Harv
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- Kubota L2500DT Standard Transmission
For the longest time I've been looking forward to starting my very own "L2500 Enhancements" thread, but now that the time has finally arrived I've decided it's better to have separate smaller threads that deal with each enhancement individually. This also allows certain enhancements, like this one, to appear in the most appropriate forum, such as "Tractor Safety".
I ordered my R&B Manufacturing Slope Indicators before I even took delivery of my tractor. Since I was buying a previously-owned Kubota I waited only until I was sure that it wasn't aleady equipped with such devices.
As soon as I had my tractor and indicators together I realized that there was no good place to mount them easily. Best results are obtained from mounting them on a vertical surface or using the brackets provided by R&B Manufacturing and fastening them to a horizontal surface.
Much to my dismay, I realized that my new tractor had no horizontal or vertical surfaces anywhere in the vicinity of the control panel -- so I made my own. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif I could have modified the brackets provided and achieved a similar result, but I was determined to have a larger black surface to mount to, not only to cut down the glare from my shiny orange machine /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif, but to provide a convenient place to mount future doodads, such as a digital thermometer, clock, switches, etc.
A couple of pieces of strap iron and a piece of black-anodized aluminum (do you computer/electronic dudes recognize where this came from?), and I was all set -- at least for the side-tilt indicator.
For the front-to-back slope indicator I mounted it to the only vertical surface available in that direction, namely my fender-mounted toolbox. Time will tell if this will be a permanent home for that one.
The attached photo shows the setup I am currently using. I am curious about how others (without canopies) have handled this problem. We have received classic support from Rick at R&B Manufacturing -- now we just need the tractor manufacturers to help out a little, too. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif
I ordered my R&B Manufacturing Slope Indicators before I even took delivery of my tractor. Since I was buying a previously-owned Kubota I waited only until I was sure that it wasn't aleady equipped with such devices.
As soon as I had my tractor and indicators together I realized that there was no good place to mount them easily. Best results are obtained from mounting them on a vertical surface or using the brackets provided by R&B Manufacturing and fastening them to a horizontal surface.
Much to my dismay, I realized that my new tractor had no horizontal or vertical surfaces anywhere in the vicinity of the control panel -- so I made my own. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif I could have modified the brackets provided and achieved a similar result, but I was determined to have a larger black surface to mount to, not only to cut down the glare from my shiny orange machine /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif, but to provide a convenient place to mount future doodads, such as a digital thermometer, clock, switches, etc.
A couple of pieces of strap iron and a piece of black-anodized aluminum (do you computer/electronic dudes recognize where this came from?), and I was all set -- at least for the side-tilt indicator.
For the front-to-back slope indicator I mounted it to the only vertical surface available in that direction, namely my fender-mounted toolbox. Time will tell if this will be a permanent home for that one.
The attached photo shows the setup I am currently using. I am curious about how others (without canopies) have handled this problem. We have received classic support from Rick at R&B Manufacturing -- now we just need the tractor manufacturers to help out a little, too. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif
Larry