How to unbend a bucket

[chriswheeler]

Looks like a large (18" or bigger ) crecent wrench and a pipe to fit the handle would do it fine on that bend. And to KenB, if welding hooks on the top of the bucket, consider welding steel base pads onto the bucket first as a base ( 3/8-1/2" thick ) and distributing the load of the hooks on the bucket . Tends to keep the hooks from bending the bucket in the future under heavy loads.
Chris

 

[hernando]

welcome to tractor ownership...........it only hurts alittle while.....then you kinda get used to it..........if your going to use it its going to happen....its always hard to take a new tractor and use it....but its got to be done.....look at the story you can tell, the rock can get bigger each time you tell it..like my fish storys....Bruce