Welded grab hooks

[Bday]

Finished welding the hooks on the loader yesterday. Had to add channel to mount hooks on. Dual loader uses a pipe at top of bucket. I think they'll hold.

 

[TripleR]

Looks pretty darn good to me; wish I had done ours like that.

 

[gwdixon]

Be careful when you use those hooks placed outside of the loader's arms. A heavy load will make the tractor quite tippy even with good ballast.

 

[Shield Arc]

The welds on the hooks look really good!:thumbsup:
But in the second picture I would put a little more fill in that crater at the heel of the C-channel.

 

[Bday]

Be careful when you use those hooks placed outside of the loader's arms. A heavy load will make the tractor quite tippy even with good ballast.

Seemed like the best place to put them. The bucket design is different to what I have normally seen with the pipe at the top. I was going to use angle iron, but didn't have anything heavy enough.

 

[Bday]

The welds on the hooks look really good!:thumbsup:
But in the second picture I would put a little more fill in that crater at the heel of the C-channel.

I need to wrap the corners going down toward the bottom of the bucket. I hit some paint at the finish of that bead had to grind out some pin holes. Will tie it altogether on the weld on the short corner of the channel.

 

[Shield Arc]

What kind of equipment are you using? Machine brand, model, wire, and gas?

 

[Bday]

A spatter shoot'n Hobart Beta mig 250. I picked it up with my student discount when I graduated from Hobart Welding school. It runs well, but the arc is unstable in the upper settings produces alought of spatter. It's 90's technology!
Running Hobart .035 with 75/25. I've been real happy with Hobart's solid welding wire. I welded some rusty material last summer with a Weldstar brand wire. Went back to Hobart what a difference. The weldstar was American made. Hated to go back to chinese stuff, but what a difference!

 

[Shield Arc]

In the second picture the weld on the right all most looks like the wire speed could be turned up a bit. Or maybe your hand was in a bind working towards the corner.

When Mig welding I have a personal policy of running as hot as I can handle it. Out of the hundreds of welding tests I've taken, one of the very few I failed was a vertical up with Mig. It was beautiful! But when the coupons were bent, (side bend) it had too many flaws to pass code. I ran it too cold.
These pictures are of Lincoln's L-56 wire with C25 gas, and a 46-year old CC engine drive.

 

[Bday]

In the second picture the weld on the right all most looks like the wire speed could be turned up a bit. Or maybe your hand was in a bind working towards the corner.

When Mig welding I have a personal policy of running as hot as I can handle it. Out of the hundreds of welding tests I've taken, one of the very few I failed was a vertical up with Mig. It was beautiful! But when the coupons were bent, (side bend) it had too many flaws to pass code. I ran it too cold.
These pictures are of Lincoln's L-56 wire with C25 gas, and a 46-year old CC engine drive.

Looks almost like a spray transfer. I think we used straight argon and cranked the welder up. Made some pretty beads!