Front-End Boater: Something not seen every day - a boat with a front-end bucket. There's a practical application for this thing because as mud and silt builds up in canals and bayous...

fuminous Loc: Luling, LA... for now...

Something not seen every day - a boat with a front-end bucket. There's a practical application for this thing because as mud and silt builds up in canals and bayous, folks' boat slips become a bit shallow- which adds wonderful stability for getting in/out of your boat, but it's a little hard on outboard motor lower units, hulls, drive shafts and rudders and, there's the inevitable day when your boat can't get into or out of its parking spot. Thus, a little Cajun engineering saves the day...

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Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Absolutely wonderful. I almost fell for it

bikinkawboy Loc: north central Missouri

But is it authentic? Notice the slots cut in the bucket to let the water run out.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

LMAO!

fuminous Loc: Luling, LA... for now...

bikinkawboy wrote:

But is it authentic? Notice the slots cut in the bucket to let the water run out.

Yep, it's authentic... and used last week...

davidrb Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel

fuminous wrote:

Something not seen every day - a boat with a front-end bucket. There's a practical application for this thing because as mud and silt builds up in canals and bayous, folks' boat slips become a bit shallow- which adds wonderful stability for getting in/out of your boat, but it's a little hard on outboard motor lower units, hulls, drive shafts and rudders and, there's the inevitable day when your boat can't get into or out of its parking spot. Thus, a little Cajun engineering saves the day...

Look for this in your local John Deere stores soon!

tcthome Loc: NJ

A first for me. Don't know if it will work with mud but,,, With my twin screw backed in & tied up to the slip, = put in reverse & throttle her up. Blew all the sand/dirt/ out into Chesequake Creek during an out going tide did the trick.

bikinkawboy Loc: north central Missouri

On the second image you can see what appears to be iron counter weights strapped down. And I’m guessing the boat has a V8, with the two exhaust pipes dumping into the single muffler. You can see the down pipe and oxygen sensor to the right of the hydraulic oil filter. Pretty cool exhaust system. And is that an automatic transmission?

fuminous Loc: Luling, LA... for now...

bikinkawboy wrote:

On the second image you can see what appears to be iron counter weights strapped down. And I’m guessing the boat has a V8, with the two exhaust pipes dumping into the single muffler. You can see the down pipe and oxygen sensor to the right of the hydraulic oil filter. Pretty cool exhaust system. And is that an automatic transmission?

Yup, auto all the way!

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

A little Cajun know how Stephen!

Don

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

I would think that it require some serious ballast in the rear, especially when it was loaded.

guardineer

Good job, take a bow.

bikinkawboy Loc: north central Missouri

RodeoMan wrote:

I would think that it require some serious ballast in the rear, especially when it was loaded.

Comparing the size of the iron weights to the ones on my tractor, I suspect they weigh approximately 130-150 pounds each and there are several of them showing in the photo. And the engine and transmission combined probably weigh 650-700 pounds. I’m sure the loader has a pretty substantial support the photo doesn’t show, but the orange part alone probably weighs in the neighborhood of 450-500 pounds. Any way you look at it, he has a pretty heavy load even before he picks up anything.

bikinkawboy Loc: north central Missouri

I don’t know much about boats but if that boat is say 14’ long a 3’ wide, it would take approximately 2,500 pounds to displace 1 foot of water depth. I suspect the weight distribution is probably more important than the actual weight being lifted, which I doubt would exceed 500-600 pounds tops.