JD 1530 Odd Bucket

Hi, I am new to tractors - we mainly grow things in greenhouses but decided to expand outside to a couple of acres of vegetable cultivation, and also need something to mow a couple acres of grass.

I found an older John Deer 1530 that was used on a horse farm mainly for hay moving. It runs pretty well, and my only concern is it has kind of an odd bucket on it - it is smaller and also only has one ram for tilt.

Two questions:

1) Does this bucket suck?

2) If so, can it be replaced with a larger one without a major retrofit (e.g. new rams)

An image can be found at

http://i.imgur.com/VFZLWvu.jpg
 
Looks to be a 48 loader with a manure bucket and a snow/dirt scoop attachment. A larger bucket, probably a 5-6 footer can be fitted without any changes to the loader, but you will need more wheel weights,or some sort of counterweight for the rear of the tractor.
 
Are there any capacity issues with the 48 loader? A single small ram for tilt seems limiting. Can it handle a full 6' bucket with dirt?


(quoted from post at 17:25:58 07/26/14) Looks to be a 48 loader with a manure bucket and a snow/dirt scoop attachment. A larger bucket, probably a 5-6 footer can be fitted without any changes to the loader, but you will need more wheel weights,or some sort of counterweight for the rear of the tractor.
 
I have a 48 loader for my 4010 with a 5 foot bucket. Yes the single bucket cylinder is a weak point. With just dirt I don't see any problem but with something like wet manure you don't take as big load at a time and you'll be ok. That loader has been here since my dad bought it new and has never gave us any trouble.
 
picture of bucket
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Loader looks like a model 37 to me. Note how boom cylinder mounts to outside of mast. I'll also bet lift cylinders are single acting with no down pressure.
 
I saw that there was no down pressure feed. Silly question: How critical is this, assuming you can apply down pressure on the tilt?

 
(quoted from post at 07:33:26 07/27/14) I saw that there was no down pressure feed. Silly question: How critical is this, assuming you can apply down pressure on the tilt?

Applying down pressure by tilting bucket will not add much down pressure as lift cylinder rods will simply move out of the barrel of cyl's.
 
I must be missing something -is there not a valve that prevents additional hydraulic fluid from entering the lift cylinders? - Meaning, they are "locked"

(quoted from post at 08:10:15 07/27/14)
(quoted from post at 07:33:26 07/27/14) I saw that there was no down pressure feed. Silly question: How critical is this, assuming you can apply down pressure on the tilt?

Applying down pressure by tilting bucket will not add much down pressure as lift cylinder rods will simply move out of the barrel of cyl's.
 
(quoted from post at 08:44:56 07/27/14) I must be missing something -is there not a valve that prevents additional hydraulic fluid from entering the lift cylinders? - Meaning, they are "locked"

Actually on a SA cylinder when rod is pulled out of barrel no more oil enters cylinder but a vacuum in cyl. is created.
 

When bucket is tilted down to apply your so-called down pressure boom cylinders are pulled from cylinders barrels therefore no air but a VACUUM is in boom cylinders. Only a very slight amount of down pressure is created from the vacuum.

Definition of a vacuum:
Vacuum is space that is devoid of matter. The word stems from the Latin adjective vacuus for "vacant" or "void". An approximation to such vacuum is a region with a gaseous pressure much less than atmospheric pressure
 

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