Chain hooks?

[Sully2]

Hi - Make sure that the dealer adds some support to the location that the hooks are going to be added... My dealer told of horror stories of people adding hooks with out additional support and bending the top lip of the bucket.

VERY easy to do with a B3030. Before I had mine installed..I clamped down on the top lip of the bucket with a 12 " cresent wrench....and I could work that lip back and forth!!....NO WAY was I going to have the hooks welded directly to that thing!!

 

[IslandTractor]

In addition to bracing the bucket lip, consider where you will put the hooks. Different strategies are effective but have associated compromises. Bucket lip is real convenient but if you put the hooks there you limit your ability to attach a bucket grapple later on (without removing the hooks anyway). Some folks but the hooks on the back side of the bucket which seems to work well too.

I put my three hooks across the top of the bucket and therefore had to go out and buy a whole separate grapple .

(Please excuse the black bucket photo on the Kubota forum )

 

[m7040]

Its always safer to back up when pulling heavy loads. I had the Unimog stuck in mud and wanted to use the tractor to tow it out. Did not have enough traction to do it. So ended up with using a 40 ft flexible tow strap 4 inch wide and hook it to the draw bar of the tractor and the Unimog. Then drove up to the truck and started to back up the tractor as fast as possible until the jerk from the tow starp stretching pulled it a ft or so. After repeating this the truck came out.

 

[jim_galloway]

I would love to see some pictures of your Unimog! Those are some awesome trucks!

 

[Volfandt]

Adding bucket hooks to an FEL makes an already handy tool more versatile

Volfandt

 

[Glowplug]

I don't know why all bucket manufacturers don't put chain hooks on the buckets. I guess it's so you can have more versatility (like put a grapple on instead). They seem invaluable. I am planning on welding 4 or 5 chain hooks on my bucket when I get my tractor (my bucket width will be 83"). I already have many plans for them including pulling out fence posts, lifting my mower, and unloading my 300 gallon diesel tank at its new home.

BTW, what's a Unimog?

 

[m7040]

unimog is Mercedes 4 wheel drive truck that is videly used by the military around the world