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I Can't Believe it Took Me Three Years to Add This!!! - Adding a Bucket Hook to the Kubota BX Bucket

I Can't Believe it Took Me Three Years to Add This!!! - Adding a Bucket Hook to the Kubota BX Bucket

Implements & attachments25 hp & underKubota BX23S

Overview

A hobby homesteader documents adding a weld-on bucket hook to his Kubota BX23S using a Tractor Supply hook and angle iron instead of a purpose-made weld-on hook. He walks through cutting the hook to fit, fabricating an angle-iron reinforcement, and welding it in, openly admitting amateur welds. Ends with a paint-matching misadventure at the dealer. Best for DIYers comfortable improvising a similar low-budget bucket hook mod.

An owner-operator hobby homesteader sharing the actual process on their own property, mistakes and all, no dealer or brand affiliation evident.

Spec overview

Kubota BX23S

PTO horsepower
17.7 hp
Loader lift capacity
6258 N (1407 lbs) [LA340] / 5719 N (1286 lbs) [LA340S]
3-point lift capacity
1,213 lbs.
Hydraulic flow
6.2 gpm (23.5 l/min.)
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