STORING ATTACHMENTS

[Guildenrose]

Can anyone tell me how to economically, in terms of space, store tractor attachments. Someone has suggested pallet racks; is there a better way? I will have a Kubota L3800 compact tractor with the normal complement of attachments. Limiting connection time or the time required for rearranging to get to the implement needed right now is of concern to me because I do not have much room.

Thanks in advance for any help you can lend.

 

[vabiker23518]

I don't have a garage, so mine stay outside. I usually put down a piece of plywood, or 2X6 as needed to keep it off the ground. Pallets would probably work great.

 

[whirly]

You have not told us what surface you are planning to store your implements on. However, If you have a cement floor, you can build pallets with casters to store your stuff. Pallets do two things for you - 1) makes storing the implements in the least space a breeze and 2) makes hooking up very easy as you can move the implement rather than the tractor. Most implements come on pallets when shipped to you or your dealer so using those pallets make it a lot easier and less expensive. On the other hand pallets are not that difficult to make and can generally be made with scrap lumber. A set of casters from HF costs about $20.

 

[newbury]

Pallet's are perfect. They can normally be had for free.

Pallet racks are a good place to put pallets.

I like pallet racks.






The difficulty arises in getting the pallets above the reach of your FEL

 

[Kenneth in Texas]

I go buy 12"x12" stepping stones at lowes or home depot or even wal mart, last time i bought some they were 64 cents each, basically level up the ground and put down as many as you need to keep the attachment out the dirt. My box blade sits on 17 of them, rake sits on 12 and mower sits on 30 i think. Its a cheap way to have the attachments sit on a hard weatherproof surface.

 

[Kent B]

Good topic. I thought about trying to set mine on the old rear tractor tires. If I did decide to do this I would need to punch holes in them to keep the water out and prevent mosquito farming to a minimum.

Plastic pallets would be my choice over wooden ones depending on cost and availability.

 

[Xfaxman]

Almost everything in my shop is on casters, so when I got the tree puller I made a three wheeler!

I had one heavy duty caster that was 1 1/2 inches shorter than the big ones, so it was easy.


The tree puller.


First tree pulled.

 

[Wagtail]

You have not told us what surface you are planning to store your implements on. However, If you have a cement floor, you can build pallets with casters to store your stuff. Pallets do two things for you - 1) makes storing the implements in the least space a breeze and 2) makes hooking up very easy as you can move the implement rather than the tractor. Most implements come on pallets when shipped to you or your dealer so using those pallets make it a lot easier and less expensive. On the other hand pallets are not that difficult to make and can generally be made with scrap lumber. A set of casters from HF costs about $20.

Oh for crying out loud... casters! Why didn't I think of that. Thanks for jogging my tired old brain, whirly.

(so now I'm up to 107 projects to do around here... great. )

 

[sodamo]

got a bunch of those HF furniture dollies for about same price as plain casters.

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[scoutcub]

got a bunch of those HF furniture dollies for about same price as plain casters.

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Dam he beat me to it.....:laughing:that's what I use, and they work well. And cheap enuff....