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[bcp]

Bruce

 

[square1]

Cool, in a Rube Goldberg way, but I would have to list it in "The things I'm going to break" category.

 

[Runner]

Bruce

This guy builds lots of cool stuff like that out of old Cub Cadets, like forklifts, etc. Right now he is finishing up a CC dump truck:

 

[Mtsoxfan]

OK, cool idea, poor implementation. Dump body close to worthless, as he describes as very heavy, empty. No tie down areas. I'm a beginner welder, and I see welds worse than mine. Really wouldn't take much to have it done right though.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

I like it not because of all the faults but because of his creativity. I see lots of similar mowers around here cheap or free because of mower deck or other problems but it's repurposed into something else that's useful.
A new idea that a fabricator could make even better or suit their needs.
One day I looked and had four pull behind lawn carts. The light bulb came on and I connected them all together in a row with hitches. I had to put down grass seed, so seed bags in first cart, second a bucket and tools, third compost soil, fourth lime with a spreader behind it.
Anyone seeing that "train" going around must have thought I was crazy but it worked great.

 

[D&D]

OK, cool idea, poor implementation. Dump body close to worthless, as he describes as very heavy, empty. No tie down areas. I'm a beginner welder, and I see welds worse than mine. Really wouldn't take much to have it done right though.

Wow, the guy says he's trying and learning and all you got is criticism? Articulated with a dump out of lawnmower parts is being pretty darn creative IMO.

 

[D&D]

I like it not because of all the faults but because of his creativity. I see lots of similar mowers around here cheap or free because of mower deck or other problems but it's repurposed into something else that's useful.
A new idea that a fabricator could make even better or suit their needs.
One day I looked and had four pull behind lawn carts. The light bulb came on and I connected them all together in a row with hitches. I had to put down grass seed, so seed bags in first cart, second a bucket and tools, third compost soil, fourth lime with a spreader behind it.
Anyone seeing that "train" going around must have thought I was crazy but it worked great.

exactly sometimes it works great, sometimes it goes back to the shop

 

[Mtsoxfan]

Wow, the guy says he's trying and learning and all you got is criticism? Articulated with a dump out of lawnmower parts is being pretty darn creative IMO.

OK, I said it was cool, but done wrong. That's like me saying it was creative. If you think the welds are worthy of what he built...
Also, HE said it was heavy, at that point, change location of hinges.

 

[Runner]

I want to build one of these motorized wheelbarrows out of a rear-engine rider:

 

[Runner]

I like it not because of all the faults but because of his creativity. I see lots of similar mowers around here cheap or free because of mower deck or other problems but it's repurposed into something else that's useful.

He has made all kinds of cool stuff out of old CC's including a motor grader and a fork lift. Also has a good collection of restored old CC's.

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