WD 45 bucket options?

AC Wd 45

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Hi I just got a WD45 with a loader and this is the bucket it came with: ok well I posted it below. I'm wondering what bucket options there are for this tractor, the bucket seems small. I want to stick with the simple "trip" style bucket but wonder if there are bigger options. I thought the bucket would be bigger than a wheelbarrow but it's a little smaller. Thanks for any info.
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You have to remember on a trip bucket you need a smaller bucket or when loaded your not likely to be able to dump it due to the load being to haevy
 
That's a good point thanks. Is this the bucket that came standard on these?
I should have titled this post different- "questions about a WD45": we just got the tractor and have a lot to learn. It came with a couple AC snap coupling implements: 2 bottom plow and backblade. We want to get a disk and found a 7 foot AC disk but the hitch has been retrofitted so it just attaches to the draw bar. Will it work as well as it would using the old hitch style? Is it worth trying to find one with the snap coupling hitch? Or is it worth un-retrofitting it back to the original hitch configuration?
Thanks for any response.
 
For the most part there was no standard size bucket on loaders. Most where aftermarket things so who know what they did. In the long run it would be easier to turn the snap coupler set up into a 3 point since 3 point equipment is very common but snap coupler stuff can be hard to find and cost more $$
 
A 45 is a FARM tractor, not made for a huge bucket. Made for loading manure, silage, sawdust etc. A
big bucket will over load the front end and wear it out much sooner, possibly bend something too.
See it all the time on the ford 8N, NAA size tractors. A 45 is a little better than these, still a
farm tractor, not an industrial made to work the loader in dirt, sand or rock with a big bucket. A
farm loader is to make you smile because you are not doing it by hand.
 
It should have some tines that come out about 18" from those round brackets. You can fab a plate under that to hold more. My WD and WD9 loader with the same size trip bucket could load my 540 IH poo spreader in 10-15 minutes. Can do it in about 5 with my full hyd 7' bucket on my D17. Beats the pants off of a shovel, but a long ways away from a skid loader or modern loader.
AaronSEIA
 
Show us a picture of the hitch that is left on the disk,

Bet some one on this forum has some hitch parts they would sell you that would allow you to rebuild the ac snap couple disk hitch,

The ac snap couple hitch works pretty good if you have all the equipment

Also a good idea to buy an after market 3 pt hitch adapter for your tractor as it's much easier to find 3 pt equipment than snap couple

Good luck and be sure the hook on your snap couple hitch is in good repair and all cotter pins are in place, you do not want that thing coming
unhitched on you as you are plowing!!!!!!!!
 
A typical manure bucket for those loaders is about 40 inches wide. Look up Paulson loaders. They show a bucket with tines, intended for manure and rocks. They have a dirt plate that slips over the tines, so they can scoop and haul some dirt. A snow bucket can slip over that, or be a separate bucket- typically 6-8 feet wide, and the loader arms are inside "pockets" in the bucket. To reset a trip bucket after dumping, lower the bucket to the ground while backing up. It soon becomes second nature to a good operator. To minimize damage to a manure spreader, keep the bucket low before tripping, or rest it on the spreader side, then trip.

Regarding the disc- I had one, and it was difficult to turn with lift arms and snap coupler attached. I switched it to a simple tongue to hook to the drawbar.
 
I don't think that is a "standard" bucket. I have a 5 foot "snow" bucket that kinda looks like that one. I believe it is either home made, or a cut down snow bucket.I don't use it anymore because I made blade to push snow with and it works fine. A bucket of heavy snow can make for a light back wheel even with fluid in them.
Here is a link to one.
http://s577.photobucket.com/user/dannyraddatz/media/SnowBucketDozerBlade-1.jpg.html
 

My Grandad's WD and AC loader would lift at least 1,000lbs all the way to the top....

We used it to hang a Beef, when we butchered..it never had any trouble lifting it..

Ron..
 

My Grandad's WD and AC loader would lift at least 1,000lbs all the way to the top....

We used it to hang 1,100-1,200lb Beef when we butchered.. and it never had any trouble lifting them..

Ron..
 

Thanks everyone for your responses. Here is the pictures of the disk we are looking at- the retrofitted hitch and the body of it.
 
If that was a snap coupler disk somebody did a lot of work to make it a wheel disk. The guy that farmed our place at one time had all AC snap coupler equipment and used a D17 and WD45 tractors. The disk he had the gangs were so close together that you couldn't put a set of wheels between them. I found a 2-16 snap coupler plow for my WD45 that is good shape and found a snap coupler disk but was already sold when I called.
 
The disk is from the Midwest and the seller said its never seen a rocky field like we have here in NY state. It has new rear disks and a hydraulic cylinder. He is asking $950 which sounds High to me. It's 7 feet wide. What do you al think of this price? Thank you. Going to look at it tomorrow, an hour away from me near Syracuse NY.
 
Since it's not a snap coupler disk I guess we could get any disk that will attach to the draw bar, no real benefit to it being AC (other than we could de-retrofit it, which seems like a pain). Is that right?
Another question: if it attaches to the draw bar it can't be raised and lowered with hydraulics, right? I am new to all this. Thanks for any info anyone wants to share.
To respond to the post above, what is a wheel disk? You mean car tires that make it able to run down the road?
 
Seen several like that one for sale online and they are asking $625.00 to $825.00 but that's the asking price. If they contacted they may take less because asking price is usually high.
 
Good to know what others go for. And yeah I was planning to offer less if I want it...
Another question: how heavy of a disk can I pull with a WD45? I've heard different things- saw another post about it on here and people had lots of different opinions...
Just talked to my brother in law who said we should get the heaviest disk we can so it'll break up clods better, and that we should get one with scrapers if possible. He has a pretty big organic farm and educated me about disks, so now at least I know my way around a little better. There's a lot to learn. We have been doing everything by hand but now have a toddler and time is harder to come by.
 
The disk in you picture has a two way hydraulic cylinder on it( 2 hoses to hydraulic cylinder) . If your WD45 is like mine it will only run a one way cylinder (1 hose to cylinder). The one way lifts equipment and gravity makes it drop. Yes the wheel disk has tires to run down road.
 
Forgot to say that you can use the 2 way ram (cylinder) by putting a breather cap on the down side of cylinder. That lets air in and out when cylinder is used to raise and lower equipment.
 

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