Mounting small tool box

EastTexasGuy · Oct 2, 2013

I have a L2880 kubota, need to mount a metal tool box somewhere on it for some general small hand tools. Anyone done this and where have you installed it at on the tractor? Cant be on the front because i have a loader, looking for ideas.

PeterK · Oct 2, 2013

On my BX, I use a soft-sided tool bag stuffed behind the seat.

gunmonkeyintl · Oct 2, 2013

I mounted some on the outsides of my Kioti's fenders. Could likely adapt the concept to a Kubota.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kioti-owning-operating/292635-dk-tool-boxes-chain-canisters.html

radioman · Oct 2, 2013

I mounted a pvc pipe with cap on top and bottom and attached to my FEL posts.

jb62901 · Oct 2, 2013

I mounted a PVC tube on the grill guard

NativeSon · Oct 3, 2013

I too use a tool bag that I hang on the SMV bracket behind the seat. It's not a quick draw to get to but it's out of the way and is easy to take to any part of the tractor that needs attention.

Charlie

KYDan · Oct 3, 2013

Did your tractor come with a very small toolbox on the frame behind the seat? I had a very small, almost useless one on my L2900. When I bought my current tractor, MX5100, it had a small toolbox mounted in the same place. I replaced it with one from Tractor Supply that is much larger and more functional. They offer 2 sizes and a nifty mounting system. There are usually a lot available at other sites as well. Measure and seat what room you have available and then search for tractor mounted tool boxes.

woodchuckie · Oct 3, 2013

I also moved my fanny flag and mounted a tool box on bar behind seat.

econometrics · Oct 3, 2013

woodchuckie said:
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Now that is a great idea right there! :thumbsup:

repete · Oct 3, 2013

Funny as no one else here would do it but I bolted a plastic one right on top of the engine hood. 6" wide and 18" long with a center removable shelf. I keep wrenches, extra pins, rags, pliers, ibuprofen, an assortment of extra clips in pill containers and a fer screw drivers. Yes, the shovel goes sideways through the hole in the loader as others have shown.

I also have an old air bottle with the valve removed and the bottom cut off attached to my loader with the large open end up and valve end down to let water drain. I have a 20' chain in it with hooks on both ends. When you have 75 acres, it is just to far to run back to the barn for stupid little thing.

But, my old L2550DT looks VERY TACKY as it has 5200 hard hours on it and it has been a couple weeks, i mean decades, since I have washed and waxed it.

murphy1244 · Oct 3, 2013

repete said:
Funny as no one else here would do it but I bolted a plastic one right on top of the engine hood. 6" wide and 18" long with a center removable shelf. I keep wrenches, extra pins, rags, pliers, ibuprofen, an assortment of extra clips in pill containers and a fer screw drivers. Yes, the shovel goes sideways through the hole in the loader as others have shown.

I also have an old air bottle with the valve removed and the bottom cut off attached to my loader with the large open end up and valve end down to let water drain. I have a 20' chain in it with hooks on both ends. When you have 75 acres, it is just to far to run back to the barn for stupid little thing.

But, my old L2550DT looks VERY TACKY as it has 5200 hard hours on it and it has been a couple weeks, i mean decades, since I have washed and waxed it.

Must have pics, Please!

sdef · Oct 3, 2013

Here is what I did to my Kioti DK45. It is a water sealed Stanley FatMax 28" and holds all of the stuff I need. It is stuffed full... Stanley also makes an identically designed 23" wide box.

The first photo shows the steel supports for the box which are Stanley 1/4" flat mending plates and 12" angle available with pre-drilled 5/16" holes. These are available from your local home center. The front 2" of the tool box is supported on the factory cross beam with the rest of the box supported by the extra metal I added. So far it all sits level and rides well.

With the seat all of the way back, I can open the lid half way up and get almost anything I need. To open the lid all of the way vertical I need to move the seat forward some, but this is seldom necessary. The wrenches, sockets, ratchets, extensions, screw drivers and pliers are in two tool rolls. Everything else fends for themselves.

Tollster · Oct 3, 2013

woodchuckie said:
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I also moved my fanny flag and mounted a tool box on bar behind seat.

Got my vote too!

murphy1244 · Oct 3, 2013

sdef said:
Here is what I did to my Kioti DK45. It is a water sealed Stanley FatMax 28" and holds all of the stuff I need. It is stuffed full... Stanley also makes an identically designed 23" wide box.

The first photo shows the steel supports for the box which are Stanley 1/4" flat mending plates and 12" angle available with pre-drilled 5/16" holes. These are available from your local home center. The front 2" of the tool box is supported on the factory cross beam with the rest of the box supported by the extra metal I added. So far it all sits level and rides well.

With the seat all of the way back, I can open the lid half way up and get almost anything I need. To open the lid all of the way vertical I need to move the seat forward some, but this is seldom necessary. The wrenches, sockets, ratchets, extensions, screw drivers and pliers are in two tool rolls. Everything else fends for themselves.

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That won't work with a Back Hoe.

EastTexasGuy · Oct 3, 2013

lots of good ideas. I was looking at mine today and if i remove that slow moving emblem theres a flat bar there that looks like it will work for the tool box i have.

kydick · Oct 3, 2013

most engines have extra holes threaded for bolts. just find a couple holes and make a mounting bracket to fit and put the tool box on it. seems like i have to customize all my tractors with things that will make them more handy..

AStanton · Oct 4, 2013

East,
I put this on my BX25. Maybe you have the same area available to you. I leveled it with a piece of composite decking and secured it with a zip tie.

sdef · Oct 4, 2013

EastTexasGuy said:
lots of good ideas. I was looking at mine today and if i remove that slow moving emblem theres a flat bar there that looks like it will work for the tool box i have.

That sounds like exactly what I did. I removed the tiny factory tool box located there and added the larger one. I am still looking for a good place to reinstall that slow moving emblem. Have a work light bar coming and hope to be able to install it there, outboard on one side.