Inspiration from here....

[farmerBud]

Well I recently found this site and read every post in the archives. I found many things I need to build. I suppose the 2 most common seem to be a boom pole and trailer hitch.
I just happened to decide to build them too. I figured I was being original, but like they say - no matter what you like to, there are others like you online. haha. My wife is starting to wonder if I will lose my job. I am a fabricator by trade so I am like a kid in a candy store. Steel for free as long as I get my work done. My boss is very understanding so I don't have to worry.
So let me show my home mades....
This is my boom and utility platform with out a top yet.

Oh and two of my Border Collies,

 

[farmerBud]

Here are the platform mounts. The center doubles as a reese hitch. The platform supports are two inch tubing just like a trailer hitch with one and one half angle on 2 sides, there are three of them. I am planning on attaching some plywood to it for the platform itself.

 

[sassafraspete]

I'm with you farmerbud....It's like being in a candy store seeing what all these talented people come up with. I've nearly run my printer out of ink making pictures of people's projects here. I put them away in my dream file. Unfortunately , I am a woodworker, with little or now metal working skills....but hope to change that sometime. Great job on your project. I used to work near my company's Fab shop...and was always amazed at the things these guys made ...."government" projects we called them.

sassafras

 

[farmerBud]

Ok this is the top I did it like a reese hitch too. I figured the boom can be used in the bottom or the top this way. I pie sectioned the tube on the boom then laid it back twice so that the tube is still all one piece on the bottom. That's the V shaped weld you see. I did most of this without a welding shield /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif My boss doesn't care, but I still have to be discreet...

 

[farmerBud]

Ok this is actullay the first one I made. I wanted to tow a trailer with out taking off the blade. I rigged it up in three pieces so the wife could lift it and put it togther if she wanted.

 

[Henro]

<font color="blue"> I did most of this without a welding shield </font>

FarmerBud,

Always nice to see pictures of projects! Good job!

By the way...what is a welding shield? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[biron]

farmerBud, does te hitch do a fiver? I want to make one for a fiver.

Saw this yesterday:

trailer hitch

 

[farmerBud]

A welding shield or helmet is what we wear to protect our eyes so we can watch the bead. I am typing this thinking you may have been joking?

 

[farmerBud]

uh well I don't know what a fiver is so I can't say. It would if I wanted it to I guess. What is it?

 

[PineRidge]

FarmerBud aren't you worried about UV damage to your eyes? I would be, I wear a helmet whenever I stick weld.