Runs With Scissors
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Equipment
L2501 TLB , Grappel, Brush Hog, Box Blade, Ballast box, Forks, Tiller, PH digger
So after some trial and error in the past, I decide that 6 inch swivel casters from Horror Freight are about the best thing going for implement storage and moving.....at least for my situation that is.
The only thing I don't like about them is that they dont sell them with a "locking bar" , but in general it's not that big of a deal.
Now at 85 bucks for a set of 4, I have decided to keep the "build one a month" schedule to spread out the cost over time.
Well last week I decided to have at it, and build one for the roto-tiller.
Its a pretty simple/straightforward design, (if you can call a rectangular flat cart a "design"...hahahhaha)
I measured it up and 15 inchs wide would have been "just enough" so I decide to go a "smidge" bigger.
I don't like my current dolly/cart for my grapple. It has always "bugged me" that it always seemed too "top heavy" and just a bit "unstable"
It has never fallen off or anything, but it was always just ....ohhh I dunno..."clumsy"
Then for whatever reason, as I was rolling the tiller by the empty "grapple cart", ....
BAM!!!!!!......
It just hit me. I have no idea why it jumped to my consciousness, it just did.....It was as clear a bell.....kind of eerie actually....
A mental image of those "Russian nesting dolls" came front and center in my mind for some crazy reason.
I knew I had just solved my "clumsy'ness" problem.
To Home Depot!!!!!!!!!!!
I was off faster than a prom dress.
So the idea is to get the grapple to "nest" in the cart to keep the "Center of Gravity" low, which will make the cart/grapple combo super stable, and I want to keep it so the "back" of the grapple is vertical, so grabbing it with the SSQA plate is easy.
I also decided to make it a "wee bit" wider than absolutely necessary, just to have a little "fudge factor" when putting it in.
Her she is ........
a couple of "side boob" shots....
Here is a comparison of the " new width" vs the "old width"
Not a Yuge victory, but I'll take it.
The End!
The only thing I don't like about them is that they dont sell them with a "locking bar" , but in general it's not that big of a deal.
Now at 85 bucks for a set of 4, I have decided to keep the "build one a month" schedule to spread out the cost over time.
Well last week I decided to have at it, and build one for the roto-tiller.
Its a pretty simple/straightforward design, (if you can call a rectangular flat cart a "design"...hahahhaha)
I measured it up and 15 inchs wide would have been "just enough" so I decide to go a "smidge" bigger.
I don't like my current dolly/cart for my grapple. It has always "bugged me" that it always seemed too "top heavy" and just a bit "unstable"
It has never fallen off or anything, but it was always just ....ohhh I dunno..."clumsy"
Then for whatever reason, as I was rolling the tiller by the empty "grapple cart", ....
BAM!!!!!!......
It just hit me. I have no idea why it jumped to my consciousness, it just did.....It was as clear a bell.....kind of eerie actually....
A mental image of those "Russian nesting dolls" came front and center in my mind for some crazy reason.
I knew I had just solved my "clumsy'ness" problem.
To Home Depot!!!!!!!!!!!
I was off faster than a prom dress.
So the idea is to get the grapple to "nest" in the cart to keep the "Center of Gravity" low, which will make the cart/grapple combo super stable, and I want to keep it so the "back" of the grapple is vertical, so grabbing it with the SSQA plate is easy.
I also decided to make it a "wee bit" wider than absolutely necessary, just to have a little "fudge factor" when putting it in.
Her she is ........
a couple of "side boob" shots....
Here is a comparison of the " new width" vs the "old width"
Not a Yuge victory, but I'll take it.
The End!
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