Bucket Hook Project - Page 4

Sandlot · 01-25-2007, 10:59 PM

Weldable Grab Hooks

I found this link for the hooks. I haven't been back to the big city for awhile to ask the industrial supply store where they get theirs. Hope this helps.

weldingisfun · 01-26-2007, 07:09 AM

I called every hardware, industrial supply, farm and tractor supply place within 25 miles and not one stocked the hooks. I gave up and went online to this place:
TrucknTow - Weld-On Grab Hooks (Pellican Hooks)

They are sending 3 hooks to me. Cost $8 S&H, but I'll have my hooks on the 30th. Thanks for checking into it for me.

wushaw · 01-26-2007, 11:07 AM

That's not a bad price, ya should have ordered a few extra for the project that you haven't thought of yet since you don't have a local resource...you may need one or two on something like on a trailer or some implement other than the FEL bucket.
I have an extra hanging on the wall waiting on that "I shure ccould use a hook on this"....whatever it may be.

WayneB · 01-26-2007, 07:34 PM

nice job and I like the critics too!

HangarDebris · 10-30-2007, 02:29 AM

Some off the wall considerations for hooks, especially for us guys with small cylinders. Placing your hooks where the lift point is as far to the rear as possible means a reduced moment arm and increased lifting capacity (for the sake of lifting as opposed to dragging). Lifting plumb from the rear of the bucket as apposed to the front lip of the bucket reduces the MA the width of the bucket or about 20%

bcarwell · 10-30-2007, 11:57 AM

Sandlot,
I am a beginning welder and to my unpracticed eye it looks like your welds were a single pass, correct ? I got a used Dialarc thinking I'd need all that "oomf" for thick 1/2 in. plate steel and assumed a 100VAC Mig might do nice looking welds but maybe would require multiple passes for thick stuff encountered in farm/ranch fabbing. But if done single pass on your 1/4 in. plate that nicely I'm rapidly thinking maybe now's the time for a Mig welder... (Christmas, hmmmm....) I know I want to still keep paying my dues with a stick welder, but ...

Bob

01-25-2007, 10:59 PM	#31 (permalink)
Sandlot Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: CA. High Desert Posts: 124	Re: Bucket Hook Project Weldable Grab Hooks I found this link for the hooks. I haven't been back to the big city for awhile to ask the industrial supply store where they get theirs. Hope this helps. __________________ Kioti, CK20(Gear), Loader, Backhoe, Box Scraper, and Post Hole Digger.

01-26-2007, 07:09 AM	#32 (permalink)
weldingisfun Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: West Bell County, Texas Posts: 697	Re: Bucket Hook Project I called every hardware, industrial supply, farm and tractor supply place within 25 miles and not one stocked the hooks. I gave up and went online to this place: TrucknTow - Weld-On Grab Hooks (Pellican Hooks) They are sending 3 hooks to me. Cost $8 S&H, but I'll have my hooks on the 30th. Thanks for checking into it for me.

01-26-2007, 11:07 AM	#33 (permalink)
wushaw Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bristol Texas Posts: 2,471	Re: Bucket Hook Project That's not a bad price, ya should have ordered a few extra for the project that you haven't thought of yet since you don't have a local resource...you may need one or two on something like on a trailer or some implement other than the FEL bucket. I have an extra hanging on the wall waiting on that "I shure ccould use a hook on this"....whatever it may be.

01-26-2007, 07:34 PM	#34 (permalink)
WayneB Platinum Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dunbarton, NH Posts: 896	Re: Bucket Hook Project nice job and I like the critics too!

10-30-2007, 02:29 AM	#35 (permalink)
HangarDebris New Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Capitol of California Posts: 23	Re: Bucket Hook Project Some off the wall considerations for hooks, especially for us guys with small cylinders. Placing your hooks where the lift point is as far to the rear as possible means a reduced moment arm and increased lifting capacity (for the sake of lifting as opposed to dragging). Lifting plumb from the rear of the bucket as apposed to the front lip of the bucket reduces the MA the width of the bucket or about 20% __________________ 5' Disk harrow,fork carryall,PTO tiller, 4' Gannon box, Koyker 80 FEL but no dirt!

10-30-2007, 11:57 AM	#36 (permalink)
bcarwell Silver Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 113	Re: Bucket Hook Project Sandlot, I am a beginning welder and to my unpracticed eye it looks like your welds were a single pass, correct ? I got a used Dialarc thinking I'd need all that "oomf" for thick 1/2 in. plate steel and assumed a 100VAC Mig might do nice looking welds but maybe would require multiple passes for thick stuff encountered in farm/ranch fabbing. But if done single pass on your 1/4 in. plate that nicely I'm rapidly thinking maybe now's the time for a Mig welder... (Christmas, hmmmm....) I know I want to still keep paying my dues with a stick welder, but ... Bob __________________ Farmer Bob Kubota 7500DST w/FEL,box blade,posthole digger,brush hog

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