Adding teeth to a bucket

[countrybumpkin]

Decided it was time for a tooth bucket, instead of doing a bolt on tooth bar, I found another bucket and added teeth to it. The bucket had some wear on the original welded on cutting edge, so I added a heavier weld on edge and weld on teeth mounts, went with 9 teeth on a 6 foot bucket.

 

[countrybumpkin]

Got the new cutting edge and teeth mounts on and all welded up, also added three hooks to it just in case I needed them later. Just have to clean it up and spray a coat of paint on it , then put it to work.

 

[kebo]

Looks great! Good job on it.

 

[lakngulf]

Many, many uses for teeth on a bucket. Just recently I used bucket to hold ladder at a spot where nothing else available to hold ladder. Ladder fit over and between some teeth so more safe keeping it from sliding left or right!

 

[PILOON]

For sure a bucket with added teeth becomes a whole new tool, you wonder how you lived without them.

Shucks my lil 20 hp CUT now thinks it is a tracked excavator! LOL

 

[Looking4new]

The difference is 'night vs. day' re teeth or no teeth on the bucket. I added a tooth bar to mine after it taking me two days to move and place 105 tons of pitrun gravel.
I have 121 tons coming this spring, we will see what the difference is in speed of digging and how full I can get the bucket, now.

 

[countrybumpkin]

Thanks, looking forward to trying it on a few projects, I do have some concerns, that the teeth I have are a bit to aggressive , but I can always change them out for a standard tooth.

 

[Weedaway]

For sure a bucket with added teeth becomes a whole new tool, you wonder how you lived without them.

Is there any downside?

 

[PILOON]

Is there any downside?

Only downside is back dragging and loading (i,e, like sand) on a paved surface. But back dragging can be 'work around ny using the 'heel'.

 

[countrybumpkin]

Haven't used the bucket yet , haven't installed the teeth on it yet, I think I'll shoot a coat of paint on it this weekend when I paint the hitch parts of my rotary cutter.