Interesting Chain Hook-Up

[JDGreenGrass]

I wish I couild post a picture from here at work....maybe when I get home.

Anyways, let me try to explain....

The local JD dealer has a used Kubota for sale. The owner has drilled a hole in the center of the bucket at it's deepest point. The hole has a chain hanging out in which the chain can be pulled through and latched at different lengths.

Hard to explain....here's the link..... Open up the picture and take a look. Never seen this before....

Hammond Tractor - Kubota L2500

 

[RadarTech]

Interesting means to put a chain in one...
Never even heard a TBN member do something like that..

Would be interesting to here "the rest of the story"..

J

 

[JDGreenGrass]

Huh, nobody finds this unique.??

 

[RadarTech]

it's a slow day 4 sure!!!!

J

 

[CurlyDave]

I don't think it is going to catch on.

A grab hook in the center of the top is a lot more common.

 

[Duffster]

Looks lie it would work fine.

 

[bowhunter543]

I think it would be interesting to know the reasons for it to be done this way.

 

[beenthere]

Huh, nobody finds this unique.??

Not especially. It is just another way to fasten a grab hook for whatever one wants to hang from/in the bucket. Probably the owner felt it was serving his intended use better that way than some other way.

I drilled a hole in the lip of the bucket, and can pin a clevis there to hang a chain, or suspend an item (deer once a year or so). Also welded grab hooks in a few places to take chain.

 

[carpenter383]

Interesting, looks like it would work!
Personally I find it convenient to use the teeth on my bucket to hook or wrap a chain around. With the bucket curled back the chain won't slip off, and the teeth seem to be plenty stong for the limitations of my loader.

 

[JDGreenGrass]

I guess my reason for posting this is that I have never seen it before AND I probably never will again.

Hence the term...Unique.

Has anyone seen this done before.??