Simple and handy

[arrow]

the ammo boxes are 11 inches long, each by about 4 wide. They'll hold some decent size tools, but I don't usually carry tools for tractor repairs as I usually don't take the tractor too far from my workshop. I'm retired and not using the tractor commercially, so if it breaks, I can take the time to get what I need to fix it, there's no hurry. Chains, pins, clips, chainsaw stuff, gloves, etc will be what I use them for.

Great tip Pilgrim. I just throw stuff behind the seat. It stays there because i made a new seat pan so I didn't feel like I was "perched" on the tractor and the lowered seat tends to retain things but this is a superior option

 

[Pontiota]

Nice
I've been looking for a small tool box that I could use and couldn't find one so then I figured I would just have to make my own out of sheet metal but after seeing that i think I'll steel your idea.
Nice match on the paint also.

 

[flatpik6]

The use of the ammo cans is great! But even better is the fact that you have empty ammo cans on-hand. This leads me to believe that you are my kinda guy.

 

[oldpilgrim]

I have many that are empty, but even more that aren't.

 

[wolftree]

Pilgrim,

I had considered .30 ammo boxes as well. I have tried to find one long box to use so I can carry a few more tools, etc. I will let everyone know if I find one. I admire how you mounted yours.

 

[2458n]

It is so nice to have the extra pins and clips you need right there with you. Nothing like looking behind you and seeing the bush hog pulling crooked.

 

[oldpilgrim]

Pilgrim,

I had considered .30 ammo boxes as well. I have tried to find one long box to use so I can carry a few more tools, etc. I will let everyone know if I find one. I admire how you mounted yours.

I'm a licensed collector of firearms and have been so for a long time. I've never seen any box long enough to do what you want and narrow enough to fit there.

These are new old stock from the 80's but I have some from WWI thru VN era and none other than the 30cal./7.62 NATO would fit.

Perhaps a foreign size, but I have some foreign and they won't fit either.


Good luck.

 

[arrow]

It is so nice to have the extra pins and clips you need right there with you. Nothing like looking behind you and seeing the bush hog pulling crooked.

Get a Quik Hitch of some sort and never bother with pins again. When in the woods logging, I'd lose two pins a day. Not anymore. Only took me close to 30 years to wise up.

 

[wolftree]

pilgrim,

I misspoke. I should have written that I sought a long, thin toolbox. I had looked at a few true toolboxes that claimed to be of a dimension that would fit. They turned out to be too deep. Their stated measurements were incorrect when I received them.

 

[kneedeep]

Maybe just cut the ends out of 2 ammo cans and weld them together to make a log narrow one?:confused3:

I may try that myself- good project for the 110v wire welder while I recovery from surgery on my foot. :nurse: :bandaid: