Buying and modifying a concrete bucket for the crane

I buy a 1961 Wiley 33 cf concrete bucket. Then I modify the opening to be able to pour gravel/stone from a skidsteer

[@petereyre5188]

I could spend the whole day at Jesse's just filling and emptying that bucket??!! 👌👌👌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@jcgoogle1808]

I see some of the comments saying you should have built a funnel on the skid steer bucket. That's a much more involved project expecially when figuring out how to flip the funnel out of the way quickly to get a scoop of gravel and then flipping it back down. Even with the funnel, you'd still have to tilt the concrete bucket to get more than a scoop. An option would be to build a hopper high enough to set the concrete bucket under in the vertical position that the skid steer dumps into,.. but as you said, the gravel option is a bonus use. The hopper is much more involved unless you find one cheap. The main funtion is to load and place concrete. The concrete truck obviously would have no problem loading the bucket in either position. For the occasional gravel placement, what you have is fine.

[@chrisdawson6380]

Looking forward to seeing the house build Jesse 👍

[@lawrencepevitts2434]

Great idea, but I think they should be longer, wider, and a steeper angle.

[@realRainz]

wider for sure, the entire length of each side tilted towards backw all so he can start loading from further point, maybe

[@geofflewis4815]

Yes that sounds better, and its expensive material to miss the bucket. Good luck to you Jesse, I will be very interested to watch the project develop 👍👍. Best wishes Geoff Lewis, Wales, UK, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@MrChrisjv55]

I'm Looking forward to the house build. Thumbs up Jesse.

[@cortcam664]

Jesse, you don't need the crane to tilt and slide the material back into the bucket. Just add a lip on the front of the concrete bucket and catch that lip with the Skid steer bucket and lift/tilt the concrete bucket. It will roll up on it's curved rails, material will slide in further and it will roll back down ready for another material load.

[@canvids1]

Jesse you are far and between. I worked at the railway with people like you and the things that they could come up with was astounding and I came up with some good stuff too.

[@jmuller86]

thanks. this house build will be one of a kind thats for sure. I have been designing it for a while

[@redlinepaul410]

Another idea you do is, when the concrete shoot is upward you can make a attachment for the skid steer to lift it when a cement truck can't go to the spot. Load the concrete from truck and skid steer is hooked up to the shoot and drive to the footing and sideways without using wheel barrel.

[@jimanderson4495]

Thanks for your very quick response to my comment. And once again, thanks for taking us along for the ride on this journey of your home construction.

[@paulhammond7489]

Necessity is the mother of invention! Especially when concrete pumps are so expensive! Really looking forward to the house build.

[@petertaylor4566]

Absolutely stunning Sunset Jesse 👍🇺🇲😀

[@genegoodman5233]

Suggestion: put a short chain on the lift arm to keep the arm back a little bit further. Build a chute on the sides and load from the curved front with the unit standing up not laying down. Close in the backs of the side additions so you don’t over pour. I know this will have to be put on and off with another machine. if it’s not to high you will not need to remove it to pour. At 6 feet high you will be able to load cement from the truck to. You may not need to lay it back down. If you hook the elephant trunk onto the cement truck you can hook it on this bucket. I hope this may help a little and it might not work at all. Good luck with it, stay safe

[@sherylwheeler3873]

around 10 min, not bad freehand cut...sunset and view of the Catskills-beautiful!

[@davidmorse8432]

HI Jesse, Please consider an alternate design. The wings could be hinged to the bucket (half inch rod inside of short pieces of pipe to form a continuous hinge that is easy to remove), and held open open with adjustable support chains. When not in use, the wings would fold up together and connect to one another keeping them out of the way while the spreader bar rises up. You would not have to put them on and off. This design allows for different angles of repose for different kinds of materials. Guide channels could be welded to the sides of the wing chutes to minimize spillage. I call this the "butterfly" design. That is a cool bucket because the lay down design allows for a low loading height. A problem for most concrete buckets.

[@billbray8797]

I feel like i hit jackpot today, both Jessie and Andrew in the same day.

[@mikeoneill7685]

And Diesel Creek too!!

[@christopherputland3640]

Plus musti aswell. Smashing Sunday afternoon.

[@martinhalaska5309]

@@mikeoneill7685 WTF maan :D :D exactly!

