A place for my stuff

[yankeepac]

I find myself in need to have someplace to put my tools, work gloves, mallet, hand saw etc that I carry with me around the property on the tractor. (L3200 hst) Not having a "dashboard" like in a truck means trying other more creative ways to carry my junk. I have tried carrying some of it between my legs on the center hump, but they tend to want to slide off when I am moving. Have thought of fashioning some sort of tool bag to attach to one or both of the mud shields, even thought about using strong magnets to hold them on, so they were removable if needed. Has anyone done anything similar to this, any words of wisdom or things that just didn't go right. Love learning from other peoples triumph's and blunders.
Yankeepac

 

[ctmike]

When I had my Ford tractor (before Kubota), I found an old toolbox at the dump, painted it up, and mounted it with rubber spacers to the fender. It worked great for holding extra pins, a short chain, and a few tools. http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy306/mrocket49/Sno lander tractor snow blower/IMAG0007.jpg
If your thinking of the magnet idea, for motorcycles they make magnetic tank bags in various sizes that could attach to the hood.

 

[skeets]

Yank,, take a few and look thought stuff done by Wild Fire he has done some outstanding things for his tractors, Grand L and his new BX25D and this has given guys in here all kinds of ideas for their own mods. He just did a tool box mod that bolts to the right side of the ROPS,, hey something like that might work on your L too

 

[Eric McCarthy]

What was cheap and worked fast for me, was I took a Klien tool bag and hooked it to the fender with a bungee cord.

http://www.kleintools.com/catalog/tool-pouches-carriers-belts-suspenders/canvas-tool-pouches

 

[Wbk]

I find myself in need to have someplace to put my tools, work gloves, mallet, hand saw etc that I carry with me around the property on the tractor. (L3200 hst) Not having a "dashboard" like in a truck means trying other more creative ways to carry my junk. I have tried carrying some of it between my legs on the center hump, but they tend to want to slide off when I am moving. Have thought of fashioning some sort of tool bag to attach to one or both of the mud shields, even thought about using strong magnets to hold them on, so they were removable if needed. Has anyone done anything similar to this, any words of wisdom or things that just didn't go right. Love learning from other peoples triumph's and blunders.
Yankeepac

Hi I used an old ammo box from a surplus store, made a little bracket and hang it where the slow sign goes as we're never on the road with it.

 

[number9]

Watching this thread as I am in the same situation with my L3800. Always looking for a place to put stuff.

Whatever I come up with I want it to be clean and not look like something just stuck on there.

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[Wildfire]

Finding a place to store items on a tractor can be very challenging at the best of times. As they say "Been there,done that". I've had to come up with storing many different items on a tractor for my personal needs.
Everything from a coffee mug to a chainsaw. I know its not what your looking to do but it might spark an idea in there somewhere.


http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5474

http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3458

http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5176

http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1052

http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74

 

[yankeepac]

I'm humbled about the quality / size of your creations. All I was thinking of was a simple bag, with a couple of measly magnets and you are creating.... Art. Beautiful stuff wildfire. I have been kicking around the idea of learning how to weld, and now I am leaning even more toward that direction.
I LOVE the chainsaw bracket. So much more elegant than the bungee cord I use to anchor mine on the top of the brush cutter on the back of my beast.

 

[skeets]

Hey Yank what did I tell ya,,,lol

 

[Wildfire]

Hey Yank what did I tell ya,,,lol

I'm humbled about the quality / size of your creations. All I was thinking of was a simple bag, with a couple of measly magnets and you are creating.... Art. Beautiful stuff wildfire. I have been kicking around the idea of learning how to weld, and now I am leaning even more toward that direction.
I LOVE the chainsaw bracket. So much more elegant than the bungee cord I use to anchor mine on the top of the brush cutter on the back of my beast.

Don't pay any attention to Skeets. He's on our payroll
I did realize you were thinking on a different line of storage BUT I thought it might get your creative juices going and come up with something that has never been done in the world before

Glad you enjoyed seeing some of my work. Skeets. The cheque is in the mail buddy

 

[Eric McCarthy]

What do you keep in the little tube on the bucket Paul?

Thats usually a holder for the manuals.

 

[Wildfire]

What do you keep in the little tube on the bucket Paul?

Thats usually a holder for the manuals.

Eric in this one I keep a First Aid Kit. On the 5740 I keep shear pins and wrenches for the snow blower but only needed to use it one time because I picked up a wooden block blowing out a compound . There's one that came with the Chipper so I have a 15' sling in it for pulling trees.
They're handy and cheap to buy.