Chain Storage Ideas Wanted

[beppington]

Quit worrying about drilling or not. Just clamp it to the ROP with a square-end u-bolt from the hardware store or a couple of bolts with a steel strap between the ends.

Bruce

Square U-bolts are great! Look how many I'm using to attach my canopy & polesaw-holding 4x4 to my ROPS:

 

[Car Doc]

Im no engineer, just repeating what i heard. Also if yours fails or something you will never sue if your hurt wont hold up in court. NO i dont worry about the sky falling.

Whoa down I wasn't talking about you or anyone here I didn't even read your post until now clemson geez awful touchy today. :laughing:

And if I ever flip it over it will be because I did something I shouldn't have been doing thats my fault not the rop 4 bolts wont cause a failure I am 99% sure.

 

[clemsonfor]

Whoa down I wasn't talking about you or anyone here I didn't even read your post until now clemson geez awful touchy today. :laughing:

And if I ever flip it over it will be because I did something I shouldn't have been doing thats my fault not the rop 4 bolts wont cause a failure I am 99% sure.

Didnt really take it like you were jumpin on me. I was just pointing out for those who worry about such things. If i had thought to weld mine first i prolly would have, but the fact that metal is so high and i really dont have any laying around i never thought to weld it. The U-bolts were my first thought and with all the vibrations there one of the few things that hasent vibrated loose on there.

 

[Car Doc]

Here is how I attached mine if it helps and I see I used 2" angle for all of it.

For me it would have taken a trip to town for u-bolts which I would have to close shop to do so and a different design all together plus they cost a lot more money than bolts which I have on hand so thats how I decide how to do things right or wrong.

I know without a shadow of doubt my design will be right there 50 years from now and just as strong as it is today with only 2 bolts holding it on fwtw. There is a piece of 1/2" plywood cut to fit in the bottom so the box has added rigidity and it will save the box from wear and a couple drain holes also which cant be seen.

 

[deepNdirt]

Did either of you Clemsonfor or Car Doc have any issue with the top link coming in contact with the tool boxes at high lift? I tried to locate a toolbox at this location first but realize it protrude too far out, and the link would hit it when lifting all the way up, I could have simply not lift it all the way, but would have always need to be alert about it, I guess the location of a factory ROPS might give enough room for the box, the Location of my ROPS did not, or could be that I have the seat all the way back,

 

[Car Doc]

Mine did at first so I raised it and so far its been ok. The holes I have the tarp strap in are the old holes I mounted it the first time fwtw.

 

[winston1]

Here is what I had to do to mine to clear the top link. It can definitely be a problem.

 

[deepNdirt]

Love it!

I'm wondering what size space the OP tractor would have between the rear tire and under fender? a pc of PVC pipe has been mention, just wondering could a section of 2 1/2 pipe be used under the fender to hold the chain,on the of course caping off one end and having a thread cap on the other, on this end one could cut a slit down below the thread so could slip on link of chain in to prevent the end of the chain from falling beyond reach, this PVC pipe could be held in place with muffler pipe U-clamps, through the inner fender skirt,
I say this because I think my 1700 would have room with the existing tires i have and by them being reversed

 

[clemsonfor]

Did either of you Clemsonfor or Car Doc have any issue with the top link coming in contact with the tool boxes at high lift? I tried to locate a toolbox at this location first but realize it protrude too far out, and the link would hit it when lifting all the way up, I could have simply not lift it all the way, but would have always need to be alert about it, I guess the location of a factory ROPS might give enough room for the box, the Location of my ROPS did not, or could be that I have the seat all the way back,

Naah, my toplink comes nowhere close. I have a different ROPS style than Doc. Mine is a closed loop that mounts around the PTO housing. C Docs is the type that goes to each axle i beleive?

 

[Scotty Dive]

THANKS for everyones ideas...The were all very good.

I decided that I was WAY over thinking. This is what I ended up doing - I installed one small tool box on the fender and it over hangs - I have just some wrenchs, hammer etc...and it caught the quick hitch but I tightened up the lift arm chains and its seems to have stopped... the other one is mounted between the rear upright on the ROPS. You can notice that the husky tool box lost a battle with the 3 point hitch....a little adjusting upwards and banging out the crushed bottom and sides and it works for storing my chain. I think this box will also hold a car battery that will run the winch I have to get me unstuck from time to time.

 

[bmaverick]

THANKS for everyones ideas...The were all very good.

I decided that I was WAY over thinking. This is what I ended up doing - I installed one small tool box on the fender and it over hangs - I have just some wrenchs, hammer etc...and it caught the quick hitch but I tightened up the lift arm chains and its seems to have stopped... the other one is mounted between the rear upright on the ROPS. You can notice that the husky tool box lost a battle with the 3 point hitch....a little adjusting upwards and banging out the crushed bottom and sides and it works for storing my chain. I think this box will also hold a car battery that will run the winch I have to get me unstuck from time to time.

I've just added the Yanmar red toolbox/storagebox to the YM2610. This will be a time saver of having hitch pins, pliers, a couple bungee straps, and other things right with the machine. It's big enough for chain storage too. I can just place an internal divider for it.

 

[FleetMan]

I loop my chain through the "eye hole" brackets on the top rear of the FEL bucket/

 

[California]

Long ago I 'temporarily' bolted some Cold Shuts (chain splices) into holes that were already on the loader, to do a one-time task.

Once the were on there I found they were useful for everything so I left them. Subsequently I've found they are sufficient for any weight the loader can lift, 750 lbs.

Now the chains are either looped on there, (yeah I know this elderly Yanmar is ugly. Prior owner abuse!) -

or else the chains live in a golf bag on the loader pedestal. Hooked over the top lip so I can verify at a glance that they're there.

 

[clemsonfor]

Wish @Scottydive would come back and let us know how his tractor has held up over the years!

 

[Williy]

I was thinking of putting some hooks on my grill guard and
hanging some chains on them towards the bucket if you have
room

willy

 

[setxjeff]

I use the 3” capped pvc pipe bolted to the FEL upright to store my chains.

 

[California]

I use the 3” capped pvc pipe bolted to the FEL upright to store my chains.

You reminded me - on my smaller Yanmar I have two 1.5" pvc pipes strapped to the left loader pedestal. Usually the long handle pruner is carried there for my orchard. Or occasionally I carry the shovel and rake.

 

[careyo63]

Shop sent the Wrecker and dropped the NTM Ford off Yesterday to it's new home! Already setup with chain hooks from the prev. owner. He a chained on hay spear. Looks like I'm going with Vevor tractor forks. And then use the chain hooks and chain cut trees etc. to the forks.

 

[clemsonfor]

You reminded me - on my smaller Yanmar I have two 1.5" pvc pipes strapped to the left loader pedestal. Usually the long handle pruner is carried there for my orchard. Or occasionally I carry the shovel and rake.

With all that fence it either looks like the boundary of a military installation, or a school or prisons.

 

[clemsonfor]

Congratulations, looks like your the new owner of a Ford 2000!