L3400 toolbox ideas needed.

[woodchuckie]

On my L2800 I removed the fanny flag and drilled two holes in the metal brace between the ROP. Drilled holes in the bottom of the tool box to fasten it.

 

[Niner]

Woodchuckie, that is pretty much the place I have been thinking about mounting somekindofa box. Possibly the ubiquitous 30 or 50 caliber ammo box, or another small tool box I have laying around here. On the Grand Series tractors the "between the fenders" brace has an integral tool box built in. I wonder how many clams Kubota would want for one of those animals?

 

[jrabb5]

Sorry it took so long to post this. I used 3" square u-bolts from either Ace or True Value, 1/16" rubber material I had on hand between ROPS and 3" side of u-bolts and between alum. platform and ROPS. Tool box is from Tractor Supply.

 

[jrabb5]

Side view

 

[beowulf]

I have a 3410 and have built what I consider one of the most useful things yet for my tractor. Behind the seat there is a tiny built in tool box - you lift the lid - did not know it was even there until I started to see where I could put a tool box, but anyway, out of 1 x 8 pine, I built box which sits just behind the seat. . . you need to put a cleat on the bottom because the surface where it sits is uneven, but man is this useful. . .I keep a pair of branch cutters, extra pins, wrenches, lunch, a sweatshirt when needed and more. . . It is really very useful. . .I am not sure I know how to attach a picture but will try. . .I have also bought some orange paint but have not yet painted it. . . it lifts out easily. . . only problem I see is that you need to move the seat a bit forward for the size of box I built but that is not a problem for me. . . I also put some eye hooks on each end and can use a bungee to tie down a shovel. . .because the hydraulic hoses were near one corner , I enclosed them in a piece of heavy rubber tubing by splitting one side. . . you may also need to notch one corner to make sure access to the PTO control is easily accessible. . . absolutey the best thing you can add for carrying things . . . love it love it love it

 

[beowulf]

Well, I have taken the pictures of the box I built, but for some reason computer won't let me load them into computer. I also measured it: 26" long, 8 " high and 7" deep - exterior measurements, inside would be 24 and a half long, 7 and a quarter high, and five and a half deep.

 

[beowulf]

I have been unable to send a photo of the tool box I built - the site advises that the photo exceeds the 100,000 bytes. . . of something like that - can anyone suggest how I can resolve this and post the photo as attachment to e-mail. The photo is now on my desktop and I am able to attach it, just can't get the forum to accept it due to the size. . .

 

[v8dave]

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edit: Assuming you are using a Windows based PC, here is something.

I use irfanview to shrink my pictures for posting and e-mailing. I found out about it on another web site and have since seen others post the information here on TBN. In irfanview is a resize option, select the 640 x 480 button. Sometimes you even need to crop the picture down after resizing. Works like a champ and the price is right.

 

[beowulf]

Thanks. . .I will try that, but first will try to attach the photo which I tried to resize myself. . not sure of how I did it. but if this does not attach, I will go the the site you have identified. . .

 

[beowulf]

so much for that. . . entire tractor shows up on my computer but not when I sent it. . .