Cheap, sturdy, handy chainsaw holders.

[MechanicalGuy]

So I've seen no shortage of high dollar expensive chainsaw scabbards. Here is my solution. I use my bike rack that fits into a 2" receiver, which also doubles as my weed wacker holder when I'm driving around or in my tractor, and I bolt on a piece of pressure treated lumber that I've made a bore cut into with whatever chainsaw I will be carrying. These two are affixed to my rack and they hold my ms441 and my little husky simultaneously. I paint the lumber black so as to look better, and this is a solution that can be bolted onto four wheelers cars trucks etc. The lumber is really cheap in comparison to scabbards, and I make the bore cuts safely by clamping the wood in a vertical position onto something sturdy so I can plunge into the lumber and keep the cut aligned.

 

[Wagtail]

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[FTG-05]

So I've seen no shortage of high dollar expensive chainsaw scabbards. Here is my solution. I use my bike rack that fits into a 2" receiver, which also doubles as my weed wacker holder when I'm driving around or in my tractor, and I bolt on a piece of pressure treated lumber that I've made a bore cut into with whatever chainsaw I will be carrying. These two are affixed to my rack and they hold my ms441 and my little husky simultaneously. I paint the lumber black so as to look better, and this is a solution that can be bolted onto four wheelers cars trucks etc. The lumber is really cheap in comparison to scabbards, and I make the bore cuts safely by clamping the wood in a vertical position onto something sturdy so I can plunge into the lumber and keep the cut aligned.

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That looks cool! Got any pics of it attached to the tractor?

Thanks,

 

[i7win7]

If I use chainsaw, I need the grapple, then I need the ballast box. I made a wooden box to store chainsaw in the ballast box. Odds of accidently running over it greatly diminished. Quite an exciting ride when saw falls out of bucket and front wheel "finds" it.

 

[MechanicalGuy]

If I use chainsaw, I need the grapple, then I need the ballast box. I made a wooden box to store chainsaw in the ballast box. Odds of accidently running over it greatly diminished. Quite an exciting ride when saw falls out of bucket and front wheel "finds" it.

I put the 2" receiver in my ballast weight.

 

[MechanicalGuy]

That looks cool! Got any pics of it attached to the tractor?

Thanks,

Not yet. This is my ballast, you can use your imagination though.

 

[mpsmith60]

I recently built a removable chainsaw scabbard and tool holder that mounts on the inside of tractor FEL tower. Some pics are attached.

I had wanted to add a chainsaw scabbard to my tractor for long time, but my chain boxes took the most convenient spots for one. So I came up with another way that is working out really well.

If you're interested, I cover the dimensions and build details in a video.

This design should be fairly easy to adapt to other loader designs. Anyone with some angle iron and a welder handy should be able to make a version of it for their tractor.

 

[two_bit_score]

Nice! ^^^^

 

[Smokeydog]

Cheap scrap pile tool, chain, chainsaw, gas/oil holder. Additional skid plates help protect tractor hydraulics too. Took time and effort up front but saves so much time and much safer now.

 

[rScotty]

Here's my version. Note that there is a tool roll and bar oil in the loader mount & held there by the chainsaw blade.
The most useful things I've put on the tractor are probably the 4wd lockout (made from a gate lock) and the little plastic MAIL toolbox on the backside of the backhoe control box. That Mail box was $1.00 at the doller general store. That would be a nice place to mount a nicer box, but that one works surprisingly well, sturdy, & stays dry.
rScotty