What thickness angle iron to weld hooks on bucket?

[MUDONTHETIRES]

My bucket is 78 inches wide and loader will pick up 3500 pounds. I want to weld hooks to a full length piece of angle iron to support the bucket. Is 1/4 inch thick enough? Thanks in advance.

 

[fried1765]

My bucket is 78 inches wide and loader will pick up 3500 pounds. I want to weld hooks to a full length piece of angle iron to support the bucket. Is 1/4 inch thick enough? Thanks in advance.

With your 62HP tractor I would use 3/8" angle.

 

[dstig1]

1/4" seems plenty to me, but also depends on how far it will span. If it is a short span, then thinner would be OK whereas a longer span would point towards thicker steel. I think mine was 3/16 (maybe 1/4) but the vertical leg got cut down to only 3/4" high or so and the horizontal leg was maybe 3". With only a 3/4" leg it didn't need to be too beefy.

Mine:

 

[WranglerX]

I used 2x2x1/4 inch and skipped the hooks...







Slots work with either 1/4 or 5/16 chain...

Dale

 

[MUDONTHETIRES]

With your 62HP tractor I would use 3/8" angle.

Thank you so much!

 

[MUDONTHETIRES]

1/4" seems plenty to me, but also depends on how far it will span. If it is a short span, then thinner would be OK whereas a longer span would point towards thicker steel. I think mine was 3/16 (maybe 1/4) but the vertical leg got cut down to only 3/4" high or so and the horizontal leg was maybe 3". With only a 3/4" leg it didn't need to be too beefy.

Mine:
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Thank you for the info. Nice bucket setup!

 

[MUDONTHETIRES]

I used 2x2x1/4 inch and skipped the hooks...

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Slots work with either 1/4 or 5/16 chain...

Dale

Thank you Dale, I really like the slots!

 

[MtnViewRanch]

2 x 2 x 3/8 full width with 3/8" plate on the sides.

3900lbs lift capacity to full height

Zero bends in 15 years. :thumbsup:

 

[Reb954]

Mine is 1/4" x 2" x 2" but I would rather have had 3/8" thick, I just couldn't find any. With that said though, the 1/4" has worked fine and I have put some pretty heavy loads on it. Just make sure the chain is all the way down in the slot.

 

[MUDONTHETIRES]

2 x 2 x 3/8 full width with 3/8" plate on the sides.

3900lbs lift capacity to full height

Zero bends in 15 years. :thumbsup:

MtnViewRanch, great to see you! Been years since I've been on here. Thanks for the input, I'm going with 3/8 full width and probably will do the side plates as well since I'm putting on a tooth bar. Thanks again!