Thinking outside the box

[Wildfire1]

Well it's been awhile since I've been on here. Don't want to wear out my welcome It's been a slow winder for snow up here in Newfoundland plus I had a few weeks off during the holidays so I decided to build a storage box up in the front where the weights would normally hang on my Kubota tractor.

Well as I got going at it I decided to add a few other items to it such as cornering LED quad strobe lights, Stainless steel locking latch, Gas shock for the lid, Machined hinges with grease ******* and It was built out of 3/16th steel. I wanted the latch to the side of the unit for easy access.

The bottom is complete as well and could act as a skid pan if need be. I also wanted to fabricate grill guards for the LED lights. It weighs in at almost 60 lbs.
There were a few challenges such as the grill guard and how I was going to integrate the box around that but I did it and I just got it installed so I figured Id show it to you. I also did a video of the project as well.


Video :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTI-qoXzqok

 

[Wildfire1]

Some more photo's.

 

[Wildfire1]

These were taken outside.

 

[OccupantRJ]

Wildfire, that's as pro as fab work gets! Very nice job.

 

[Sterff]

Looks factory! Great job.

 

[Sparkfarmer]

Great fabrication I hope I can do work like that one day. A little off topic but is that a master craft grinder I see in that picture and if so how do you like it, I just bought one for 20$.

Cheers

 

[NASTYZEN]

Looks better than factory.Nice work.

 

[5lima30]

Great piece of work looks very professional!

 

[Joe in PA]

Simply outstanding work!

 

[Steevo]

I suspect that someone at Kubota is looking at that and thinking "Why didn't we do that?"

 

[Wildfire1]

Great fabrication I hope I can do work like that one day. A little off topic but is that a master craft grinder I see in that picture and if so how do you like it, I just bought one for 20$.

Cheers

Thanks everyone. Glad you enjoyed seeing the storage box and I appreciate all your comments. Sparkfarmer your right about the grinder. You can't kill those things plus you get a three year warranty with them. The best deal out there

Here's a few photo's of a PTO guard I built for the rear PTO of the tractor. It didn't come with one so I decided to build it. Thanks again everyone.

 

[Wildfire1]

A few more photo's. You'll notice in one of the photo's I machined a stainless steel pin and knurled it to hold the cover up when need be. /COLOR]

 

[kbkna]

Looks great and functional. How are you making your stickers. Gives it the finishing touches, very nice.

 

[Wildfire1]

Looks great and functional. How are you making your stickers. Gives it the finishing touches, very nice.

Thanks. I design them and then I get a local graphics company to digitally print them. Some of the ones you see in my collection I've air brushed. Thanks, Glad you liked the storage unit.

 

[jktruck150]

Great work! Looks simply amazing!

 

[Krokodil]

What is your line of work? This is amazing work quality! It is even better than factory work!

Are you a robot?

 

[Wildfire1]

Great work! Looks simply amazing!

Thank you very much Jason. I'm glad to hear you enjoyed seeing the custom storage box. It was a fun little project. Thanks for posting,Cheers, Paul

What is your line of work? This is amazing work quality! It is even better than factory work!

Are you a robot?

Wow South Africa! Now that is soooo coool! Thank you for your kind words on my work. I have a small business doing vehicle repairs and a few other things that seem to find it's way through our doors. The business only has two employees who happen to be me and my wife. She does the hard work (the office) and I do the repairs and everything else.

Here's a few photos of how it looks around my shop. I'm not a robot but wish I was sometimes with all the long hours I work. Thank you very much for posting. Cheers from Newfoundland, Canada

 

[cnc-me]

Super nice job, Kubota would be proud.
No front tow hooks, or are they underneath?

 

[Wildfire1]

Super nice job, Kubota would be proud.
No front tow hooks, or are they underneath?

Thank you. I got hooks on the quick change attachment and on the bucket. Thanks for posting.

 

[cnc-me]

Thats quite a blade you have there.
I like the Kioti Killer sticker.

 

[Wildfire1]

Thats quite a blade you have there.
I like the Kioti Killer sticker.

Thanks. The Kioti Killer happened because I almost had a Kioti tractor purchased and Kubota killed the sale so that's why the decal

The blade was off my old pick up and I adapted it to fit the tractor. I also did a small mod on the bucket amongst other mods. Here's a few links just in case you wanted to see what was done.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/customization/131136-snow-plow-adapted-front-end.html

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/customization/130266-bucket-mod.html

 

[BlackSheepSpeedShop]

wow!!!!!! Awesome work!

 

[Wildfire1]

wow!!!!!! Awesome work!

Thank you very much. Nice of you to say so

For anyone who enjoys custom stuff on tractors. Here's a few more I did and if you own a tractor it may give you a few ideas. I apologize to those who find this as interesting as watching paint dry

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/customization/128798-emergency-light-mount-kubota.html

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/customization/129099-idea-design-fabrication.html

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/customization/135641-rain-tracker.html

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/customization/134005-lights-camera-action.html

 

[eyeboltman]

Tow hooks I love them !!! Looks like you had to much time on you hands this year !!! Love the set up I love tools and tractors .

 

[Wildfire1]

Tow hooks I love them !!! Looks like you had to much time on you hands this year !!! Love the set up I love tools and tractors .

Thanks but to much time on my hands I don't have. I work Monday to Friday 12-14 hours a day working for customers doing things they need done. When the weekend arrives I get to do some of the things I would like to do and I do it. Although I enjoy my work week, I love my weekends. Thanks for posting.