Tough little dirtbucket with teeth!

[Ford960]

Here's another pic, bucket upside down, showing the wear strips and cutting edge.

Jim,
Nice job, very impressive.
Now tell me about the machine that is attatched to the wheel in the background, looks to be the landing gear of an aircraft. Please post a picture of that too!

 

[3RRL]

Jim,
What a great project.
I really like the idea of spacing the teeth out. I think you'll get more penetrating power when digging.
Keep up with the great pictures too. Looking forward to seeing it 100%.

 

[jimgerken]

>Now tell me about the machine that is attatched to the wheel in the >background, looks to be the landing gear of an aircraft. Please post a >picture of that too!

That's a Polaris Predator ATV. Here's a pic.

 

[jimgerken]

But if its an aircraft you want to see, here is a pic of my Kolb Twinstar Mkiii with BMW R100 engine. Enjoy.

 

[jimgerken]

(Sorry to highjack my own thread)
And here's a closeup of the powerplant...a 1991 R100 (1000 cc) BMW.

 

[BobG_in_VA]

Seems to be a somewhat different take on the old Outboard motor "thru the prop" exhaust system.....Is there some limit to HP on outfits such as yours?? BobG in VA

 

[jimgerken]

Schmism, thought more about what you said about the bottom of your bucket flat for backdragging and stuff. I really appreciate your feedback and timing. Looked at the teeth, and you are right, cutting them off would not do it. Thought about it and talked it over here with a couple other guys too, tractor owners themselves. And I guess I am going to go ahead with the plan as I started. Here's the reasoning: I still have the stock 62 inch bucket with smooth cutting edge. The buckets quick-attach on to the loader, so its easy to do the heavy digging with the dirt-tooth bucket and then switch to the "finishing-bucket" so to speak. Also, when doing heavy digging, I will have the boxblade on the back, which offers me some smoothing potential by itself, and when ready to smooth down stuff I probably want to switch to the landscape rake, and would then also get the larger smoothing bucket on. Mostly, I like the very aggressive tooth bucket design, and for this bucket to meet it's design "mission" it must be the exact opposite of my other bucket. Instead of smooth and sweet, it must be aggresive and nasty. So, your suggestions helped me fine-tune the "mission" of the project. THANKS! for the feedback and thought-provoking ideas. Going with six aggressive teeth, mounted above and below the cutting edge, 9.2 inches on center. More pics of completed project next week (sorry, no paint for a while).

 

[schmism]

Mostly, I like the very aggressive tooth bucket design, and for this bucket to meet it's design "mission" it must be the exact opposite of my other bucket. Instead of smooth and sweet, it must be aggresive and nasty. So, your suggestions helped me fine-tune the "mission" of the project. THANKS! for the feedback and thought-provoking ideas. Going with six aggressive teeth, mounted above and below the cutting edge, 9.2 inches on center. More pics of completed project next week (sorry, no paint for a while).

I agree. In my case (not haveing 2 buckets) my design intent was something that was halfway inbetween a smooth bucket all out agressive toothed one. (like your building)

Im very happy with its performance so far. MUCH more productive than a flat cutting edge. Everyone said it would be but i had NO idea how much!

 

[pat32rf]

Jim-I found that welding a crosspiece of 3" channel iron accross the top of my bucket BEFORE I bent it out of shape gave me a solid mounting point for a center lifting hook..Those teeth look awesome for our rocks and tree roots.

 

[Renze]

From where did you get those teeth and what do they cost ?
I have been searching for weld-on teeth locally (in Holland) but i could only find the super duty wheel loader teeth that weigh 7 kg each, which will reduce the lifting capacity of my loader too much...

Would it work if i buy some manganese steel or Hardox 400 flatbar, extend them out to my bucket a few inch and weld a piece of mild steel square bar on top of them to strengthen them to the cutting edge of the bucket ? That would still be weldable, and i can aquire the materials pretty easily from a local machine construction shop. I guess the 1" square flatbar to carry the actual teeth, wont wear so quickly because they follow in the loosened path of the actual wear resistant teeth...

any advice ?