Abstract: The tapered hinge pin has a generally cup-shaped collar with an internal taper complementing the external tapered end portion of the hinge pin and is movable into wedged position in a surrounding bore by a first bolt passing through an enlarged threaded opening in an end wall of the collar and threadedly engaged in an axial bore in the tapered end portion of the pin. Disassembly of the hinge pin is achieved by removing the first bolt and inserting a second, larger-diameter bolt into the threaded opening in the collar end wall and advancing the second bolt by turning. Enhanced operation is achieved by providing an auxiliary bearing member in the form of either a stud insertable into the bore in the pin end or antecedently providing a washer around the first bolt intermediate the pin end and the collar end wall such that the washer drops and partially obturates the end wall opening upon removal of the first bolt so as to act as a bearing surface for the second bolt.

Abstract: A bucket for use with a loader vehicle includes a pair of spaced reinforcement means fixed to the bottom wall portion of the bucket. Each reinforcement means defines a box section which runs transversely of the cutting edge of the bucket, including a pair of ribs which run continuously rearward from the cutting edge along the bottom wall portion and up the rear wall portion of the bucket. The ribs define first and second pairs of apertures for attaching the bucket to a loader linkage.