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05-29-2008, 10:29 PM
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Points: 0  |  The Joy of Procrastination!
Sometimes it's not the early bird that gets the worm!  I went back to Milton CAT today after delaying my mini-ex bucket purchase for over a week on that pesky bolted-tooth issue... and what do I now find?  Every 303/303.5 mini-ex bucket in the entire place ( and it is a LARGE place) has been replaced with new buckets with stronger, traditional welded/pinned teeth.  I could not believe my eyes!!!  Problem solved through simple procrastination!!! Just wait until my GF hears that!!! 
Gotta wait until next week at this point to gain back enough room on the Biz credit card... but I now see two new CAT buckets with no weird issues in my immediate future!  Dougster™  | | | |
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05-29-2008, 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Dougster  Sometimes it's not the early bird that gets the worm! I went back to Milton CAT today after delaying my mini-ex bucket purchase for over a week on that pesky bolted-tooth issue... and what do I now find? Every 303/303.5 mini-ex bucket in the entire place ( and it is a LARGE place) has been replaced with new buckets with stronger, traditional welded/pinned teeth. I could not believe my eyes!!! Problem solved through simple procrastination!!! Just wait until my GF hears that!!!
Gotta wait until next week at this point to gain back enough room on the Biz credit card... but I now see two new CAT buckets with no weird issues in my immediate future! Dougster™ |
Hmmmmmmmmm tough decision----New buckets vs cold gruel--- Heck it's a no brainer I'd go for the new buckets too. | | | |
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05-29-2008, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Edster Hmmmmmmmmm tough decision----New buckets vs cold gruel--- Heck it's a no brainer I'd go for the new buckets too. | Well, the irony of the whole thing Ed is that I figured I'd have to procrastinate a lot longer than 9 days. In fact, I was preparing for a rather lengthy procrastination period... ...potentially weeks or even months. To tolerate this, I went out and bought replacement teeth and pins for the old (Yanmar original) bucket and was preparing to use the new welder to make that old beat-up relic fully usable again until CAT's old stock got used up and new stock got shipped in. I'd visited Milton CAT twice since mid-month with zero evidence of the old stock being used up... so this was quite a shocker today. A very WELCOME shocker! Dougster™ | | | |
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05-29-2008, 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Dougster Well, the irony of the whole thing Ed is that I figured I'd have to procrastinate a lot longer than 9 days. In fact, I was preparing for a rather lengthy procrastination period... ...potentially weeks or even months. To tolerate this, I went out and bought replacement teeth and pins for the old (Yanmar original) bucket and was preparing to use the new welder to make that old beat-up relic fully usable again until CAT's old stock got used up and new stock got shipped in. I'd visited Milton CAT twice since mid-month with zero evidence of the old stock being used up... so this was quite a shocker today. A very WELCOME shocker! Dougster™ | So now that you are going to have a new bucket. Get out in the garage and practice welding and fix that other bucket. That way when you break the new one you'll have a spare. | | | |
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05-29-2008, 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Edster So now that you are going to have a new bucket. Get out in the garage and practice welding and fix that other bucket. That way when you break the new one you'll have a spare. | Well, I wouldn't look at it quite that way.
Spares are always good old Edster. And while I do not expect the nifty new CAT digging bucket to break... should I happen upon an unusually nasty task, I'll now have a perfectly usable, "well-seasoned" bucket that I won't mind beating to a pulp if necessary!
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Seems to me I mentioned you needed CAT buckets for the Yanmar time you got it? Or is my OLD memory playing tricks on me?
Congrats on the find
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05-30-2008, 07:43 AM
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You could also turn the old bucket into a light duty finishing/smoothing bucket by taking the teeth off and welding on a new cutting edge... |
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Originally Posted by GreenWannabe Seems to me I mentioned you needed CAT buckets for the Yanmar time you got it? Or is my OLD memory playing tricks on me? Congrats on the find
Fred | Quite simply, CAT 303/303.5 buckets are all that's available in my area to fit the Yanmar without a special order, insane shipping charges and a 3-4 week wait. Problem was that their recently changed bolt-on teeth were breaking. CAT recognized this and went back to the old welded/pinned tooth design for 2008. But old spare stock locally was all bolt-on teeth... until yesterday! Quote:
Originally Posted by Kennyd You could also turn the old bucket into a light duty finishing/smoothing bucket by taking the teeth off and welding on a new cutting edge... | At 20-odd inches (depending on how you measure), it's just not wide enough to be useful in that regard. Right now I'm contemplating which finishing bucket to go with: 30", 36" or 40". So far, 36" is winning for overall practicality... but 40" has the biggest cost advantage by far. 
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Originally Posted by Dougster Quite simply, CAT 303/303.5 buckets are all that's available in my area to fit the Yanmar without a special order, insane shipping charges and a 3-4 week wait. Problem was that their recently changed bolt-on teeth were breaking. CAT recognized this and went back to the old welded/pinned tooth design for 2008. But old spare stock locally was all bolt-on teeth... until yesterday!
At 20-odd inches (depending on how you measure), it's just not wide enough to be useful in that regard. Right now I'm contemplating which finishing bucket to go with: 30", 36" or 40". So far, 36" is winning for overall practicality... but 40" has the biggest cost advantage by far.
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Originally Posted by Edster Remember BIGGER is BETTER | Not necessarily old Edster! My little mini-excavator is not a KX121-3 as I wish it could be.  It's going to be a hard choice between the moderately expensive TAG 30", very expensive TAG 36" and the cheaper and readily available CAT 40" finishing buckets. I like the design of the CAT with it's extra (back) blade, but I feel it is a little too wide for the Yanmar VIO35-3. Unfortunately, CAT does not make a 36" (what I feel is the perfect size). 30" strikes me as too small for what I hope to do.
Bottom line: I sure wish I could try before I buy.
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