Two Easy Mods

[3RRL]

This weekend I decided to mount another rifle scabbard to the tractor. The "glove eating critters" ate the first one. I bought a pretty nice saddle type rifle scabbard from Sportsman's Guide, one that can hold a scoped rifle. I like to take a rifle along when working in the woods in case I need to kill something, so I really missed the scabbard. I put it on the left loader bracket where it is in easy reach and yet out of the way from branches and rocks or logs below.
First picture is from the driver's seat and you can see my rifle on the left fel bracket.

[3RRL]

I also mounted the Level-O-Gage on the inside lip of the canopy so it is really easy to see. One thing I'll have to do is straighten it out because the canopy is tilted forward slightly. That's a 50 degree one and it was $18.95 plus shipping. I thought it was a lot nicer than the Tilt-O-Meter. They also have a Got it at West Marine on the web.
West Marine

The gage did NOT seem to function too good in this position. It does not really respond fast enough for my liking.
I found myself almost falling off the tractor before it would register about 5° tilt! Man, I better get it moved right away. I'm surprised though, since it is used in boating too and they are not always flat front to back?
Anyway, here's a close up.

[tuffytractor]

I did a similar mod....

Before I turned my tires to the wide set, I feared I would tip, on even a moderate grade. I know now, that changing my tires made a world of difference both in my confidence that I wouldn't flip, but also, in the tractor's behavior. I thought that having a tilt meter might help me get over my inhibitions, so I ordered one up. Little did I know they all would evaporate once my tractor had a wide stance, but since I had it, I thought I would go ahead and put it on.

I like it mounted low, in line of sight, easy to refer to. Kinda cool, I got the dual axis model, available from:
www.imcuniverse.com/store/25cda.html
www.tiltmeter.com/dual.html
R stands for Rick, B for Brenda, husband and wife, good couple. Very helpful.