aczlan
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- Kubota L3830GST, B7500HST, BX2660. Formerly: Case 480F LL, David Brown 880UE
The bucket on our B7500 has seen just over 1000 hours, many of those were scraping manure, or clearing the driveway. It has also had mud, snow, manure, etc left in it more than a few times.
As a result, the bottom of the bucket has worn out:
As you can kind of sort of see, about two-thirds of the first bend from the bottom to the back of the bucket has rusted and or worn through. The metal around that is very thin and the metal on the cheeks of the bucket near the bottom has also rusted through.
The top of the bucket was also in a smiley shape. I used a bottle jack to straighten it up and then welded on a piece of 2x2 1/8 in angle a few weeks back. I also welded a hook onto the middle while I was at it:
I ordered a new cutting edge as the old one was pretty wavy and I didn't want to try to take it apart. Titan was having a sale and so I got a 60 inch Cutting Edge for $62 shipped to my doorstep:
As near as I can tell, the entire bucket is made of 1/8 in steel ( aside from the cutting edge which was thicker).
I had a couple of pieces of quarter inch steel that I picked up at at the scrapyard a few years back with intentions of making a workbench with a steel top, but I never got around to them so I'm going to make the new pieces out of that.
The first step was to cut out the old pieces from the bucket. The bottom and the first section of the back were removed, the second section in the back was still plenty solid, so it was left.
Next, I cut a groove in the quarter inch plates and bent them to roughly match the angle of the transition from the bottom to the first portion of the back of the bucket. I then welded the groove that I had cut back closed so that I would not lose any strength there. I also plan to weld a piece of flat stock to the bottom of the bucket right before the bend as a wear strip.
Here you can see the first piece cut, bent and welded while the second piece is ready to be cut:
After I had both pieces bent to match, I welded them together to make a single piece. I used a couple pieces from the scrap pile to make braces so that it would be less likely to warp while I was welding it:
I then welded the back side and set it in place to see how everything looked:
It looked pretty good, so I took off the last brace and that's where I stopped for the night. Tomorrow (or whenever I get back to it), I need to trim the pieces of the old bottom from the sides of the bucket and see if I can get the new bottom to fit in a little bit better, then weld it in, weld on the new cutting edge and weld on the wear strip at the back:
Aaron Z
As a result, the bottom of the bucket has worn out:
As you can kind of sort of see, about two-thirds of the first bend from the bottom to the back of the bucket has rusted and or worn through. The metal around that is very thin and the metal on the cheeks of the bucket near the bottom has also rusted through.
The top of the bucket was also in a smiley shape. I used a bottle jack to straighten it up and then welded on a piece of 2x2 1/8 in angle a few weeks back. I also welded a hook onto the middle while I was at it:
I ordered a new cutting edge as the old one was pretty wavy and I didn't want to try to take it apart. Titan was having a sale and so I got a 60 inch Cutting Edge for $62 shipped to my doorstep:
As near as I can tell, the entire bucket is made of 1/8 in steel ( aside from the cutting edge which was thicker).
I had a couple of pieces of quarter inch steel that I picked up at at the scrapyard a few years back with intentions of making a workbench with a steel top, but I never got around to them so I'm going to make the new pieces out of that.
The first step was to cut out the old pieces from the bucket. The bottom and the first section of the back were removed, the second section in the back was still plenty solid, so it was left.
Next, I cut a groove in the quarter inch plates and bent them to roughly match the angle of the transition from the bottom to the first portion of the back of the bucket. I then welded the groove that I had cut back closed so that I would not lose any strength there. I also plan to weld a piece of flat stock to the bottom of the bucket right before the bend as a wear strip.
Here you can see the first piece cut, bent and welded while the second piece is ready to be cut:
After I had both pieces bent to match, I welded them together to make a single piece. I used a couple pieces from the scrap pile to make braces so that it would be less likely to warp while I was welding it:
I then welded the back side and set it in place to see how everything looked:
It looked pretty good, so I took off the last brace and that's where I stopped for the night. Tomorrow (or whenever I get back to it), I need to trim the pieces of the old bottom from the sides of the bucket and see if I can get the new bottom to fit in a little bit better, then weld it in, weld on the new cutting edge and weld on the wear strip at the back:
Aaron Z
Maybe wet salt.
