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4shorts
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Paul,
Congratulations on another fantastic build! Wow, when you get some extra time on your hands, look out! I do hope you made an extra one - that will look really nice on the front of my Grand L!
Thank you my friend. Christmas is tough on me because all the sitting around. We shut down for two weeks but I do get to sneak out to the shop during that time to play with my own projects. The extra one will have to wait. I've spend about four days at this thing but It wasn't like work.it was a fun project.This unit was built basically from scrap i had around the shop. The only thing I bought for it were the LED strobe lights. I had the gas shock, paint, steel so it cost me about $200. including decals to do but that don't include my four days of labor
Some questions for you:
1. How did you end up connecting it to the front brush guard? I couldn't really tell by the pictures.
That's a really good question and was one of the things I had to think about before I started in at this project.
I first built the box. The box it's self have four rounded corners which is tough to do but I won't get into that right now. after i got the box done I added the cornering ends and what I decided on was to use the existing hols that were in the front guard (two on each side) and weld four nuts on the inside of the box I built and to attach the storage unit I would go in through the LED cornering light opening and bolt it on through there. There's also two upper bolts on the back of the box that you can just see in the the first picture I've added. The holes were already there from the factory so I fabricated a small plate again with two nuts welded to it and bolted the unit on there as well.
The box is very, very strong but there were some great restrictions due to lack of room to work in and no room for error.
2. I noticed that you included a 12v adapter plug - what do you envision using this for? Or was it just a matter of 'you could'?
Well I was going to tell you that it was for charging my cell phone but wouldn't do it :laughing: Actually that's the lock for the storage unit. It has a rubber cover over the thing. A guy was in the shop yesterday and thought the same thing as you did.
3. When you start a project like this, do sketch it out in detail before you start or just sort of create as you go?
Well I've been asked that question many times and it,s another great question. I basically get the idea to build and think about it for a few days and just start in at it. I never sketch anything down and build as I go. I could build another one of these and have a totally different design.
When I built the "Crazy Cart" I remember my wife asking me as I was heading out to the shop the first evening "What will this cart look like" I replied "I don't have anything in mind but I'm hoping something will come to me when I get going. Here's the "Crazy Cart" I know you've seen it but some may not have:
YouTube - Crazy Cart
Looking forward to the video - please put a link on this thread once you get it done.
Take care,
Will do. Thanks for your questions and comments. :thumbsup:
I did post a few pics inside another thread but I'll start a fresh thread on it and let you know later today.
Thanks Kevin. After I bent all the 3/8th rods to the exact length I drilled out the 1" flatbar and welded the rods on the back side of the flat bar for a cleaner look. The guards were installed with stainless bolts and a gasket installed between the two surfaces. Most of the box was mig welded from the inside except for the bottom part. I did the inside welding before I put the bottom on. It was my intention to tig the bottom on but I had three days on it by that time and it wasn't even painted yet so I migged it. (see photos)
Thanks everyone for your kind comments. Very much appreciated!