[@bruceblais7958]

Can't wait until you start building your concrete home that makes an excellent addition to your Fleet thanks for sharing

[@luismadrigalvargas]

1 h 40 min with AC and 37 min with Jesse, amazing afternoon

[@joebarbjb6668]

Mr Jessie, try creating a bucket adapter for the skid loader. When you’re finished using it, take it off.

[@CaptKirk1701]

Clam shell doors the same radius as the round part hinged on the sides would work as well.

[@richardstewart8716]

Very nice production, great camera, thank you.

[@Akcd11r2002]

Get a stump bucket for the skidsteer. Cut the teeth off and weld some extensions on the sides. Perfect for spot placing material and filling excavator buckets or concrete buckets.

[@ralphjaneheywood2565]

Try chaining the lifting frame down below the horizontal, it works a charm. Viewing from New Zealand

[@douglasmorton6121]

Nice video Jesse! What's just as good is all of the ideas that your fans have to engineer a helpful solution to the material loading. Lots of possibilities. Keep the videos coming! I can't wait to watch your house build videos!

[@qcan8468]

Ask Santa for a left / right tilt bucket attachment for your skid steer. Mike from Dirt Boss has one on his Kubota skid steer. Also was thinking is you welded some angle iron on the front / top of the concrete bucket you could tilt it back with the skid steer bucket. That eliminates the need for the crane and operator when doing gravel.

[@thomaspetroff9117]

Actually, the concrete bucket stands vertical when loading and that hood was added as a backstop for mix coming down the shoot. But you use it best for your needs. Nice Job

[@ewanstewart8011]

We use concrete buckets like that pretty regularly in Scotland/ Great Britain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧 mostly for doing shuttered walls and weirs on small hydro schemes 👍🏻

[@UnderSprayedWhiteSkies]

I don't have even a fraction of Jessie's fabrication vision/know how, but it seems fairly obvious that the chutes should extend all the way to the sides of the bucket (?). That way you wouldn't have to keep the skid steer bucket at the very end, and it would also prevent bouncing, and errant gravel from escaping.

[@Asomesauc]

Can't wait for home construction to begin.

[@michaelherring1944]

Please post more videos from the building a foundation under a house series. It's fascinating!

[@darinmorgante7200]

The house building vids will be cool! Hopefully Andrew can come help you if you need it 👌

[@stevescarboro7342]

If you had a stump bucket on the skid steer the front is narrow enough that you wouldn’t need any modifications on your concrete bucket

[@TimMcArdle]

Jesse, Maybe favor the corner of your skidsteer bucket when loading and then just scoop up what you spill after it's lifted. Still maybe a few person operation but may save some time. Thing will definitely come in handy regardless! I'd like to find one for my crane as well! Have a good one buddy!

[@kennethhume8628]

Excellent video plus the trade mark drive over the camera , top work Jesse . 👍👍👍🇬🇧

[@bigdog8891]

Towing a trailer with a cement bucket with a Mercedes SUV. Can’t get much cooler than that!!

[@jmuller86]

lol

[@CParsley]

Could make gull wing style doors with easily removable hinge pins. Follow the rounded profile of the bucket. Make them as wide as that open section. When open, they would be wide enough and curved to help funnel the material down into the bucket. When closed, they would match the rounded shape of the bucket. I bet that arm lifting would automatically close the doors as well. A couple stops could be welded around the ring of the opening to prevent them from folding all the way inside. A large water heater tank or boiler tank might be a good place to get curved steel.

[@xtort1077777]

Steel drum, it's already curved just plasma cut out, you got the right idea.

[@jackhume4532]

All the best for your new house 🏡 build Jesse.

[@kennethchristoffersson4566]

I really think you should have thought about this the other way around,. Instead of widening the crane-bucket to be wider the the bucket on the skid-steer, why not build some block-off plates for the skid-steer bucket so that it only fills up a section that is narrower then the crane-bucket? Just a suggestion tho, love your vids man, keep it up.

[@spencervance5920]

And you could also use that bucket to fill wheel barrels

[@billmiller7138]

I've used a concrete bucket on a skid steer that has a spout for placing concrete that would be perfect to load that bucket but you can't scoop gravel with them. I think he's on the right track just needs some refinement maybe.

[@frotobaggins7169]

you could make it like a funnel. Mount it on pins that would go in to the sides of the skid steer bucket so it could flip up to scoop, then flip it down to pour in to the concrete bucket.

[@jackjetpilot]

I'm excited about the new house!

[@KAWoTReplays]

I think, that modifying the skid streer bucket would be much easier than the concrete one

[@BlitzTalos]

You could "complete" the cylinder of the cement bucket, to the top with two curved doors, which would be attached, by two heavy-duty hinges, on the existing vertical edges and secured closed with two latches in the center. When you would want to fill the bucket with the skid steer, you would just open them and they would serve as flaps, to be the "mouth" of the cement bucket equal to the width of the skid steer's bucket. My 2 cents.

[@4PeTe2]

make the wings wider and longer and resting at a steeper angle - then hinge them so they stay attached and fold in after the bucket is loaded

[@fjrdriver8924]

And put a small hole in the end of them so when they are folded in you can attach a bungee cord to keep them folded in.

[@ovadyarachman7243]

Can't wait to see the house build. I bet it's gonna be a fortress

[@donbavol9672]

The better solution is to have the "wings" on the skid steer bucket or build a separate skid steer bucket to load with. That concrete bucket is pretty purpose built and makes more sense to find a different loader assembly rather than to modify the concrete bucket.

[@scottraven1721]

Really looking forward, to the house build project ! Another excellent video production. God bless you.

[@MarkRose1337]

Might be worth getting/making a bucket narrow enough to load straight into the hopper. If it's long and shallow enough you could load the bottom of the hopper with the first scoop. It would save a lot of time.

[@Onemattressatatime]

Thinking outside the box great job

[@slytrader]

Jesse, I like where your going on this bucket. I would like to advance a couple other options. 1) instead of the welded plates use some galvanized conduit ( 18 inch or larger) cut in half and mounted so the skid steer could come in from the side instead of the top. The split conduit would be pointing down into bucket. This I think would allow a better capture of the aggregate. Also you could make some stands to hold the bucket more upright and allow a more complete fill of the bucket without using the crane. 2) another option to try would be to set the bucket up on its stand and make the conduit come in from the other side. This would allow the aggregate to drop straight down into bucket. You would have to play around with these ideas and see what works! I think the piece of galvanized split conduit would receive a full skid steer bucket without spillage and would just require some type of mounting on the bucket. The key here is coming into the bucket from the side with the skid steer.

[@davidshipulski4532]

Awesome video! Best of luck!!

[@SmithServices1]

If you have a spare excavator bucket laying around you could weld a skid steer quick attach plate on it and just use that to fill the hopper.

[@kaseymccleary946]

Looking forward to the house build

[@mikenone9903]

Great video! Looking forward to the house build.

[@markbailey8944]

make the lift arm wider distance from the hopper, hinge the metal chutes to fold down and out, weld a chain from the chutes to the lift arm. when the lift arm is on the crane hook the chutes will be in load position. when you lift the hopper the chutes will fold out and down, out of the way. I'm just an Electrician 😂😎☮ I have no doubt you will figure out a way

[@ronnygraves6380]

Great job! Ingenious idea

[@monsterkxf]

Why don’t you make the wings the width of the sides and make them so they just easily slide over the sides. 🤘🤘

[@benmac940]

That and increase the height on the side of the wings

[@user-MRG1130]

Works great, but if u get tired of the new setup, maybe try doing something similar on the skid steer bucket instead. To avoid having to keep taking them on and off. I’m sure after using it a bit, if need be, you’ll come up with something. Thanks for sharing, I’m sure you’ll get your money’s worth out of it. BOL

[@briandufty5081]

What buitiful sun sets. Good photogrify.

[@treychiri1607]

Same thing you have there but welded on where they don’t interfere with the hinge of the concrete bucket. Then from there add a hinging piece of metal that can fold out 120 degrees but no further. When you pick the bucket up it will fold them back automatically, but you would have to fold them back out by hand, haven’t thought of a workaround for that yet. Some kind of spring system that could fold both ways would be ideal I thinks.

[@treychiri1607]

Steeper angle would help too

[@timothygrell4398]

Make a wood form that you can use to slide next to opening. Wood is easy to move and you'll need to elevate the open side up to get the maximum amount into bucket. The way it laying down will mean a lot of shoveling or more times going back and forth.

