Li'l Cart~a~Trailer all done

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It started life as a little sprayer with missing  wheels, I got it on a pallet of junque at a school auction. I replaced the hubs, added 12" wheels and used it for awhile to cart around the generator.  As finished, it is easily moved out on the work area for use near the shop.  Lately I wanted the oxy set up and the 3200HD with me around the ranchita, and the power can come from the WeldanPower if needed. For my use out on the ranchita, not for the highway of course. Size:  54" from the hitch to the tail.         34" wide outside tire to outside tire.Rear area is a small "pickup" box that holds any tools or toolbox I want with me like grinders,  consummables, torches, etc.  It'll go thru a door or any gate I got and it is balanced well for moving around either with the lawnmower tractor, the mule, or even the bigger tractor.  Material was scrap used steel I had on the ranchita all needing some grinding and clean up.  I wanted to practice my flap disc work and bend a few pipes in the Enerpac and this was a good project for me to practice that stuff.  In the background is the ~new to me~ 80 gallon compressor, heaven for sandblasting, air tools and paint. I guess I'll have to retire my beloved grocery cart cart now huh Attached ImagesLast edited by PapaLion; 09-23-2010 at 04:57 PM.Lincoln Power MIG 215Lincoln WeldPak 3200HDLincon ProCut 25Lincoln WeldanPower 225 AC/DCIf all else fails... buy more tools
Reply:Nice job on the conversion, I like to see someone take what others view as junk and make it into something functional and useful. Looks like it will make things real easy for transporting your equipment around the property not to mention the time you will save bringing the tools to the job instead of bringing the job to the tools.I am what I am, Deal with it!If necessity is the Mother of Invention, I must be the Father of Desperation!
Reply:I like the hoops ya put on it.  Looks a lot better than the last time I saw it.  Way to go Bret, it will come in handy with the fencing.MarkI haven't always been a nurse........Craftsman 12"x36" LatheEnco G-30B MillHobart Handler 175Lincoln WeldandPower 225 AC/DC G-7 CV/CCAdd a Foot Pedal to a Harbor Freight Chicago Electric 165A DC TIG PapaLion's Gate Build
Reply:Now that looks downright handy. Of course for me not being able to haul all my tools to remote regions is one of my main "go to" excuses. A cart like that would make it harder to stay out of work and dip deep into my nap times. "The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living and the get rich quick theory of life." -Theodore Roosevelt
Reply:Horse shoe hose hangers....tres cool.  You da man, P-Lion.Miller 211 w/ spool gunMiller Dynasty 200DXLongevity 60i IGBT plasmaO/A w/ crappy chinese torch/gaugesSouth Bend 10K latheGrizzly 4029 10x54 millGrizzly 7x12 hor bandsawangle grnders, bench grnder, bench belt sndr7.5 hp 80gal cmprsor
Reply:Too cool!  Great job! As for that grocery cart cart - turn it into your next project for . . .MM200 w/Spoolmatic 1Syncrowave 180SDBobcat 225G Plus - LP/NGMUTT Suitcase WirefeederWC-1S/Spoolmatic 1HF-251D-1PakMaster 100XL '68 Red Face Code #6633 projectStar Jet 21-110Save Second Base!
Reply:Thanks guys for the kind words, not near as complex or neat as most I've seen here...  I do get inspired to try to make things neater, cleaner, better welding etc. from the inspiration here.I really enjoy messing with the pipe bender, and I gotta go to Texas  in the spring and find a Boer Goat Buck I like... so I was thinking to make a  pickup bed stock carrier for my Tacoma.  Glad the site is back up, thanks to all the admin folks that helped right our  boat after the knockdown.Last edited by PapaLion; 09-24-2010 at 12:15 AM.Lincoln Power MIG 215Lincoln WeldPak 3200HDLincon ProCut 25Lincoln WeldanPower 225 AC/DCIf all else fails... buy more tools
Reply:Originally Posted by PapaLion  It'll go thru a door or any gate I got and it is balanced well for moving around either with the lawnmower tractor, the mule, or even the bigger tractor.
Reply:That is just way cool.
Reply:Wayell, mehbe out en la ranchita bonita, you have some left over horse shoes for hooks, esta bien. We tend to have lots of left over u-bolts which serve the same purpose all over the garage. I did trade my uncle out in the Ozarks my MillerMatic 250 for a bucket of horseshoes though, so maybe I kin find a use for them like that! Nice work PapaLion!  Attached ImagesCity of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:Pretty cool, I gotta agree! I got some shoes laying around here looking for something to do.Bruce The Welding ChefLincoln Weld-Pack 3200 NORWELD StickStanford Hill Farm