Kubota L3560 Paraphernalia Storage on Tractor

[jeff9366]

A minor custom touch.

I wanted a place for my 5/16" Logging Chains convenient to the rear of the tractor.

I moved the small, gray, plastic, Kubota tool box from the rear to the left fender. Simple bolt through mount on left fender.

Removed small aluminum angle the Kubota tool box was mounted on and substituted a two inch piece of angle iron running the width of the rear of the tractor, to act as a wider, more secure base. Another simple drill and bolt through mount but secure nuts with lock washers.

Mounted half a steel 40mm ammo can (9" X 14" X 3-1/2") on the two inch angle to store 8' + 12' lengths of 5/16" Logging Chains. Chains are secured by gravity.

To the right, mounted a small, tough plastic basket, in which I carry infrequently used 3/16" chain, used to pull up smaller saplings by the roots with FEL. On saplings, 5/16" chain will slip; 3/16" grips. Also keep a can of spray graphite lube in the basket, to lube implement draw pins.

 

[number9L]

Hmm.....I've been wanting to add a larger but not too large box on the back and have a 40mm can I'm not really using......thanks for the idea.

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[jeff9366]

Factory provision for maintaining water conveniently to hand on the L3560 is inadequate.

The factory "Cup Holder" does not fit the standard 2-3/4" dimension of US liquid containers. It is useless. L3560 is manufactured and assembled in Japan. Cup holder probably holds standard Japanese containers securely.

Photo #1 3" PVC pipe (Schedule 40) with a flat 3" PVC cap, mounted to console through factory 8mm X 1.5 mm threaded hole. PVC caps come in two types: Flat and convex. You need a FLAT cap. You also need a longer 8mm X 1.5mm bolt. I did not glue the two PVC components together, so they could be separated for cleaning.

Photo #2 Plastic glue-on hook. I have since secured this with a small self-tapping screw through the hook mount into the console.

Photo #3 + #4 $4.99 bicycle water bottle bolted through fender on left side of tractor.

Bottles are 2-3/4", 25 ounce, Polar (brand) insulated containers, most often used on bicycles. I like to put 3" of water in the bottom, then store them in the freezer, so water is iced on the job. Polar containers are $10.00

 

[Herkypilot]

Now here's a man who likes to dirty up a new tractor (post #1). Nice job on the bottle holders.

 

[jeff9366]

Today discovered a 32 ounce plastic bottle of Gatorade is a pretty good fit in the factory cup holder.

 

[FTG-05]

If there's any real complaint about my Kubota is the tiny little tool box behind the seat and the lack of any real adjustment to the seat itself.

In post#3, where do you get those wire bottle holders? I could use a few of those.

Thanks,

 

[jeff9366]

Most bicycle shops have them.

I ordered from Nashbar:

CAGE: Blackburn MC-1 Mountain Cage

BOTTLE 24 OZ: Polar Insulated 24oz Water Bottle - Solid Color

 

[FTG-05]

Thanks!

 

[jeff9366]

The Postion Control SLIDING STOP on the Grand L's hardly functional.

I replaced the Kubota metric screw which locks the stop with a 6mm diameter (M6) X 20mm long metric socket head cap head screw. (Note: not a 'button head' screw.) This M6 screw takes a 5mm Allen wrench, which provides enough torque that screw can be sufficiently tightened to hold the stop. Under the screw head/cap I placed a 1" diameter, flat, rubber backed steel washer to friction bear against the plastic console. Now the Position Control stop holds where set.

I like to keep a 5mm Allen wrench at hand for stop adjustments, so I put it in the drink tray molded into the console. Two wrenches bounced out of the tray traversing rough ground and were lost. Today I glued a one inch diameter Neodymium (42 pounds holding force) magnet to floor of drink tray, to magnetically restrain the Allen wrench. I thought I would need two magnets but I believe one magnet is sufficient.

I bought the hardware, save the magnet, from my local Ace Hardware.

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[jeff9366]

Finally figured out a SIMPLE 18" bungee cord restraint/mount for my 28 volt Milwaukee reciprocating saw; out-of-the-way when I am on the tractor, ready-to-hand when I am standing on the ground.

Saw has remained securely in place for two weeks despite many removals and returns as I clean up Hurricane Irma debris in Florida.

 

[jeff9366]

What stays on the L3560 evolves.

I have replaced the Milwaukee Sawzall with a set of large loppers, secured by a "GearTie" Loopable Twist Tie from Home Depot.

The loppers work better for me when vines wrap around the wheels. With the Sawzall vines often have to be steadied for the saw blade to cut. Loppers work without steadying. Loppers take less space. Loppers do not need to be electrically charged.

The GearTie is more secure holding items. A couple times the Sawzall snagged something, the bungee stretched, then the Sawzall fell to the floor of the operating station.

I find the Sawzall more useful on my RTV500 in company with two Stihl chainsaws, for trimming tree branches.

 

[jeff9366]

I have had Neodymium magnet-hooks attracted to the rear of the tractor to hold lynch pins for two years, without magnets moving a smidgeon.

I also use one magnet-hook on my RTV500 utility vehicle to hold ear muffs and electronic dog collar control.

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[jeff9366]

I have an L6060 ROPS. Right now I have to fold the ROPS down to fit it in my temporary barn. Has anyone replaced the factory bolts with pins so you don't have to bolt and unbolt these every time you use it?

The ROPS are made in Kubota plants in Georgia, not Japan. ROPS fittings are inch standard, not metric.

The factory bolt is 5/8" X 16 threads per inch (fine thread). 5/8" bolts are easy to find but are usually 12 tpi, (coarse thread). If you find a 5/8" X 16 tpi thread bolt in your local hardware store it will almost certainly be Grade 8.

5/8" X 16 tpi bolts are always available on eBay.



I replaced the two factory ROPS hinge bolts with 9/16" X 4" clevis pins.

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These are perfect length. Hairpin clip goes in hole #2.

After you hit your garage header a couple times, plus a few tree branches, the ROPS will vary a few 1,000s, so the pin holes will not line up.

On the front of the ROPS there is a welded on nut on each side, there so one can insert a bolt as a stop, to line up the ROPS pin holes perfectly. Welded on nuts on the front of the ROPS take 3/8" - 24 thread per inch (fine thread) X 1" bolts to align the ROPS holes. Tight fit the last 1/8", probably due to paint in threads. Turn well lubricated bolts with a wrench the final 1/8" during first insertion.

Tractor Supply Company (TSC) has 3/8" fine thread bolts NOT in the bin section, where 3/8" coarse thread bolts are, but in the Grade 8 drawers, in two-bolt packs.

As stops will seldom be moved I suggest lubricating bolts with anti-seize compound.

Note: One of the "cup holder" type bays on the operator's console has a channel cut on the inner side, so two ROPS bolts will fit in the bay with an inch of the bolts and perpendicular hairpin clips protruding through the channel.

 

[jeff9366]

Photos show operator's station, behind operator's right foot.

Additional storage in an unused corner for a steel can of spray wax lube secured by five Neodymium magnets. Magnets $1.40 each in ten pack.

NO DRILLING INTO THE TRACTOR.


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