24" B26 BH bucket Cost?

[Gary Fowler]

What would be reasonable price for a used 24" bucket for a B 26one?

It seems the local Kubota dealer has a larger 18 or 24 bucket (didnt know exactly just larger than the 12 now on it) he would part with for any reasonable offer but he didnt know exact size but took it in on trade. Dont know if it would fit as he thinks it came off a mini-excavator. I thought I would pose the question here to get some opinions / experienced ideas.

 

[jim_wilson]

Look in the Messicks online catalogs - if I remember correctly a new 24" B26 bucket is something like $450.00

 

[billybobjimmyjoejack]

I had been looking for a 24" bucket to fit my WOODS 7500 for about 3 years. New cost delivered was about $900 for either a GANNON or an aftermarket. I even tried buying one from sellers that had a backhoe with two buckets, even a dealer and none would break up the set. I tried multiple postings on Craigslist and was just about ready to give up when a 24" bucket that fit a BOBCAT mini excavator came available about 2 months ago for $100 bucks. I could not drive fast enough to it. I had to modify the mounting ears on the bucket to fit my backhoe, but for $100 bucks and a little steel and a couple of bushings I have a 24" trenching bucket that fits my backhoe, for a total of less than $200. I am in the process of making my own quick attach system that will help to speed up the change over of the buckets. My prototype made from plywood is finished and I just have to cut and weld the steel one.