While a standard digging bucket for your backhoe or excavator is well rounded for most jobs, other buckets have special designs or shapes for an intended purpose. Having the right bucket can make getting your job done much easier and more efficient. Most hydraulic quick attach systems allow for several inches of difference between a maximum & minimum pin to pin measurement. This measurement is required when attaching a bucket to a machine with a quick attach system. If a pin size is not the correct size, a bushing can be manufactured by a machine shop to help it fit tight. Some machines have different front and rear pin sizes, so be sure to check both. If the bucket's ear width is too wide for your machine's stick, spacers can be manufactured by a machine shop to make it fit tight. This is the width of of the stick at the ears pin holes. If you have a quick attach system, a third measurements is often required (C). To verify that a bucket will fit your machine, there are two require measurements (A&B).

In addition to that, many machines had a variety of stick options from the factory or dealership, each with different widths & pin sizes. Last edited by ArcTan 03-20-2022 at 11:31 PM.Buckets can fit a variety of makes & models of excavator & backhoe machines. I do plan to acquire some when I have the opportunity. Unfortunately, I don't have access to 3/16' rods as easily as 5/32. I think the gap between ended up being about 3/4'. Won't get used 8 hours a day most of the time but now I shouldn't have to worry about it for a couple years. Also, there was some denting of the bottom of the bucket. The original wear plates on the bottom were starting to get worn through at the most exposed edge. This is a bucket for a 14000 lb mini excavator. Not the greatest but gives you an idea of the lack of wear protection. Edit: found a picture showing the bottom of the bucket. I guess I should have taken some pics of the bottom before I put the new bars on. But it won't hurt to add some protection! I would probably tack it up with 5/32' rods and the lay in beads with 3/16' 7018. If your not digging 8 hours a day 365 your wasting time. Digging shell rock is very abrasive! That bucket looks damn near new! You could give a 2' gap between wear bars. Man ive done this a few time, for a Strip mine in SW Florida. If the heel is already worn, I'd build it up with whatever fits, usually grouser stock in my case. I'd think AR400 strips on the sliders back of bucket spaced just far enough apart to weld them on would be a more cost effective protector. When they wear away, replace them.īottom side of a loader bucket, mostly it's the replaceable cutting edge, & the sliders touch the ground. I think of the AR400 steel bars as the consumable. Other hard surface is not intended for build up, you can only put one thin layer on. A shock might break it, but lesser shock work hardens the surface layer. Without it, it'd never stay sharp.Ī bucket cutting edge works well to do just the bottom of the leading edge with high manganese, I use this:Ī thick layer, or layers will replace worn corners, cutting edge between teeth, etc. do you think it would be worth the time to add an extra layer of hardsurfacing to the bottoms of the wear bars?An antique very high quality wood chisel had a very thin piece of tool steel laminated to the back of the chisel. Probably wouldn't hurt to pad the sides too. Your on the right track as far as placement and what you are wanting to accomplish. I played around with them a little more after my original post and this is my current plan: My plan was to add these 3/8' bars close enough together that they will prevent direct abrasion to the original bucket floor. Some with clay interspersed, some with sand interspersed.ĭave, the bucket has not been repaired before. But it's definitely meant for this purpose.įreebird, the digging around here is rocks. I'd have to call Irv to find out exactly what he sold me. I should have taken a picture without the new pieces there. The corners of the bucket have worn some, but not disproportionately. The plates have worn through at this point. The plates are large and thin, with a big gap between them, right at the most vulnerable part of the bottom of the bucket. Willie, yes it has wear plates but Geith did not put much thought into the design of this one (at least not for digging in the green mountains).

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