"Side Shield" Helps Loader Bucket Make Clean Sweep

"Side Shield" Helps Loader Bucket Make Clean Sweep TRACTORS Loaders 23-5-13 Boyd Schiltz, Wessington, S. Dak., recently called FARM SHOW about a steel shield that he mounted on one side of his skid steer bucket and also on a big tractor loader. It blocks snow on the left side of the bucket, forcing it off to the right. The shield is made from sq. tubing covered by sheet metal. A bearing allows the shield to rotate as the bucket is tipped up or down, keeping the shield flat on the ground and allowing the operator to also use it while backing up. "It lets us move twice as much snow and makes a clean sweep at the same time, with snow moving to one side of the bucket. That cuts the number of trips I have to make in half and saves a lot of time," says Schiltz. "I used the idea last year on a big tractor loader and was able to go down the road at 15 mph and push snow over to the side of the road. Then I turned around and came back in the other direction, pushing snow to the other side of the road. It really works great. "It works as good backing up as it does going forward. Backing up with the shield works great for cleaning snow away from buildings." Schiltz also fitted a side shield to a snow shovel. He bolts a 4-in. high metal strip to the side of the shovel. Another metal strip bolts across the top of the shovel to keep snow from going over the top. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Boyd (Tom ) Schiltz, Schiltz Mfg., 36961 200th St., Wessington, S. Dak. 57381 (ph 605 458-2220).

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