Thanks for the video but I think you're nuts! You paid more for a longer cutting edge only to cut some of it off with a cut-off saw you purchased. Man you must be made of money! ; ) I don't like that the nuts protrude into the bucket. I think thats a lousy design by Kubota. What if you want shovel out material from the bucket... you will smack right into one of those bolts.
The longer cutting edge was 150$ cheaper than the shorter cutting edge. My guess is they probably sell a lot more of those so they can market them at a lower price. And they also had it in stock, versus having to wait over 3 months during the pandemic because everything was backordered.
If you look at larger tractors, the bolts protrude into the bucket. It is not a lousy design, just the way it is. Lot easier to change out the bolt on wear blade, than wear out the welded on one and have to burn it off and weld in a new one. I have a CK30 Kioti I just purchased, the weld on blade is worn back into the bucket and needs to be cut out and a new one welded in. The Bolt on Blade from the dealer is $298. It also strengthens the Bucket. The weld on blade on this bucket even has the holes for the Bolt on Blade. The large loader we had at work, the blade was 8ft long and probably 1 1/4" thick, and two guys to lift it. When it wore down, the corners would curl, cut them off with a torch, rotate the blade around and bolt back on for more life. Great job Jonathan on your Bucket up grade.
@@charlieLund-v4r "just the way it is" I respectfully disagree. I'm not against using bolts to secure the edge, but they can do better. They could have designed the bucket with counter sunk the holes and used flat head bolts. I change out mine with button head bolts having the head in the bucket and the nut below the cutting edge. Not the way I stated above but, much better then having a nut and threads protruding out in the bucket. To each his own.
Not really. I had a brand new set of Milwaukee cobalt drill bits so it made it easier. I wish i had one of those fancy magnetic drills though, it would've made that easier. I drilled a 1/8" pilot hole then went to 1/4", 3/8" and 1/2" while using lots of cutting fluid. It was just time consuming.
Seriously? You post a video of drilling holes in a tractor bucket but do t show the process to us?
Thanks for the video but I think you're nuts! You paid more for a longer cutting edge only to cut some of it off with a cut-off saw you purchased. Man you must be made of money! ; ) I don't like that the nuts protrude into the bucket. I think thats a lousy design by Kubota. What if you want shovel out material from the bucket... you will smack right into one of those bolts.
The longer cutting edge was 150$ cheaper than the shorter cutting edge. My guess is they probably sell a lot more of those so they can market them at a lower price. And they also had it in stock, versus having to wait over 3 months during the pandemic because everything was backordered.
If you look at larger tractors, the bolts protrude into the bucket. It is not a lousy design, just the way it is.
Lot easier to change out the bolt on wear blade, than wear out the welded on one and have to burn it off and weld in a new one.
I have a CK30 Kioti I just purchased, the weld on blade is worn back into the bucket and needs to be cut out and a new one welded in. The Bolt on Blade from the dealer is $298. It also strengthens the Bucket.
The weld on blade on this bucket even has the holes for the Bolt on Blade.
The large loader we had at work, the blade was 8ft long and probably 1 1/4" thick, and two guys to lift it.
When it wore down, the corners would curl, cut them off with a torch, rotate the blade around and bolt back on for more life.
Great job Jonathan on your Bucket up grade.
@@charlieLund-v4r "just the way it is" I respectfully disagree. I'm not against using bolts to secure the edge, but they can do better. They could have designed the bucket with counter sunk the holes and used flat head bolts. I change out mine with button head bolts having the head in the bucket and the nut below the cutting edge. Not the way I stated above but, much better then having a nut and threads protruding out in the bucket. To each his own.
was it hard to drill the holes for the cutting edge ?
Not really. I had a brand new set of Milwaukee cobalt drill bits so it made it easier. I wish i had one of those fancy magnetic drills though, it would've made that easier. I drilled a 1/8" pilot hole then went to 1/4", 3/8" and 1/2" while using lots of cutting fluid. It was just time consuming.
Did you buy the cutting edge from kubota?
Yes. But they didn't have my size (66") so i got a 72" cutting edge and cut it to length because it would've been months before i got it otherwise.
How long are the bolts
I don't know. They came with the cutting edge. Just long enough to go though the bucket.