Weld Lines on Buckets.......??????

[Frankdozer]

Most backhoe, bulldozer and tractors buckets have weld lines on them. Some are nice and evenly spaced, some are just eratic patterns. Being a welder myself, I know that these weld lines take some time to do. Just what do they do that for? Thanks, Frank

 

[Willl]

Do a search on "hard facing" or "hard face welding"

 

[Jorville]

You don't need to hard face the entire side or area of a bucket you want to be wear resistant. Some welding rods will recommend a cross hatch pattern. some folks just do helter skelter. Those beads are for keeping your bucket from wearing through or getting thin.

 

[gwdixon]

What they said above. Like this:

 

[lostcause]

i saw a game of tic-tac-toe on a bucket once

 

[Taylortractornut]

THe cross hatch will trap the materthats abrasive and hold it so the material its cutting is abraiding against it. Some is a built up dot pattern thats more for rock I think. Also a erring bone pattern is popular. Back in 2003 when the company i work for folded I went to welding for a sand pit. I had to weld up the buckets from the loader and excavator with the cross hatch. Talk about forever and a day of welding and then going over it again. One 5 yard bucket had over 250 pounds of rod built on it.

 

[Shield Arc]

Two subjects I've seen more knock down drag out fights over, is patterns for hard facing, and what angle to weld teeth on augers! :laughing:

 

[rcowan]

Could be some shops have "quality" standards and others just want the job done and not particularly interested in the prettiness.

RC

 

[undercut]

FYI - there was a hard facing thread a while back here:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/welding/240490-hardfacing.html

I believe he was hard facing welding for 6 hours to complete the job!