arena make over

[Jimbrown]

OK wife says I have to redo the arena again this year. Yekk third time. So first I say im'n tired of moving panels by hand. So dig in the old scrap pile and drag out the flux core and proceed to make a panel mover for the BX.
It ain't pretty but it sure made moving the panels easier. Couple pics moving 20ft panels. And then a couple of pics of the almost done make over

 

[bota7800]

Looks very useful. As we are putting in an arena this year I have been thinking about how to move the panels. I will probably fab something similar.

I cannot tell from the pictures; how did you mount the fork to the bucket? I can see some angle iron but do not see how it attaches unless it hangs over the bucket lip. I was thinking about hanging something from my bucket hooks but do not think it would be as stable as I want.

 

[Jimbrown]

it just hangs over the bucket lip. It is not clear in the photo. it is a piece of U channle. It is very easy on off as I wanted. iIwill take a close up tommorrow. I cut around the hooks but it woud be easy to hang it on the hooks. like I said I just used what was in my junk pile.

 

[schmism]

you can see it "clips" over the lip of the bucket

 

[HomeBrew2]

Good idea for keeping the bucket weight low Jim! (wished I'd thought of that a time or two in the past

 

[Jimbrown]

Bota 7800 Here is a pic of the C channel . notice it has a lip that hooks under/around the bucket lip. I just happened to have some pieces of this. I then notched it to fit around the hooks and other things in the way. I welded a piece of angle iorn to the two pieces of C channel to hold them in place and to give me something to weld the tubing to. The tubing is also just something I had. I think it was some sort of storage rack originaly. I found it laying beside a dumster one day and just knew I would have a use for it sometime. Originaly I did not have the two upright horns but the panels tended to slide up and over he bucket so I added the uprights. It works really well. Thos are 20 ft galvanized panels they must weigh close to 300lb each.