Lifting Hook Placement FEL & Hoe

[Anonymous Poster]

Need to get some ideals of where to place lifting hooks on my B7500 FEL and also how to reinforce it for the top center lifting hook. I plan to put 1 on each side and also 1 in the top center along with a reciever plate for hitches. I will need to raise the hitch receiver above the lip on the bucket (about 1 3/4"). Any ideals or photos would be great. I plan on welding 1 in the rear center of my backhoe bucket. Thanks

 

[gerard]

Dont' know if you can do this on your bucket but I just used a piece of heavy 3 inch angle iron that I cut some slits in that the chain would slip into. Bolted it across the whole top so it served three purposes 1. removable if I ever needed to 2. reinforced the whole top of the bucket and distributed the force better than hooks do, 3. cheaper than hooks, and didn't have to weld (Back then I couldn't, now I can and would still probably do it this way. See pic

 

[gerard]

Dont' know if you can do this on your bucket but I just used a piece of heavy 3 inch angle iron that I cut some slits in that the chain would slip into. Bolted it across the whole top so it served three purposes 1. removable if I ever needed to 2. reinforced the whole top of the bucket and distributed the force better than hooks do, 3. cheaper than hooks, and didn't have to weld (Back then I couldn't weld, now I can and would still probably do it this way). Sorry can't attach a pic - when I took it it was 317 kb and there's a 100KB upload restriction now /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif Search some old threads on bucket hooks and you may be able to find an old one.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

I would love to see that pic, but I get an error message when I try to download it - could you upload it again?

Thanks!

 

[gerard]

old post See if this link to an old post from 6/4/02 will work - has a closeup pic of my setup

 

[chim]

I saw that approach here in a post last year, and did a similar angle installation.............chim

 

[gerard]

Nice job Chim! You know the old saying "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!!" (Not that I came up with this myself - I saw something similar and just applied it to my situation) /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif