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H3/HD3 Crawler Loader Bucket Needed

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Topic: H3/HD3 Crawler Loader Bucket Needed

Posted By: BradinNC
Subject: H3/HD3 Crawler Loader Bucket Needed
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2018 at 8:49pm

I'm looking for a H3/HD3 loader bucket.
Thanks in advance.
Brad

Replies:

Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2018 at 3:58pm

Old one failed or just worn slick?

Posted By: Randaleky
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2018 at 6:48pm

I doubt that a bucket from hd4 would fit ?

Posted By: BradinNC
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2018 at 8:59pm

They guy I bought it from a few years back used it to clean manure from his dairy barn. It's rusted out and bent up.

Posted By: orangeman
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2018 at 7:08am

BradinNC- There is another option to consider if you are unable to find an H3 bucket. Drott company produced a small 4 N 1 clam bucket that was equipped for use on the International T-340. The mounting brackets on the Drott are lite and would need to be reinforced/reworked to mount to the loader boom of the H3/HD3.

Can supply a Drott number if you head in that direction.

On the H3 and HD3 there were options on the bucket and attachments that could be equipped as follows:

1. 60" dirt bucket

2. 66" material bucket

3. 80" snow bucket

4. Dozer Blade - yes AC made a dozer blade to pin in place of the bucket -very few produced.

For Material Handling for use on the H-3 the following were offered:

1. Log and Pulpwood Tine Forks

2. Grapple Hook

3. Pallet Tines

4. Midwestern Manufactured Side Boom for Pipe Laying

Yet another approach would be to go salvage hunting for an Allis I-60 or I-600 as both machines used either a 3/4 or 1 yard struck buckets. The mounts would need to be re- worked as the out to out dimension of the loader boom on the H-3 - HD3 is narrower than the loader boom on the AC I60. I 600 or I 615.

HTH's - what a wonderful small crawler the H-3 HD 3's were in there day!

Orangeman

Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2018 at 7:27am

Or you can go the same route I did and rebuild the old bucket. Is intimidating to start but mine is working strong these days.

Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2018 at 8:38am

Another option is make a face plate to fit on loader arms - then use skid loader attachments on that to have interchangable tool holder .
Son has done that for utility tractors and compact tractors - makes a adapter plate to fit machine and they will handle most newer skid steer buckets as they are now universal mount (almost)
He has also made new buckets IF he has a old bucket to get measurements from - or repair units if there is enough left to have some structure to build from .

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