Telehandler bucket cutting edge

[dannyp]

for wear plates, you know that old bucket edge that just got cut off, or the bits of new edge that got trimmed off. that'll do can be a bit thick but sounds like it needs it. or someone needs loader driveing lessons

the brace bars i mentioned from the top of the bucket to the edge only stay in for welding, only hard tack them in and cut them out after, just to push the middel down so it dosent bow up from the weld pulling. tbh it's proably not an issue when welding with 3.2 sticks but when your in a hurry with a big mig there is a risk,

a bow downwards the machene will push flat as it scrapes and it will often do a better job of scrapeing but a bow up and well thats a pain and a right pig to do anything about

 

[Bill Edwards]

Ah I see what you mean about the brace bars.
I also see what you mean about having a bow in it, personally I hate seeing them bent that way! I have seen a lot of buckets with a very extreme bow where they've either been abused or aren't made properly, and also where it's overdue a new edge. Or perhaps all three.

This particular bucket edge is 9" and I can't see that moving any time soon, it's 'only' on a 526 (2.5t capacity) and the edge I just chopped out is still straight. I think I'd actually find this one hard to bend, and I don't think the weight of the machine would bend it straight when scraping up either. Mind, like I say, with the main driver on this anything's possible...

 

[dannyp]

oh youve got one of those drivers.

with the bow, if / when pushing one in it dosent want to be much, shouldnt be notceable unless your looking for it, dead flat is nice but i usally push them 10mm with the brace bars and when there cut out it'll spring back to be about 5mm just see it looking down the edge, but only usally get fussy on grain buckets. on a bent old muck bucket fits where it touches .

9" edge fair play that'll take a bit of wearing out

 

[Bill Edwards]

Well it won't really because the bucket bottom plate is receded so far back that most of that edge is taken up just getting to the front, pretty wasteful really.
Mind, it will get worn til the sides of the bucket are going too, so I suppose it'll be on a while - usually about 10 months later than it should...