Wings on an excavator bucket!!! But will it Fly?

[@Bigmike3406E]

I wish we could see the machine load with that bucket. Id like to see how much the material heeps up.😊

[@armandhammer9617]

I'd like to see that as well.

[@garymurt9112]

I want to see it in action too

[@mikejh321]

Yea would be interesting to see how it works out and if it’s practical to use

[@jenniferwhite6089]

some here

[@kevinpowers3815]

Definitely want a followup video of that in action.

[@troubleis5271]

Nice work! I love how you show the whole design process, not hiding the changes you have to make during execution and your ingenuity to fix them. appreciate you taking us along for the ride.

[@vinnyhern]

Beautiful welds! I would have chosen to make the bucket deeper to increase capacity. That way you can sign "baby got back...😂😂😂

[@FabricateUnclear]

As a pilot, you pretty much created an air-brake for the bucket! very impressive work!

[@wayneswonderarium]

I guess you could say it's a material brake 🤣

[@Gus1966-c9o]

Cardboard assisted design ! Love it , great job guys .

[@naula53]

Isn't it CAD. I almost had my beer on the keyboard when I heard that. 🤣

[@dirtfarmer7472]

I agree with you, it’ll probably work now, but 7-9 months from now they’ll get into some rock & tear it all to thunder. Guess who gets the blame. A bigger bucket would solve a lot of problems. Thank you Sir for your videos.

[@MrRebar15]

*On Fire Welding* Bravo well done, thank-you sir for taking the time to bring us along. GOD Bless.

[@Cw49911994]

Seeing how they have rock digging teeth on the bucket I wouldn't imagine it's very soft material.

[@mkimber]

A follow up of this bucket in action would be great and maybe a long term update on how it's holding up as well. Awesome video as always!

[@robestes6530]

I’ve recently become obsessed with your videos. Keep ‘‘em coming.

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

Agree

[@dmk1529]

Ditto

[@raycollington4310]

What beautiful welding and an interesting way to increase the bucket capacity. One assumes the customer knows his business and what he is doing having you weld these hungry boards on. Thanks for the video.

[@bdtms]

Yep definitely cool project! Would be cool if you could ask the customer to provide some feedback in the future - whether it works like they wanted it to be or nah.

[@alseip4418]

I learned years ago to give my 2 cents of advice to customers desires and just give them what they want and get paid..Then i get paid again later when what i tried to tell them would happen did and have to fix it..Most of the time...Bernard guns are the best and you cannot beat dual shield...Nice work

[@guygfm4243]

Love the welds, such a pro. Thanks for sharing

[@bradr8806]

yes, curious to see it in action, a bit crude from your other jobs, your a very knowledgeable craftsman and you always go that xtra mile to make your finished product durable, cheers

[@rudyrivera7426]

Another masterpiece! Wow! Great job and video! Thanks for sharing and keep them coming!!👌👍

[@haydenc2742]

Ask the cust to get some shots of it in action...want to see it in action! Impressive work...gonna put a crapton more load on the bucket arm for sure. Interesting to see how you setup your gussets and whatnot Keep em coming!!!!

[@JonDingle]

An interesting idea but in my opinion its made a digging bucket useless for digging and only good for bulk work. Nicely done and thought out and obviously you made the customers dream a reality.

[@JTwelder.]

He mentioned that the client is loading soft material into trucks so the don't need to do any digging with the machine currently. Its definitely cheaper to modify this bucket with wings than go buy a second bucket. When the owner needs the bucket for digging again they can easily torch off the wings in a few hours and have it back to work.

[@Demonlord468]

He mentioned this bucket is for loading material and not for digging which is why they want this bucket modified to load more martial faster. This mod will load a dump truck now with around 2-3+ less scoops per load. Over the course of a day an extra half yard of material per scoop ends up being a hundred or more less scoops per day meaning better lead times and more money per day per machine. which = profit! This customer paid a couple grand to make a few grand more each and every day from them on out.

[@kylecordes]

One of the best things about these videos is the grim acceptance that customers are going to use and abuse things far beyond the scope of what they say they will do! True in every industry and for every kind of machinery.

