If it's worth doing it is worth overdoing

[Raul-02]

a lousy clamp for a lousy box to put lousy chains in. It's mostly made from scrap.
8 Helicoils with detents so it shouldn't work itself loose.
No one will ever accuse me of being a welder.

 

[jyoutz]

Nice work!

 

[deezler]

Haha, not bad!

Does it... .dump itself every time you lift the loader all the way up, though? Why not mount it somewhere... fixed?

 

[hube2]

If it's worth doing it is worth overdoing

My feelings exactly.

 

[Raul-02]

Why not mount it somewhere... fixed?

Excellent question.
I shall bookmark this thread and wait for some one more perspicacious to answer.
Coz I sure as **** couldn't find it.
It's an ammo box the closure is quite good.
I might have put it inside the tube that spans the FTL members but I want that for another purpose.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

You guys got it wrong.... that's for the self dumping feature ! Easier to pick up the chain off the floorboard than take it out of the box......

Just kidding.... a very nice job for sure. Were there supposed to be poor welds in the pictures? They work, they hold, can't see them when the box is on.... GOOD TO GO!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Here's a few pics of mounting tool boxes to the ROPS. The plates holding the boxes are bigger than the cheap plastic HF boxes. My intentions are to get the boxes like you have. These were just laying around and used as a 'prototype'.


They work for me as is, so until they break, I'll use them as is.

 

[tacticalturnip]

That's looks to be a pretty solid setup, ammo cans are great.

 

[Handloader109]

While it shouldn't come off, I would have mounted it the other direction. Would stay closed easier. But I wouldn't have put it there in the first place either. I think it is way too high. Stand on the wheel to put the chain back up or get it out? But it's your machine, not ours. Thanks for posting, I like mount.

 

[Root Cause]

I love it.
I bet that bracket would hold more than the FEL.

 

[etpm]

It all looks great. The paint helps the welds. Cosmetics are important after all I really like the use of the rubber sheet. I have some rubber sheet left over from a job I did years ago and it is still in very good shape and your post reminded me that I still have it. Thanks. . I want to add a couple chain boxes and the mounts will be clamped to the ROPS. Using rubber sheet like you did will make the mounting much better.

Tomorrow I will be posting some pictures showing some extensions I made for the bucket mounts on my Yanmar YM2310. It's my bad luck that your post is so close in proximity time wise to mine because your work looks so good.
Cheers,
Eric

 

[WranglerX]

This was my solution....

 

[deezler]

Excellent question.
I shall bookmark this thread and wait for some one more perspicacious to answer.
Coz I sure as **** couldn't find it.

Perspicacious! Great word.

There's plenty of fixed places to mount an ammo box, if that's what you meant. The stationary part of the loader frame, the rops, besides the floorboard/step, etc.

 

[Raul-02]

the rops, besides the floorboard/step, etc.

You don't have a cab on your tractor do you?

 

[deezler]

Sure don't, good point. That only removes the ROPS idea, though.

 

[gstrom99]

Nice, but... The brackets need grade 8 bolts...

 

[stsid1]

Dad's solution on our old 3020 John Deere for mounting a box.

 

[Raul-02]

That only removes the ROPS idea, though.

And all the area around the cab where one might have found a good anchor on exposed frame but for the cab. I've considered a couple frame members lower down, but I worry that my work in the brush would end up ripping 'em off.

 

[Smokeydog]

6x6” square tubing carries chains, chainsaw, long tools, buckets, gas and oil. Provides skid protection for loader control valve and hoses. Have ammo can too for tractor pins and tools. Carrying tools safely to work with is a necessary part of our farm operations

 

[stsid1]

Going through brush and stuff, haven't had a problem, box been there for over 10 years.