hooks for bucket

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#11  
Hey guys, I asked it somewhere else too, but asking here, did any of you reinforce the top of the bucket when adding hooks? Would I need this for my little tractor?

I'm thinking 5/16 hooks on top, clevis ring under it on the other side. I guess no welding needed for that.
 
   / hooks for bucket #12  
Ooh, that's a good point, I should have also mentioned I tend to use ratchet straps more than chains. So you mounted this to the sides (outside near top) of the bucket instead of on top?

I was not clear, but I did mount the hooks to the top of the bucket, and I also used a piece of 1/4" flat bar inside of the bucket so that the bucket is sandwiched beteen the hook and the flat bar.

I also bolted a HF 2" hitch on the top of the bucket in the center, use it mostly with an insert that has a shackle.

KC
 
   / hooks for bucket #13  
My little Iseki only weighs about half a ton, so I figured by the time I got a quarter of a ton hanging off the bucket, the back wheels are almost going to off the ground, and I don`t want to be going there. Also I though of getting the lifting point, as low as possible. If the load is hanging from high up, and a wheel drops in a dip, theres a bigger chance of the weight pulling her over. As by my previous post, I went for the hole in the bucket, no reinforcement, and I`ve not had any problems with distortion.
 
   / hooks for bucket #14  
For lifting capacity around 700 lbs, I just bolted some Cold Shuts (chain menders) to holes I found already there.

This is a 2005 photo - and they have held up well.

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   / hooks for bucket #15  
I rarely use anything other than 1/4" G70 chain any more. The WLL on it is 150% of what my loader will pick, and the breaking strength about 6X. Works in my 3/8" slots and is nice to handle too.
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Good idea. :thumbsup:
 
   / hooks for bucket
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   / hooks for bucket
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#17  
My little Iseki only weighs about half a ton, so I figured by the time I got a quarter of a ton hanging off the bucket, the back wheels are almost going to off the ground, and I don`t want to be going there. Also I though of getting the lifting point, as low as possible. If the load is hanging from high up, and a wheel drops in a dip, theres a bigger chance of the weight pulling her over. As by my previous post, I went for the hole in the bucket, no reinforcement, and I`ve not had any problems with distortion.

Yeh, weight low is a good idea. I moved a few loads with it dangling below the bucket with strapped wrapped around the hitch receiver tube I have on the bucket, that's all I have now in terms of that. Another thing I was thinking, d-rings installed bottom inside corners of bucket, d-rings or hooks top of bucket on each side, I could see that being pretty handy.
 
   / hooks for bucket #18  
My little Iseki only weighs about half a ton, so I figured by the time I got a quarter of a ton hanging off the bucket, the back wheels are almost going to off the ground, and I don`t want to be going there. Also I though of getting the lifting point, as low as possible. If the load is hanging from high up, and a wheel drops in a dip, theres a bigger chance of the weight pulling her over. As by my previous post, I went for the hole in the bucket, no reinforcement, and I`ve not had any problems with distortion.

IF you are lifting wheels off ground with 500 pounds in FEL you need rear ballast weight...

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