[@johnfry9010]

Beautiful job on this project "BUT", the chances of getting it to fly are slim , you need to re-calculate the power to weight ratio as it seems a little on the heavy side , LOL !!😂

[@johnw4590]

Thanks for sharing! Good video. You mentioned Bernard mig guns. If you want one even tougher.. Use the TGX series Bernard. (They aquired Tregaskiss tough gun). I've Been using them for 25 years. Never found anything even close. Extremely easy to configure.

[@davidstark6507]

Yeah also on the fabrication we used to run a lot of hard surfacing rod on projects like that so instead of the metal on the bucket wearing out the hard surfacing rod would keep it from wearing out because that's the first thing that would wear out was the hard surfacing

[@Asomesauc]

Love all the custom fab you've been doing.

[@BigEasyTrucking]

You, my man, are awesome at what you do. I’m hooked watching these vids

[@Reillysluck458]

Nice work! If it’s soft loose material should work just fine. If he switches to something else or sells the bucket they can always air arc it off to original. Customer is always right. If that’s what they want build it for them. Great work on the channel by the way. No sales bs just here’s what we’re doing watch and learn. If you don’t like it do it yourself! Also apparently I’ve done an extreme amount of CAD work without ever realizing it😂

[@jamesharris8951]

Nice! I'm curious how things go also. Update if possible. and thanks again.

[@zippo1009]

I loved the seems and the way you engineered it all. Never seen so beautiful straight lined welding before! Not so sure about the gap down where the wings starts (or end) cause i would believe that there will be leeking out materials there. Not sure though since we didn´t get to see it in use...Hopefully you can/will give us a follow up on that cause it would be very interesting to see it in full use 👍

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

Check out @snowballengineering He does some beautiful welds also

[@carloskawasaki656]

Another great day who start with you , thank you for sharing and i learn a lot 👍👍👍👍

[@robertoobregon3750]

Looks great, this is pretty much the design used on combines to incresse hopper capacity.

[@MrKotBonifacy]

30:40 - "To me I think I would just buy a bigger bucket" - my guess is the owner of that machine thought exactly that at first, bu then he saw the price tag... And then he had a second thought (or heart attack - or both) and that's why you were graced with taking some of his dough : ) Some time ago that Kurtis mate from CEE Australia was making an H-link for Kobelco excavator (links below) and what surprised me the most was that with all that "custom" work, individually cut steel plates, welding, line boring and all that stuff that "custom made" H-likn was still much cheaper that "run of the mill" steel cast one, produced by bunch of dozens every month on machinery specially set-up for making those thingies (so no wasted time on set-ups for each manufacturing stage). It almost seem like producers of that stuff either don't want you to buy any spare parts from them or they just want to ripp you off. Case in point - about two decades ago I went to "authorised Subaru dealer" (the only one in the town I live, and back then Subaru was a real rarity here, in Poland) to buy a new rear blinker (the whole thing - yhe blinker, rear lights, reverse light, as it comes as one unit) because I cracked one on my Forester. The price for this genuine Subaru part, adjusted for local purchasing power BACK THEN would be around $ 800 - 1000 today in USA I reckon. "Oh, thank you very much, but please go and pleasure yourself, and meanwhile I'm gonna get a $3 tube of Superglue and just glue the crack up, you... lovers of your moms. Making a NEW Excavator H Link! Part 1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKrPen-BqNaZms0 Part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWPTp52MqNZgmbc

[@randynewtonsr9659]

I for one really enjoy all the content You put out , I appreciate You taking the time to film as that in and of itself presents its own set of challenges lol

[@jarrodvsinclair]

Your channel is awesome. I am not a welder by trade but have wanted to learn more about it and you make a great teacher. Thanks for uploading these

[@mikeboring1293]

Never did that to a digging bucket but did do it to a front end loader bucket. Customer had a small one yard bucket. For that It worked great no stress on the pieces plus I did make them bolt on. The drilling sucked since I don’t own a mag drill. Great work as always plus dealing with the extreme heat this year stay hydrated my friend

[@jsote1988]

Really cool, Custom. See how it works for the customer in the End. Give you alot more work

[@jaymarshall7632]

Thank you for your videos. I learn something every time.

