RichT
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Too much trouble to remove the cutting edge to use a conventional toothbar and would have to rob a bank to afford toothbar designed for bolt-on cutting edge buckets. So I made one. For reference - its a Kubota B26 with 60in FEL.
Design: Decided on 7 tooth configuration with 3/8 plate 3" wide crossbar. The crossbar would have to clear the bolt-on edge bolts and top weld, sit just behind the top weld (pic1). This required shanks with sufficient length to span at least a couple inches of crossbar width (welding area), and still fit over the bolt-on edge. I made a cardboard mockup of the lower FEL lip & bolt-on edge, then researched shanks at the Fabco website. This website has shank pictures and dimensions. Selected a couple candidates that looked like they might work and made cardboard mockups of them as well. Fitting the mockups together determined that Fabco 2A Series Shank #15625 was very close.
Cost: on a tip I got from this forum I used a Canadian company (Terra Cut Supply Ltd) to buy the shanks/teeth (8002A-C)/pins (RP-H2A). Their prices were lower than US distributors and the parts were shipped directly from Fabco anyway. While placing the order with the salesman he asked me how far I was from Costa Mesa CA (about 30mi). Turns out he had just put a down payment on a BMW at a Costa Mesa dealer. So he asks if I could inspect the car and, in return, they would eat the cost of the parts I ordered. So total cost of the toothbar: ~$30. Even with the cost of the shank parts the total would have been well below $200. Oh - the BMW was an 08 528i and sweet!
Assembly: fabricated the side panels from 1/4 plate, then tack welded a couple shanks to the crossbar to check fit. Had to grind just a bit off the top corner of the bolt-on edge just where the shanks overlap to get a nearly perfect, straight fit. All looked good, so I welded up everything else, attached the teeth (pic2) (lesson learned - attach the teeth BEFORE welding the shanks), primed (pic3), finish coat (Rustoleum gloss black) (pic4), then mounted on the FEL (pic5). Oh yea, and reinforced the FEL holes.
Maybe this will help other DIYers with bolt-on cutting edges.
Design: Decided on 7 tooth configuration with 3/8 plate 3" wide crossbar. The crossbar would have to clear the bolt-on edge bolts and top weld, sit just behind the top weld (pic1). This required shanks with sufficient length to span at least a couple inches of crossbar width (welding area), and still fit over the bolt-on edge. I made a cardboard mockup of the lower FEL lip & bolt-on edge, then researched shanks at the Fabco website. This website has shank pictures and dimensions. Selected a couple candidates that looked like they might work and made cardboard mockups of them as well. Fitting the mockups together determined that Fabco 2A Series Shank #15625 was very close.
Cost: on a tip I got from this forum I used a Canadian company (Terra Cut Supply Ltd) to buy the shanks/teeth (8002A-C)/pins (RP-H2A). Their prices were lower than US distributors and the parts were shipped directly from Fabco anyway. While placing the order with the salesman he asked me how far I was from Costa Mesa CA (about 30mi). Turns out he had just put a down payment on a BMW at a Costa Mesa dealer. So he asks if I could inspect the car and, in return, they would eat the cost of the parts I ordered. So total cost of the toothbar: ~$30. Even with the cost of the shank parts the total would have been well below $200. Oh - the BMW was an 08 528i and sweet!
Assembly: fabricated the side panels from 1/4 plate, then tack welded a couple shanks to the crossbar to check fit. Had to grind just a bit off the top corner of the bolt-on edge just where the shanks overlap to get a nearly perfect, straight fit. All looked good, so I welded up everything else, attached the teeth (pic2) (lesson learned - attach the teeth BEFORE welding the shanks), primed (pic3), finish coat (Rustoleum gloss black) (pic4), then mounted on the FEL (pic5). Oh yea, and reinforced the FEL holes.
Maybe this will help other DIYers with bolt-on cutting edges.
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