontal to 3×3 to form : T for jaws to grab. When not in use stands vertically in rack on trailer. I have seen one that was 10 foot wide and was actually the side of the trailer. Works great, stores out of the way when not in use. Haven't seen it anywhere else except Australia.
Best bucket in the world
We have used these for years
Where did you purchase it from
Great video Chris that bucket would look good on your Skid steer enjoyed watching
Looks very well built, great capacity, more efficient & serviceable.
There is another 4 in 1 bucket manufacturer here that make a very similar unit, Norm is good but the others try and compete so we end up with some great buckets here. Some of our buckets have the bolt on cutting edges, but in different thickness depending on what you want to spend.
What brand is the best here in the US to compete with Norm on this bucket?
In the immortal words of crocodile Dunde that's not a bucket ,now this is a bucket ,someone had to say it .
Those boomerangs know what their doin'!! Nice attachment. I can see a lot of uses for that, especially the way it grades out. Really nice.
Paint the mesh black will make it much easier to see through. Very nice bucket.
I can hear Tim saying just order one....👍👍👍
That's not a 4-in-1 bucket. THAT'S a 4-in-1 bucket.
It has level site plates on both sides of the bucket to help you judge when the cutting edge is level. Just like the 953 you ran had a level plate all across the top of the bucket that was the same angle as the cutting edge.
Hi Chris , At last some Aussie Engineering and manufacturing being showcased and praised! In this Country our Engineering and manufacturing Industries have been dessimated
Now that’s a 4in1! I may have to give that guy a call. Nice video! Definitely a stout bucket
Elite Earthworks LLC a man would have to have a Takeuchi to use one. lol.
skidsteerdrew exactly lol
a quality piece of engineering that looks made to last
Very nice! The loader has enough power and the ability to handle the load weight with the bucket full really well too.
Norm factory is just around the corner from my work. Bloody good bucket!
Timmy will love that new bucket Chris 👍🇬🇧
You won’t see a skidsteer in Australia without one of these on it, don’t know how you guys live without them
exacly im an operator we all have 4 in 1. Its essental i watch american vids without it im shocked..
That's a well designed & natural fit for that machine.
So I got my experience moving dirt in Oz. When I moved here I was surprised to see so few 4 in 1 buckets. I never saw any loader buckets over there... all the skid steers and backhoes have 4 in 1s as stock...
As a Brisbanite ('straya), I can only say that Norm Buckets are excellent. Please tell me that off-camera you tried dumping via the 4 in 1? So much faster than tilting the bucket forward and allows you to make a higher pile, particularly when loading big trucks with a little skid steer (like my Thomas 153). Also take a crack at using it to spread, rather than jiggling a load up high like you seem to, fly along with the bucket level, raised a little and the 4 in 1 cracked open a bit. I can't see you going back once the bug has bit.
The valve can also lock really tight onto a length of railway track. Put 45 degree bend in it. Grab track with full width of bucket with 3 foot bent 45 out the side. Great for backfilling trenches, drive parallel to trench using like a grader. To install close bucket, to remove open bucket.
This bucket should sell well in the USA. I noticed a tip back in the bucket while up high. I'm just wondering what Tim will think the first time he has to load a truck with soupy sand and the bucket tilts back and he gets wet through the grate. 🤔😉 😁
Chris, killer work showing what you do...Nice a smooth operator is showing how to get it done and teaching more people than you will know......that look of bliss coming off that bucket step I am curious if it was put back on the truck and sent home...Buetiful piece of equipment with all the weak points addressed
You can tell that was not built in China. Need that for my takeuchi tl10
Jim Hammill that would be a negative mate they are true Australian made
I'm not an engineer nor do I have anything to do with excavation but the skid steer buckets that Chris has used in previous vids have ALWAYS looked puny to me. I realize that the increased load is going to add to the wear and tear on the skid steer so there has to be some reckoning there but that bucket is clearly designed to move dirt and a lot of it.
Kudos to the Aussie design and construction! Hope Norm Engineering does well here in the states as well as world wide with this product.
Very good video, Chris! Thanks for explaining everything so well and demo it.
The best 4 in 1 buckets right there! Norm Engineering make some awesome excavator buckets too! There mud buckets are good to use!
Dad and I are looking into buying a 4 in 1 bucket without teeth for our farm. I think that they would be great for loading feed for our feedlot and for loading composted manure into our spreaders. We have a johndeere 325 tracked skid steer. Nice video that is one really well engineered bucket .
Norms buckets and indestructible. Had them on my ASV’s. bolt n cutting edges the way to go. But the extra weight means a counter weight on the rear.
The one thing I find fascinating about Aussies are their interests in high load capacity equipment. Hence their road trains
If you want that valve setup on another machine the term of art is "pilot operated check valve", frequently abbreviated to "PO check".
To make the machine safe to work on with that equipped you will need a bleed valve to relieve pressure.
If you wanna do various jobs with one machine and driver you must have those buckets - no other way to save money and time.
maybe consider adding a set of Norm's rear mounted rippers and keep the grease up to the main pivot points
Great video bro, some really good stuff is built south of the equator.
Nice bucket. Also, the TAKEUCHI Track Skid is a beast. They make the best Track Skid in the market. TL8, TL10 & TL12. Also great mini excavators.
good to see you got an ozzie bucket will out last your machine my original norm buckets got over 5000 hrs and final needs a new outer floor the tl150 with a norm bucket gets about 1300 kg in it without tip over
I’ve had my eye out for a well built 4 in 1. I like that all the cutting edges are bolt on. Would appreciate some contact info.
@William Davis Yes, and they'll tell you to call their US distributor, Seth Cobb!