[@cwbean3087]

Good craftsmanship on all your welding but, tell the customer: "That's one ugly bucket" Lol. I know the customer was saving money by not just buying a bigger bucket but, I think I would have bought a big old bucket a had you rebuild it. Good job on welding.

[@bigyellowjimmy]

I think you did a great job giving the customer what he wants. However, seeing how he has teeth on the cutting edge he's probably not simply loading chips, concrete sand, cotton seed, etc. but digging and loading dirt from a stockpile. Nice welds 👍

[@joshuaforsberg4130]

Yes, that looks great. Awesome job I did that on a 336 caterpillar bucket. I have some pictures of it.

[@ejsabcs2329]

Looks good. I'm sure it will be fine. Besides when it's time to fix anything they know a good welder.

[@josephmaughan1635]

Thanks for a great video, what caught my eye because I've operated a forklift is how it struggled to get the bucket in the building, I'll be willing to bet you have to get a bigger forklift to get it out.😮

[@ToxicMrSmith]

I think it came out great, quality workmanship. But i do kind of wonder if it will add that much more capacity. But still awesome to watch 👍

[@horstszibulski19]

The top rib I would have set it diagonally to both of the extensions, so it could take down the occuring forces from both directions into the bucket body. So if you would look down from the corner it would form a 120° angle meet-up... But what do I know, your the craftsman in situ, dealing with the customer and it went really nice in the end! Thx for showing, always a joy to watch you and your team! 👍👍👍

[@neilheriot2361]

Love the sticker on the Miller 252😂😂😂👍

[@osiris829]

Man this looked like a real fun job, nice work!

[@jfmaniac5118]

I just want to say, your videos are GREAT, content sure AND the sound quality and video clarity is top notch :) Keep on keeping on!

[@TacticalMainframe]

Love watching these builds

[@Lokimyrottie]

Lovely welding quality. love to see ur videos.

[@coyzee1]

Love your vids mate, thanks for making them.

[@PontiacLS]

Really beautiful job as always just wondering why they didn't make the bucket deeper.

[@nealk6387]

Nice work Greg.

[@petermccuskey1832]

Nice looking job. Love the shop dog.

[@anthonymiller7003]

from what i have seen on other channels with those teeth that is a rock bucket. maybe they are removing shale or something softer. wanting more remove faster.. great job mate

[@ashleyparris7016]

It looks great. Had to of been a fun build

[@waildjaffour4795]

❤

[@frfrpr]

Bolt-on sounds like a pretty good idea. The capacity of the bucket has increased, so return on investment will improve. Maybe that was contractors intent? Anyway I think they will be happy with the job. Super filming. Thanks

[@HOWEARTDOTNET]

No idea how you weld in those temps. Fully clothed. In similar temps I connected a hazmat suit to an air conditioner to keep on welding. Looked like a Pillsbury pin cushion but I was KEWL.

[@scotthultin7769]

790👍's up on fire welding thank you for sharing 😊

[@leonardogojcaj4475]

I got a question on fire! I have a skid steer that needs a new cutting edge. Should I buy a standard 1080 blade or make my own from ar450? I’m thinking the AR has more abrasive resistance? I’d love your input thanks!

[@haydenc2742]

The AR in AR450 is Abrasive Resistance...go with the AR if you are going to be cutting stuff that will wear out metal

[@OFW]

The AR will definitely last longer. That would be my choice

[@michaelg589]

@ 15:58... my jaw dropped when you said you were gonna use that Multimatic 200 with solid wire lol.

[@tommyk1073]

We did the same thing to our excavator bucket, and let me tell you the problem we encountered. You kinda already said the issue, without a tooth on the outer wings, after enough bucket cycles the first two gussets were bending because of the force. All it took were a few rocks underground and the bending on the steel began. Knowing we know now, I would have welded some sort of tooth on that leading edge to take the initial force and break up the soil. But like you said, maybe they’re soil is real clean or soft. Another great video!!

[@MySynthDungeon]

Morning Coffees on!! Here we go!! ;-)!!!!! Fly me to the Moon ,,lol!! Cheers!

