My Bucket Hooks

[Bigboyskioti]

ere are the pics of my Hooks. I welded one on each side. I had to put some 3/16 plate under them to get em to sit the way I wanted.... again don't make fun of my welding. It's all a hobby for me. And I have never had one break. These hooks have picked up a locust tree that was around 14" round X 25 ' long.
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[3RRL]

Those welds may not be the greatest, but the hooks aren't going anywhere. I'm sure they will last a lifetime with no problems because you got good penetration.

 

[Harvey7]

ere are the pics of my Hooks. I welded one on each side. I had to put some 3/16 plate under them to get em to sit the way I wanted.... again don't make fun of my welding. It's all a hobby for me. And I have never had one break. These hooks have picked up a locust tree that was around 14" round X 25 ' long.
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BigBoy

What type of welder did you use ? looks like Mig Flux ?

 

[Thomas]

Doesn't have to look pretty to hold...good idea extra plate for strenght.

 

[Dargo]

Not to be critical, but you do know that for the same price they make weld on hooks that are easier to weld than pin on hooks that are made to be pinned on another chain link.

 

[Bigboyskioti]

The welder that was used for those was a 110V arc. it was my first welder, bought about 13 years ago. I now have a Hobart that is way easier to use! Like going from a Yugo to a Caddy!
I had the hooks so they weren't the same price.....

 

[wushaw]

Now Dargo he may have had them hooks just laying around doin nothing and all it cost was welding rod and electricity..

Looks like they will last along time.

Looks like I posted a hair late

 

[Dargo]

Okay, I wasted $8 for my pair of weld on grab hooks.

 

[gemini5362]

Dargo where do you get the weld on hooks I want to put a pair on my loader

 

[Dargo]

My local farm co-op store has a huge bin of them, and that's where I got mine. Many guys here get theirs from A&W or AW Towing, or something like that. I really didn't intend to be mean or over critical in the first post; just saying that there is an item made for the application and a guy doesn't have to try to adapt a hook made for another application to one for which it wasn't designed.

The other thing that is very important when you weld on hooks is not only to make sure you have a good heavy base, as the OP did, but to only weld them on inline with your loader arms or in the center of your bucket. I've seen many guys weld hooks on right on the outer edges of the bucket. Doing so will assure loader damage if you ever pull on something really hard or lift something really heavy. I know several dealers in my area since I've bought several tractors over the years, and they will void your warranty of you jack your loader out of shape and have a problem because you welded hooks on the outer edges of the bucket and caused undue forces on the loader arms.