D-Rings vs Hooks

Kennyd4110 said:

We sell something similar, plus a few more options as well gear towards tractors.

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Bought a couple and have used them extensively for attaching everything from a hitch mount to my rube goldberg ripper. They have held up very well.

I chose to use D rings also.
I used bolt on with a 2 hole strap. One on the top flange of the bucket another on the inside on both ends of the bucket.

I set them in right in front of where the curl cylinders attach to the bucket. The D rings are rated about 1700 lbs each. And when in line with the loader arms not putting too much undue stress on one side of the loader.

Besides they were on sale, and 4 D rings, and 4 mounting bolts, lock nuts and all ran about $30 Best match for my FEL size and capacity. This has worked well for me.

Your situation may be different.

Got mine installed. They already had a rough black texture coating on them, so i just added two coats of Rustoleum JD green. I used the hardware and nut strips that came with them, torqued to 125ft-lbs and called it good.....

I have two of Kennys bolt on hooks on my bucket and had a third hook welded on the back of the BH bucket.
I also got a few of Kenny's oblong rings for rope to hook connections.

OrangeColoredTractor said:

Any reason why you cant have both? I welded 3 3/8" chain hooks on my bucket, I placed the 2 outboard ones right over the ram area thinking to avoid flex in bucket and one in the middle. Where you have the D rings located would not impeded the weld on hooks in any way. I say do both. I have a bunch of those D rings already, I bought to weld onto my car hauler trailer to lash down the tractor.

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Those are good looking welds, 7018 i imagine.

Dealer asked me about hooks and said they would weld them as part of the deal. They installed 3, the two on the outside too close to the edge and not in a good spot to secure a chain. Center hook works fine, welds not so good but holding.

Believe i will remove the two outside hooks and consider D rings.

Appreciate the post