[@RECKLESS1957]

The job you did on making the excavator bucket larger, you did real good work, that being said the company that hired you was trying to save money by not buying a bigger bucket, your work was the cheaper option for them for now!

[@notyouraveragegoldenpotato]

Until the excavator is eventually tired of being overloaded and hydraulics give out or a cylinder says bye bye😂 then it'll not be cheaper

[@familycornell8866]

Yes it would be great to see that bucket in action

[@Louis-e8n]

Sir I appreciate you for doing such a great job. I was a welder for a few years and I think you are very talented.

[@lesthompson5907]

We call the greedy sides in the UK it will work out OK Son Les England. God job i does of Half way threw that one.. No reflection on your video Just time for my Nap At my age i have a nap in the afternoon. LOL

[@danielpullum1907]

Nice design. Based on the price of a "new" bucket it is probably a good investment.

[@TacticalMainframe]

Looks Fantastic

[@randyharris8669]

Definetly different... Would almost guarentee the opperators will try it on rocky material and mess up the lower "wings". However like you said at the end they wouldve been better off buying a bigger bucket, and nothing against your welds and design but thatll fall apart in my honest opinion. Esspecially if the op. is doing heavy bailing of material. Who knows🤷‍♂️ hope you get an update and i would be wrong.

[@woos31]

Should just get a series or two bigger bucket if that's what they're after, that way everything is factory spec'd yardage and wear packages. You did an awesome job with the design and execution, but we all know that WILL NOT be used in only loose and light material...........it's the nature of excavation and material handling, "just use that machine, it's sittin right there....." never fails lol.

[@deanl2427]

Your work is excellent as always. In my opinion, because you asked, since they wanted 2 scoops per truck instead of 2 1/2 they only needed 1/4 bucket more per scoop. I think I would have followed the side cutters and made the bucket just deeper instead of going that wide. I think it would be stronger and easier to dig or scoop with and when heaping, a little depth goes a long way. Unless this is a slurry, that machine will probably have a hard time getting a full scoop. But, I am not familiar with the soils in Cali so this is just going on my past experience. I really hope you can post the results after they use it, and the machine. I will guess the size around 100k to 110k lbs, like a Cat or Deere 350??? This is definitely a very interesting project that you don't see. Stay safe, and thanks for the vid.

[@garyyorke1080]

Well I'm wondering on if your forklift is going to get that out now you've added a tad more metal .. odd design but if it works out great .. if it do t its going to be a different project to replace or update .. more work and pennies your way. Could be a possible prototype or just doesn't have the money available for a bigger new bucket or possibility the machine won't take a bigger one . As said in comments would be good to see in operation. Thanks for the video

[@Asomesauc]

Great video thank you for sharing.

[@sstocker31]

1:30 ya......it's a small bucket alright :) I agree that a bolt on option may have given the operator choices down the road.....too late now though!

[@rs2024-s4u]

Design is great and should function as envisioned/desired, however I would have used full penetration seam welds for all the plates stiched or weaved welds as most earth moving equipment will cause any surface weld no matter how robust to fail before plate wears out. IT IS JUST SUCH AN EXTREME ENVIRONMENT. Ray Stormont PS What was wire material and size?

[@RalphRichards-yn8hy]

When cutting heavy metal parts like that do you cut those yourself or do you order them from someone who has a large metal brake?

[@ypaulbrown]

always great Greg.......

[@stevenakn1]

Looks good man. I know how just running a plate across the teeth makes the bucket hold more, that might be an extra half bucket once mounded up real nice. Only thing other i like to do is round off the pointed corners just to make it a bit nicer looking.

[@Stan_in_Shelton_WA]

That's a project that needs to be seen in operation. Does it hit the goal for functional capacity and also the durability. Maybe a little short video later?

[@roberthawks7711]

Looks like "Job security, well done." 👍🏼

[@lefty1999]

An off topic, what is the big stone bit that you use in your grinder ? couldn't fin it in your Amazon store front ty

[@OFW]

I get them from my last local welding store.

