Loader Where to put Hooks on M7060 bucket?

sixdogs · May 22, 2022

Here's the thread on how I did my weld on hooks for an M7040. Maybe there's an idea here in that I used a backing plate.

Pictures how I touch up the paint after adding bucket hooks.

. Here's my way to touch up the paint after the grinding and addition of bucket hooks. These are on a Kubota and I had a shop weld them on for me. The welds look way better in person, without paint and no 5X magnification. Since I like a support plate welded to the bucket and then the hook...

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I have another M7040 and am going to use the Kenny's bolt on setup because I won't be lifting very heavy stuff. If I was going to lift heavy stuff or only had one tractor I would weld a plate on for support like I did and then add the hooks. You can always take the bucket to someone that can weld. It fit's in a pickup or small trailer.

Hozzie · May 23, 2022

I have welders and can do it, but I don't really want to do it right now being brand new and also not lifting too many really heavy loads. I can use forks or other things like my grapple that are heavier built to lift things if I need to.

5030 · May 23, 2022

Not to demean Kenny at all but, I just went to the local ACE hardware and purchased some hooks with pins attached, ground them flat on the bottom side and attached them to my excavation bucket with my pulsed MIG., needle scaled them and gave them a coat of Kubby orange. I believe I paid 5 bucks each for them. Bought 3.

kennyd · May 23, 2022

5030 said:
Not to demean Kenny at all but, I just went to the local ACE hardware and purchased some hooks with pins attached, ground them flat on the bottom side and attached them to my excavation bucket with my pulsed MIG., needle scaled them and gave them a coat of Kubby orange. I believe I paid 5 bucks each for them. Bought 3.

But we sell Made in the USA ones for about the same price, ready to weld...and no grinding required.

5030 · May 23, 2022

I realize that Kenny, which is why I commented 'not to demean you'. For me, it was a 5 minute trip to the local ACE hardware and I prefer supporting local business when possible anyway. Local businesses have to survive as well or they will be gone. I prefer dealing local versus online unless no local merchants have what I want, then we go to plan 'B'.

ljjhouser · May 23, 2022

Mine are mounted on top - Makes it easier to access from the front and stays hooked better until the load is picked up opposed to the back. Whether a light material or heavy bucket, the caution is loading within requirements of the entire loader. Mine are Kennys and are bolt on. Didn't want to get into repainting after welding.

sixdogs · May 25, 2022

Hozzie said:
I have welders and can do it, but I don't really want to do it right now being brand new and also not lifting too many really heavy loads. I can use forks or other things like my grapple that are heavier built to lift things if I need to.

If not comfortable, hire it out. Bucket fits in the back of a truck. If welded on the tractor, you MUST disconnect the battery or be very experienced and willing to pay if the wiring in blown up.

Hozzie · May 25, 2022

It's not an issue of not being able to weld, it simply an issue of I don't like grinding on new things and then painting over them when I don't see any reason to. I am a bit picky about my equipment.

5030 · May 27, 2022

sixdogs said:
If not comfortable, hire it out. Bucket fits in the back of a truck. If welded on the tractor, you MUST disconnect the battery or be very experienced and willing to pay if the wiring in blown up.

That depends on a number of things like the percentage of electronics on board and more importantly. the location of the ground clamp (and how clean the grounding point is) in relationship to the weld (electrical discharge) it is. Stray currents are effectively mitigated when the grounding clamp is close to the weld process as physically possible. Myself, I'll always establish a clean (paint and corrosion free) grounding point as close to the weld as possible without physically interfering with the weld itself. Never disconnected a battery (if welding on a tractor or motor vehicle) and I've never had an issue with 'frying' any electronic component. Stray currents occur when the ground point is away from the weld or the ground point is corroded or is a high resistance point.

5030 · May 27, 2022

Hozzie said:
It's not an issue of not being able to weld, it simply an issue of I don't like grinding on new things and then painting over them when I don't see any reason to. I am a bit picky about my equipment.

I'm **** about my equipment, always have been but I'm not adverse to welding or modifying something and then having to refinish that part. Get yourself a couple flap discs in progressively finer grades instead of 'grinding, use the flap wheels to clean the surface for prep and blend it prior to refinishing. I quit using abrasive wheels a while ago and went to flap discs for pre weld prep as much as possible.

20 year old ****.... You can warm your lunch on the motor and not have to wrap it...