stowing chain on my LS

[garry1p]

I had to come up with a decent way to stow chain, this is my solution.
3in thin wall PVC pipe attached to the ROPS.

Chain storage is on the left chainsaw is on the right.

backup camera in the center was my first project.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Man Id like a rear camera, but I do mostly field tillage and it would probably be covered with dirt in 5 minutes

 

[5030]

Your left tail light needs adjusted, it's crooked....lol

 

[JCoastie]

Nice, I took a little different route.
I removed the tiny toolbox from the bracket on the right side, and ordered a second bracket for the left side, then installed larger tool boxes. One for tools, and one for chain. Added back 2 magnetic cup holders. Has been working well for me.

I'm surprised how often I use chains, very helpful. I think I have about 40 feet of grade 70 chain in there, 20 each of 1/4 and 5/16 with hooks and a few parts, shackles, etc. The other side box has all the basic hand tools I seem to use out and about.

I tied the rear camera for stump grinding to try to save my neck, hips and back, it just didn't work well for me.

 

[bmaverick]

Nice, I took a little different route.
I removed the tiny toolbox from the bracket on the right side, and ordered a second bracket for the left side, then installed larger tool boxes. One for tools, and one for chain. Added back 2 magnetic cup holders. Has been working well for me.

I'm surprised how often I use chains, very helpful. I think I have about 40 feet of grade 70 chain in there, 20 each of 1/4 and 5/16 with hooks and a few parts, shackles, etc.

Hey, I too have he same Ridgid shovel. LOL

My chains are inside the tool box on the back of the ROPS behind the seat. There are plastic bin dividers in there too with plyers, lynch pins, etc.

 

[Cycledude]

I usually carry a 10 foot chain laying on the cab floor, works pretty well for me, on the rare occasion that I need more chain I carry it in the FEL bucket along with a chainsaw or whatever other tools might be needed.

 

[5030]

Man Id like a rear camera, but I do mostly field tillage and it would probably be covered with dirt in 5 minutes

I have 3 on my cab M9. One on each side facing out and one in the middle facing directly back and all on one selectable screen and they don't get dirty and if they do, I hose them off. I need the left and right views when I'm mowing hay and the center one when I have the rotary rake on the 3 point. All in color as well and I can run a split screen with all of them or just one if I want to.

 

[Obi-Wan-YJ]

I like those shovel holders. Where'd you get them? Any suggestions on how to carry a shovel on a tractor with a cab?

I got my cabbed LS XR4145 after a particularly snowy winter, but the lack of an open ROPS does restrict my cargo options.

 

[JCoastie]

I like those shovel holders. Where'd you get them?

Will be different without a ROPS, but the open side are these which I riveted magnets to:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079PB2BHT

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CZGWY93

And the other side:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BHCCBAQ

And heavy duty zip-ties to back it all up

 

[GS650GL]

On my XG3025, I took a 3" pvc pipe the same length as the width of the loader, and cut it in half lengthwise in the middle and left 6" on each end uncut to make a tray that slides inside the front crossmember tube on the loader. I fastened a hockey puck in each end of the pvc pipe to enclose the ends so it will hold a chain and a nylon lifting sling. I drilled a small hole on one side of the loader where the crossmember tube sticks out slightly from the loader arms, and put a clip in the hole to hold the tray in position. Pull the clip and slide the tray out of the loader to get to the chain. Not fancy but it works and makes use of wasted space. No pictures yet.

 

[oosik]

I have a 4 inch cross tube on the FEL. Carry just about anything. Chain - shovel - plastic pipe - etc. Have two six inch chunks of plastic pipe that are capped. Shoved in each end will keep anything inside weathertight.

 

[WinterDeere]

Since I have a ballast box mounted to my machine for most logging and yard work, I use my ballast box for storing hand tools and chain:



Chain usually sits in that top tray, with ends hooked to upper suitcase weight bar.

 

[David in KY]

Lots of miscellaneous carrying options with the toolbox. I also made some tool racks that u-bolt to the ROPS for long tools. I try to not load really heavy items into the tool box due to working on hills constantly (high center of gravity), so still thinking about chain storage options.

 

[jyoutz]

I installed a grill guard and chain bucket combination. I carry a 20’ chain in the bucket below the grill guard. I also installed a steel toolbox on my ROPS cross brace where the useless plastic box was. I carry a 10’ chain in there.

 

[CalG]

For my use, it is the shorter chains that get the most use. I have at least four six foot lengths with a slip hook and a grab hook fitted to alternate ends.

If I expect to need a chain, I just drape one or more between the three grab hooks welded to the top rail of the bucket.
It does get cumbersome with the 16 foot chains however.

I need to drop size and up grade to 70! ;-)

 

[WinterDeere]

As noted previously, a ballast box is a great place to carry chains, you usually need some extra weight there anyway. Here, you can see I have two 10-footers laying on top of the concrete in my box. I left the concrete about 2 inches shy of the top of the box, so I could use that space for carrying chains, hooks, and other tools:



On other occasions, such as when I'm not running a ballast box but still need a chain, I hang them from the front brush guard. You just have to be careful they're hooked securely and not dangling to the ground, since you don't want a chain getting under a tire and tearing off your brush guard.

 

[1 of U]

here's what I built for my needs .

 

[Mtsoxfan]

here's what I built for my needs .

What did you use for end caps? Looking to make one for mine. I like the idea of flush caps so it can be pulled from either side.

 

[GS650GL]

I built a chain storage tray for the loader from PVC pipe just like the one in the above picture and used hockey pucks for end caps. They fit perfectly inside the pipe and I nailed them in with my small air nail gun.