Homemade Backhoe Bucket

[Lenny]

Wanted a smaller bucket for trenching and didn't have any success finding one. So, 6lbs of wire and $50 in steel here it is!

 

[skeets]

That Sir is pretty slick

 

[Tooljunkie]

Nice!!
Will be a handy addition to your hoe.

 

[85Hokie]

Lenny,

I'll take one for my BX25 - I'll drive down and buy you lunch and pick it up!!!!! (you are only 200 miles from me!)

Ok - kidding, very nice work!!! You gonna put teeth on it?

 

[Lenny]

85 Hokie , I have looked for a decent set that were priced right but they would cost me as much or more than what I have invested in the bucket! I have some small pieces of 1/2 in left from the fab job that I am thinking about welding on to the cutting edge. For what I will most likely be using be using it for that should work okay and if they wear to fast I'll cut and weld some more ! Thinking one on either side with one in the middle.

 

[D2Cat]

Nice job. Lot of work! To save your work invest in about three of these.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-NEW-PENGO...062189?hash=item2a31055fad:g:DHQAAOxyDoZSKO6Z

 

[Lenny]

D2Cat, Thanks for the link, that looks like what I am looking for and price is right !

 

[Calman93611]

Wow Lenny, that is a fantastic job. How long did it take you to make the bucket and what equipment did you use???? i.e. plasma cutter, lathe, etc

 

[MadMax31]

Did you line-bore the mounts? I fixed a few buckets a few years ago and after hard-facing they had to be line-bored to be re-attached.

 

[Lenny]

Wish I had a plasma cutter it would have been a lot easier. The company that I purchased the steel from sheared everything to the correct width so I needed to cut the lengths. The profile of the sides were cut with a sawsall. After welding the heel or back of the bucket in place I started with the bottom rear of the bucket and kept working it with clamps as I welded it all the way to the cutting edge end. The mounting tabs were bored out by a friend of mine as well as the bushings. It is not commercial grade but should work well for me and if there are any failures I'll deal with them as they pop up.

1/2" - 3/8" - 1/4" plate for the heel, cutting edge, mounting flanges and the side edging of the bucket. 11 gauge for the bucket itself.

 

[bcbull378]

Your a talented man very nice work sir.