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June 5, 2013 at 4:01 pm #30774
has anyone taken a hoe bucket and narrowed it or welded on bucket ears? I would like to make a bucket 2 inches wider than the pins that hold the bucket on.I have a 24 inch bucket but for trenching it is to wide.I can get a used bucket the size I want but the ears are wrong so I will have to cut them off another bucket this seller has.this is for my jcb 214 these buckets are close to $1000.00 new .it is not chinese do not hate me for putting this on this forum,consider it as just a question. I have a 230 amp ac/dc stick welder and a 185 amp hobart handler mig.
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June 6, 2013 at 2:43 am #36081
I narrowed buckets and welded on ears, both. Neither one is particularly difficult or treacherous. For narrowing a bucket the MIG unit would be my choice, but for welding on the bucket ears I might go to the stick welder for increased penetration, especially on a used bucket with rust and scale. A 6011 rod will cut through rust and paint and dirt like it wasn't there and give a good deep penetration. If you take the time to do a really proper weld prep with grinding and v-ing the weldments, then the MIG unit could handle it using .035″ wire and 80/20 argon/CO2 mix. If yoiu have it, Dual-Shield wire is great for that sort of work, too.
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June 7, 2013 at 8:12 am #36082
ok we will give it a go
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June 8, 2013 at 12:07 pm #36128
Me too. I'm looking for a used mini-excavator bucket that I can cut down.
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June 27, 2013 at 4:16 pm #36164
I bought an extra 12″ bucket for my LW-7 BH from Betst Power Equipment for digging around stumps back in march 2011 for around $200 with shipping. They had the best prices from all the places I looked. The replacement bucket was built 2 times as well as the Jinma 18″ factory that came with the BH. I have a post on it back in march 2011.
Len
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June 29, 2013 at 6:38 am #36167
man oh man if I could buy a 12 to 15 inch bucket for $200.00, for my jcb 214 .I would not fool around with cuttung and welding thats for sure. And I would really like a smooth bucket for trenching and working in close areas around known objects.
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June 29, 2013 at 6:19 pm #36168
Priced a new 12″ bucket for the mini-ex. $950.00.
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June 30, 2013 at 6:31 am #36169
yea I just seen in oregon a used 12 in toothed bucket for 650 but I am in tn.soooo we aint doing that
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July 27, 2014 at 7:55 pm #37111
I just found a 12 inch Volvo bucket for 300.00 never been used .It is almost a exact jcb bucket, made new shorter pins and trenched in 125 ft of drain pipe and vs. paying some else I got a bucket.
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July 28, 2014 at 3:51 pm #37113
I got a new 12″ bucket for the mini from my guy for $450 with a quick attach.
Nice going David.
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