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I am going to need to put a new bottom in the bucket this spring, and have been trying to formulate a plan. My latest idea is to cut the rusty one out, then weld angle stock horizontally to the back surface of the back of the bucket so that it makes a 90 with the horizontal and takes the place of what I need to cut out. Then I would just weld plate to the two sides and to the angle stock, then add a second thickness along the front to bolt a cutting edge to. Comments?
 
Unless you have a bolt on cutting edge a weld on one
will be cheaper, just weld it with 7018. Otherwise
your plan sounds good, but pictures of what uour
dealing with would help. Otherwise we're just
guessing. Also, if you heat and bend the cutying
edge up for 4-6" at the ends it keeps the corners of
the bucket from tearing.
 
What type of bucket??? Here we use 3/8 or 1/2 inch flat steel and form the back edge so that the angle is not a sharp 90 degree angle.

Then the local steel shops keep cutting edge material in stock. 5/8 or 3/4 x 6 or 8 inches being the most common.
 

Good suggestions, thanks. It just occurred to me that a 90 at the back will hold material, never clean out, and rust out faster. I probably better look into getting two bends put into a piece. I will put up a picture later.
 
A number of years ago I peeled the bottom out of the bucket on my 841 ford lifting as hay bale. I cut out the old metal and welded in 1/4 inch plate and in the front doubles it for the cutting edge. On the sides I welded in 1/4 inch angle iron and it has since lifted ton and tons of hay with no problems
 
re the cutting edge comment....also makes a nice "hook" for lifting bale rings over the bales. Handy for moving pipe, lumber, etc. with the bucket...holds pieces in if the edge extends up a bit. In my skidloader bucket sides I torched a 90 degree cut just for that.
 
Instead use a few nice thick triangles to anchor the back to the
bottom (running parallel with the sides). These gussets will act
as a better stiffener than angle and won't trap anything. You
may have mud/manure stick to them until it dries.
 
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