Lifting Hook on an Excavator bucket

[RMS]

I'm thinking about having a lifting hook welded onto my excavator bucket and not sure just where would be a good attachment spot. Anybody have pictures of where they have added one?
The main reason is that I use the excavator to help stand my rotary cutter on end for storage and I am getting tube blocked when using the teeth on the bucket to attach my straps to.

 

[mikester]

weld it where the hook won’t contact the ground while digging

 

[John T]

Not an excavator, just a backhoe
But I welded one on the backside of the bucket .... doesn't interfere with function.
comes in handy for sure.

 

[85Hokie]

Two plates bolted through opening

 

[William1]

Not an excavator, just a backhoe
But I welded one on the backside of the bucket .... doesn't interfere with function.
comes in handy for sure.

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I have a hook in about the same spot. Sure, on a curl, it 'might' hit the dirt but, big whoop. Having the hook is too handy. Having the ability to use the curl with the hook is nice too.

 

[JasonW]

Here is one on my 12” bucket. I just bought a 24” bucket and requested the same style to be welded on.

 

[Chanceywd]

On my BH77 I put one in the linkage so I could pick with or without a bucket on.
The link has a rectangular opening and my 2, 3/8 plates just sandwich the opening with the bolts going thru the opening so no drilling on the Bh77.

Bill

 

[Chanceywd]

Another use for my hook is to keep the bucket from settling down when parked when not using or when using the loader. I welded 2 hooks to the thumb bracket and run a chain thru wrapping the bucket and up to those hooks.

I always back it in and I keep cardboard on the garage floor to catch oil drips. When after several days I would start and move it out I would hear the dragging and my cardboard was in a big wadded ball.

Bill

 

[John T]

Two plates bolted through opening


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Personally I wouldn't want to lift anything heavy with that setup.
Too much pressure on the hook mounting tab and the hook itself.

It would have been a better design to rotate it and have the hook hang down normally.

MSHA would not approve...