Adding grab hooks on front bucket, 2 or 3 hooks?

[scootr]

That solution looks prehistoric.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

That solution looks prehistoric.

My brother was taking care of my dog and decided the swamp next to the township road needed an upgrade to make people giggle. It'll be the next video on my youtube channel.

 

[5030]

All buckets need hooks. My loader's bucket came with a factory 20T or 30T hook and I added four more weld-in chain hooks as hooks are continually useful.

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That bucket looks pretty flogged.

 

[5030]

The negative here is you have to feed chain (length) through banjo slots, My preference is drop in slot....

Adding grab hooks on front bucket, 2 or 3 hooks?

I put one on each side and a receiver in the middle. Can use it with a hook or with a ball mount to move trailers. You made me realize I'm not thinking clearly today. I need a receiver in the middle anyway, so . . .

www.tractorbynet.com

That won't work for me because it would collect whatever I had in the bucket behind it.

 

[gstrom99]

The thing with straps is you are limited to "length" by using loops on straps or doubling straps, the thing is with chains and grab hooks you have a infinite amount length adjustment as to size of individual links in chain....

My goto chains is about an 8 foot and 30 foot (1/4 inch chain) and I find the double hook great for quick length adjustments....

And trying not to use chain slots on bucket for heavy pulls, been using ring attached to tractor chassis for heavy pulls after I realized I have stretched all the links on a 3/16 chain to their max and probably just short of breaking chain, its now retired....

That's what I'm thinking. I'll get my (one and only) 20' chain out of the truck, and see if I need to buy more. New chain is expensive, I'll look for used / swap meet ones...

 

[5030]

Everything is expensive today and getting more so.

 

[scootr]

Everything is expensive today and getting more so.

I was looking at Craigslist yesterday and thinking to myself that everybody wanted a lot of $ for their junk.

 

[5030]

The issue with CL is, everyone asks way more for something than it's actually worth, same with FB marketplace. My philosophy is 'everything is negotiable', especially run hard and put away wet equipment. Besides, I love to dicker.

 

[scootr]

Just saw a gas powered edger, needs a belt, no spark $50. Right, $20 maybe!

 

[grsthegreat]

My favorite one was posted on this site by someone else a week ago or so…..let me go find it.

 

[WranglerX]

IF you buy a chain, and it is rated for the work you are going to use it for and if it lasts you "X" years without wearing through or breaking how is that expensive ... If you have spent $50 for a chain and use it for 10 years that comes out to about $0.013 a day...

 

[WinterDeere]

Yeah, never thought chain was expensive, for what I'm getting. A good dinner in a restaurant costs more than any single chain I've ever bought, and doesn't last nearly as long.

 

[ovrszd]

Yeah, never thought chain was expensive, for what I'm getting. A good dinner in a restaurant costs more than any single chain I've ever bought, and doesn't last nearly as long.

I only buy good chain. I don't own a chain less than 5/16". I only need to replace a chain if I lose it.

 

[WinterDeere]

I only buy good chain. I don't own a chain less than 5/16". I only need to replace a chain if I lose it.

Exactly. I'm still using chain that was purchased by my grandfather, likely before 1940. My father added some to that collection, and now I've roughly doubled it on my own. All 5/16", since that's what they started with and I wanted compatibility of hooks, etc. I should be using 3/8" for some of what I'm doing, mostly skidding with my 7500# trailer winch, but I think I'll downgrade the winch for better speed with less pull before upgrading all my chain.

 

[ovrszd]

Exactly. I'm still using chain that was purchased by my grandfather, likely before 1940. My father added some to that collection, and now I've roughly doubled it on my own. All 5/16", since that's what they started with and I wanted compatibility of hooks, etc. I should be using 3/8" for some of what I'm doing, mostly skidding with my 7500# trailer winch, but I think I'll downgrade the winch for better speed with less pull before upgrading all my chain.

I also have 3/8" chain. And one 20ft 1/2" chain. It's a beast. I've pulled that chain using a 45,000 lb, six wheel drive grader on solid footing with no concerns. But I'm lazy, I've only used that chain twice.

 

[WinterDeere]

The "chain" I hate is the heavy duty 2-link chains for my 41x14 rear tires. They're just stupid heavy.

 

[ovrszd]

The "chain" I hate is the heavy duty 2-link chains for my 41x14 rear tires. They're just stupid heavy.

I have to install 2-link chains of my grader tires which are 17.5x25. I raise the tire off the ground, hump the end of the chain as high as I can onto the tire, snag the crossbars on tire lugs. Then use the grader to rotate the tire and drag the chain up on it until the two ends are hanging at the bottom.

Back when I wore a younger man's clothes I could throw them on from the side of the tire. Lost that ability about the time I turned 60.....

 

[LouNY]

I have to install 2-link chains of my grader tires which are 17.5x25. I raise the tire off the ground, hump the end of the chain as high as I can onto the tire, snag the crossbars on tire lugs. Then use the grader to rotate the tire and drag the chain up on it until the two ends are hanging at the bottom.

Back when I wore a younger man's clothes I could throw them on from the side of the tire. Lost that ability about the time I turned 60.....

Working too hard doing that.

 

[ovrszd]

Working too hard doing that.

Which part?

 

[LouNY]

Slinging those chains up on the tires or even lifting them, this method will work on R4 tires as well as R1's;
Mounting tire chains

And you can power roll the tire and do it also.