teeth cut off backhoe bucket best options?

[disney]

Greetings everyone. I recently acquired this bucket, and someone did me the displeasure of cutting off all the teeth. I do have several buckets, but as this is the smallest size I can use with the thumb installed, I would really like to have some teeth on this one. What are my options for adding teeth? I do have a hypertherm 65 plasma, but these might be too thick for even that. And cutting the end pair might be hard to remove without cutting through the side of the bucket. Open to any ideas other than buying a new bucket, or spending the rest of my life filing these down with a hand file.

 

[Motorboatin]

Air carbon arc cutting is what I would do. You can remove the weld and pull the part out without damaging the bucket

I takes a little practice but it's easy and once you get good at it it moves quick

 

[Big Barn]

Air carbon arc cutting is what I would do. You can remove the weld and pull the part out without damaging the bucket

I takes a little practice but it's easy and once you get good at it it moves quick

That would be my most readily available first choice also.

Ideally an oxy-exothermic lance if you have access to one.

 

[ROUSTABOUT]

Greetings everyone. I recently acquired this bucket, and someone did me the displeasure of cutting off all the teeth. I do have several buckets, but as this is the smallest size I can use with the thumb installed, I would really like to have some teeth on this one. What are my options for adding teeth? I do have a hypertherm 65 plasma, but these might be too thick for even that. And cutting the end pair might be hard to remove without cutting through the side of the bucket. Open to any ideas other than buying a new bucket, or spending the rest of my life filing these down with a hand file.

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Call heavyquip and get some teeth. You're just missing the teeth. That part stays on the bucket. Teeth are replacement items.

 

[fried1765]

Call heavyquip and get some teeth. You're just missing the teeth. That part stays on the bucket. Teeth are replacement items.

Greetings everyone. I recently acquired this bucket, and someone did me the displeasure of cutting off all the teeth. I do have several buckets, but as this is the smallest size I can use with the thumb installed, I would really like to have some teeth on this one. What are my options for adding teeth? I do have a hypertherm 65 plasma, but these might be too thick for even that. And cutting the end pair might be hard to remove without cutting through the side of the bucket. Open to any ideas other than buying a new bucket, or spending the rest of my life filing these down with a hand file.

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It would appear that what you have is the mounts for replaceable teeth.
You should be able to find new teeth to fit those tooth mounts.

 

[4570Man]

I’d cut the whole cutting edge off the bottom and replace it or if I didn’t want to go through that much work I’d just weld new teeth beside the old ones.

 

[RickB]

Common folk with old school tools and a bit of talent would use an oxy-acetylene torch to cut the old shanks off. Then stick weld new shanks on that accept the tooth style of your choice.

 

[Smokeydog]

Your hypertherm plasma cutter can cleanly gouge out the welds of the old shanks with the right nozzle and settings. Check your manual or online. Rated removing pounds per hour so will not take long. Hypertherm has great customer service and will help you with information. They make flush cut and hyaccess nozzle consumables too. Then weld whatever shanks and teeth you want.

 

[5030]

My Hypertherm would blow those welds right off, no issue.

 

[nyone]

You need bucket teeth and shanks. You can prob cut the weld right at the bucket. Trying to save the cutting edge that's in the shank is going to take forever I think.

You could buy shanks and a section of cutting edge then just cut the whole edge off and start over.