Backhoe Where do you hook your chain on a backhoe?

txdon · Sep 20, 2004

Is this the correct place to connect the chain?

MicroPilot · Sep 20, 2004

Looks OK to me, but I think I would be afraid the chain would get pinched in that linkage. The construction guys usually have a hook on the back of the bucket that they attach chains and cables to. I think if I had a BH thats where I'd want it so I could use the bucket curl with the chain.

Richard · Sep 21, 2004

I agree with Micro.. that said, I don't have a hook on mine /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Depending on what I'm doing.... no in fact MOST of the time, I'll take my chain and either wrap it through the bucket teeth so that I can use the bucket cylinder to help raise/lower, or I'll wrap it around the bucket. Usually, it's through the teeth. This way (like your pic) in what appears to be a pulling situation, the overall forces are on the leading edge of bucket.

I've hooked onto that piece you show in your pic a couple of times and I can't get rid of MY fear/feeling that I'm risking bending it.

My thought is, by utilizing the bucket itself, I'm spreading the load out to the bucket attachment points, rather than possibly just that one piece.

I also like that by wrapping in/through the teeth, when I'm done I can just wiggle the bucket back/forth and remove the chain from the bucket without having to dismount machine.

theonlybull · Sep 21, 2004

guess i'm one of the construction guys, i have a grab hook welded to the back of the bucket, just below the cylinder linkage, this lets you gain some distance from the machine, if you need it. it also gives you alot of power for pulling something.

dummy · Sep 21, 2004

Welding a hook to the rear of the bucket is a better alternative. I have used a shackle run through the extra pin holes with good success. You get the extra lift and curl out of the bucket and it's easily removable.

ronjhall · Sep 21, 2004

Don
Here is a thread that a TBN'er welded hooks on his BH bucket.
Click Here

pekabu · Sep 21, 2004

I had two of those Tow hooks for trucks. I bolted one to my backhoe bucket.

The issues I have had is that it's maybe a bit big. My ground is hilly, and It digs in the ground sometimes. My bucket also deformed a bit because it was rounded.

Currmudgeon · Sep 21, 2004

The solution I've seen is to weld a hook at about the heel of the bucket. The chain runs across the back of the bucket between two teeth. That way, you can use the curl to control fine motion.

Gary_in_Indiana · Sep 21, 2004

My Deere manual for my 47 BH show the correct place to be across the two lower bucket supports. I just run my chain through there and I'm good to go. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

grandad · Sep 21, 2004

The Kubota manual for my 4560 backhoe (predecessor to BH90 for the larger L10 tractors) has an entire section with photos and diagrams showing factory-recommended chaining technique for what they call "craning" with the BH.

Don't know if that carried over into the BH90, but they describe wrapping a double loop of chain around the back of the bucket and the teeth, as one of the other folks here suggests. The idea would be to disperse the load.

Also lots of well-founded warnings about the danger. Particularly with off-center lifts, there is a major instability risk.

txdon · Sep 21, 2004

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Granddad, any chance of a scan of the diagram. If not, I think I will go with the double loop around the bucket. I don't feel comfortable with the chain like it is in the attachment. If the bucket is tilted, while placing Harv's bridge, the chain could bind or break or something could bend. Since someone else will be at the controls I need to make it idiot proof. Thanks all.

gugy · Sep 22, 2004

This is what works for me

grandad · Sep 22, 2004

Nice!

grandad · Sep 22, 2004

Don, if you'll PM me with your email address, I'll send it to you.

txdon · Sep 22, 2004

Thanks, you have been PMed.

txdon · Sep 23, 2004

Grandad, Thanks, got the e-mail. Attached is the photo.

GrayBeard · Sep 24, 2004

I had installed a 5/8" weld "D" ring near the top/center of the bucket ( on the back side) where the reinforcing "bands" are.
Seems to work fine.
GrayBeard

txdon · Oct 5, 2004

Grandad, as you can see in the attachment I actually followed instructions. It worked great. I was able to raise the bridge up and down by moving the bucket. The boom and dipper stick were also used to lower the bridge down and out.

Thanks for the scan! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif