Cell phone holder?

[Signa]

I've been pretty amazed at some of the ingenious solutions I've seen on here - everything from tool boxes to homemade backhoes and everything in between. So I thought I see what ideas people had on this one....

I'm trying to figure out where/how to attach my cell phone somewhere around the dash so that I can see when I'm receiving a call. I obviously can't hear it ring and even with it in my pocket, I can't feel it vibrate when the tractor's running.

I'm sure many will say don't worry about it, but I'm working with the tractor at a lot away from my current residence. We're in the process of building a house, so there are plenty of times when my wife tries to get ahold of me or I'm waiting for a call from one of the many contractors... Any ideas?

 

[kennyd]

At most auto parts stores and even Wal-Mart they have generic holders to do exactly what you need.

 

[emmy71]

I made this one so that my phone would be out of the way but still near by. Mine can play music so I use headphoness with it. When someone calls the the ringer cuts the music. I also have a portable weatherband radio I mount there.

Terry

 

[CurlyDave]

I got one at Wal-Mart for ~$15 that sat in the cup holder and held the phone on about a 10" flexible shaft.

It did not survive the transition to my little green sports car, where I left it on the seat and then sat on it it.

Since most newer cell phones have a speaker phone option I am going to get a bean bag mount of some sort to hold my phone in the car. This might also work on a tractor, but since I can feel the vibration of the phone on a tractor I don't really need one there.

 

[dillo99]

There are a lot of ATV phone mounts that are made for this purpose and built to handle vibration and rugged use. Just google ATV phone mount. I don't have a picture but I purchased one of them and mounted it on the loader frame bar that runs just in front of the dash.

 

[Deadman]

Why can't you put it in yout pocket on vibrate?
I own a business that relies on the phone, and I do this all the time, and never miss a call. Its hard to get out the phone, and rip off the ear muffs, and shut down the tractor tho, so you gotta be quick!

 

[PeterK]

I purchased an ipod arm mount, the kind that you wear around your bicep, for $5 onlne. It's padded and has a wide velcro strap which I use to mount it to the ROPS. I use it for MP3 but you could also use it for cell with a bluetooth earset while you tractor.

I use a 12V adapter to hook up my mp3 player to the acc outlet on the tractor so battery life is never a worry.

Works for me ...

 

[fast1]

At most auto parts stores and even Wal-Mart they have generic holders to do exactly what you need.

just to double up on this. wal-mart has got good variations, check it out.

 

[Signa]

Thanks for the replies. I have tried it in my pocket and just didn't notice the vibration while I was on the tractor.

I'll check out Walmart and maybe try an earpiece - seems like that might be the best notification.

 

[Opti-Mist]

Thanks for the replies. I have tried it in my pocket and just didn't notice the vibration while I was on the tractor.

I'll check out Walmart and maybe try an earpiece - seems like that might be the best notification.

The earpiece is the only way that I can hear my phone when I'm running equipment. The vibrate setting is overwhelmed by the vibration of the tractor, chainsaw, etc. The earpiece is usable even with earmuffs on.