72" cutting straight cutting edges

[bcarroll76]

Hey guys, is there anywhere to buy straight bolt-on cutting edges other then from the bobcat dealer directly? I have a 72" or 73" dirt bucket on my 773 that needs one. Any ideas would be great! Thanks all!

 

[Tazza]

Check the yellowpages. There are multiple places over here that do them, places that build buckets can supply them, also some steel suppliers can do them too. If you can work out who built your bucket you can go straight to the manufacturer. Over here, Bobcat don't make their own buckets, they buy them from others and some times re-badge them (mostly they don't bother).

 

[skidsteer.ca]

Yes most of the attachment manufacturers can supply them, problem is Bobcat and all oems used a wonky bolt spacing as opposed to the 6” on center that most aftermarket bucket mfgs use, to force you to buy their edge or redrill your bucket. Surprizingly the material is not hard to drill but that is still a few 5/8” holes to be looking at. Anther good reason to buy aftermarket.
Ken

 

[Fishfiles]

Yes most of the attachment manufacturers can supply them, problem is Bobcat and all oems used a wonky bolt spacing as opposed to the 6” on center that most aftermarket bucket mfgs use, to force you to buy their edge or redrill your bucket. Surprizingly the material is not hard to drill but that is still a few 5/8” holes to be looking at. Anther good reason to buy aftermarket.
Ken

another note on this subject is , I have bought cutting edges from the local Deere dealer as they have 20 ft lenghts of different edges , as Ken says the holes are some times at different centers and or the size of the plow bolts square notches maybe different ----what happened to me once was I found the exact replacement and asked for 60 inches and not paying attention they cut 60 inches and when I lined up my holes on the bucket I had 6 inches sticking out one side and was 6 inches short of being flush on the side on the other , so you have to sometimes buy some extra to be able to make it cover the whole bucket then cut it flush , depending on where the cut was made the last time on the 20 ft lenght , it that makes any sense --------another thing is the plow bolts and stover ( self locking nuts ) , Bobcat is pretty proud of them and their pricing reflects it , the local bolt and nut house saves you a little more than 1/2 the price on the bolts and nuts and are exactly the same thing