[@smiffy1071]

Looking forward to your house build, will Andrew be helping like you did with his place?

[@joesilva1027]

ingenuity Jesse ingenuity, well done man !

[@jerrybeaver9212]

Weld a couple tabs on the body of the concrete bucket and after each fill you can tip the bucket up enough with the skid steer bucket to get the gravel to slide down and you would not need a helper

[@rmcjr5206]

That's the ticket. The arm doesn't ever need to go beyond center, so you've got plenty of real estate to stick a ledger or some tabs on there.

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

I like your vision. Followed by ability to make it happen.

[@involvedbystander66]

prototype and then mods and then rock and roll .. top loading would be my preference.. cant wait to get started :) youre one great carpenter jesse

[@timsziminski2461]

Wet material will be a different outcome js looking good 👊👍 put a couple legs on it to get it steeper

[@joelclark634]

that skidsteer was good a buy (after you fixed it)

[@the2060ish]

Great modification Jess ...

[@Jrsclassics]

Jesse maybe you could build a flip up and flip down cone attachment on your bucket of your skidloader that could be attached and removed would work. That way the gravel would make it to the back.

[@brentking-gmailking2570]

Great video Jesse. Good idea, that should work well for you.

[@cereus57]

Jesse looking at the bent support arm I'm with you, but don't cut it out and replace it. Rotate it 180° and weld it back on so the bend is to the outside. (Hopefully the bottom attachment point won't have to be modified to do that) Enjoy all your projects!!

[@michaellindon5688]

Great work!

[@arthurad2007]

Haha... everyone is overthinking it. Just scup the gravel on one side of the skid steer bucket and do away with the wings altogether. Even easier to fill it all the way that way. That’s how they load my 10’ trailer with a 16’ bucket at the gravel pit. The only draw back is smaller loads with the skid steer. But still beats the shovel. Cheers!

[@frotobaggins7169]

seems like it would be easier to make a funnel for the skid steer bucket. gotta say, for rolling down a hill backwards and falling over, that Crain is in great condition.

[@lorengolliher2712]

Awesome piece of kit the only thing I would recommend is put some metal at the back of it at a slight angle would help you get it all in the bucket and not over dump but pretty cool can't wait to see it in full operation

[@RoadgamerTV]

Müller-Bau hat wieder zugeschlagen !! 😃👍

[@Doitgood52]

Jesse, I watched a video of the Austin Tesla build and noticed the skid steer buckets had been changed/narrowed into a funnel design for the exact same reason you need.. might be a simpler way to achieve the desired result? Keep up the good work man! Much easier/quicker to dump into the kibble too.

[@ronfrance4041]

Yup

[@simon2428]

Here’s a curved ball…. Make a new skid steer bucket, make it narrow but deep so it fits when pouring into the hopper but also holds the volume of the original bucket.

[@robbieeades1956]

I think a skinnier skidsteer bucket would definitely be faster. One just a couple inches smaller then the concrete bucket opening. The cycle time of the skidsteer would be faster than having to lift the bucket to shift everything to the back to get more in it.

[@astonmartin2727]

Hi Jesse , Good buy on the bucket. I dont think loading the bucket while it lays sideways is a good idea. Maybe consider it standing up balanced and filling it from top. You are a champion at fabricating. You could make a nice scoop for concrete or gravel to be filled in.

[@RubenKelevra]

How about cutting the sides a bit lower and have the scoopes below the shackle(?). You don't ever need to put the shackle lower than the corner of the thing anyway, not even 90°. Judt put a stopper and a rubber block there where that thing can rest against when being lifted. You can just weld some C shapes to the sides and put square pipes on the chutes. This way you can either attach them permanently with a pin (if there's enough room) or remove them if you need the clearance in a tight space. This way you can make them larger and steeper without having to worry about the weight, since you can just leave them on 99% of the time. When you need to take them off use a H shaped pipe with 4 hooks and put some holes in the side of the chutes. This way you can just lift them up with the crane. If you need a sketch to understand my idea, lmk. It's hard to describe stuff as a non-native speaker :)

[@meadowviewlawncarellc8079]

Why not make those brackets on the top brim? You could load the bucket standing up and not have to take them off every time and not need another person.

[@rushd45]

That's my thought too, keep the bucket upright with the crane and make wings/brackets for the round part so that you can fill up the bucket without spending the time and energy tipping it upright every skid steer load to move the rock to the bottom. With the bucket upright and wings on the side, you just keep on filling up the bucket with the skid steer, then take them off.

[@teethree]

weld a kind of u form pivoting hook to the side of the bucket to fixe the handle in the hanging position. after loading you lower the crane a little to drop the handle, fixe it and lift the full bucket. You will avoid the bucket swiveling in full air and spreading all the content. In worst case on top of some beloved one. I've no example to show you but I'm sure you understand the meaning

[@leguerrierdunord2823]

beau travaille bonjour de la FRANCE

[@DLDietz]

Here's a thought about moving the gravel down...In the FRONT of the container near the ground you have a steel bar that connects to the "sled" legs. Attach/weld a few "hooks" so your empty skid steer bucket can attach & LIFT the front to move the gravel back.

[@DelButch]

Awesome can’t wait to see your put yours talent and skills to the test ! UK Plumber/ Builder 43 years

[@donaldtrabeaux5235]

that gooing help you a lot and can't wait tio see you startinh your house build

[@karencary3312]

Keep tweaking and you will have exactly what you want. Great job.

[@nickhill3362]

Enjoyed vid Jess I would have to make them side pieces wider and steeper it would do my head in loading that nice concrete skip 👍

[@PaulWhitedWoodStoneIron]

Being that you won’t use it as much with stone. Just hold it up to a 45 deg angle and fill it with the mini excavator maybe. You will get it filled faster and easier I think.

[@richardlaurent7229]

You got the petit one purring .

[@forsalevideos7843]

thats a nice score. good for drain tile rock basements etc etc. invest in a skid steer hopper bucket or mod an old bucket with a v to fill that thing. time is money especially with concrete. those wings will be covered in concrete, too much hassle/ spillage

[@jmuller86]

I wouldnt need to use the skidsteer for the concrete, only for gravel

[@caleb9138]

Make or modify a skid steer bucket to load it standing up right. What you developed will work but it’s not the most efficient. Efficiency can be everything sometimes

[@shawnbalmer3712]

Good idea, but the ground guy, buy a cheap skid loader bucket and modify it to be able to spill at 42 inches

[@kaydog2008]

If you could find an old 300 or 500 gallon propane tank you could make 2 curve doors that open up on hinges on the bucket and weld a chain to each door and to the bucket so it opens up halfway. Plus add flat bar overlap plate on one door extended 4 inches past the bottom of the door and around the bottom of both doors. Than weld a hinge flat bar and eye on the bucket with a chained pull locking pin to lock the flat bar extension from the overlap down on the door. 😁👍

[@dougsmonsters4866]

I think some 4-6 inch lift post on the loading edge would help things roll in better. And maybe some flaps from the circle of the bucket to the points u welded in. Just a thought, good stuff

[@kevins.7990]

Why not make brackets attached to the lifting arm going approximately 100 degrees past from parallel of the arm, in the direction towards the backside of the bucket when the bucket is vertical, then attach chutes on these brackets. In the video, when the bucket was laying down on its backside to get filled up, the lifting arm is approximately 100 degrees past parallel from the bucket's opening, leaning towards the bottom end of the bucket. This would make the chutes parallel to the bucket opening when laying down on its backside. When the bucket is being lifted, the chutes will rotate with the lifting arm and stick out past the backside, but shouldn't get in the way.

[@robmarshall5100]

The whole solution is if you're widen the swinging arm then you can put what they call a caller on the edge of the bucket you'll have to extend the beam use a piece of angle iron and redesigned the attachment to the crane

[@raytalbot5890]

You could have extended the length along the arch. & if you put two ring/eye bolts as hinges they could act as doors when not on use..? Maybe🇬🇧👍👍

[@bobmccann1886]

Make the brackets to swing up like on hinges and move up and towards the upper rim on the bucket opening.

[@rockeerockey6941]

It's the Pettibone! Pulling out of a tight driveway onto a narrow road would be interesting with the boom out front! 😃

[@KeithDiSarno]

Interesting? This thing has runaway backwards down a driveway and flipped on its side. Gonna take more than narrow roads for it to sweat!

[@jimsiggy]

Just weld through that scale and rust, I'm sure it'll be fine. I'm sure, my welding instructor told me to clean that stuff, off, just to mess with me.