IB Battery Box Question

Good day...my father is wrapping up a restoration of an AC  IB. We have everything to complete the job...except the battery box. The battery frame that came on the tractor was a homemade, angle iron frame that was bolted to the bumper channel. I have surfed the web for an after market box; however, I have found nothing manufactured specifically for the IB. After more research, I note that some IBs have the battery box mounted on the left fender, some are under the steering column, and some are not visible at all. Any ideas on why some boxes are mounted on the fender? Does anyone have a lead on a manufacturer who carries the battery box for the IB? Thanks so much.

My understanding on the IB when I was restoring mine was that the WC Battery box was the box used on the IB. As far as the location was concerned, from what info I gathered from the Orange family here, and some literature & pics, the normal spot for the Battery box was the left fender towards the front of the machine. Now, because the IB was used in many, many applications, depending on what type equipment was mounted on and under that little bugger, is usually where the Battery box found a new home other than the fender. My IB from what I was told by the gentleman I bought it from (who knows the originally owner personally and has seen the machine since new) had a sickle bar mower under it, and the Battery box on my machine was mounted near and in front of the right rear tire. When I bought the machine, the second owner told me he moved it to the left top frame rail which you could see the hoaky angle iron sorta' box he built to hold the Battery. I moved the box back to where he told me it was. I'm just going by what he told me on my machine, but as I mentioned, my understanding was it was located in different area's on the Tractor depending on who and what it was built for.. HTH
Steve@B&B

I use and sell the rc,wc,wf battery box on page 11 of our online parts book for the IB.

Fred Wilke made battery boxes some time ago.  He has the capability to make what you want.  Look under Wilke Engineering, Hanover, PA.

  THAT LOOKS LIKE AN IHC

I really like the looks of that IH box! It looks more Industrial, like the IB. I placed Jan's IB battery box down on the frame rather than up on the fender. On the fender looks goofy to me and causes a blind spot. If there were an attachment that required getting it up out of the way that would be different. When Drott fitted a mower to our #1 IB they hung the battery box and a heavy tool box on the left frame rail and the mower on the right side, that worked real well.


Edited by Brad MI - 05 Dec 2010 at 6:26am