CUT Cup holder

wvhillbilly · Nov 25, 2004

Hey ya'll,
It hit me like a ton of bricks while out in the barn today. All summer long I have been on a quest for the perfect cup holder for my CUT. As I was cleaning out my barn, I uncovered my old mountain bike from my earlier "in-shape" days and there it was, staring back at me. So, for all you who may be on the same quest as I was, Go to your local bike shop and buy one of those wire cage bottle holders. It works great. They will (or at least mine does) hold a 16 ounce coke bottle perfectly...

Malibu · Nov 25, 2004

I like it.

Simple, easy, cheap, adaptable to different liquids.

What more can you ask. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

PineRidge · Nov 25, 2004

Here is another inexpensive option that you can easily modify to fit just about any bottle made click here

GerardC · Nov 26, 2004

This was my solution. See attachment. Gerard

Henro · Nov 26, 2004

Here is what I did. I made mine magnetic so I could easily move it to the other tractor, or take it off when I want to.

I used one of those cheap stainless steel magnetic trays. The ring magnet on the bottom of the tray provided a place to drill a hole, and let me attach a wooden disk to the tray with one screw. I attached a piece of 4” PVC pipe to the wood disk, and put a piece of rigid foam insulation in to help keep things cool.

A second piece of pipe (had a piece with the expanded end on it laying around) slips over the base piece, gives me the option to have a shorter holder in the future is I should desire to. Doubt I will want to though.

This photo has a second parts tray sitting on the concrete block, showing the starting point. Actually I think it was holding a screwdriver bit.

Henro · Nov 26, 2004

It sticks to the fender real well, but I suppose a branch could strip it off. I have not had any problems along those lines though. Water bottle is 1 liter in size. Nice amount and stays cool for a rather long time on a hot day. Of course, on a hot, thirsty day, the water does not stay in the bottle very long!

Henro · Nov 26, 2004

It will fit on either side, but I generally keep it on the left, as the position control lever is on the right.

btolle · Nov 26, 2004

I posted a couple of pictures of the cup holder I built for my B7510 to cup holder/brush guard this morning.

Bill Tolle

GerardC · Nov 26, 2004

Almost forgot this one. Gerard

PineRidge · Nov 26, 2004

Gerald you beat me to the punch on that one. There have been many times while working with my backhoe that I really wished there was some way to hold a drink to quench the thirst. If I set it down by my feet sooner or later I always knock it over before I get a chance to drink. So I guess that will be one more winter project right after I convert my manual rotating chute on my snow-blower to a hydraulic motor. Thanks for the idea. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

GerardC · Nov 27, 2004

( If I set it down by my feet sooner or later I always knock it over before I get a chance to drink. )

That's exactly why I had to put one on the BH. Spent more time cleaning up the spill (gets sticky) rather than making progress. Gerard

blackjack · Nov 30, 2004

I found a cup holder made for boats called a Bar Bouy. I used an existing hole in my loader frame and installed it without drilling any new holes into my tractor/loader. Here's a pic cup holder

PineRidge · Nov 30, 2004

Blackjack I really like that swivel feature on your cup holder. With that one if you roll the tractor over you won't loose a drop of coffee in the process. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Be careful out there.......

slowrev · Nov 30, 2004

Blackjack,
I have the same type of thing on the fender of my old IH 2444, works great.

For other uses ie Riding mower,etc, I just hot glued flexible magnetic strips to the bottom of soft foam huggies, works great on anything metal.

Ben

blackjack · Dec 1, 2004

Sounds like a great idea with the magnetic strips. These days it hard to find much metal on the newer CUTs!

gsxr1100 · Dec 2, 2004

sure that would work, but not on a corona bottle! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

GerardC · Dec 2, 2004

For other uses ie Riding mower,etc, I just hot glued flexible magnetic strips to the bottom of soft foam huggies, works great on anything metal.

I use silicone (see attachment). Gerard

slowrev · Dec 6, 2004

For the corona bottles, I have a zip up huggy for bottles I have rigged the same way. Works good for all drinks, but I don't drink and tractor /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

RobertN · Dec 20, 2004

This is behind the times /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Do a search for the "Chalkey Cup". There was major innovation here on TBN about 3 or 4 years ago. Mark, and HARV, and a few others engineered the most impressive cup to be placed on a tractor.

Here is a link to some pictures.
www.fieldlines.com/other/chalkley.html