2005 Home Made Bucket Loader For F 1145

I built this bucket loader simply to move dirt around and be able to back blade with it. It is of 11 Gage sheet steel with reinforcing at critical places. It uses a 3' x 12' stroke dual acting cylinder. It is about 18' deep and 48' wide and weighs appx. 150#. I made it for my front mount John Deere mower, model F-1145. It works great but the maximum capacity is nearly too much for the mowers hydralics. I use it at about 3/4 full and everything works well. My wife used it to water her flowers out by the road during a long dry spell. I build lots of stuff and just retired as an electrician for Whirlpool so I'm looking for other projects to fabricate. I have fabricated other implements for this mower and may add more photos. Hope the photo is not too big of a file size to send. Stan in Mi. Submitted by Stan In Michigan, from MI