My LX3310 ROPS fits my trails and my garage great, but the seat/dash area is a bit on the small side for me (6' 2" 275#) and I find standing up from the seat a little awkward given how close the steering wheel is to my lap. I end up using the steering wheel itself as a bit of a handle bar to rise up out of the seat and to swing into position when getting on the tractor to start with. But, it just doesn't feel like torquing the steering wheel every time I get on and off the tractor is the best idea, so I built a cheap quick handle bar across the front of the tractor dash. I wanted to add something to grab onto, but didn't want to may any permanent changes to the tractor or FEL themselves.
What I imagined could be built with nothing more complicated than a few inches of steel angle iron, a few short pieces of threaded black pipe, a few 45 degree and 90 degree pipe elbows, two bolts/nuts and a little orange spray paint. It attaches (and can easily be removed) using two existing holes in the FEL post. The one part of this build that requires anything more than a hacksaw/anglegrinder and a drill is connecting the 90 degree pipe elbows to the angle iron pieces. That required a quick little weld. If you don't have a welder handy, it is only 5 minutes work for a buddy who has one or a local fabricator.
Since I have a welder and had no angle iron handy, I fabricated the two small L shaped pieces I needed from some 1/4" tags and also tack welded the seams between the elbows and pipe just to make sure nothing loosened up on me.
The pictures should be fairly self explanatory. It works great for my purposes.
What I imagined could be built with nothing more complicated than a few inches of steel angle iron, a few short pieces of threaded black pipe, a few 45 degree and 90 degree pipe elbows, two bolts/nuts and a little orange spray paint. It attaches (and can easily be removed) using two existing holes in the FEL post. The one part of this build that requires anything more than a hacksaw/anglegrinder and a drill is connecting the 90 degree pipe elbows to the angle iron pieces. That required a quick little weld. If you don't have a welder handy, it is only 5 minutes work for a buddy who has one or a local fabricator.
Since I have a welder and had no angle iron handy, I fabricated the two small L shaped pieces I needed from some 1/4" tags and also tack welded the seams between the elbows and pipe just to make sure nothing loosened up on me.
The pictures should be fairly self explanatory. It works great for my purposes.
