What kind of material/dirt do you normally work in Desertwheeler?
Several years ago I got tired of scalloping between the shanks on my SS buckets so we got a new Cat smooth bucket with reverse able cutting edge, ordered some backhoe bucket shanks and trimmed the back to fit the profile of the bucket, welded those on the bucket. Now have a bucket that should last a long time.
The smallest sized steel I use as wear plates on buckets, SS included is D5 cutting edges. Cut up used ones and they make a nice wear plate. On this bucket we installed them before it ever touched the dirt.