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I have a tractor that I move between two pieces of property, one is quite rural farm land and the other is in secluded mountain forest. I couldn't find anything on line that would just bolt on so I fired up the welder and made my own scabbard metal bracket mount for a 30 year old pistol gripped 12 gauge Mossberg beater. I found a black synthetic fabric scabbard that fit the shotgun and used it as a pattern for the metal "bird cage" build.
I thought it also needed some extra ammunition storage so I took a 12 gauge shell into a BB hardware store to try to find a piece of pipe that would be a close fit. Gas pipe! Also made a discovery that when you strip off the exterior tar coating, the pipe was nicely blued. Welded the cut pieces into three groups of four bandolier style cartridge tubes and welded one each onto three of the four bird cage brackets. A bit of grinding, sanding and a couple coats of black rattle can paint and it was ready to mount. I chose to attach it on the also painted black left side front end bucket loader dock which is out of the way from the tractor controls yet still within easy grasp. It really blends in well in to the tractor's paint scheme.
I thought it also needed some extra ammunition storage so I took a 12 gauge shell into a BB hardware store to try to find a piece of pipe that would be a close fit. Gas pipe! Also made a discovery that when you strip off the exterior tar coating, the pipe was nicely blued. Welded the cut pieces into three groups of four bandolier style cartridge tubes and welded one each onto three of the four bird cage brackets. A bit of grinding, sanding and a couple coats of black rattle can paint and it was ready to mount. I chose to attach it on the also painted black left side front end bucket loader dock which is out of the way from the tractor controls yet still within easy grasp. It really blends in well in to the tractor's paint scheme.
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