RexB
Gold Member
Thanks for your pictures of hooks welded onto the bucket, they'll be a critical help to topple/skid the trees and all sorts of chores. (the backhoe interferes too much with the drawbar hook too.) I lapped the endcaps, 1/4" mild steel that are welded onto the ends of the 4" channel iron, over the bucket sides. Figured the greater surface area of the lapjoint would be stronger (I hope that was right).
The channel is also butt welded to the two loader arm bracket plates o'course, and to to the bucket around the channel. That bucket is good hard steel! the durn' 1/4" mild was burning through first lol. I left the clevis of the grab hooks hanging over, they ought to be of use for hooking up a weird tow cable arrangement or something.
Looking forward to getting rid of more of these Aldertree-weeds
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Tractor mods could get to be habit-forming
The channel is also butt welded to the two loader arm bracket plates o'course, and to to the bucket around the channel. That bucket is good hard steel! the durn' 1/4" mild was burning through first lol. I left the clevis of the grab hooks hanging over, they ought to be of use for hooking up a weird tow cable arrangement or something.
Looking forward to getting rid of more of these Aldertree-weeds
,
Tractor mods could get to be habit-forming