need help finding childs toy

[Soundguy]

Here's the issue... lady I work with backed over a small 2 wheeled john deer wagon that her 7yr old tows behind his big wheel tricycle... it's a big issue as it was his favorite toy...

She knows i do body work for my tractors and brought it to me to fix... quite honestly.. the thing is a gonner... or would at least take lots of time to beat it out, round the corners, remove paint, repaint.. find appropriate decals, replac e the axle, and 2 small 'lawnmower' wheels..

I'm looking around the toy stores and what not simply trying to find something equivalent, figure it would make a good xmas present anyway.

I'm striking out at usual places I might find this.. like cracker barrel, TSC, lowes and HD.. places that get seasonal toys.. etc.

I havn't hit walmart, kmart or toys r us yet.. but will get them next week.

If anyone knows of a retailer selling em, point me in the correct direction.

soundguy

 

[Tig]

Does the wagon look like this one?

 

[RobertN]

Ebay...

Or, doa web search on exactly that, "john deere wagon"

 

[Tig]

Or perhaps this one.

 

[RobertN]

Riding Tractor Trailer Attachment

 

[RobertN]

John Deere Toy | John Deere Hat | John Deere Parts - John Deere Toys

 

[RobertN]

john deere wagon - Google Search

 

[Soundguy]

Or perhaps this one.

yep.. that's EXACTLY it.

thanks for the ideas guys!!

soundguy

 

[Soundguy]

cool beans.. the local JD dealer / greensouth store can order it for me.

thansk

soundguy

 

[Western]

I think if some one runs over my tractor or trailer, I'm taking it to Soundguy to get fixed...

 

[Soundguy]

I -could- fix the toy. I already looked at it, and figure it's going to eat about 10 hours of labor to go from flat hulk, to finished with new paint and decals, with a parts cost of 7$ per tire, 5 bucks for a new axle rod, 16$ for a quart of primer and green paint.. and I likely have a stash of JD decals here anyway. that's 35$ of parts.. no way around that.. axle is a pretzle, tires are crushed.. plus it will need to go into an electrolysis bath.. that's a buck of chemicals for me. the 10 hrs will include the 1-2 hr electro bath, the 1 hr wire wheel and sand down, and a total of an hour to paint /prime it.. the rest will be me with some hand dollies, wood blocks and body hammers making it quite straight. I'm pretty decent at body work.. I repair 90% of my own body panels on my tractors, and only replace them when they are nearly totally gone.

paying myself 'minimum wage' of 8$ an hour.. that would be 80$ labor, plus the 35$ parts.

Finding a 40$ toy online and making a 3 minute phone call seemed to be a 'good deal' for me in that situation.. should work out well for the kid too. 40$ is 40$.. but I'm working ( thank goodness ).. and the kid needs to be a kid.. right now..

Yeah.. it may be a copout .. but... I figure i can throw the broke toy on the back shelf.. and if I get slow time during the winter.. I could always rebuild it on leisure time when it's too cold to be outside wrenching on a real piece of equipment.

soundguy

 

[2manyrocks]

There are times when we need to fight the urge to fix something instead of buying new.

 

[Western]

I -could- fix the toy. I already looked at it, and figure it's going to eat about 10 hours of labor to go from flat hulk, to finished with new paint and decals, with a parts cost of 7$ per tire, 5 bucks for a new axle rod, 16$ for a quart of primer and green paint.. and I likely have a stash of JD decals here anyway. that's 35$ of parts.. no way around that.. axle is a pretzle, tires are crushed.. plus it will need to go into an electrolysis bath.. that's a buck of chemicals for me. the 10 hrs will include the 1-2 hr electro bath, the 1 hr wire wheel and sand down, and a total of an hour to paint /prime it.. the rest will be me with some hand dollies, wood blocks and body hammers making it quite straight. I'm pretty decent at body work.. I repair 90% of my own body panels on my tractors, and only replace them when they are nearly totally gone.

paying myself 'minimum wage' of 8$ an hour.. that would be 80$ labor, plus the 35$ parts.

Finding a 40$ toy online and making a 3 minute phone call seemed to be a 'good deal' for me in that situation.. should work out well for the kid too. 40$ is 40$.. but I'm working ( thank goodness ).. and the kid needs to be a kid.. right now..

Yeah.. it may be a copout .. but... I figure i can throw the broke toy on the back shelf.. and if I get slow time during the winter.. I could always rebuild it on leisure time when it's too cold to be outside wrenching on a real piece of equipment.

soundguy

So what are you saying?.. just kidding. to bad we all don't have and "uncle Soundguy" though. Hey! you would be a killer insurance adjuster.. Your logic makes perfect sense no need to prove a point on a $35 toy.