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oldtoyboyd
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Here are the pics of my hooks, boxblade mods, and my Fit Rite TnT
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oldtoyboyd, looks good. 
I see that you were smart and put an angle on the bucket before the hooks. :thumbsup: Are you still going to get the Pats quick hitch? The top link is a little long without them. Are you still considering a land plane grader blade? :drool:
I see that you were smart and put an angle on the bucket before the hooks. :thumbsup: Are you still going to get the Pats quick hitch? The top link is a little long without them. Are you still considering a land plane grader blade? :drool:
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I am having a set of PATS made to replace my slide ends. I am still planning on a land grader, just on hold for a little bit. The person that did my road originally needed some work on a truck he bought, so he just redid my whole driveway and added new material. He uses a couple of home built land planes on his tractors when he did it.
oldtoyboyd, looks good.
Just wondering what you meant by angle on the bucket before the hooks?
I'm planning on adding hooks to mine soon so if there is a trick I'd love to hear it.
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I welded a piece of 2.5x2.5x1/4" angle iron across the top edge of my bucket and then welded the hooks to that. It gives it more support and spreads the load of the hooks.
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It is usually a good idea to put an angle across the front lip of the bucket before installing any hooks. Most of these buckets are only made with 1/8"-3/16" steel. That is not strong enough to support much weight concentrated in the small area that the hook will be welded to. So it is a good idea to put, say a 2x2 angle either 1/4" or 3/8" thick across the entire lip of the bucket to spread out any loads that will be put on it while lifting any type of load.
Here are a few pics of the 2 buckets that I have reinforced.
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Did you also reinforce the sides of the bucket? Looks like an extra plate there. Was that in relation to the hook reinforcement or for something else?
Good to know. I should not be surprised that the bucket would need reinforcement...
that really adds on to the expense and time of this project... weld on hooks vs get some big angle iron, weld it across the front then weld on hooks...
Yes, I know it would be the right thing to do but I may just skip this project as I've been thinking about upgrading to a bigger tractor. I'd prefer to only do this once if it is that involved...
that really adds on to the expense and time of this project... weld on hooks vs get some big angle iron, weld it across the front then weld on hooks...
Yes, I know it would be the right thing to do but I may just skip this project as I've been thinking about upgrading to a bigger tractor. I'd prefer to only do this once if it is that involved...
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Yes I added 3/8" plate to the front part of the sides on both buckets. Just some added strength-protection for the bucket. People use these tractors for work that they really were never designed for, myself included. These loaders are designed to work with loose material, not to dig into hard pack or even a pile of bigger rock. Most of us use them for far more than what they are actually designed for and the reinforcements that I have added just add some protection against bucket damage due to misuse of the product.