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Northeast, PA | While mowing hay today I thought of a question to a problem which has been a thorn in my side for years. I like to carry a jug of water or kool aid on the tractor with me, and I am tired of fighting with trying to keep the jug upright while doing work with the tractor. I operate JD 30 series tractors, with and without cabs, and there is just no place I have been able to find that will hold my jug upright. Everytime I turn, or move on a hill the jug falls over and leaks. As far as I am concerned, no water jug manufacturer has ever made a jug that did not leak. So I guess my question is, how do you keep your jug/food from being spoiled in your tractor? Remember I am from PA and flat, rockless ground does not exist here, thus the tractor is always "rocky". What do you do?
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| I use a bunge cord to hold the jug upright on every tractor we have. Just hook one end on the handle and the other too something like the monitor mount. |
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Eastern Ontario | If someone could solve that problem, they'd be a rich man.
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Somewhere in North central Iowa | If your tractor has a cab, just find a post that does not have anything running through it (heater hoses, electrical stuff, etc...). If it is cabless, find a secure place on a fender. Then get a flat piece of metal 1/2" wide and 1/4" thick or something close. Bend it in such a way to be shaped like a 'J' without the bar across the top. Weld or better yet screw the long part of the j to your cab post and hang your jug from the bottom. Now where is my million dollars?? John :) |
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| Back in the early days of Farmfest, before 4wd tractors were around, there was a home-made articulated big beast at the show.
They had as big a cab on it.
Had a sofa on the back side of the drivers seat for passengers, or relaxing?
Had a mini fridge in one corner, & I think a toaster oven (not sure coulda been a microwave but don't think they were popular then yet either...). You had to walk from the sofa to the fridge to the oven - like I say it was a big cab.
Was something to see.
--->Paul |
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NW Tennessee | Tarp strap or bungee cord. |
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WC MN | "how do you keep your jug/food from being spoiled in your tractor?" It won't hold a jug, but Lexion has a good size "cubby hole" up top that is connected to the air duct of the heating/cooling system. It holds about 4-5 cans of pop. Will keep a frozen snickers bar frozen all day, but make sure to keep a mental note of when the hole has changed to a cooler to a heater..........Can make for a mess. Not sure why this low technology hasn't been adopted like most other high tech features of the combine has been over the years. Thermos type containers don't seem to leak, but hold half of a conventional "jug". Good luck |
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Brazilton KS | A strategically placed hook, like has been suggested, or else buy a jug which is bigger around then it is tall. There are lots of jugs out there which I thought were about half size of what we normally use, but they are in fact slightly larger in diameter and hold the same amount as the ones twice as tall. I know this because I had to prove to my wife that I didn't want one because they didn't hold enough. You can obviously see where that discussion went :0 |
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sw MN | That tractor was made and used by some relatives of mine. They made two of them. I think they used Detroit engines. They said there tractors used less fuel than JD 4x4 at the time. The cab was huge, like a small bed room. I thought it was pretty kool at the time. |
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| You can also get a 12v chiller for the large cooler sized cubby hole under the Lexion's buddy seat. |
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| When we had 86 series IHC there was a screw half way up the bottom window on the brake side. metal strapping in a circle just big enough to hold the bottom of the Pizza Hut jugs we used. The strapping can be sized to any jug and screwed with a self tapper anywhere it is handy so there ya go, send my million right over, Federal Express, cause I need it!!!
If necessary you can put another strap from side to side of the circle by bending in a 'u' shape for a bottom holder if desired and wired tight with baling wire or other appropriate fasteners(like a pop rivet). And you used to throw that metal strapping away,,,shame on you!!! |
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Agent Orange: Friendly fire that keeps on burning. | Little 12V solid state refrigerator will hold 6 12oz. cans but I normally take a couple cans of pop and a couple 24 oz. plastic pop bottles filled with water. They don't leak and they're always nice and cold.
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| I understand, this was a source of much frustration for me. Straps are good unless you are changing machines all of the time, and you have to fumble with them to get a drink. I found an Igloo half gallon insulated water jug that is only about 6" tall and pretty big around. It makes a big difference. You can still tip it, or have it slide, but you have to try pretty hard. |
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| I found the "camal back" backpack type water blatters work pretty well. I too hated the jugs as you have to fumble to get a drink and I normally don't stop to hydrate. I like the camal backpack as it has a hose to suck through on the go (no spilling) and it hangs on the back of the seat or up higher on the back corner post. Down side - isn't as insulated as well as a jug filled with frozen water in the bottom. But pretty close . . .. |
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| I use camel packs. The water bladders used by runner, fire fighters, snippers ect. Got mine from Eagle Industries which makes military/police type gear. Excellent made in the USA quality. Mine is an assault type set up which carries hunting and fire fighting supplies. So......A hands free drink on the go and a bail out of the cab, shoot the critter, fight the fire solution. Much less exspensive models are avaliable. Try a bike shop. |
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| i have a 45 cat and onder which lead i would hook into without blowing fuses. |
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Blvd d'Espair Bowhill, Sth Aust |
there's the other side of the equation..
After you've drank all that pop stored in your fridge, eventually things start to get uncomfortable...
Maybe they could advertise that as one of the benefits of auto-steer...?
In less "politically correct" times they might have...
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| I always just go set it under a nice shade tree, and move it as I go along the field...I like to hop off and get a drink and away from the heat every know and then
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Agent Orange: Friendly fire that keeps on burning. | It came with a cigar lighter plug and that had a 10 Amp fuse. Going by that, I'd guess about 5 Amps. After killing my batteries in the tractor once and freezing & bursting a can of soda in it, I clipped the cigar lighter plug and wired it to one of the accessory outlets in the tractor. It only runs now when the tractor is on and the switch for the outlet is turned on too. |
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| Yes it was, made an impression at the time. Figured someone would know more about it 'round here. :)
--->Paul |
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| Ed, is the stovetop in that tractor electric or propane? |
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| They make an ice cube tray for long cubes to fit in the older small fill bladders. |
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A kitchen in the tractor?
