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