Bucket Hooks with D-Rings

[Alan46]

Has anyone bought and used this product from Amazon?

2 Pack 3/8" Tractor Bucket Hooks with D Ring - Max 15,000 lbs Grade 70 Forged Steel Bolt On Grab Hook for Tractor Bucket Accessories for Kubota, John Deere, Kiot, RV, UTV, Truck, Orange​

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[rScotty]

I'd want to take a look at how well they are made, but I do like the idea of using a 3/8" grade 70 grab hook plus having ample bolts with lock nuts, and a backing plate.

Not so sure what the function of the other piece "D-ring?" is - it looks questionable to me. Why make it pointed in the middle? But if used for no more than a low stress tie point for a rope to hold branches and light loads in the bucket it sure does beat the common practice of tying off to the cylinder end mount or such...

On my own tractor I admit I like to have dedicated places on each side of the bucket to hook a rope. Not to be used for pulling or much stress, but just for holding odd shaped things in the bucket... branches, oil barrels, things like that.
What I use for that is a metal sail boat cleat. Again, with a backing plate.
For that duty, I like the 4" and the 6" ones in this picture.

Which reminds me, there is someone - I forget who - on TBN who makes very nice bolt-on grab hooks for buckets. Apologies for not remembering... maybe someone knows.
rScotty

 

[cbg8670]

I'd want to take a look at how well they are made, but I do like the idea of using a 3/8" grade 70 grab hook plus having ample bolts with lock nuts, and a backing plate.

Not so sure what the function of the other piece "D-ring?" is - it looks questionable to me. Why make it pointed in the middle? But if used for no more than a low stress tie point for a rope to hold branches and light loads in the bucket it sure does beat the common practice of tying off to the cylinder end mount or such...

On my own tractor I admit I like to have dedicated places on each side of the bucket to hook a rope. Not to be used for pulling or much stress, but just for holding odd shaped things in the bucket... branches, oil barrels, things like that.
What I use for that is a metal sail boat cleat. Again, with a backing plate.
For that duty, I like the 4" and the 6" ones in this picture.

Which reminds me, there is someone - I forget who - on TBN who makes very nice bolt-on grab hooks for buckets. Apologies for not remembering... maybe someone knows.
rScotty

Ken's bolt on... i believe

 

[CADplans]

I ordered the four 3/8 weld-on hooks for $15,,
I think welding on a hook will be easier than drilling eight holes,,

 

[rScotty]

I ordered the four 3/8 weld-on hooks for $15,,
I think welding on a hook will be easier than drilling eight holes,,

But if welding, how do you attach a backing plate that does the same job as a bolted one?

 

[Peter 315]

I ordered the four 3/8 weld-on hooks for $15,,
I think welding on a hook will be easier than drilling eight holes,,

Maybe he doesn't have a welder....

 

[CADplans]

But if welding, how do you attach a backing plate that does the same job as a bolted one?

I put "D" rings on my other loader bucket,,

No backing plates, it has never been an issue with this 10,000 pound tractor,,

The hooks will go on my new loader,, I have a set of "D" rings, if I decide I need those, also.

The bucket top lip was bent before I got the tractor,,

 

[TimP]

I bought some lifting hooks from Ken's Bolt On's. He is very helpful and responsive about questions.

If you can operate a drill, you can mount his hooks.

Here is a link to his site: Home - BoltOnHooks LLC

 

[kennyd]

I bought some lifting hooks from Ken's Bolt On's. He is very helpful and responsive about questions.

If you can operate a drill, you can mount his hooks.

Here is a link to his site: Home - BoltOnHooks LLC

Thanks!

And ours are Made in the USA, you can bet the Amazon stuff is from you-know-where.

I ordered the four 3/8 weld-on hooks for $15

Wow...no wonder US manufacturing is hurting.

 

[jwmorris]

Wow...no wonder US manufacturing is hurting.

Remember it when you vote….

 

[kennyd]

Remember it when you vote….

I do!

I just wish people would remember when they shop too.

 

[Gordon Gould]

I don't have D-rings but a do have shackle lugs on my grapple and bucket which allows for many types of connections
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[CADplans]

I always felt "D" rings, and hooks on top of the bucket were only for light loads,,

If you want to lift something heavy,, and have better control, hooks "BEHIND" the bucket are better.

I was getting ready to set this concrete headwall at the end of my culvert. It weighs about 2,000 pounds.

Hanging off the front of the bucket, the further out geometry of the lift made maneuvering the tractor difficult.

In close, with the hooks behind the bucket, worked better.
PLUS, if I choose, I can drop the bucket, and still lift.

With the bucket off, the lift capacity of the loader is greatly increased.

 

[Alan46]

I always felt "D" rings, and hooks on top of the bucket were only for light loads,,

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If you want to lift something heavy,, and have better control, hooks "BEHIND" the bucket are better.

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I was getting ready to set this concrete headwall at the end of my culvert. It weighs about 2,000 pounds.

Hanging off the front of the bucket, the further out geometry of the lift made maneuvering the tractor difficult.

In close, with the hooks behind the bucket, worked better.
PLUS, if I choose, I can drop the bucket, and still lift.

With the bucket off, the lift capacity of the loader is greatly increased.

Thanks for your advice. That’s what I’m going to do!

 

[GeneV]

I got Ken's BOH with the shackles underneath, and they're the cat's meeeeooooow.

 

[jmc]

I got Ken's BOH with the shackles underneath, and they're the cat's meeeeooooow.

Nice- that's a lot heavier duty with forged shackles.

Way back, and hopefully still, Bolt On Hooks published their significant mechanical testing for their designs. IIRC, they even tested the pull strength of their 2 bolt clamping arrangement on the bucket's sheet metal.

 

[kennyd]

We still have it online:

Proof Testing - BoltOnHooks LLC

Bolt-On Grab Hooks and other accessories for tractors

www.boltonhooks.com