DIY Hillbilly Light Material Tractor Loader Bucket for Leaf Moving

Mike's angle here is a no-cost DIY hack: strapping a surplus galvanized stock tank to pallet forks to haul high-volume, low-weight material like leaves. He walks through two iterations, a one-strap version that nearly dumped its load, and a three-strap fix that holds, then honestly admits the design still needs a dump door he hasn't solved yet. Best for rural owners with a spare stock tank and a leaf problem.

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