Re-building Kubota R520 bucket

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With all the snow there hasn't been much outside work so I've been working in my shop on various pieces of equipment. Our wheel loader bucket was rotting out on the sides and back so I had a sheet of steel bent to fit inside the bucket and we cut part of the sides out as well. I'm going to try to post some pics...

 

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That's funny, I almost started the exact same project on my rotted out Kubota bucket today, but decided to rebuild my hay rake hitch instead. If you don't mind me asking, how much did it cost to have the steel bent? It looks like they did a nice job. Did you give them a template?

 

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That's funny, I almost started the exact same project on my rotted out Kubota bucket today, but decided to rebuild my hay rake hitch instead. If you don't mind me asking, how much did it cost to have the steel bent? It looks like they did a nice job. Did you give them a template?

I did make a template with 1/4 inch plywood. It was only 190 bucks for the steel and to have them bend it, which I thought was quite reasonable. I just used a porta power to push it in tight to back of the bucket and then I tacked it in place. The plasma cutter really makes short work of removing the rotted pieces.

On another note, sorry about the pics being sideways, not sure if I can fix it...