Great vid! I'm buying these. Just a word of advice - you can lengthen the life of your drillbits by squirting a little bit of water into the hole as you drill. It keeps the bit cool.
I added the "Ken's Bolt On Hooks" to my Kubota L2501. They may be a bit overkill, but I wanted to support his business. That led me to getting the hooks for the log chains. I absolutely love them. I was forever getting off the tractor to rebook because of the chains coming unhooked. Ended that happening for good.
How have your bucket hooks worked on you bucket over time? I was curious if their positioning might cause damage (cracking) at the interface of the quick connect welds and the bucket flange they are bolted on. Hopefully not the case of course.
Hi There Please have a look at Paul and Cathy Short's videos on putting hooks on Buckets. Paul was a heavy equipment operator and now makes more "mods" for Kubotas than you can count. He makes a very good video on why you should put the hooks on the inside of the bucket rather than on top. It's something you might want to consider. I, too, am a new L3901 owner (not delivered yet) so it's fun to watch you getting used to the tractor and finding how versatile it is. Good luck with your channel, you're off to a good start. Cheers from Ottawa Ontario.
Thank you! There are a millions ways to accomplish the job, just comes down to how you want to do it. These buckets are so thin, they’ll bend anywhere you out hooks if you start really pushing it. If I had it my way I would have welded them on and ran a reinforcement across the top but didn’t want to scratch my paint 🤣🤣
I use drop from 3/8" plate steel. With a 3" hole saw I cut out a circle. Then in the middle of the circle, I cut a 1 1/2" hole making a doughnut. I then cut the doughnut in half and welded it to my bucket, where you say you cannot put a bolt on the bucket. I cleaned, primed, and painted the half circles and where I welded it touching up the buckets paint. I have a 2013 L3800 and have lifted some mighty hefty logs and things with a chain locked on to or going through the loops and they have never failed or bent. I had the tractor home for about 1 hour when I did that and it's fantastic. I also removed the plastic useless toolbox on the same day and added a 50 cal. ammo box for tools, pins, extra chains, and whatever I thought might be useful in the field or woods in a pinch. I didn't waste the paint on the ammo box as it looks fine. It's a tractor, not a show car. Cost? A 6" piece of scrap 3/8" steel plate, 4 - 7018 welding rods, and about 1 hour of my time excluding paint drying.
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