heymccall
Senior Member
Screw Esco. We ran them for years. If, no, when, an adapter broke, it was never, ever in stock. Turns out that it would appear that Esco releases a new design every time the patent runs out on the old one.
Plus, we have other brands that came with different machines, and, spare teeth are never on the right jobsite, as the storage trailers don't always go with the same jobsite.
So, what we do...
A) enrolled in Caterpillar's GET program.
2) watch for incentive programs, like buy 2 sets of teeth and get a discounted, or free, edge assembly.
iii) change the lip or adapters to Caterpillar style.
d) every Caterpillar tooth is a day away or less
5) adapters remain available, even when Esco is on their 3rd design, Cat still stocks J & K adapters, that they've had for years.
I still have V, Super V, Rotoloc, R style, and many other teeth lying around that became obsolete, to me, when adapters weren't readily available.
I suppose it doesn't matter if you only have two machines, or one jobsite, but when you have 80+ buckets on 6 jobsites, with Caterpillar, i don't have to stock any teeth, as I can have them today or tomorrow.
Plus, we have other brands that came with different machines, and, spare teeth are never on the right jobsite, as the storage trailers don't always go with the same jobsite.
So, what we do...
A) enrolled in Caterpillar's GET program.
2) watch for incentive programs, like buy 2 sets of teeth and get a discounted, or free, edge assembly.
iii) change the lip or adapters to Caterpillar style.
d) every Caterpillar tooth is a day away or less
5) adapters remain available, even when Esco is on their 3rd design, Cat still stocks J & K adapters, that they've had for years.
I still have V, Super V, Rotoloc, R style, and many other teeth lying around that became obsolete, to me, when adapters weren't readily available.
I suppose it doesn't matter if you only have two machines, or one jobsite, but when you have 80+ buckets on 6 jobsites, with Caterpillar, i don't have to stock any teeth, as I can have them today or tomorrow.