I'm sorry, I didn't know what you meant by ears until I googled it. If the ears were cut off from the back of the 24" Case bucket and welded onto the back of the non-Case 38" bucket, it might work but I'm not sure how the welds would hold up. And the back of the 38" bucket is much shorter than the Case bucket so it would take extensive modding. And the bucket would have to sit level. You don't want to dig graves with a crooked bucket. I'm not sure it's worth it financially to try it. The ground at our cemetery is mostly hard clay and rock, so there's a lot of stress put on the bucket. We are a nonprofit cemetery and were fortunate to have an unusually good year donation-wise to buy the backhoe.
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Bucket Pin Question
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redneckracin
Senior Member
No problem. I was just throwing ideas out there in case it was helpful or to give you other options. I have dug plenty of holes in the area and I am familiar with running the older 3 and 4 stick hoes.
Just an FYI, we always appreciate pictures of custom work. Gives us something to do while sipping coffee and arm chair quarter backing.
Just an FYI, we always appreciate pictures of custom work. Gives us something to do while sipping coffee and arm chair quarter backing.
Cool. I contacted TD Fabricating and Welding through their site to get their perspective.No problem. I was just throwing ideas out there in case it was helpful or to give you other options. I have dug plenty of holes in the area and I am familiar with running the older 3 and 4 stick hoes.
Just an FYI, we always appreciate pictures of custom work. Gives us something to do while sipping coffee and arm chair quarter backing.
cuttin edge
Senior Member
We weld new ears on the buckets of our excavators all the time. With the right man welding, it will never break.
Willie B
Senior Member
Caution:
Case uses non standard pin diameters. I had to cut .015" off a standard pin to fit new bushings from Case. Conequip is where I'd start my search.
Conequip I vaguely remember offered custom pin manufacturing.
A company in North West VT I'll have to research, will make pins, bushings & heat treat. A cemetery might do without heat treated pins, Any competent machinist can do.
Willie B
Senior Member
No reason you can't dig a grave with a digging bucket. A grave bucket curls out more so you can dig a vertical wall at the head. Might be exactly width for a very clean trench. Some use a frame the exact size & cut the sod first.
A cemetery bucket might be quicker to dig a trim hole.
Every competent welder can weld ears on a bucket that won't break. The magic is placing them where both pins are absolutely parallel. They could be perfect before the weld & not aligned after. In that there is risk.
Changing from older Case to newer Case you need bigger pins & different width.
A cemetery bucket might be quicker to dig a trim hole.
Every competent welder can weld ears on a bucket that won't break. The magic is placing them where both pins are absolutely parallel. They could be perfect before the weld & not aligned after. In that there is risk.
Changing from older Case to newer Case you need bigger pins & different width.
Welder Dave
Senior Member
A good welder or fab shop could weld the ears so the pins line up. Leaving the pins in the holes and having a proper width spacer between the ears would be a simple way. Then using a proper welding technique so the welds don't pull in one direction should do the trick. Keep checking the pins slide easily when welding and weld on the appropriate side of the ear(s) to keep the pins sliding easily.
I forgot to update. TD Fabricating did an awesome job fabricating ears for the bucket.
www.tdfabandweld.com
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Welder Dave
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You should have had TD Fab. do the welding as well. It's hard to even tell what type of welding that is. I'd guess self-shielded flux-core but obviously done by someone without enough experience.
HarleyHappy
Senior Member
OMFG
I am an awesome welder.
I am an awesome welder.
They did the welding.
So far so good.I wouldn't be caught dead around welding like that. That's ugly enough to make some people roll over in their graves
If it holds it's fine. I doubt you'll have any trouble, or care about resale value.
If I had a dime for every time someone made a cemetery reference to me....
Welder Dave
Senior Member
A fabrication shop did that mess and called it welding? That's totally unacceptable. There is no excuse for a mess like that from a shop that is supposedly a welding and fabrication shop. I would have had them redo it but by a welder competent enough to do a professional job.