New Bucket for the CAT

[Stepside]

Thanks guys for the props!!! I am hoping to get this thing back from being welded today... we'll see...

Originally Posted by Stuff

it looks great. just wondering if the bucket's back wall will be strong enough? noticed the original had a little S at the very top.

I think the bucket will hold up well, time will tell. It will be used almost exclusively with the krum rubber @ shows... I doubt it will ever be used try to break ground!

Originally Posted by Espeefan

That is a great looking bucket! Personally, I like the 9 teeth, even if it's 100% accurate to the 1:1 machines. Rod, did you buy the Wedico Cat excavator? Any impressions on it at all? I don't think I'll be in the market for one anytime soon, but just curious to see what you think about it.

Nate, I have a Leimbach machine that was purchased from Germany and I got it from Ed. The machine is a TON of fun! I took it to my fathers over Christmas and we put 7-8 hours on it moving rubber from one bin to the other and back... It was fun to run it and let my dad and in-laws on it too. It was funny because on Christmas Eve, all the women of the family were upstairs and all the guys were downstairs huddled around the machine!

The hydraulic system on it has served me very well. I had some issue with the drive motors on the tracks, but got it figured out. After this bucket project gets wrapped up, I am going to tear it down some and change the oil in it. The best thing I did for it was to get an external power supply for it which enables it to be run as long as the battery in the radio holds up. Prior, I could only get 30-45 mins on a battery pack inside the machine.

[Stuff]

Originally Posted by Stepside

I think the bucket will hold up well, time will tell. It will be used almost exclusively with the krum rubber @ shows... I doubt it will ever be used try to break ground!

so no basements? lol

[Stepside]

I finally got the bucket back from being welded. I got it in paint and on the machine!!! I ended up getting some 5/16 aluminum stock and remaking the teeth. I'm stok'd with the outcome: