Gough Engineering has added to its range of Wheel Loader Buckets a 924Gz High Dump (Tilt ) Bucket.

The bucket is attached to the machine using the  standard 924Gz  Hinge mounts and is rated at 3.0 Cum Nominal heaped, a  2.0 Cum version is also available. As the hinge plates are surface mounted to the cross member the basic bucket can be easily used for other machine mounting systems including quick coupler hooks.  The application that this bucket is used in is handling  animal feed  but  the bucket  can be used for any  light material such as bark chips.

The main pivots for the bucket are fitting with harden steel sleeves that are easily greased to prolong the life of this joint.  Rams eyes are also fitted with replaceable bearings and grease nipples. The Rams that operate the tilt function use the machines  standard 3rd valve and  lines group. The  3 valve flow is reduced as is the pressure which allows for controlled discharge of the bucket. The machines bucket tilt function  is not affected  and therefore the bucket can be use with the conventional control when  the high dump height feature is not required.

The pivot for the bucket is on a support frame that is as close to the cutting edge as possible to ensure the maximum dump height, in this case the dump height is increased by up to  2000mm.  The bucket can be tilted a full 100 degrees which mean that the bucket can be  tilted close to the ground, this is an advantage when working under covered bins as well as giving more dump height.  Another feature is that the rams are fully covered when digging into the heap, this minimizes build up of material under the rams and reduces cross contamination of products handled by the bucket.