Handy Slide-Out Combine Toolbox

Handy Slide-Out Combine Toolbox COMBINES Accessories 21-2-28 "It gives me a safe, handy place to carry tools on my combine," says Rick Mabeus, Winfield, Iowa, about the ground-level "slide-out" toolbox he made for his Deere 9500 combine. He made it out of a 60-in. length of 6 by 3-in. rectangular steel tubing with 3/ 16-in. thick sidewalls. The toolbox slides in and out of a piece of square tubing that's part of the combine frame at a point near the ground just behind the header. Mabeus simply releases a lock pin and pulls on a handle on the end plate. The tray just clears the combine's left front tire. The toolbox has three 15-in. long compartments. To make the trays Mabeus cut notches out of the top of the tubing and welded in 3/16-in. thick steel plates to serve as tray dividers. "It's much handier and safer to use than having to climb up into the cab to get tools," says Winfield. "Also, unlike the tool boxes on most combines, it's big enough to hold large wrenches. Newer combines require both metric and standard tools which normal toolboxes can't hold. The trays make it easy to grab any wrench that I need. When I'm done I just push the toolbox back into the frame and insert the lock pin. "I think the idea could be used on any combine brand. It could also be adapted to planters, cultivators, etc. - anything that has a toolbar-style frame." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Rick Mabeus, 22419 60th St., Winfield, Iowa 52659 (ph 319 257-6764).

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