Quick lower bucket edge straightening

[Car Doc]

I discovered another use for my clamp on forks today. I had bent my lower bucket edge last weekend moving a large brush pile and hit a stump bending my bucket edge.

It was bent more than I was willing to live with so today I got the bright idea of trying one of the forks upside down and putting down pressure on the bucket it worked and I mean quick be careful it surprised me!

I wish I had a before pic but I had it straight before I could think about it I hope this helps someone wondering what to do about those dang bent buckets they drive me nuts!

 

[Deere Dude]

I discovered another use for my clamp on forks today. I had bent my lower bucket edge last weekend moving a large brush pile and hit a stump bending my bucket edge.

It was bent more than I was willing to live with so today I got the bright idea of trying one of the forks upside down and putting down pressure on the bucket it worked and I mean quick be careful it surprised me!

I wish I had a before pic but I had it straight before I could think about it I hope this helps someone wondering what to do about those dang bent buckets they drive me nuts!

I'm glad it worked out well. I was looking for a set of forks and I was concerned about clamp on forks bending my bucket. I suppose if it straightened yours easily, they would probably bend my bucket just as easily.

 

[Car Doc]

I'm glad it worked out well. I was looking for a set of forks and I was concerned about clamp on forks bending my bucket. I suppose if it straightened yours easily, they would probably bend my bucket just as easily.

:laughing::laughing: Yeah they will you have to be sensible about it but look at it this way you can turn them over and fix it!

I wasn't using them to move the brush pile I had the bucket curled under and pushing it with that btw.

I see you have 3720 nice its about the same size as my YM3810D you would find a lot of uses for the forks fwtw.

 

[clemsonfor]

you could always weld about a 1/4 inch piece of flat stock inside the bucket for structural integrity and would not hinder loading or digging to much, id think. Would not give as much strength as angle iron, but that would hinder loading of the bucket. Just a though, i dont have a bucket by the way.

 

[jtokc]

I'm glad it worked out well. I was looking for a set of forks and I was concerned about clamp on forks bending my bucket. I suppose if it straightened yours easily, they would probably bend my bucket just as easily.

I was also worried about bending my bucket with clamp on forks. I ended up getting forks that chain on. The chain runs from the back of the fork, under the bucket then back up over the top of the bucket and attach back to the fork using a ratcheting load binder.

 

[Car Doc]

What I do when I have a good sized load like a 4'x4'x4' box of firewood to bring inside the shop is use a chain from one bucket hook out and around the fork tips and back to the other bucket hook and binder it. That way the forks are not bearing the load completely.

Similar to what 1401's technique is.

I don't have it done yet but I have toyed with the idea of chains welded on each fork and a cheap binder that can stay on the forks but haven't had time to mess with it this winter.

 

[jtokc]

Here's a picture of the chain on forks

 

[BurningBushFarm]

OK. Got me curious.

Hubby and I have already had a discussion about teeth on the bucket.

Can y'all give me some links ... for the chain on forks, clamp on teeth, whatever, so we could put some "teeth in our bucket," so to speak?

See? He's into my tractor. But still lets me do all the driving. :laughing:

 

[jtokc]

OK. Got me curious.

Hubby and I have already had a discussion about teeth on the bucket.

Can y'all give me some links ... for the chain on forks, clamp on teeth, whatever, so we could put some "teeth in our bucket," so to speak?

See? He's into my tractor. But still lets me do all the driving. :laughing:

Just do a search on "Loader forks" or "tractor loader" on ebay or amazon and all manner of tractor loader toys show up. I found mine on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Loader-Forks-Bu...854?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5ad1661516

 

[Car Doc]

I got mine from somewhere in Colorado found them on the internet they are the light weight 1200lb rated units and were about $395.

I may have posted something on here somewhere about it you could search there are a bunch of folks here that have them and what they think about them. hth