Choosing a Rock Bucket Attachment - Successful Farming

On the Maryland farm where I grew up, we had a lot of rocks. We had one field we called "rock city." The rocks bred and multiplied there, and set up little communities. A few boulders for hardscaping the garden or edging the lane come in handy. But, if you have a thriving stone metropolis and want to level it, you need a rock bucket attachment.

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Randy Scholtz is a production manager for an attachments manufacturer, and says a rock bucket works like a giant sifter.

"The rock bucket is designed to pick up boulders and rocks and still allow the dirt to fall through the bucket, so you're only removing the rock, you're not removing any of the earth," Scholtz says. "There are various tines along the length of the bucket. It'll hold rock that's bigger than 3-1/2 inches, but everything else falls through it."

For a compact tractor or skid steer, rock buckets range from 48 inches to 82 inches wide. It's important to match the width of your machine's tire span as close as you can. If you fall short of your track width, you can't ride in the hole you're digging -- you'll roll right over it.

Safety first

If you overextend the track width, and you're not sure how big that rock surface really is, there's another problem.

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"Now you're talking about putting extra force on the outside of your track width, which may create a tip hazard, depending on if you're getting a lot of weight on the end of the bucket," Scholtz says. "It might have enough leverage to tip your machine. So you definitely want to get at least to your track width."

At least you don't have to worry about hooking it up. Almost all machines have a quick-attach feature these days, so you can easily switch out your rock bucket with the regular front-end loader or whatever else you have rigged up.

You'll pay about $1,500 for a mid-sized rock bucket, which might be pocket change compared to the time you'll save if you have a lot of stone to remove on a regular basis.

Here are some ideas for putting all that rock to use:

Building a dry stream bed: A dry stream bed is basically a stone-lined channel or gully that mimics a natural watercourse. It looks nice and can also help prevent erosion.

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