Dura-Tuff® Wear Products has developed an efficient, time saving bucket attachment for those who wish to create a clean trench floor or a straight edge finish to any project. Our newly patent product (# 6810610) is a reusable edge that is composed of hardened steel, which is bolted on to the bucket of a loader or excavator. The primary feature of the SwitchBlade is that no welding is required, thus it can be installed onto the loader or excavator in minutes.

bucket attachment installs as easily as teeth

The SwitchBlade is available for all Excavator and Back-hoe Loaders. Three receiver styles and five edges cover Excavators and Back-hoe Loaders manufactured by:

Case
Caterpillar
John Deere
Kobelco
Komatsu
Sumitomo
Volvo

Dealer inquiries welcome!

Benefits

>   Installed and removed in less than 10 minutes
>   No welding required (therefore, it is not necessary to have a welder on site either)
>   Custom fit to bucket and teeth
>   Uses hardened steel (42-45 RC)
>   Maintains a right angled edge
>   Reversible for double the life
>   Eliminates the need for manual shoveling
>   Interchangeable with receiver tips (no tip waste)
>   System can be used on multiple machines

Applications

>   Preparing a sidewalk or driveway
>   Trenching
>   Grooming hillsides, grading, and grass striping
>   Moving fines, road base
>   Adding final grading for footings and floor

Compare to the Traditional Solution


SwitchBlade	Traditional weld-on edge

What it takes	SwitchBlade	Traditional weld-on edge
Welding required	No	Yes.
Can be installed or removed in less than 10 minutes	Yes	No, 1^st you’ll need to cut & fit an edge and 2^nd weld the edge. (Could be as long as 2 hours.)
Ties up the bucket	No	Yes, but removal is not a simple process and can even be impossible.
Reversible for double the life	Yes	No, if you take off the edge and your adapters bend, the edge will no longer fit.
Custom fit to bucket and tooth (allows for bent or misplaced adapters)	Yes	No, if you take off the edge and your adapters bend, the edge will no longer fit.
Eliminates the need for manual shoveling	Yes	Yes, but the edge cannot be easily removed when digging is required.
Uses hardened steel (Rockwell C hardness 42-45)	Yes	Depends, on what is available in the scrap pile.
Maintains a right angle edge	Yes	Probably not, because most scrap metal is often a soft mild steel and will wear quickly.
Removeable and the Reuseable again and again	Yes	No, a weld-on edge is not intended to be removed. You must pay a welder to have it removed or haul the torche to the job site to cut it off.