Round Concrete Buckets in North America are ubiquitous. They are the buckets most chosen because of costs. Bending a round bucket requires less welding then the square buckets on the market by 50%. Concrete bucket manufacturers sell these with a chute as an add on option. How many concrete buckets are actually sold with just a gate system? It's virtually zero. So a manufacturer will push the bucket out of the door and then add a chute on top of their price. It's often a $1200 for this item that just takes a few bends in the brake and a weld at the ends to secure it all as one unit. This is like being sold a car without tires.
The concrete buckets at Seattle Tower Crane are sold with chutes. the 5013 and 1091 models have the chutes included with each sale. These are the round buckets used in North America. The 5013 is the common design you'll find from American manufacturers. If you get much past the two yard version, you find that you need to ramp the concrete truck to get good flow from the concrete. The 1091 is a low loading design that eliminates the need for ramps, but you do need to fold up the chute which will slow you down. It's the trade off in functionality the users have to make.
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