P500 Warn 60" Bucket kit conversion

[uconn411]

So I just had 18 yards of dirt dumped today, figured it would be a good test of the Warn Provantage bucket conversion kit. It worked well, but its really only for loose soil or mulch. My plow is all Honda OEM, including the front mount. I believe the part for the Warn bucket conversion kit # is 85133. Anyway, I hope the video is pretty self explanatory. I did put 200lbs worth of sand on the rear rack to balance it out. I should also mention I have walker evans shocks all around with 200lb springs and set all of the shocks to the hardest setting. Here is the video I made tonight:

 

[Mudder]

FYI. I made an Atv dump bucket years ago, put two free swinging legs on the push tube/bucket attachment bolt. Put a pulley at same point on topside of push tube to run the winch cable up to the top lip of bucket. Legs swing back on ground contact moving forward, load, lift and go. To dump, stop and lower winch. The legs act as pedestals to support the height as the cable spools out for a dump. Legs were made of angle iron with a small flat square on bottom to prevent it from sinking in dirt. It was a winter boredom project. Some old pictures before I added the legs.

 

[duhmojo]

@uconn411, how has your 60" bucket conversion with the Honda stock plow/winch setup working for you?

 

[duhmojo]

In your video the WARN logo is clearly on the bucket. Is that the bucket conversion piece, or did you get a WARN plow and the bucket kit? You mentioned that you were all stock Honda OEM (e.g. winch, bracket, plow, etc).

 

[Mudder]

As far as a dump curl option to simplify and replace the rope, I later modified it with two free swinging angle iron legs on the bucket attachment axle and welded a small metal square (foot) to each, legs length slightly shorter than height of raised bucket. When stopped, legs swing perpendicular and support the bucket on winch out for curl dumps. To load, drive forward, legs swing back and winch lowers bucket flat on ground. Winch in and go. Found that concept on US Patent office site. A simple way, required a low pulley at the base as shown and hook the cable at top of the bucket. Provided lift and dump with a single winch cable.