Building a backhoe bucket

   / Building a backhoe bucket #1  

Spitzair

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Brackendale, BC
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Caterpillar, Adams, Hein Werner, Hitachi, Bobcat
So I needed a bucket for my Bobcat 909 backhoe attachment that I just rebuilt. It didn’t come with one and the only one I could find for sale is so far away that shipping would be the same price as the bucket… so I built my own out of some material I had sitting around… I copied the dimensions from my dad’s 303 cat bucket which has almost identical measurements on the bucket linkage. I used a piece of plywood to mock it up…. The cutting edge is some 3/4” hardox I had left over from another project, the sides are 3/8 as is the bottom skin, then the ears are 1/2 and some schedule 120 2” pipe made the perfect pin bosses. Almost looks like a real bucket! Anyway, thought I’d share, it works really good…
 

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   / Building a backhoe bucket #2  
Beautiful work. Congratulations.
You've clearly got too much time on your hands - uh, I assume that is you in the photo.
And I particularly enjoyed the picture of the plywood mock up. What's next?
 
   / Building a backhoe bucket #3  
put a couple holes in the middle of the bucket so water can drain out ,
weld a chain hook on the bucket beats the teeth if you ever need a chain
 
   / Building a backhoe bucket #4  
put a couple holes in the middle of the bucket so water can drain out ,
weld a chain hook on the bucket beats the teeth if you ever need a chain
Nice work.

Those are 2 features that you rarely get in a new $1200 bucket. I have done two homemade buckets myself, and they were very rewarding.

I have always wondered how effective the skidsteer-mounted excavators are. Is yours the kind that is operated from the SS seat?
 

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