I think you are pretty lucky this happened in the way that it did. Had the bucket been fully loaded and up high and only one side gave way, the bucket and load could have come down on the tractor or the operator. That said, it looks like crappy engineering or poor metal caused the failure. A...
I'm having problems with the hitch on a 1965 gas IH 424 with PS and FEL. Previously, the hitch was rock-solid. It would hold up a weight box loaded with stone indefinitely. Recently, without warning, it now hiccups - that is, it raises, then drops, then raises, continuously. Whenever it does...