Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: madcrow on December 22, 2013, 07:18:13 pm
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I will try to break the pics up in posts for the people on dial up. Up first are a couple of homemade tractors. A chopped down chevy rearend, chevy transmission and wisconsin 18hp motor. The red one can be cranked by battery or the old hand crank on the front of the motor. The blue one has fluid filled tires and he was working on a front end loader for it.
(http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp161/madcrow_2008/Dads%20stuff/CAM00112_zpse9qz8nhz.jpg) (http://s408.photobucket.com/user/madcrow_2008/media/Dads%20stuff/CAM00112_zpse9qz8nhz.jpg.html)
(http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp161/madcrow_2008/Dads%20stuff/CAM00113_zpsz3v8k5ud.jpg) (http://s408.photobucket.com/user/madcrow_2008/media/Dads%20stuff/CAM00113_zpsz3v8k5ud.jpg.html)
A homemade three wheeler he used for pulling the mowing deck he made.
(http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp161/madcrow_2008/Dads%20stuff/CAM00111_zpsbubwudpt.jpg) (http://s408.photobucket.com/user/madcrow_2008/media/Dads%20stuff/CAM00111_zpsbubwudpt.jpg.html)
The mowing deck.
(http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp161/madcrow_2008/Dads%20stuff/CAM00082_zpsdb2bbb17.jpg) (http://s408.photobucket.com/user/madcrow_2008/media/Dads%20stuff/CAM00082_zpsdb2bbb17.jpg.html)
His latest project. Not a complete zero turn mower, it does have about an 8 inch turn radius. Seperate motors for teh body and deck.
(http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp161/madcrow_2008/Dads%20stuff/CAM00080_zpsfeea11yi.jpg) (http://s408.photobucket.com/user/madcrow_2008/media/Dads%20stuff/CAM00080_zpsfeea11yi.jpg.html)
More to come in a few minutes.
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Here are a few of the trailers he has made for himself.
16 foot lowboy
(http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp161/madcrow_2008/Dads%20stuff/CAM00159_zps5arxnnvl.jpg) (http://s408.photobucket.com/user/madcrow_2008/media/Dads%20stuff/CAM00159_zps5arxnnvl.jpg.html)
5 x 8 dump trailer.
(http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp161/madcrow_2008/Dads%20stuff/CAM00158_zpssullhxsw.jpg) (http://s408.photobucket.com/user/madcrow_2008/media/Dads%20stuff/CAM00158_zpssullhxsw.jpg.html)
He started this one out as a small cattle trailer and later when he quit the cow business, we cut it down. I use it for hauling the mower, but it has held over 3,000 pounds of cattle before.
(http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp161/madcrow_2008/Dads%20stuff/CAM00079_zpsb2cf54f3.jpg) (http://s408.photobucket.com/user/madcrow_2008/media/Dads%20stuff/CAM00079_zpsb2cf54f3.jpg.html)
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Again COOL....quite a fabricator!!!!!
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Yes he was. Once he got a picture in his head of what he wanted, he worked until it was just like that pic.
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I like seeing stuff like that, its amazing what the imagination will come up with.
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Awesome builds 8)
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he was a genius.thanks for the look.
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amazing what a person with an imagination and a welder can do. those are all very cool
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Cool trailers, but I hated hand cranking Wisconsin motors on drill rigs in the 70's
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That stuff is great. Hardest part of any projrct is getting the picture in your head. IMO.
Cool Beans, dpg
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I see now where your talent comes from. Excellent work!
Cipriano
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Way cool stuff, innovative well made stuff looks like
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Very talented man..Thanks for sharing
Leroy
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The two little tractors and three wheeler are awesome. That zero turn mower is over the top cool as well. Great stuff, thank you for sharing the pictures
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That seems like a lost art. I remember as a kid everybody, especiallyl the farmers, would make whatever it took to get the job done. We never just went and bought a new anything. Usually we would drag home something somebody else had already wore out and commenced making it work.
Those are pieces of America's finest art form in my opinion. I'm glad you have them and the memories that go with them.
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Very very cool.
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That seems like a lost art. I remember as a kid everybody, especiallyl the farmers, would make whatever it took to get the job done. We never just went and bought a new anything. Usually we would drag home something somebody else had already wore out and commenced making it work.
Those are pieces of America's finest art form in my opinion. I'm glad you have them and the memories that go with them.
I am not that talented but I would rather fix it if I can than buy a new cheaply made anything that will be ready to throw out in 6 months!