Thanks firewalker. Several people have told me that I should market these. I hadn't really thought that was necessary. In the year that I've been on TBN I've noticed that most tractor owners are pretty "handy". My FEL Level Indicator design is pretty simple, economical, and can be built with basic home-workshop tools. I used a hacksaw, bench grinder, and file to fabricate the brackets; a drill press to drill holes in the brackets; a handheld drill to drill holes in the tractor bucket and cross arm; and a 1/4-20 tap to tap the cross arm holes. I paid about $12 at retail hardware-store prices for a 6' length of aluminum rod and $3 for the nuts and bolts. I could probably manufacture these in bulk, throw in the 1/4-20 tap and #7 drill bit, and still make a profit selling them for less than the $56 price of the "competition" /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
Junkman: no offense intended. I know you were involved in the design and/or testing of the American Solutions level indicator. All level indicators work equally well (except for the standard Kubota BX level indicator) /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif, including yours. After spending $12,000 to $16,000 for a BX series tractor, I wanted something more permanent and professional-looking than a clamp-on FEL level indicator.
BX2230Dude riding off into the sunset, wearing a black hat, while Bon Jovi's "Dead or Alive" plays in the background..... /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif