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 posted by
Cutter
09-26-2006
Little Tractor Firewood Hauler
Since Don is posting his log splitter, I will post my miniature firewood
hauler. I am tired of running a wheelbarrow from the splitter to my back
porch so this winter I will try using my little tractor. I don't really
think it will be very much easier but I thought it might be more fun.
1. First thing was to extend the little 3 point hitch; I picked this
special piece of channel because of the color.
2. Then I built a little tower sort of a thing. Note the contrasting
colors.
3. Next I made a frame and hinged it to the angle iron on the bottom of
the hitch.
4. And put an expanded metal floor in it, supported the back end with
chains.
5. It folds up out of the way so as to allow me to use the tractor for
other purposes without the need to remove it and to allow for more compact
parking as my back yard has no spare space so every few square feet is
valuable, especially since stray baby tractors have taken to following me
home.
I think I will need to use beefier s-hooks and I have some purtier chain
but what I need to know from you guys is this: what do you think of the
color scheme?
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09-26-2006
posted by rmack898
Nice use of colors there Cutter. I agree that you might need to upgrade
the S hooks, but need to caution you that the new tech S hooks and old
school chain don't go together very well. Maybe you can find a vintage set
of larger S hooks. Other than that, looks like it should serve your needs
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09-26-2006
posted by lwhiway
Quote:
I don't really think it will be very much easier but I thought it might be
more fun.
What other kind of reason would you need? Seemed valid to me from the
get-go. After all, I'd rather build a smaller mower than make wider gates.
Cutter that's nicely done and looks like you followed a detailed dwg. to
make it.
Have you put any thought of making a hanger on the tractors lower front
for the addition of the nose
weights yet? You'll be pulling wheelies before you know it.
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09-26-2006
posted by tigman250
Quote: Originally Posted by lwhiway
Have you put any thought of making a hanger on the tractors lower front
for the addition of the nose weights yet? You'll be pulling wheelies
before you know it.
no need for a weight bracket.......just wheelie bars!
nice job cutter
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09-26-2006
posted by King of Obsolete
WOW EH!!!, nice job and you can also use it to give kids rides or ladies
too, LOL
thansk
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09-26-2006
posted by JWS
No need for weights up front, build another version of this wood hauling
bracket and load rear, then load front until it is back on the ground.
Nice work Cutter.
09-26-2006
posted by Bob_S2
If weight does get to be an issue, get some 3.99 "lowest price ever" 10
inch HF wheels (GASP!) and mount them on the end with some threaded rod.
When it's down you can adjust it so that the wheels are just barely off
the ground. That way, when someone is actually on the tractor with a load
of wood, they would be in contact with the ground.
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09-26-2006
posted by RED caddy
Nice job, Cutter. I really like that "old school" Faux rust look, was it
hard to do???? RED
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09-26-2006
posted by madam X
Quote: Originally Posted by lwhiway
You'll be pulling wheelies before you know it.
Don't forget the seatbelt and roll cage.
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09-26-2006
posted by cutter
Quote:
Originally Posted by RED caddy
Nice job, Cutter. I really like that "old school" Faux rust look, was it
hard to do???? RED
I think I need to add some blue to it somewhere so it blends better with
my splitter. I mean, this really clashes terrible!
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09-26-2006
posted by cutter
Quote: Originally Posted by King of Obsolete
WOW EH!!!, nice job and you can also use it to give kids rides or ladies
too, LOL
thansk
I'll have to get some helmets for that!
What I do intend is to use it to move some medium to heavier things around
as need arises. Two or 3 weeks ago I bought a parts washer & unloaded it
in the garage because I was in a hurry -needed to get back to work - so
when it came time to move it back to the shop I wished I had built this
thing so I didn't have to dolly it through the house (direct route) or or
all the way around the sidewalk. It really wasn't that much of a burden
but the bigger my bald spot gets, the lazier I become.
09-26-2006
posted by Garth
nice piece of work Cutter. may just have to make one myself and the color
scheme works for me.
09-26-2006
posted by 1911man
AW com'mon cutter, you know a fine patina of rust goes with anything!
That's my story and I'm stickin to it
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10-01-2006
posted by digr
Thats using your noggen Nice job!
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10-01-2006
posted by lwhiway
Quote: It really wasn't that
much of a burden but the bigger my bald spot gets, the lazier I become.
Get you some of the rattle can knock-off of the Ron Popiel "hair be there"
spray paint in the Paint Dept at WalMart. Won't do much about lazy, but it
will confuse the guy at the satelites console.
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10-04-2006
posted by Silverback
Huh… I like the concept, but unless my sense of scale is way out of whack
(mind you, this is
someone that has reinforced his big wheelbarrow and added a solid tire
because it flexed too much
fully loaded and one good bump would blow out the tire, I’ve also hauled
full big wheelbarrow loads,
probably around 900-1000lbs of crushed rock till the wheel barrow and the
2 guys helping shovel the
stuff in gave out), I’d be afraid that it’s just too small, and will end
up being more work then just
using the wheelbarrow because it’s smaller (more trips), lower, and harder
to put the stuff in and
out…
OTOH, I think that green and rust go with blue…
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10-04-2006
posted by Jim-TX
cutter, where around Lubbock do you find wood big enough to need a
splitter?
10-04-2006
posted by cutter
Quote: Originally Posted by Jim-TX
cutter, where around Lubbock do you find wood big enough to need a
splitter?
1. Deadfalls, in alleys or sometimes just stacked at the curb waiting for
someone to claim them.
2. Or at Garland Kimball's tree trash stack lot out on south University.
For my stove if it's more then 6 inches in diameter, it needs to be split
and if it is seasoned elmwood then splitting will knock that useless thick
bark off so it will burn more efficiently with less ash.
Welcome aboard, Jim & thank you for posting your location.
10-04-2006
posted by Jim-TX
Quote: Originally Posted by cutter
Welcome aboard, Jim & thank you for posting your location.
Thanks. I saw a link to this board from the Miller board. Lots of good
info on both. I hope I can
contribute a little.
10-06-2006
posted by lwhiway
Cutter, every time I see an engine lift for a shop floor, I can see it
morphed with a 3pt of some type
and fitted to our lawn/work tractors. There has to be a future there with
that type of addition. As the
pics are showing, others are adding tools and equipment to double and
appearing to triple the
normal weight of the tractors.
With some frame beefing up I think it is a do-able affair and without the
addition of extra rear
wheels for the lift. Maybe an out rigger leg or 2 at the most for a
stationary lift, but that's about it.
What are your thoughts?
LW
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Psychosocial Modifications and
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"Has welder, guitar & camera - will travel"
Sometimes having the sign out front just makes it that much easier to find
the village idiot.
I was going to go jogging after I woke up, but my toes out voted me, 10 to
1.
10-06-2006
posted by cutter
Quote: Originally Posted by lwhiway
What are your thoughts?
I have a couple of half-formed mental images and my thought is that I am
too sleepy right now to
think about it.
Goodnight Gracie.
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