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I took the opportunity to set the tooler on a scale with only one sheet of 3/8 inch plywood on it. It surprised me to discover it came in at 400 pounds before trimming it out.
August 29th, 2008:You may like to have a look at the progress on Caddie Trunk #3,... This is the first one having all new lumber. The hardware is what just naturally transformed into being a part of it. The legs are made from an old weight lifting bench I found in a scrap pile. The Rustolum gloss blue sure produced a shinny finish on the legs and side rail hardware. I'm going to put a coat of stain to the old side boards I made out of some scrape several years ago. We'll call it fowe finish, but hey they do the job. I think it's pretty neat. Like a portable pick up I can roll about in my one car garage.
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Introducing the Synchro-link Tool Box
June 26th, 2010: Saw this old moving and storage box on the side of the road and I thought it was the makings of a great tool box. It has 4.74 cubic yards of storage space. Somehow I'll find some room for a surfboard or two.
I've got a surprise on the rear end. It took more time to fabricate because the need to be able to take the rear end apart to replace the wooden wheels. I've got some pressure treated 6 inch fence post, glued and screwed for now, but I'm in the search for some 8 inch round oak. Got the extra inch on the front legs too. However, the front legs are and experiment.
The tubing is only 1/8 stuff, ,120? I was trying to save some wieght and the only time they really get tested is when someone parks infront of a bed and I have to drag the bed sideways.
I think I'd prefer metal wheels, but who knows, I just had to give this wooden wheel idea a try; because it would be nice on my customer's driveways, and isn't that where I want it to be? Besides it kind of makes me feel like a Flintstone.
If you wondered why the wheels were mounted to the sides of the box. It was a mater of being able to have a shorter than normal bed length and being able to slide it forward, moving the weight forward.
Things can get pretty tight when designing these kinds of things.
Being such a short bed, I thought the tools and equipment would slide more than they did. But being so high off the ground, if I raise the front legs up, I can load it with tipping it only slightly. What do you do when a government and its industries are so corrupt April 19th, 2010: Did a little experiment with the thought of using a utility trailer as a dumpster.
I used a couple blocks to take place of the rear wheels I didn't have. They also helped out with requiring less tip when loading. It loaded about as steep as most common hook-lift do without them. If I had my own dumpster, it would require less till as you see here and it would be less likely to have materials inside shift back while loading.
I just used a couple bungy cores to attach 2 x 4s on to the rails so that the trailer axial wasn't digging into them.
The key here was to keep the truck creeping forward so that the tailgate wouldn't get crushed. January 13th, 2010: Happy to say that what's happening around here is the gain in popularity of this web-site. Oh yah, soon the blog at Synchro-link will be history. June 6, '08 : Now that Diesel is over $5 per gallon, well see what kind of trucks hold their value. Those folks that own half tons like the F-150 are finding out that their trucks are worth pennies on the dollar and they realize that they could have just got by borrowing grampa's truck when they need to barrow his lawn mower. Back then, one of my customers just couldn't see why we weren't paying $5 per gallon already. I thought hell, then who would want to buy a SUV, all they are is a four wheel drive station wagon. But see, the government helped out the auto manufactures with a tax incentive to buy vehicles that weigh over 6,000 pound. It was pushed through as a way of helping farmers, but they didn't really benefit from it very much. But ever Tom, Dick and Harry realestateagent bought one because of the right-off. But now they are worth pennies on the dollar and now the auto manufacture get to sell everyone four cylinder cars like they should have. And these hybrids -- they sure won't be worth much when they reach 80,000 miles. So you could say that they are an expensive lesson. And by they way, I met a guy who works in the automotive industry. He said the they whole thing about the hybrids being environmenty friendly is a bunch of hog wash. The reason being that building them does more harm to the environment than
they are suppose to protect. Kind of funny how I had to learn that I have received a patent in Canada.
That equals to about another 30 million. Pretty Cool I'd say. Beats collecting stamps.
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