attachment capable of directing the flowable material to a specific area distal to the bucket apparatus not depicted still another preferred embodiment employs a spinner and spreader device to control the discharge of the flowable material the spinner is operatively arranged in conjunction with a spreader to discharge granular material such as road salt or grass seed across a wide area the spinner and spreading device is positioned below exit opening 20 and is typically powered by an electric motor not depicted fig6 is an enlarged top view of gate 28 and gate control means 29 of a bucket apparatus 10 of the invention taken generally along line 6 6 in fig1 this illustration shows gate 28 in the closed position and phantom gate 28 in the open position exit opening 20 may be selectively opened and closed using gate 28 when gate 28 is moved into the closed position the flowable material is contained within the bucket when the gate is moved into the open position its outermost edges are surrounded by opposing walls 34 and 36 and the gate is cleaned each time it 39 s opened and closed preferably gate 28 is actuated by a gate control means 29 that the operator may.