Ram mount alternatives

[daithi]

Is there any alternatives to RAM mounts. They seem expensive for what they are. What else do the collective use to mount control boxes in cabs.
Thanks

 

[fudge]

Angle iron and a bolt. You did ask!

 

[daithi]

I was looking for something a bit less agricultural.
Something to make it handy moving control boxes between tractors.
There doesn't seem to be an alternative to Ram mounts

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Depends on tractor and what boxes you have, most tractors will have spare threaded holes on the cab pillars (some hidden behind trim) small boxes can go on windows suckers but they don’t like glass with a slight curve, if you have the monitor mounting bar that most tractor makes supply nowadays you can clamp or bolt to that

 

[cosmagedon]

Search for 1" ball on eBay, plenty of fake ram mount stuff popping up now

 

[Chae1]

Auto reset balls off a KV plough work.

 

[Blue.]

Pottinger control boxes had a tube with a butterfly bolt that tightened onto a rod like this

I use this type for my control boxes but have the rod attached to a ram mount in some tractors.

 

[Welderloon]

Stauff tube clamps attached to the inner tubular door handle/frame with whatever bracketry attached

 

[quavers]

Depends on tractor and what boxes you have, most tractors will have spare threaded holes on the cab pillars (some hidden behind trim) small boxes can go on windows suckers but they don’t like glass with a slight curve, if you have the monitor mounting bar that most tractor makes supply nowadays you can clamp or bolt to that

would not put any thing with a screen on a sucker , they can fall off and leave you with a damaged screen making a ram mount look cheap . been there done that alternatively get to pieces of angle alloy and fix them together so there is a slot running the length of the angle , bolt this to the frame of the cab with the above mentioned factory holes . now get some threaded knobs handles things which fit the back of your box , these will fit through the slot in the angle and slide back and forth to your required size ,

 

[cousinjack]

I’m a fan of lemon PTO tube. Female mounted permanently in tractor, male stubs affixed to control box’s/ monitors..

no need for grub screws or any kind of tightening mechanism. Just slot it in and away you go.

not broken a mount yet

 

[Gerbert]

Lemon tube here aswell. Make sure to get some spacers so you don't push it against the upholstery like the previous owner of my tractor did.

 

[cousinjack]

Lemon tube here aswell. Make sure to get some spacers so you don't push it against the upholstery like the previous owner of my tractor did.

I spy a 10 series.

 

[Gerbert]

I spy a 10 series.

Indeed. 6910.

 

[PSQ]

Just buy genuine Ram mounts, but don’t buy them through the official dealers as they’re bloody expensive as we all know.

Find the Ram online catalogue, identify the balls and clamps you need, and google the part numbers. eBay and other secondary sellers have never failed me yet.

 

[Chae1]

Anyone worn a Ram mount out?

Should last forever or until everything Isobus

 

[Gerbert]

Anyone worn a Ram mount out?

Should last forever or until everything Isobus

Used to work at a farmer who had those heavy trimble fmx gps screens, on a ram mount.
Bloody things kept sagging because the balls got soft in the sun.
Part of the fun of new machines for me is fabricating a bracket for control boxes on the lemon tube. Nice and sturdy.

 

[cousinjack]

Used to work at a farmer who had those heavy trimble fmx gps screens, on a ram mount.
Bloody things kept sagging because the balls got soft in the sun.
Part of the fun of new machines for me is fabricating a bracket for control boxes on the lemon tube. Nice and sturdy.

. I’m the same …. Get the welder out

 

[cousinjack]

Used to work at a farmer who had those heavy trimble fmx gps screens, on a ram mount.
Bloody things kept sagging because the balls got soft in the sun.
Part of the fun of new machines for me is fabricating a bracket for control boxes on the lemon tube. Nice and sturdy.

My in cab bracketry includes drink holder and cb radio bracket

 

[Wesley]

Used to work at a farmer who had those heavy trimble fmx gps screens, on a ram mount.
Bloody things kept sagging because the balls got soft in the sun.
Part of the fun of new machines for me is fabricating a bracket for control boxes on the lemon tube. Nice and sturdy.

Can’t say I’ve experienced soft balls & things sagging. All pretty perky here still. Had a fair weight hanging off them too.
One ball on cab pillar, another on back of screen. Only fabrication involved was making a stud with metric threads one end, imperial the other.

 

[thorpe]

Angle iron and a bolt. You did ask!

got this one wrong, i thought he was on about tup's