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On a smaller tractor suitable for the 3 point scoop bucket, the scoop works better because: The tractor is stronger at lifting at the rear. Get a good load in the bucket and the tractor back wheels may be in the air, at least lightened to have lost a lot of traction. A loaded three point scoop adds to traction. The bucket cylinders tend to not have fine control of the bucket digging angle, so it either doesn't dig or heads for China. That's because the bucket tip cylinders of the farm tractor loader don't move much for a lot of bucket motion when the bucket bottom is level and the loader is down. If the dirt is dry and loose bucket control isn't as much a problem, but its more of a problem with hard dirt. But when I mounted my MF-236 loader on my JD4020 instead of my little MF-135, it works a lot better, though the 4020 has enough power and weight to handle a little bucket digging in. Even quite a lot of digging in. But there I have a lot more weight at the rear of the tractor so the loader doesn't affect traction significantly. My neighbor with a JD 46A loader on a 2020 has the came complaints when digging with the loader bucket. Gerald J.
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