ripper bucket

[cat 385]

pretty interesting,anyone use one of these? i have seen buckets with the ripper shank in the back,but i came across these photos thought they were cool.

 

[cat 385]

a few more

 

[td25c]

I could have used that bucket last week,I got into sand stone while installng a geothermal system.I would say that rock bucket would help on jobs where you dont have to go to deep into the rock.I can get through the fist 6 inches or so,after that the rock gets solid and you need a "ho-ram".The rock bucket would help get through the top layer faster.Rock problem varies depending what part of the world your in.

 

[cat 385]

yes we have a lot of granite and lime stone here usually end up blasting if it gets to tough,i looked up the co.name on the 385 pictured if it is the same co.they are a pipeline outfit from Texas.the site for the triple shank ripper bucket is called leading edge products,they have a couple of vidios on the site,but i'm doing good to get pictures posted:Banghead i'm not sure what the texas ground is like mabe one of the members know of this co.

 

[tyler5652@yahoo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xes2RJXDAVo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Wwkh1du_c

 

[cat 385]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xes2RJXDAVo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Wwkh1du_c

thanks for posting the vids,those buckets seem like they work well judging from the video.

 

[mtb345]

i ve seen a lot of those in south florida ripping coral rock

 

[JTL]

Ive seen these advertized before. What an awesome concept. I wish we would have had one for our 5110 2 weeks ago! Looks like the capasity would be reduced a bit, but has got to be cheaper than running the D9 ripping and shoving up some loose muck for the hoe to dig. 14 hours of ripping and dozing gets ate up in 6 hours! Makes you want to look for something cheaper!
Jason

 

[Wolf]

that looks really powerful. cool stuff.

 

[stock]

Any Idea what they are like on black limestone????

 

[cat 385]

Ive seen these advertized before. What an awesome concept. I wish we would have had one for our 5110 2 weeks ago! Looks like the capasity would be reduced a bit, but has got to be cheaper than running the D9 ripping and shoving up some loose muck for the hoe to dig. 14 hours of ripping and dozing gets ate up in 6 hours! Makes you want to look for something cheaper!
Jason

yes i know what you mean, we were digging slag out of a pond very hard digging i was on a 385 and we also had a 375 digging also, we would dig it out of the water and pile it so it could drain and then the 992 and the 777's would come over an gobble it up sometimes before noon:Banghead