Bucket hooks

[etpm]

Game changer" for sure. I considered the top surface of the bucket, but it seemed so thin, I didn't think it was a good idea.

I have a Bulldog 285 FEL on my Yanmar YM2310 and the top of the bucket is thin. So I welded large in area 1/4 inch thick plates to the top of the bucket as reinforcement and then welded hooks to the plates. I now have 3 hooks welded to the top of the bucket, one in the center and one on each side. Very handy.
Eric

 

[etpm]

You get what you pay for.... VEVOR products are cheap entry level onto marketplace product made in India or Pakistan.... Not impressed with their quality....

Your blanket statement is not accurate in my experience. I bought an all stainless construction 15 pound capacity hand crank sausage stuffer from VEVOR and it is built and works very well. I also bought a submersible 120 volt well pump from VEVOR. It came complete with a 60 foot long cord. It also works very well. It will fit in a 4 inch casing. My son likes it so much he is going to replace his surface mount jet pump. Though the 2 VEVOR products i bought were inexpensive they were not built cheaply. The quality of both is pretty decent.

Eric

 

[tacticalturnip]

There are 'companies' selling these bucket hook attachments on Facebook with 'fab shop/ weld shop' sounding names. What they sell look identical
to the product sold on Vevor, made in China

VEVOR Tractor Bolt on Hooks, 1/4" Compact Bolt on Grab Hooks, Max 4700LBS G70 Forged Bolt on Hooks for Tractor Bucket with 1/2" Shackles, Work Well for Tractor Bucket, RV, UTV, Truck Hardware Includ | VEVOR US

VEVOR Tractor Hooks with 4700lbs capacity and G70 forged steel for easy lifting and dragging, perfect for tractors, trucks, and RVs.

www.vevor.com

Really has me skeptical but the facebook 'companies' claim Made in USA, claim the 'forged' hooks are made in USA, etc.
Are these fake usa companies just selling the China products at a 300% markup?

I'm pretty sure these originated from JU FabWorks and the ChiComs copied them, just like they ripped off R2 Manufacturing, who developed the EdgeTamer.

Communists aren't people.

 

[5030]

Communists aren't people.

Yes they are, they just operate under a different regime and thinking about that, we are slowly getting like them in many ways.

 

[5030]

I will say the Vevor magnetic drill I bought from them does everything a much more expensive mag drill like a Hougen will do at 1/2 the cost and it's a well assembled machine to boot.

 

[5030]

The Chinese can make quality tools with proper oversight, but with no oversight their stuff is junk

 

[jyoutz]

Most of you have light gage material buckets, not heavy duty (double sheet) excavation buckets (though your dealer probably had them as an option), Kubota does I know.

The problem is, with a light gage bucket you need to use Kenny's bolt on or weld on hooks, and place them as close to or in line with the location of the bucket cylinders to mitigate bending of the upper lip of the bucket, itself. In lieu of that, you can buy just the forged hooks from many sources online or local hardware store and weld them on yourself, if you have a welder of sufficient amperage and have that skill as well, but again, place the hooks inline with the bucket cylinders, NOT in the middle of the bucket because in the middle of the bucket (if it's not a heavy duty bucket where placement of the hooks don't matter. If I need to lift something I just put a chain around the bucket and use that. I have NO hooks on any of my buckets, never have and I have multiple buckets bit excavation (double sheet) and material buckets (single sheet).

The dealer welded hooks on my bucket inline with the cylinders. On my previous tractor, I welded hooks on a piece of very thick angle iron in line with the cylinders. The angle iron was wide enough to span the entire bucket lip. Then I bolted the iron to the bucket. This strengthened the bucket lip and worked well for 20+ years.

 

[404nouser]

I just welded the hooks to the top of the ssqa on my bucket, and put a piece of angle iron on the top edge of the bucket.

 

[kennyd]

That "plate" is a direct rip off of the JU Fabworks design as mentioned above. JUF buys the hooks from us, which are the ONLY ones forged here in the USA.

My belief is that VEVOR is a direct arm of the CCP that brands all things and floods the US market with them, they have their name one seemingly everything and came out of nowhere...you never heard of them 2 years ago did you? The products are generally of very low quality and have zero support if there is an issue. They are even well known for stealing videos and IP of the product they are copying to use in their own advertising-it's a well known issue among small businesses. Amazon is a very easy avenue to make all this happen.


Thanks to all the members above who mentioned me and my business, I've been a member here for a long time, and I'll be here for many years to come. It all started here on TBN, you can read the story on our About Us page. We made the original "Bolt-On Hook", and they are copied and sold all over eBay and Amazon now too with one major distinction, our are made here in the USA.


You can see our 3/8" version being forged in this video on our YT channel:

 

[RjCorazza]

I have (3) of Ken's Bolt On Hooks, (2) inline with the cylinders, and (1) in the center of the bucket. I picked them up local 8 years ago, and they've worked out very well.
I believe Ken may have moved his business location since then, but he gave me an impressive tour of his manufacturing and testing process. He's definitely into producing quality products.