GC1710
Silver Member
Pretty sure I am going to mount a steel one on top of my front bumper bar....that at least is my current thought...with the Hoe almost always attached I'm not too worried about weight distribution.
I have no need for one, as I am never (to date) more than a couple hundred feet from my garage. But it seems to me that the logical place to put on is on the hood. All you need is a bracket fitted to the hood shape, with a simple low profile open topped "box" on top to hold an actual box with a bungee cord to hold it in. Easy to get to, easy to remove when you need to open the hood, doesn't affect the COG (very little, anyways), what's not to like? Plus it looks very home-grown/utilitarian.
How do u like ur cab set up?? What is it and do you have a heater in there
I do like the cab, it's a whole lot better than being out in the wind, like I was for the last 18 years... It's a Curtis. I am putting a heater in it right now.
I bought the tractor this past March and only used it for one storm. While the velcro attachment of the vinyl sides was in bad shape, even still it kept out most of the snow and wind. I am redoing that now as well, so between that and the heater I expect it to be fairly comfortable in there this year.
That said, I do have a complaint about the Curtis. It's ridiculously expensive for what you get. I considered buying a new tractor and I was quoted over $4000 for just the cab, not including the heater. And that is for the soft-sided one like I have - some kind of plastic-cloth around the cowl, flexible vinyl on the sides/back, and even the doors, while they have rigid frames and are well built, have a flexible vinyl as the "window". Just the heater was $400, parts only - I'm installing it.
You remember the old Honda motorcycles? You could darn near overhaul one on the side of the road with the tools in that rolled up tool box stashed in a tube somewhere under the seat by the battery.
There are a lot of places, FEL frame and / or arms comes to mind, to mount (heavy zip ties work well) a 2" or 3" diameter 8~12" long PVC pipe with a cap glued on the bottom (drill a small hole in this one to release vacuum/compression & moisture) and a removable cap on the top for a lid. Get a couple cloth nail aprons, put some tools in them and roll them up. Stuff em in the pipes with the strings peaking out from under the lid for easy retrieval.