Cutting edge protector

[iis]

>>Also, do you have to drill the cutting edge (tough task), or does the L3200 does with holes already?
I will have to drill.
>>But in your situation, removing alot of snow, and wearing edges away quickly,
ya, the corners have about .25 inch left of the lip. The driveway is a quarter mile of uneven gravel. I figured it would be at least 5 years before dealing with this issue but instead I have <30 hours. When I first got the tractor I used it a bunch of times to smooth out the driveway..maybe most of the wear happened at that time and I'm just noticing it now since I have been moving snow at least twice a week for the past month.

 

[Fallon]

My concern is that the cutting edge is not protecting the corners from wear and defeating the purpose of bolting it on to begin with.

In order for you to rub that the corner & wear it out by my math your tractor needs to be at 45 degrees or higher. 1/2" wide gap by 1/2" thick = square. If you are half way rolled over or more, you have bigger problems than wearing out your bucket. That corner will get some wear from material, but it won't be dragging on the pavement or gravel as you plow. I'm sure the corners of the bucket will outlast the tractor if you leave that huge cutting edge on all but 1" of the bucket.

 

[LD1]

And chance on some pics of the current condition of the cutting edge

 

[iis]

Just an update>
Spent the following week drilling 7 5/8 holes by hand through almost 3/4 thick metal to mount the edge. I got it done just in time for a snow storm on 2/22/2015.

 

[iis]

pics:

 

[lamanated]

for what its worth, I hit the scrap metal place and they always have a few blade edges in. 30 cents a lb,, anything like that there? also, I did the rubber conveyor belting for an edge on my plow,, works great doesnt tear up the stones...I tried the pipe edge , but you need a smooth flat surface I found as my loader is new and tight, so the bucket doesnt flop about much..and wont follow the surface as well .

 

[iis]

we have some scrap metal yards, but it was the middle of winter and i just wanted to get it done