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[300UGUY]

If its straight, hang it under your truck. I moved a 32' 10 inch "H" beam with 6" flanges under a Ford F150 a few miles once. You gotta be very aware of grade changes...no stopping at the Kwik Mart on the way...

Also, all rail in the US is "closed cycle" meaning its never not railroad property, so if you take that piece, you are stealing it. Just FYI, I'm not judging, I might snag it myself, but be aware that justice is usually harsh and very unforgiving when the railroad is the victim and the have their own police force.

If you get caught with rail here, you might go to jail.

 

[jwmorris]

Yeah, that would work or ....... find a piece of pipe the right size and press it over the wooden wheel to make a steel tire. PVC pipe would probably work too, but it's kinda hard to find PVC that large.

I think the way it's generally done is to roll a ring and weld it together slightly undersized. Then you heat it up, that expands it, them drop it over the wheel and it cools and shrinks and becomes very tight on the wheel.

Same way you install new starter teeth on a flywheel, they are not welded just a friction fit.

 

[JRP]

Had a very hard to get to hydraulic hose to get to. A $5 Chinese wrench and a 1/2 drive spcket made an extended reach crowfoot.

 

[jwmorris]

Added a collator off one of my reloading machines and added a" flipper" built the same way me seed dropper works on my gopher plow.

 

[rswyan]

Not really a tool per se ... but an accessory for one (or two) - MIG gun holder on the vise stand:

 

[jaotguy]

anything that makes your life easier is a "tool"

if it makes your life worse or doesn't help ... it is a "useless tool"

 

[CDN Farm Boy]

anything that makes your life easier is a "tool"

if it makes your life worse or doesn't help ... it is a "useless tool"

Lol....I've got one of those at work

 

[skyhook]

Lol....I've got one of those at work

Good one...lol

 

[jaotguy]

( PSSSTT , that was the real meaning behind the remark ):laughing:

 

[ivan purllant]

I would like to construct one similar to yours, have you any further photos, drawings etc.many thanks Ivan