Bucket Hooks

[goeduck]

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That is exactly the configuration I like. I pull/lift from the center to maintain balance and use the grab on either side depending on where I am standing to secure the chain. Nice job!

 

[BRMyers]

Since I can't weld, I went with the old Bolt-on Hooks from Ken.

 

[k0ua]

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Since I can't weld, I went with the old Bolt-on Hooks from Ken.

Well, Ken did a nice job of welding them, and you did a nice job of installing them...They look great.

 

[Blstr88]

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Since I can't weld, I went with the old Bolt-on Hooks from Ken.

Where did you order those ?

 

[WranglerX]

Where did you order those ?

Ken's Bolt on Grab Hooks <<Home>>

Dale

 

[BRMyers]

As Dale stated, above, Ken's Bolt on Hooks. They are very easy to install because you are talking to someone that is mechanically challenged. My wife hates it when I try to start a project cause it always cost her more money than just having a professional come in and do it.

So, if I can install them, anyone can.

 

[Diggin It]

I didn't want to drill holes and possibly weaken the structure. One or two holes seems like the hook could twist under stress and create a bigger mess. Grab hooks are cheap, a couple of bucks a piece. If you don't have a welder, there's a fair chance that a friend, neighbor or relative does who can do it for a small fee if any at all.

 

[jmc]

I didn't want to drill holes and possibly weaken the structure. One or two holes seems like the hook could twist under stress and create a bigger mess. Grab hooks are cheap, a couple of bucks a piece. If you don't have a welder, there's a fair chance that a friend, neighbor or relative does who can do it for a small fee if any at all.

Actually, the manufacturer tested the bolt-on design under various conditions and posted them online. In test #5, the hook itself spread open but the bolts, attached to typical bucket sheet metal thickness, did not fail. 12,500 lbs failure load.

Ken's Bolt on Grab Hooks <<Proof Testing>>

 

[WranglerX]

I didn't want to drill holes and possibly weaken the structure. One or two holes seems like the hook could twist under stress and create a bigger mess. Grab hooks are cheap, a couple of bucks a piece. If you don't have a welder, there's a fair chance that a friend, neighbor or relative does who can do it for a small fee if any at all.

If drlling a couple of 9/16 (clearance) holes weakens structure, it is to weak to be effective in beginning, whatever it is (FEL bucket) it needs to be replaced with better quality unit... Welding hooks to a questionable (structurally weak) unit has same effect on distortion of unit as bolt on items... And in my case I trust grade 8 bolts more than my welding...

Dale

 

[kennyd]

Everyone has an opinion...and I'm glad we live in a country that has the freedom of choice :thumbsup:

:united-states:

 

[k0ua]

I am all for welding on hooks, BUT Kenny's bolt on hooks are NOT going to pull out or destroy your bucket. If you don't weld, they are a good and good looking alternative.

 

[goeduck]

I doubt the average TBN member would ever come close to the break point on a grab hook, bolt on or weld on.

 

[dragoneggs]

I doubt the average TBN member would ever come close to the break point on a grab hook, bolt on or weld on.

Oh you don't give us any credit for stupid tricks!

I have the BXpanded clip on hooks and they work great but expensive! Very handy because you can move them in seconds. I was looking for an abusive action shot but here is what they look like...

 

[BRMyers]

After a few weeks of successfully using Ken's Bolt on Hooks on my tractor, my dad had me order him a set for his MF, so we should be getting them this week and will most likely try to get them installed over the weekend.

 

[Big Barn]

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Nice job on securing the blade, Mark. . I truly have the greatest respect for riggers.

A lifetime of farming and shortage of time has made me lazy. Whenever safely possible items items like this would be moved with wheel loader forks.

Some machinery items would need to be secured of course, but any time I could keep my lazy azz in my seat I would. I’m certainly not advocating this as a good practice. Just saying this is the way it was.

 

[BukitCase]

I made the mistake of thinking forks were enough ONCE, then swung (some would say drastically :laughing the OTHER way - the mistake caused me to replace about half the frame of a powered slip roll (pic temporarily unavailable due to computer crash) OK, found it on TBN -

That's the boo-boo that precipitated my "tinker toy" system, so when my Grizzly mill showed up I was ready


And yeah, there really ARE SEVEN receivers welded on the bucket of my trusty 580B - might seem a bit much, but at one time or other I've USED 'EM ALL, in conjunction with these


In all fairness, my approach probably isn't for the majority here with compact tractors; my Case isn't very "compact" but it WILL lift one end of an empty 40' container that weighs just under 10,000 lbs, BTDT. (No, it won't lift 10,000 lbs - divide by 2 ) It's also moved entire fallen trees, small cars, 800+ pound loads of 20' long steel, etc -

Not sayin' I wouldn't want a compact; there've been times when the 580 was too big to be any help, but I have about the $ame $$$ tied up in ALL THREE of my tractors as a single CUT would run new - the one advantage (other than getting lots of repair experience ) is that for some of the jobs I do on my 10 acres, I'll have the TLB and both 40 horse tractors with different implements mounted on each so I can keep going without having to switch implements all the time.

Works fer me, YMMV ... Steve

 

[k0ua]

Steve, there are times that my Kioti is too big to do the job here, and times that 580 sure would have come in handy... But I have one tractor and I will make do with it.

 

[BukitCase]

That's me too James; the 580 was my first - spent the first 2-3 years tryin' to figure out how to make it do all I needed to. If I could've found an oem PTO (I already have the factory industrial 3PH for it, and 7' Gannon) I might've gone that route, but in order to switch back to the hoe, the PTO woulda had to come off (as in, drain the tranny, remove PTO AND cover plate, replace with solid cover plate, re-fill tranny) - because the PTO shaft wouldn't let the hoe fit the 4 point cradle that accepts the 4 valve hitch or the hoe.

Also, after swapping between hitch/gannon and hoe 3-4 times, I'd had enough - found an old Long 460, then learned why a tractor with a lower gear range was MUCH better for running a 6' tiller - A friend from work had an Allis, it DID have a dual range (low range 1st runs 0.7 mpg @ PTO speed :thumbsup: ) That took my garden tilling from 4 passes for "OK" to ONE pass for "sifted flour"...

Spent the next YEAR tryin' to sell the Long; one prospect, his wife vetoed - screw it, I kept it - now, the Long has my 6' flail on it most of the time when it's not pulling a 7' Land Pride "soil prepper", Allis alternates between tiller and Gannon usually. The Allis now has TnT, that and the "slo-low" lets me work the Gannon just above idle and do some pretty "surgical" work when I need to... Steve

 

[k0ua]

Definitely some advantages to having multiple tractors. Not the least is getting the first tractor unstuck out of the mud with the second!

 

[RjCorazza]

Definitely some advantages to having multiple tractors. Not the least is getting the first tractor unstuck out of the mud with the second!

Ain't that the truth!