[@lefty1999]

@@OFW :) no easy answer this time, guess need to go 20th century and do the leg work

[@yenerm114]

Turned out good, all depends what there digging, them teeth are usually not for soft material lol

[@GrizztheForkliftMechanic]

Spent several years working in rock quarries, and seen buckets and excavators were continually modified to increase load capacity in order to decrease cycles. I have seen this kind of modification fail. the added weight though it ain’t a whole lot in the whole equation usually ends up causing additional wear in all the pins and bushings over the same life time and I have also had to rebuild/replace swing motors more often because the additional weight kills the swing brake. We had an ex800 long stick machine with a HEAVILY armored bucket for digging the basalt out of the shot and loading into the jaw crusher and the extreme wear was never ending. Pins and bushing constantly. A couple broken pins. Constantly developing cracks in the boom. Exploded one of the swing motors and that killed the slew ring so we had to separate the house from the track frame to install a new one. All because we were running a 14k lb bucket that was easy 5k over what it was originally built for

[@merlepatterson]

Seems like a good idea to over-heap the bucket, but I think, like you said, a bigger bucket would be in order if they really have to move much more material faster. Also, a bolt-on option is a good idea as well. Welding those wings on probably ruined that bucket for hard digging and trenching purposes.

[@kerrygleeson4409]

Yes would be interested to see it at work if that was possible at sometime thanks for sharing 🦘

[@johnkelly6942]

Were you able to pick up the bucket with your tow motor after you added all that weight?

[@OFW]

Yes. Just barely

[@kenprevatt1267]

Good looking work that should do what they want .

[@waynesavage7394]

Love you videos by overfilling the bucket won’t the material tend to wash out the seals and shims in pivot pin causing pre mature wear?

[@atheistpeace7579]

as always, love your work, nice welds. i have so many questions. who designed this? i dont see it adding enough material to get to only two loads a truck. where is this bucket living at? i want to pay a visit to see the design in action

[@OFW]

It’s a customer design. Not sure where it is working.

[@atheistpeace7579]

@@OFW I can't see how it adds a quarter volume per bucket full. wasn't that his goal?

[@derekbryant6137]

I have to agree you can't beat the performance to get out of a Bernard q300 gun they're just the best and yes I'm being biased Bernard is a very good product

[@davidstark6507]

I see that you were using a fan to cool a Miller welder off with was it getting hot and losing its duty cycles kicking off and on that's usually what happens with them you need about a 400 amp welder for work like that I like Lincoln ideal arts myself they run real good but good job Mr Good fabrication work this is a big day from Chicago land area have a good one

[@merkyworks]

Great job!

[@Cancun771]

Excellent video! I should have liked to see the modified bucket in action. On second thought, also I'd be interested in the economical side of things, meaning why they did not/could not just get a bigger bucket.

[@ericchisamore7168]

Awesome Job!

[@alexbuilds706]

A bigger bucket is probably a lot more $$ than trying this out. I bet if you had a piece to bridge the wings w/ the existing side/shoulder(?) flanges but used bolts, it might solve the weak point. Or fab up new bolt on “shoulders” that would match up to the new work. (Shoulders = I can’t remember what they’re called, but I’m talking about those existing bolt on pieces just off the teeth lol). Either way, cheers 🥂

[@Rubbernecker]

Very interesting!

[@APNFORD]

Good luck sinking that bucket in the dirt with those "wings" extended like that. The owner just wanted 25% more capacity. You should have made extensions that came straight up so it could still dig but hold more volume..... hope it works for him. Your welds look good at least.

[@ramonoff]

If you believe, she can fly... ;) Thanks for uploading this video.

[@W8iHav2P]

Still want to see this bucket in action and what it looks like after a few months of work!

[@gusgarcia3345]

On paper it seems like a good idea,but once you start customizing a buket im wondering if the extra weight will affect the excavator since every bucket size are designed specifically fornthe size of the excavator rams

[@mightyfinejonboy]

looks sweet now it's finished.

[@carsons6519]

I have added to buckets plenty but always come out straight with the sides sometimes out past the teeth and add a shank on the side down low to catch a tooth where the side cutters are and never had any issues in hard materials. Dont think that is going to dig worth a hoot and break up....but your work looking 👌 👀 🔥