Unclelevi
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Have any of you built a bucket level indicator for your tractor ? If so, I'd like to see it.
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Sportsman762
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I would encourage you to use the search function to explore this topic. It has been well covered here with several dozen threads. I made one for my tractor, but it does not differ much from what others have shown in their threads. Here are the first 5 search results I found.
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FEL level indicator
I did this on our B2601 Kubota but it would work on almost any machine that does not have a level indicator. Just took 5 ft of 1/2 inch PVC, short 3/8 inch eye bolt, 2 nuts, 2 big washers (B2601 had big holes on each side already), a screw hose clamp, elbow and 2 caps. Use level and mark with...
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Bucket level indicator
I have a New Holland TC29D. My loader has the level indicator tube, but nothing attached to bucket. Does anyone have a similar model that can post a picture of setup? Thanks...
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CK 3510SE bucket level indicator
So the CK 3510SE is nice but the rod for the bucket doesn’t have any level indicator mark at all, so I made one. Used a marker to mark level, used it for a while to make sure it was right, then I took and cut a shallow slot and added some bright red paint, now I have a point of reference of a...
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Bucket level jndicator
Has anyone figured a homemade way to put a bucket level indicator on your Kubota. I have a MX5400. Mine didn’t come with one and I didn’t know I needed that add on. It’s not that I’m cheap to buy an OEM one I just know lots of you guys are innovators. If you have something photos are good.
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Bucket level indicator
Does anyone have the same problem w/ the bucket level incator not reading correctly, at -3/4". I purchased a New LS122 and found w the bucket properly level the Rod was down in the tube 3/4". The Dealer said this is because of the new Quick attach, the fit tolerances were never updated from old...
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CliffordK
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My Ford 1715 had one on it, but I think I didn't get it reinstalled after I removed the bucket a while ago.
Simply a tube on the upper loader arm, and a piece of metal that attached to the bucket. I wasn't using it. It probably needed multi colored tape paint to indicate important angles.
Simply a tube on the upper loader arm, and a piece of metal that attached to the bucket. I wasn't using it. It probably needed multi colored tape paint to indicate important angles.
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Several of my tractors had them, I never used them as it was easy to see when bucket was level
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WranglerX
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Yes I built one, yes it was a good addition there are times I need to have a precise angle on bucket to just skin the work....
Search feature can be your friend..... Mine is somewhere in all the posts....
Search feature can be your friend..... Mine is somewhere in all the posts....
WranglerX
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I really like this one, maybe have to remake mine so its not just a rod end just poking out end of tube...
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Here are pics of what's on my loader.
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chim
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Most BLI's get set to show the bucket position when lowered in the "let's scrape up the manure" position. I made one from some rod and mini Heim joints for the L3200 because it had nothing from the factory. You could come up with some crude system of marking it for other positions and develop a feel for the in-between stuff. The adjustment for level changes with bucket height.
With a little time to think it over it wouldn't be too difficult to make something better than this one that I whipped up a while back for my forks. It's a round magnet with a copper bar and wire that can swing freely. There's a strip of truck tape (aka conspicuity tape) on the edge so it can be calibrated to have the wire between the red and silver when level and stuck on the side of the headache rack frame of the forks. That way it indicates level regardless of the bucket height without getting too technical.
Here's a pic of it stuck on a piece of sheet metal.
With a little time to think it over it wouldn't be too difficult to make something better than this one that I whipped up a while back for my forks. It's a round magnet with a copper bar and wire that can swing freely. There's a strip of truck tape (aka conspicuity tape) on the edge so it can be calibrated to have the wire between the red and silver when level and stuck on the side of the headache rack frame of the forks. That way it indicates level regardless of the bucket height without getting too technical.
Here's a pic of it stuck on a piece of sheet metal.
