3 PT Carryall box ?

[Ron D.]

Hey Bob, tires look great and looks like they widened the stance for added safety. I'm going to see what's available for the fronts. If I come up with a good match, I'll let you know.

Also as you probably know, the carryall you have is rated at 1,000 lbs, not the lighter 400 lbs capacity that was mentioned in the previous post. I know I have overloaded mine with grass sod, probably around 1,500 lbs and it didn't crater, but I'm not sure I'd do it again (on purpose).

Have you made any progress on the box? You could save some weight by not taking the back of the carryall to the top of the frame and reducing the width to 3 feet for the bottom. Also, I have had really good luck with the 5/4's treated wood on my pull behind trailer, that we discussed earlier.

Heres a carryall that appears very light, but not much surface area.
Carryall

Looking forward to some pics of your finished project.

 

[studor]

If you make the box out of plywood you will also be able to lighten it considerably. One of the things I thought about (but did not get around to) was creating plywood boxes with casters that could be pinned to the carryall and had different stuff for different tasks (like gardening, firewood, fencing etc).
regards

 

[cowboy357]

Thanks Guys , more good info . Nope Ron I still haven,t got much done on it, I,m trying to round up all the things I might want to use , About the time I get ready to start I find something else that might work better & change My mind . It should be Really simple , I,m just not one for designing anything .

Then to top it off , Both rear tires went flat , So I pulled them off , stuck the old tubes in them. Held for awhile but now there flat again. Tubes must be to old. So I,m getting new tubes Monday & hopefully I,ll never have to mess with these tires again . Hopefully I,ll get something done soon . Bob

 

[Ron D.]

Hey Bob, did you get the tires to hold air?

 

[cowboy357]

Hey Bob, did you get the tires to hold air?

Hi Ron , Yessir the new tubes did the trick . . I got everthing sitting in the shop to build the carryall & Was going to start on it tuesday morning bright & earlly , But when I got up I found out I couldn,t walk .

No clue what I did , but My right leg just decided Its going to take a few days off it seems . So looks like all my projects are on hold for awhile . My wife did get me a cain for my birthday though . Bob

 

[Ron D.]

I know what you mean, parts of my body shut down at times too. Back more so than other things. Glad to hear the tubes worked. I just had some road tread 5 x 12's mounted on my front rims. The height is very close to the ag/rice tires that were on the front. My rims are so rusty on the insides that one had to have a tube because of the rusted away area by the valve stem. I should probably remove all my rims and bead blast and repaint them, but I don't have the time right now.

If these tires work I'll post some pics and give you the brand and specific size. I hope they work because the ag lugs really tear-up the yard.

 

[Ron D.]

Hey Bob. The front tires I just had mounted seem to be a good cheap alternative to the ags that I replaced. The ags were really tuff on the lawn, and alternative tire selections in a 5x12 were pretty limited. I wouldn't recommend these if your "working" your little tractor hard and needed all the front traction you could get, but in that it's your wife's ride these might work pretty well for you too. The steering effort is way less than with the ags, and there is no bouncing of the tractor.

Trailer tires are about all I could find in a 5x12 road type tire, so I first got the Northern Tool trailer tire, a Load Star in the 5.3x12, Load Range C rated at 1045 lbs., but they were too short of a diameter by about an inch. So I went to a small tire shop and the guy had two Carlisle USA Trail in 5.3x12 Load Range B rated at 845 lbs., and they are within a quarter of an inch. Although I preferred the higher load range, I figured this would be about as close as I could get to the orignal diameter, and got them. He traded me for the ones I had and only charged me $20 to mount, which was a real hassle because of the rust inside my rims.

My cost in the two tires I traded was $37 each. Attached are pics. The little tractor is pretty dirty, we've been using it a lot for our lawn rennovation. I took the sides off to do some maintenance and it's been so hot I thought I would leave them off this summer, even I have no cooling issues.

 

[savageactor7]

This carrier I cobbled up in a half hour it's easy on/off. Held fast with with one of those black tire chain hooked straps...it just slides on/off.

Yeah it's low tech but I'm relieved that I don't have to carry in the bucket anymore...esp logging chains. Sometimes I'll throw on a milk crate if I have to carry more stuff.

These slots cut into the front part of the carrier are what hold it so steady in place. I forgot why I had the tape measure there.

 

[cowboy357]

Thanks again Ron for the tire sizes & great Pics . I might go that way as well As I cant imagine Her ever needing the 4 WD . Sure makes it easier on the grass as well as Our gravel driveway .

Those ole rear rice tires would rut the drive everytime She would move it . So the fronts would further cure the problem & I was hoping it might make it steer easier for Her, so thanks for verifying that .

Good Idea on Yours to savageactor7 , Simple but gets the job done . Thanks for the pics. . Bob

 

[LBrown59]

I'v got about 25 bucks in this one.