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Originally Posted by fiddler kelly  When the teeth get wore down on the back hoe have you ever tried to rebuild the tooth with a welder and grind it then to the sharpness you want. |
The OEM teeth on my hoe are composed of a cast steel or cast iron that
is fairly soft. They are very dull when they are new. It would take a lot
of grinding to get any kind of edge on them, and I am sure the edge would
get blunted very quickly. I considered welding some plow steel onto these
teeth, but it is hard to predict how strong that would be, welding onto cast
steel. The same applies to welding beads onto the tips and grinding them
down. Sharper teeth was only one goal of this project.
I just welded more of these shanks onto a 24" bkt, BTW.