PHOTOS: Ken's Bolt-On Grab Hooks At Work.
In this case holding 3/8" chain. Ken's 5/16" hooks grab 3/8", 5/16", 1/4" and 3/16" chain securely.
I consider 5/16" chain optimal for use with my 33-hp/1,800 pound Kubota. If I ever run across 1/4"
GRADE 70 chain I will buy 10' to try. During warmer days here in Florida chain gets really H E A V Y in the afternoon.
I use 3/16" chain only to pull out 1" - 1-1/2" saplings. Smaller chain grips saplings and shrubs better than heavier chain, which often slips on small stuff. I try to pull everything by the roots so I can mow easily, later.
I have one of Ken's grab hooks bolted on the cross-drawbar which is convenient when I want to pull something relatively heavy, which could stress the FEL.
I used the rear cross-drawbar Ken's hook to pull out the timber in photo #1 + #2 from under a large mass of "mother" wild grape vines. Trunk was 5' longer when it came out, but one section broke off when I lifted the whole thing with the FEL. This was a max lift without rear counter-balance.
I have a big Speeco pivoting grab hook for the traditional center drawbar but I hate to mount it for just one or two pulling tasks. Cannot leave the Speeco mounted because it will swivel around and bend the "check chains"/sway limiters when the three-point hitch is raised and lowered. ((Ask me how I know!))
Payne's clamp-on aluminum debris forks visible in photo #1 + #2.
Ken's bolt-on hooks, made in Maryland, are TOUGH.