Bolt on hooks

[tradosaurus]

Probably because it was a fly-by-night manufacturer letting their marketing people conflate a titanium nitride coating with a titanium alloy, which has some marketing sizzle for some. Make sure you buy a reputable brand.

Harbor freight is not reputable?

 

[WranglerX]

Harbor freight is not reputable?

Its hit and miss...Some times good...Some times bad.... Sometime the luck if the draw....

Dale

 

[coolbrze]

Geez my Milwaukee drill & metal bit powered right through it super quick no problems whatsoever. Either you went waaaay to slow or your bit is shot.

 

[tradosaurus]

Geez my Milwaukee drill & metal bit powered right through it super quick no problems whatsoever. Either you went waaaay to slow or your bit is shot.

With a brand new bit it took me 20 minutes to drill the first hole. Going fast wasn't working and going slow worked the best.

I had to stretch three extension cords to get to the bucket as it wasn't on the tractor. I'm wondering if it was my drill?

I'm going to try using a 1/4" titanium bit and then a 1/2" bit next time.

 

[jblac197]

Exactly why I went with weld ons. Grind off a little paint and weld them on in 10 minutes. Have yet to break one. $2 per hook at local hardware store.

I recently installed two bolt on hooks from Kens bolt on grab hooks

The hook were high quality.

Two things to remember:
1) Drilling 4 holes took nearly 1 1/2 hrs. I'm sure this was due to going through 2 plates of metal on the bucket. My wife and I took turns. I used an electric drill and a Cobalt High-Speed Steel Drill Bit (1/2" x 6"L).
2) Going slow speed on the drill allowed for a better bite on the bit and straighter hole. The last hole I used highest speed and the hole ended up wallowed and not straight.
3) The placement of the hooks made if difficult to get one of the nuts and washers on the bolt. Needed my wifes small hands to reach behind the compartment.

I still need to put two bolt on shackles on the bucket will wait for next week and a new bit.

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[jmc]

Its hit and miss...Some times good...Some times bad.... Sometime the luck if the draw....

Dale

Exactly.

There's many ways to screw products up-

One is bad design, causing most parts to be unsatisfactory. Word gets around and customers are in agreement.

Worse yet is bad Quality Assurance, where parts vary according to raw materials used, various vendors, which operator made it, or which person inspected it, if anyone. This is worse because some customers swear by theirs and some customers swear at theirs. It's just a matter of which batch theirs came from.

 

[kennyd]

I recently installed two bolt on hooks from Kens bolt on grab hooks

The hook were high quality.

Two things to remember:
1) Drilling 4 holes took nearly 1 1/2 hrs. I'm sure this was due to going through 2 plates of metal on the bucket. My wife and I took turns. I used an electric drill and a Cobalt High-Speed Steel Drill Bit (1/2" x 6"L).
2) Going slow speed on the drill allowed for a better bite on the bit and straighter hole. The last hole I used highest speed and the hole ended up wallowed and not straight.
3) The placement of the hooks made if difficult to get one of the nuts and washers on the bolt. Needed my wifes small hands to reach behind the compartment.

I still need to put two bolt on shackles on the bucket will wait for next week and a new bit.

Looking great so far :thumbsup:

 

[jmc]

Exactly.

There's many ways to screw products up-

One is bad design, causing most parts to be unsatisfactory. Word gets around and customers are in agreement.

Worse yet is bad Quality Assurance, where parts vary according to raw materials used, various vendors, which operator made it, or which person inspected it, if anyone. This is worse because some customers swear by theirs and some customers swear at theirs. It's just a matter of which batch theirs came from.

So, to anyone who came in late to this discussion, my comments above were about twist drills and not about Kenny's bolt-on hooks, which have received universal acclaim here on TBN.

 

[rangerfredbob]

With a brand new bit it took me 20 minutes to drill the first hole. Going fast wasn't working and going slow worked the best.

I had to stretch three extension cords to get to the bucket as it wasn't on the tractor. I'm wondering if it was my drill?

I'm going to try using a 1/4" titanium bit and then a 1/2" bit next time.

Drilling a pilot hole, especially with a double cut bit will make things 100X faster and more accurate, as well as not cutting in the center the bigger drill bits also do not stay centered when starting for the same reason, instead of a point in the middle they have a chisel and they will walk around worse.

That said, I gotta get me some hooks on my bucket...

 

[kennyd]

So, to anyone who came in late to this discussion, my comments above were about twist drills and not about Kenny's bolt-on hooks, which have received universal acclaim here on TBN.

Thanks JMC.