"Slide-Out" PVC Tool Carrier For Skid Loaders
"It lets me bring my tools with me so I don't have to go looking for them," says Jim Godbey, Louisville, Ky., who made a "slide out" toolbox that's designed to fit into the loader arms on his Deere skid loader.
The toolbox consists simply of a piece of 4-in. dia. pvc pipe with one side cut out.
"I wanted a safe place to put a few tools on my Deere 325 skid loader, but there was no place to put a regular toolbox that wouldn't have been in the way. I decided an existing tube hole in the lift arms would work perfect," says Godbey
He started with a 4-in. dia. pvc pipe and glued caps to each end. Then he cut out a section of the pipe big enough to put tools in. He screwed a handle onto one end and a clevis pin to the other. The pin fits into a metal "stop" at one end of the tube hole.
"I'm amazed at how it holds," says Godbey. "I use it to carry a grease gun, hammer, needle nose and regular pliers, open end wrenches, 15-in. adjustable wrench, sockets, and extra clevis pins. It's very secure, too. When the lift arms are all the way down the skid loader's wheels cover the tube hole so the pipe can't be removed. It looks nice, too. I painted both ends of the pipe and the tube hole the same yellow color as the skid loader."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jim Godbey, 2303 S. English Station Rd., Louisville, Ky. 40299 (ph 502 245-1675).
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"Slide-Out" PVC Tool Carrier For Skid Loaders FARM SHOP Tools 33-6-39 "It lets me bring my tools with me so I don't have to go looking for them," says Jim Godbey, Louisville, Ky., who made a "slide out" toolbox that's designed to fit into the loader arms on his Deere skid loader.
The toolbox consists simply of a piece of 4-in. dia. pvc pipe with one side cut out.
"I wanted a safe place to put a few tools on my Deere 325 skid loader, but there was no place to put a regular toolbox that wouldn't have been in the way. I decided an existing tube hole in the lift arms would work perfect," says Godbey
He started with a 4-in. dia. pvc pipe and glued caps to each end. Then he cut out a section of the pipe big enough to put tools in. He screwed a handle onto one end and a clevis pin to the other. The pin fits into a metal "stop" at one end of the tube hole.
"I'm amazed at how it holds," says Godbey. "I use it to carry a grease gun, hammer, needle nose and regular pliers, open end wrenches, 15-in. adjustable wrench, sockets, and extra clevis pins. It's very secure, too. When the lift arms are all the way down the skid loader's wheels cover the tube hole so the pipe can't be removed. It looks nice, too. I painted both ends of the pipe and the tube hole the same yellow color as the skid loader."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jim Godbey, 2303 S. English Station Rd., Louisville, Ky. 40299 (ph 502 245-1675).
