5075e Tool Box Location

[LoudonNH]

I recently bought a new, 2014 5075e with H240 loader. There is a small plastic tool box mounted on a two-piece, bolt-on bracket at the left side of the loader and just above the fuel tank cap. Needless to say, it's in the way Any ideas on a better location for it, or perhaps mine is not properly mounted.

 

[beenthere]

Maybe you can think up a better location and a better box for tools. Would like to see it.
Mine is located in the left fender, but I can't use it because I made a chainsaw holster that sits just above it.
Can carry a few tools in the pan under the seat, such as tape measure, garage door opener, felling wedges and the like. But not a great place for them.

What is the thermos-looking jug just below the tool box?

 

[LoudonNH]

Maybe you can think up a better location and a better box for tools. Would like to see it.
Mine is located in the left fender, but I can't use it because I made a chainsaw holster that sits just above it.
Can carry a few tools in the pan under the seat, such as tape measure, garage door opener, felling wedges and the like. But not a great place for them.

What is the thermos-looking jug just below the tool box?

That's where the fuel goes in. Now you see the problem.

 

[rustyshakelford]

I need to find out why they didn't install the tool box on my tractor! Why don't you like it there?

Brett

 

[LoudonNH]

I need to find out why they didn't install the tool box on my tractor! Why don't you like it there?

Brett

It's a great spot for a toolbox except for the fact that you can't fit a 5 gallon jug in there to get all 5 gallons out of the can. There's also not enough space to fit a funnel in there. (I like to use a large funnel with a screen in it.)

 

[AKfish]

It's a great spot for a toolbox except for the fact that you can't fit a 5 gallon jug in there to get all 5 gallons out of the can. There's also not enough space to fit a funnel in there. (I like to use a large funnel with a screen in it.)

Yup... Sorta a PITA. I swiped my kids snowmachine gas can with a long, flexible poly spout. Works good, but no filtering.

AKfish

 

[DT86]

Sounds like a good excuse to buy a transfer tank.

 

[AKfish]

Sounds like a good excuse to buy a transfer tank.

Yeah, saw a real nice towable one on CL. Pretty new.. IIRC, just over $4k.


AKfish

 

[LoudonNH]

Yeah, saw a real nice towable one on CL. Pretty new.. IIRC, just over $4k.


AKfish

I've been trying to get along without a transfer tank in the bed of my pickup because I need the space to haul things. Will probably end up getting a tank with lifting ring at some point, rather that the L-shape tank and tool box that would be very useful but a pain to remove.

One thought I had today is to hinge the tool box bracket on the tractor and add an even bigger tool box.

Larry, your mention of your kids' gas can got me thinking I might just track down a large plastic funnel with long flexible tube attached. I'm sure I've seen such a thing.

Thanks guys.

 

[Magicman710]

I'm so glad I'm past the days of filling tractors with 5 gallon cans. Boy oh boy was that a pain.

Either a transfer tank in the bed of your pickup, or a small trailer with one mounted on would be perfect. Lowes has a 6x3ft one for about $400 I think. Bolt you a 100 gallon tank on it and your all set.

 

[LoudonNH]

Solved the problem for now by removing the tool box and its bracket.

I don't mind using 5 gallon cans to fill my tractors. The fuel is always fresh!

Incidentally, I was able to buy some oversize, non-vented, after-market spouts for my cans that make the process much faster. They arrived by USPS today.

Will probably put a tool box in the back of my pick-up since the truck is always at the same location as whichever tractor I'm operating anyway…

 

[Tul01]

I realize its an old thread, but if you still have the bracket on the shelf, we had the same problem, I flipped it upside down and mounted it on the right hand side. I just had to drill a couple new holes in the bottom of the toolbox to remount it. Sorry I don't think I have a photo of it anymore, we traded that tractor. I also used it to hang/store my chain and I just bungeed the bottom to the loader hoses to keep it from swinging around.

 

[RyanTX]

Solved the problem for now by removing the tool box and its bracket.

I don't mind using 5 gallon cans to fill my tractors. The fuel is always fresh!

Incidentally, I was able to buy some oversize, non-vented, after-market spouts for my cans that make the process much faster. They arrived by USPS today.

Will probably put a tool box in the back of my pick-up since the truck is always at the same location as whichever tractor I'm operating anyway…

Do you have the part number of that toolbox bracket? I would love to buy one to add to my open station, since my tank is behind the seat I don't have the issue with the filler and I also use 5 gallon cans to fill up.

 

[Zebrafive]

If this is it, key 3 is part number SJ14345

 

[RyanTX]

If this is it, key 3 is part number SJ14345

Thanks for that. That does look like the one. But holy heck its $233!

 

[plowindeeper]

Glad I read this now I won’t spend $300 on a jd toolbox mount

 

[beenthere]

They should make them for free. That's how the Gov't works. They get free money.

 

[oosik]

WoW! That box ( post #14 ) looks just like the next to worthless one behind the seat of my Kubota. I guess I'll just learn to love it and not chuck it. It does hold my roll of TP and my dibble wrench.

 

[beenthere]

Pic of your box and for sure, a pic of the "dibble wrench". Know what a dibble is, but not a dibble wrench.

 

[oosik]

Toolbox and dibble wrench - OK. It's going to take me just a short while. Chance to get some new pictures.

Finally - some pics. The dibble wrench is used for the final match-up between the implement and my 3-point system. Shove the dibble all the way thru - pull it back out - the hitch pin should go thru easily. Dibble wrench - Klein Tools.