Rent a bobcat...

 

If that was an option would have done it ........... wont go where I need to go quad is barely light enough

 

Where are you needing to go? I haven't seen many places a bobcat won't go.

 

On a dock ..........so back to the bucket question

 

Hahaha! Good call then. Sorry, but you had me stumped. lol

 

I'd use a dump trailer. Approx. $500.

An ATV front end is barely suited to raising a snow plow. Asking it to be a loader is out of the question IMO.

 

I know it's a lot of work, but if you only have to do it once...I'd just get a shovel and a dump trailer and move it the old fashion way....I moved 10 yards of gravel this past summer with a shovel and trailer. it was a pain but it was cheap.

 

A wheelbarrow wouldn't be impossible unless its a long distance.

A loader bucket on an ATV would be pretty useless in my opinion without the hydraulics to help load the bucket as you push. I have a small tractor with a loader and It relies on the hydraulics and the operator to manipulate the bucket angle to really load the bucket decent.

 

The buckets do work with a susp lockout on front just some versions better than others just looking for feedback from those who have one ........ I agree not for long term use I just need to add sand about every couple yrs at end of my dock ..........wheelbarrow is getting old when you have to go down hill thru the trees to shore .......tried the quad with dump trailer but pretty scary dumping at edge of dock

 

You might want to do a search and see if swisher has some sort of forum, so you can ask the owners.
I bet you'd use a bucket more than you think.........There's always something to move around. You can still push snow with them too.

 

Here's at read on a bucket loader. I didn't read it but it looks pretty neat on the machine
http://www.can-amforum.com/forums/can-am-outlander/36337-poor-man-s-frontend-loader.html

And another
http://www.can-amforum.com/forums/weird-bizzare-just-plain-stupid/31047-atv-loader.html

 

Im looking at both the Swisher and Warn does not look like anything new out there pbly go with the Swisher ...... either way I will mod it to raise winch lift point I have seen that done already I have spacers in my springs already and the Swisher comes with susp limiter arms ......not expectingit to be great just better than the wheelbarrow