Bucket Cutting Edge — Bolt-On, Hardened Steel

The Cheapest Way To Stop Replacing A Bucket

A bolt-on edge is meant to wear out. It takes the wear instead of your bucket's lip. When it wears down, you unbolt it and put on a new one. Let the lip itself wear instead, and you end up buying a whole new bucket.

When to replace it

Replace it once the edge has worn back level with the bucket lip. After that point, you are cutting into the bucket itself — the expensive part this edge is protecting.

Checking Wear Without Waiting For A Problem

Check the edge every time you grease the machine. Wear is rarely even — a section that has been digging in rock or catching curbs wears faster than the rest. Replace it as soon as any part of it reaches the bucket lip, not just when the whole edge looks worn.

Steel or poly?

• Hardened steel — good for dirt, gravel, and general loading. This is the standard choice.
• Poly or rubber (a softer plastic or rubber edge) — good for concrete, asphalt, and gravel driveways. A steel edge will tear up those surfaces.

That second point catches people out every winter, when they use a steel edge for snow work on a gravel driveway.

What A "Plow Bolt" Actually Is

The bolts that hold this edge on have a flat, countersunk head — they sit flush with the steel instead of sticking out, so dirt and debris do not catch on them or shear them off as you dig. A square section under the head bites into the edge and stops the bolt from spinning while you tighten the nut from the other side. That is the whole reason edges use these instead of ordinary bolts.

Getting the right one

Take a photo of your current edge with a tape measure laid across it, and send it to us. We need the width and the bolt pattern (how the bolt holes line up). We would rather read that off a photo than have you crawl under the bucket with calipers.

What To Include In That Photo

• Overall width — tape measure laid tip to tip across the edge.
• Bolt hole spacing — measured center to center between two holes, not edge to edge.
• Edge thickness — how thick the steel is where it bolts to the bucket lip.

Send those three numbers along with the photo and we can match the edge without you pulling the old one off first.

Specifications

Shipping

Shorter widths ship as a small parcel. Longer edges may ship by truck freight — shipping is free either way, built into the price above.

No posted hours on any of these — send it whenever it's convenient for you.

Email — support@rightfitattachments.com. Send your make and model; we answer in less than 24 hours.

Chat — the “Will it fit?” assistant in the corner of the screen. Instant, any time of day.

Call — Riley, our phone agent, at (843) 969-4184. Answers around the clock.