fball1208
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I have a IH 2250 i need to make a couple bucket brackets for to attach a spear i have. What thickness steel would you all use? Or anyone know of a company that makes them at a reasonable price?
Bucket Bracket?
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Smokeydog
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On several buckets I have reinforced the top and installed a 2” receiver tube hitch. For the spear welded 2” square bar, plates to spear collar. I like the solid tapered spears. Moved lots of hay that way. Hitch handy for lots of attachments too. Buy bar and hitch tubes on Amazon.
Had a spear with 2” x1/4”wall tubing that lasted 10 years before breaking on some big heavy bales. That’s why I switched to solid bar. Never have had a hitch failure.
Had a spear with 2” x1/4”wall tubing that lasted 10 years before breaking on some big heavy bales. That’s why I switched to solid bar. Never have had a hitch failure.
Thanks, OUr current setup is similar its a spear collar welded to the top of a manure bucket. But its starting to warp the bucket so i need to do something else. We have a bale spear with SSQA but the tractor has pins and a conversion kit is $$$$ so i am looking to just make another set of brackets i can attach to the spear to use on this tractor. Unfortunately the brackets on the manure bucket are welded on so i need to make another set.
Fallon
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Hay Spears | Titan Attachments™ | Titan Attachments lots of parts & frames on their site.
Some of their pallet fork frames come with spears & forks or they have just spears. I've had 2 of their forks. The ones I currently have came with forks & the spears, not that I've ever used the spears. The frames are good for cheap Chinese stuff, but are are cheaper. My first pair sold with my old tractor so I got another set from them.
Some of their pallet fork frames come with spears & forks or they have just spears. I've had 2 of their forks. The ones I currently have came with forks & the spears, not that I've ever used the spears. The frames are good for cheap Chinese stuff, but are are cheaper. My first pair sold with my old tractor so I got another set from them.
If I understand you correctly, you're wanting to make a separate, pin on hay spear? So you'd unpin the bucket and pin on the spear rather than attach the spear to the bucket? I wasn't 100% sure since you mention "bucket" brackets. If that's accurate, I'd just use the same thickness of steel as what's on the bucket brackets. I could make it for you but you're a bit far away. Any half decent fab shop should be able to make that if you decide you're not confident doing it yourself. It's a very simple design.
Just need a hole saw of the right size for the bushings and an angle grinder with a cutoff wheel. Making the bushings is by far the hardest part. You'll need to go to a machine shop for that if you don't have a lathe.
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You might try locating some thick walled pipe for the ‘bushings’ to hold the spears. A good drill bit, preferably a drill press, and some planning, you could have fairly long bushings holding the spear and use a hardened pin to hold the spears in place. If you can weld and have access to a welder, this is just some though/planning and welding time.
If you attach it to your bucket, you will want to fo some reinforcing to your bucket. My bucket is pin on also and a royal pain to change. I gave often thought about a SSQA conversion.
I was talking about the bushings for the brackets that pin to the loader arms. The one for the spear itself isn't nearly as critical since it doesn't rotate.
Smokeydog
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Some manufacturers if you dig deep enough can find drawings on bucket pin layout. IH I don’t know. Finding bucket pin on blanks is going to be hard. Making from scratch while not that hard does take some skills and knowledge to get the final product that works. Getting that many holes to line up for a pin on bucket would test the skills of any fabricator. The thickness of steel depends on your final design.
Used to see lots of universal, adjustable pin on bale spears for pin on FEL for round bales at dealers and farm equipment auctions years ago.
Used to see lots of universal, adjustable pin on bale spears for pin on FEL for round bales at dealers and farm equipment auctions years ago.