That bucket is long overdue to be on the American market. Haven't seen one comparable to that one yet.
I am definitely interested. I currently use a snow removal bucket to get high capacity. I cant dig with it but it works well on loose material
Makes the takeuchi look like a drott!!! ( Cat 935 to those who don't know) 😎
Can you open the clamshell and sprinkle gravel like tailgating it from a truck? I didn't see you do that.
With that cylinder hold bet it would do a good job open 4" and go.
at 10 feet up in the air can you open the bucket, like over the back of a dump truck?
Great job mixing clay in with your clean stone 😉
Very Nice....Chris, go ahead and buy one ;)
Shane Rodgers or maybe he will get one as a sales tool from the manufacturer
As big as that bucket is you’d think it’d be more tippy when full and lifted up. Very cool! Can’t wait to see future videos of you using yours Chris. 🤔
Nice to see some home grown products making it overseas.
Thats a very nice bucket.Looks very well built.
That is one well built bucket, I would probably paint the windows back so you could see through the expanded metal a little better. I think your machine would look good with one of those. I don't imagine that bucket is cheap thou its probably easy 5 grand by the time you have it imported to the USA.
It seems like that bucket would work awesome at metered "tailgating" type material spreading.
'
As a Irishman working in Australia I can say norm make great stuff . There tilting 4in1 is excellent...
Abcd Efgh i stand behind ya on that mate we wouldn't buy another machine with out one
I think norm is ahead of digga but that personal preference if norm pushed into the usa market they would fly!!
That’s a very well built bucket. Nothing cheap about it, including the price!!
If he painted the 3 screens black (back side), the eyes should see through it a tad better. The mind will play tricks on you, seeing red instead of black.
Looks like a well built bucket. Can you show us what is the benefit of a 4 in 1 bucket as well as what does a 4 in 1 mean and how to use it.
Yep !! Chris , that's a must have on your Fleet of Machines !! Looks very well built, and performs great too......Go on and get it, ya know ya want it !! lololol... Great as always !Have a Great Evening....
I follow norm engineering on Instagram. They make some heavy duty stuff and rippers for skid steers too
Try opening the 4 in 1 a couple inch's and curl the bucket slightly the start cutting a tenth or 2 and the bucket will collect most of what it is cutting ( kind of like a scraper) ! There is a whole lot for you guys to learn about what you can do with a 4 in 1 bucket ! Hope this helps you all Chris !
Yeah this whole video and they never even showed the true capabilities of the damn thing.
Only thing I missed was seeing how it would grab a pole or some brush , looks big and brawny !!!
Almost all contractors in Australia run 4 in 1 buckets. You can go one step more with a tilt 4 in 1 tilt bucket.
Im an Aussie, couple of seconds in I knew it was a Norm Engineering
Really nice 4-n-1...Since the bucket is so much bigger/heavier...maybe the skid steer needs a little extra weight on the back?
That's a nice bucket. A couple of friends of mine up in Wisconsin would probably love to give it a try.
A lot of the TL12 machines I see all have that bucket, very popular in oz !
4-in-1 is often called a Drott bucket over here in the UK. Drott was a loader maker in the past.
they do make good buckets i work for in sphalt my company has 20 skid steers and we all have their attatchments.
About the grid you check the cutting edge of the bucket with.
It is easier to see through if it is black.
Nice and wide bucket used one of them for many years as it does and can make a job much easier.
Hey Chris, dig a hole with that bucket and you'll find your skid steer has a hidden talent!💪
Over here in Australia that’s all we run 4 in one buckets most of them on posi tracks are high capacity
I may be a little bit spoilt...never used anything other than a NORM bucket, didn't realise they were such a cut above the rest.
Can you guys do another video using this bucket it looks an amazing bit of gear
Wow. That bucket with the Takeuchi is a beast of a setup.
Best attachment /bucket for skid I've seen
looks like you are about halfway to an excavator/backhoe bucket when you tilt all the way forward with the bucket all the way open. might be useful for digging I'd like to see that given a shot
The money shot was at the end!
_Excellent driving!_ (But who didn't know that.)
Reminds of the cups and I think safety cone videos you did years ago. _Extremely acurate_
Great video. Can we get contact information for your buddy selling them here in the state’s?
Thomas Jones Jr I was in Wendell today hauling off bricks and yard waste from a couple of jobs. I used my Bota ex tho
Best bucket out there , trimming and cutting ground is easy , very solid , skid steer loaders are useless to me without them
Wish you would have open clam shell to dump see if it has power to do it with full bucket.most dont
I wanted to see the bucket opening while loaded. Another youtuber bought one and it couldn't open when the bucket was loaded.
Interesting. I'd envisaged that to be a typical use for one of those, then you could 'tailgate' gravel over an area.
Looks like a mini 953 bucket. Nice.
My thoughts exactly! And it seems to be almost perfectly matched to the Taco hoochie loader I wonder how it would work on my svl95 Kubota
It's very good, but the only issue you may have is that if you're lifting a full bucket of sloppy wet sand and silt from a pond into the haul truck, then at max lift, the mesh may allow it to pour all over your feet. Demonstrating with dry stuff is fine, but that's not how you use it.
That’s a very nice bucket but I bet looking through the expanded metal to see the cutting edge isn’t very easy. It would be great for loading trucks! I have a new CA Attachments 4in1 that I seem to always fight with when grading I’ve never been happy with that purchase.
Thats what Ive noticed with mine its horrible at grading
1:48 You said "drop a log."
Huh huhhh uhh huuuuuhhhh....
7:30- if you close your eyes and listen this little machine sounds like a Chewbacca convention.