Progress on backhoe bucket

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Got the cheeks put back on and hung chrome on them inside and out.  Still need to cut out the naked section of the floor and replace that.  Still need to tip the bucket over and build up and bore all 8 holes.  Figure if I can get the plate rolled for the back oand the floor will have it out in 16-18 days. Attached Images6 Miller Big Blue 600 Air Paks2 Miller 400D6 Lincoln LN-25's4 Miller Xtreme 12VS2 Miller Dimension 812 4 Climax BW-3000Z bore welders Hypertherm 65 and 85Bug-O Track BugPair of Welpers
Reply:that's BIG stuffdaye
Reply:Let's see the backhoe that uses that bucket. It must be a beast!
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Reply:Do you guys form your own plate in house?Vantage 500's LN-25's, VI-400's, cobramatics, Miller migs, synch 350 LX, Powcon inverters, XMT's, 250 Ton Acurrpress 12' brake, 1/4" 10' Atlantic shear,Koikie plasma table W/ esab plasmas. marvel & hyd-mech saws, pirrana & metal muncher punches.
Reply:Originally Posted by DualieDo you guys form your own plate in house?
Reply:Originally Posted by GWDLet's see the backhoe that uses that bucket. It must be a beast!
Reply:Originally Posted by ExpatWelderUnfortunately, no.  We have no way to roll in house---wish we did.. . .
Reply:If you run out of burdon, that would also make a nifty car wash!Matt
Reply:Got he corner adapters burned off---these are going to be FUN to weld up! Attached Images6 Miller Big Blue 600 Air Paks2 Miller 400D6 Lincoln LN-25's4 Miller Xtreme 12VS2 Miller Dimension 812 4 Climax BW-3000Z bore welders Hypertherm 65 and 85Bug-O Track BugPair of Welpers
Reply:holy crap!! i know ill really show how much of a noob i am, but how the hell do you weld somthing that thick??!?what does a machine capable of welding that LOOK like? lmao
Reply:Originally Posted by presure2...what does a machine capable of welding that LOOK like?
Reply:Dang, you get my respect. I worked on a bucket at a quarry one time, the liner was "spring loaded" when we cut it out, SCARED the crap out of me. I have not touched a big bucket since. Crazy! Nice workYou have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. Albert Einstein
Reply:As a Union Boilermaker, I've spent weeks on end doing nothing but arc gouging, had many a date with the good ole' oxygen lance, plasma cut feed shute panels for 16 days straight not long ago, d**n near welded entire power houses and refinaries together using about every welding process there is and doing it in positions that don't seem capable to a human being! But don't feel like I've touched the tip of the work you do. My respect and hats off to you, sir.Last edited by JLE-ENT.; 12-30-2010 at 08:25 PM.Reason: punctuationMiller XMT-3502 Lincoln Power Mig 140C (One w/ dedicated spoolgun)Jackson NexGen / Miller Digital EliteMiller S32P SuperWeldcraft 17fv & 9fv Tig TorchVictor & Purox O/ALincoln Ranger 9Fairly Cold Beer!!
Reply:So how does one weld at 14" thick piece of steel to the requirements a bucket like this needs?was this piece oxy/lanced off? Can't think of any other process that would go that deep."...My pappy was a pistol I'm a son of a gun...""...God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy..."
Reply:crawford, you are looking at the metric side of the tape I think.Damn centimeters anyway.I'm curious to see how he does it as well.   I'd like to take it inside, and use dualshield and a feeder, if it was my baby.
Reply:Originally Posted by CrawfordSo how does one weld at 14" thick piece of steel to the requirements a bucket like this needs?was this piece oxy/lanced off? Can't think of any other process that would go that deep.
Reply:WOW!!  that is serious.Shop rigs -Miller Syncrowave 250 DXMiller 252Home rigs -Esab Caddy c200iHitachi E71 GeneratorMetabo chop saw, grinders, etc Two catsUnhealthy addictions to surfing and demolition derby
Reply:Originally Posted by daddycrawford, you are looking at the metric side of the tape I think.Damn centimeters anyway.I'm curious to see how he does it as well.   I'd like to take it inside, and use dualshield and a feeder, if it was my baby.
Reply:Originally Posted by AquafireIt looks BLUE.      (I couldn't resist).
Reply:Originally Posted by CrawfordSo how does one weld at 14" thick piece of steel to the requirements a bucket like this needs?was this piece oxy/lanced off? Can't think of any other process that would go that deep.
Reply:Just a couple pics of the machines for those wondering ........ Both are basically the same model, one set up as an excavator (backhoe dig), one set up as a clamshell shovel (forward dig).   The excavator weighs 450,000 pounds, the shovel weighs closer to 500,000 pounds.  Hauling them in, took 9 permit lowboy loads each, plus one other truckload with related "small parts".   One came from Vegas, one came from eastern Oregon.Pics (in order I hope) ....ShovelExcavatorView from the operator's seatHow I bypassed the contactor, able to run 500 amps plus thru my LN-25.How I kept a 400 amp gun from melting, running 500 amps plus thru it. Attached Images
Reply:Is that the welding truck that soon becomes obsolete due to the tree huggers out your way Joe?"Any day above ground is a good day"http://www.farmersamm.com/
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Reply:Originally Posted by farmersammIs that the welding truck that soon becomes obsolete due to the tree huggers out your way Joe?