High Tech Cooler (grin)

[OkeeDon]

As long as I had my camera out today, I decided to take a shot of my high tech /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif soda cooler. It's an insulated kid's lunch cooler hanging around the steering column on it's strap. It keeps a 2 liter Diet Pepsi pretty cold for a couple of hours in the Florida sun, even open like that, or will close on a couple of smaller bottles. Got it from WalMart for about $5 or $6 bucks. Took a good 8 seconds to install it, after adjusting the strap with a little bungi cord.

Please hold the applause. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[bgott]

Not bad! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif I might try that on my TN, just to see if I beat my knees to death getting on and off.

 

[Slamfire]

Do you think it would cool water? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif I could hang one from the rear view mirror. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[CowlitzTractor]

That's pretty cool,,, suppose you could figure out a porta potty system for us gals so we could get away with that much soda and not have to drive back to the house> LOL /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Egon]

The wonders of todays tecknology put to good use.

How many small cans will it hold?

Egon

 

[OkeeDon]

bgott, it's not my knees that get beat to death, but on the little TC18, when there's a 2 liter bottle in there, one foot does get tangled up with it as I get off. With 2-24 oz. or smaller bottles, it lies flatter and doesn't tangle me up as much.

Egon, the cans are pretty much the same diameter as 16 oz, half liter, and 24 oz bottles, so it would hold no more than 2. WalMart had some rectangular nylon coolers similar to this that would hold a six pack; I was originally going to get one of those and find somewhere on the ROPS to hang it.

But then, I spotted this one, and realized I could have my drink right in front of me. I also don't buy cans very often. I drink a lot of Diet Pepsi, and the 2 liter bottles are a lot cheaper than the cans, especially on sale.

 

[Golfgar4]

Hey Don!

Here's a way to have your drinks AND not get your feet tangled in your cooler! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[CountryBoy]

Nice color match too. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Soundguy]

Nice setup.

People sometimes forget the importance of fluids while out working. Being up on the tractor it is even easier to forget about it as you mind is so busy doing other things, etc.

On my 1920, on my right side rops upright, I bandclamped a bracket for a small 5# fire extinguisher.. on the left support, I band clamped a small 'J' shaped 'warded' latch... like you see for horse tack.. have ta push the little tap in to open it.. with this i hang a small 2 quart cylindrical cooler I have.. it is a mini igloo or thermos brand.. fits great, hangs on the top handle, and a small bungie around the base keeps it from flopping. I just rigged this up last month, and just got to use it for the first time at the beginning of the month when i cut my pasture down. Was nice not having to drive back to the truck every hour and hopping off for a drink o' water..

as for the comment by the lady wanting a porta-go.. I guess you are outta luck.... Come to think of it, I guess that would be a tad inconvienient to have to run to the barn / house to 'recycle' some water... Perhaps that is why my wife gets irritated at me when i 'go' out in the pasture... She says something like ' Well that's just inappropriate'.. and throws her arms and makes a huff sound... I can't figure it out... No neighbors can see... it IS a farm... the animals take a leak whenever they want.... I can't see trapesing up to the house.. slipping of fthe rubber boots, and running in for a 15 second 'break'... all said and done.. that's probably 5 minutes of work wasted.. and I never have enough time on the farm.. always something needing to be done...

Soundguy

 

[Golfgar4]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( that's probably 5 minutes of work wasted.. and I never have enough time on the farm.. )</font>

Chris,

Sounds like you need to add a relief tube on your 1920 like military aircraft have in the cockpits for the pilots! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

For those who aren't quite exactly sure what a relief tube is, it's a rubber tube with a "funnel" at the user end that is run down through the floor of cockpit and then outside of the fuselage. I think you can figure out it's intended purpose! /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Maintaing these tubes was one of the responsibilities of my shop when I was in the Navy. Anybody wanna guess what happened to a pilot's relief tube when the pilot p i _ _ e d (pun intended!) us off? /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif