Wooden bumper with toolboxes

dthomas · Oct 21, 2001

This is the prototype. I just threw this together yesterday to see how stout the bumper would be and how useful the toolboxes would be. So far so good. I plan to make another bumper out of a new 4x6 and paint everything. Looks kind of tacky on a new tractor.

scruffy · Oct 21, 2001

h-m-m-m, just a thought, but you could make it out of 5" pipe or so, fill it with concrete for a front weight, and still have your boxes etc on it. Don't know how much weight you would add off the top of my head, but its a thought.

dthomas · Oct 21, 2001

Yeah, I wanted a metal bumper but I don't know how to weld but I do have a chain saw and drill. I was supprised as to just how strong the bumper turned out to be. Anyway, all I plan to push over is corn stalks when I bush hog the corn patch.

TerryinMD · Oct 21, 2001

I guess you never plan to use any front ballast.

But, what the hey, you improvised to suit your needs. So, now that you have the 50 cal ammo where ya going to mount the machine gun. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Terry

dthomas · Oct 21, 2001

I might want more weight later (just got the tractor last week). The good part is that three bolts hold it on so it can be easily removed.

StanInCalif · Oct 21, 2001

I like it. It is functional and versatile. You can reinforce it, if necessary, with flat stock, angle iron, or square tubing, with only a hacksaw and drill.
I remember when tow trucks had push bumpers made from 2x12 lumber, backed with steel.

scruffy · Oct 21, 2001

just for additional thought, you can use the pipe with threaded ends and put the caps on it...drill the holes for mounting bolts, etc. Its one of those things that you can do as you 'find' the necessary items, not as an immediate thing. What you've done will definately work for the purpose you've made it for, and THAT is what counts! It don't look bad, is definately functional and looks pretty decent!

TWINKLE_TOES · Oct 21, 2001

Don,
Pretty hard to make that tractor look tacky./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif Whats this prototype stuff and paint? I think your good to go, looks darn functional and versatile to me.
Al

jdkid · Oct 21, 2001

Hi ya
On the same lines ya could make one out of steel box 4x6 and have a tap top and bottom for adding more wiegh just add water **note only use dead full or dead emtey water moving around could upset handling**a nother good thing to add is a 1 gal container with tap of soapy water to keep hands clean but all in all what ya have done is cool if it dose the job ya want it to do who cares
catch ya
JD Kid

Anonymous Poster · Oct 22, 2001

Donald,

Good job...

You can still have some metal... drill a few holes for "U-Bolts" to hold the steel bumper up against your 2X12 PT...

Very functional! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif