Backhoe teeth bent over

[Illini22]

The ground near Chicago is a little hard this time of year!

 

[andrehoude123]

Either that backhoe is real strong or that bucket was real used

 

[john_bud]

The teeth are NOT bent. The bucket cutting edge cracked at the weld seams and folded over.

That's why you need to inspect your bucket! It can happen on a FEL bucket too.

 

[gwdixon]

No problem.

>Clean it up,
>Grind the crack to a "V" on both sides to get a 100% weld
>Use a fresh pack of 7018 rod
>And go at it!

 

[Gary Fowler]

Hammering the teeth into frozen soil or concrete will break the welds or break your hoe just about every time.
Break out your cutting equipment and square up that mangled steel to remove all the old bottom plate material and weld, then put on a new bucket bottom and reinforced cutting lip. Weld it up with full penetration weld (weld from one side, then grind to solid metal from the other side and weld). The lip usually wraps around the side walls so what is left on yours, needs to come off and the whole thing replaced. You should be able to buy that cutting lip already pre-formed to the side bend.

 

[Illini22]

It's a rental machine, 600 hrs. Ditch witch makes nice machines. Never had this happen in 30 years. It was putting in house services, transformer to meter raceway.

 

[GPintheMitten]

Did you get damage insurance? What did the rental company say?

 

[Illini22]

I'm not sure about the insurance. This happened to another line crew in our shop.

 

[LJH]

I'm not sure about the insurance. This happened to another line crew in our shop.

Bullet: dodged.