hooks for bucket

[GeneV]

What size hooks are you guys welding onto your buckets? Is 3/8 big enough or should I go bigger? I just have a little massey scut, I'm not going to be doing anything crazy with it.

 

[WranglerX]

I went with home made for 1/4 inch chain.... Chain is 1200 lb test, have serious doubts tractor can exert enough energy to break it....



Parts just cut from 2 x 2 x 1/4 inch angle iron and grade 8 bolts...

Dale

 

[KWentling]

I put 5/16" on mine, only because they apparently don't make 1/4" weld on hooks. Could have used regular hooks but prefer the weld on. The 5/16" will accommodate a 3/8" chain but doesn't get the full engagement like it should. Agree with DL about the capacity. No need for 3/8".

 

[WranglerX]

I put 5/16" on mine, only because they apparently don't make 1/4" weld on hooks. Could have used regular hooks but prefer the weld on. The 5/16" will accommodate a 3/8" chain but doesn't get the full engagement like it should. Agree with DL about the capacity. No need for 3/8".

They do make 1/4 inch, but probably harder to find....

Dale

 

[chim]

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.

 

[k0ua]

What size hooks are you guys welding onto your buckets? Is 3/8 big enough or should I go bigger? I just have a little massey scut, I'm not going to be doing anything crazy with it.

5/16... you can use 1/4 chain with it as well as 5/16. 3/8 is too large for anything under 40 horse.

 

[k0ua]

I put 5/16" on mine, only because they apparently don't make 1/4" weld on hooks. Could have used regular hooks but prefer the weld on. The 5/16" will accommodate a 3/8" chain but doesn't get the full engagement like it should. Agree with DL about the capacity. No need for 3/8".

Yep, 5/16 easy to find and cheap.

 

[MF RED in MT]

What size hooks are you guys welding onto your buckets? Is 3/8 big enough or should I go bigger? I just have a little massey scut, I'm not going to be doing anything crazy with it.

I mounted 2 of these HF tow hooks towards the top outside of my bucket.

I decided that this style of hook offered me the most flexibility of use.

I can use my nylon straps easily with these hooks.

I can also use my 5/16" and 3/8" (already had before tractor days) chains with these hooks by making a loop with the chain around the tow hook and connecting it to the chain.

My metal chokers with their loops on the end work also work.

Oh, I forgot, all of my chains have one end changed out to an open style hook like these so when I hook a log they will cinch up tight to the log.

KC

1???? lb. Capacity Tow Hook Kit

 

[GeneV]

I mounted 2 of these HF tow hooks towards the top outside of my bucket.

I decided that this style of hook offered me the most flexibility of use.

I can use my nylon straps easily with these hooks.

I can also use my 5/16" and 3/8" (already had before tractor days) chains with these hooks by making a loop with the chain around the tow hook and connecting it to the chain.

My metal chokers with their loops on the end work also work.

Oh, I forgot, all of my chains have one end changed out to an open style hook like these so when I hook a log they will cinch up tight to the log.

KC

1???? lb. Capacity Tow Hook Kit

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?

 

[denchen]

Instead of welding the hook to my bucket, I drilled a hole through the bottom of the bucket, a little bigger then the size of the chain. I then pass the bare end of the chain through the hole, and lock it with the hook so it will not go back through. The method seems to work a treat.

 

[GeneV]

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.

 

[MF RED in MT]

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

 

[denchen]

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.

 

[California]

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.

 

[Thomas]

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:

 

[GeneV]

I went with home made for 1/4 inch chain.... Chain is 1200 lb test, have serious doubts tractor can exert enough energy to break it....

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Parts just cut from 2 x 2 x 1/4 inch angle iron and grade 8 bolts...

Dale

I saw your setup in another post. Yeh, I like that.

 

[GeneV]

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.

 

[WranglerX]

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...

Dale