What did you do in your shop today?
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That's it! When I pass through Kansas City in April I'm bringing a bunch of my dyed blanks and I'm bartering it for extreme Koa!
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So I cought this nasty cold and feel like crap, but I wanted to get the welding done before I am off for a few days for the Christmas break at work. maybe if I am feeling better I can get it painted. So here's what I came up with.
Being the master of re purposing things, this is all salvaged material! Welding is all done.
The hoops on the ends are to protect the ends of the winch, but they make nice carrying handles too.
Welds aren't the prettiest but it'll hold.
And test fit on my truck.
good clearance all around.
And I can drop the tailgate and not hit the winch or the mount assembly.
Just gotta get her painted and the winch mounted to it for the full effect, lol. This will sure make moving things easier, like logs! If one gets creative with the receivers the possibilities are endless. Mount it to the sides of a trailer and roll your logs up, mount it to the front of a trailer and drag em up. I built this thing really heavy! 12,000 lb. winch is going on it.
Being the master of re purposing things, this is all salvaged material! Welding is all done.
The hoops on the ends are to protect the ends of the winch, but they make nice carrying handles too.
Welds aren't the prettiest but it'll hold.
And test fit on my truck.
good clearance all around.
And I can drop the tailgate and not hit the winch or the mount assembly.
Just gotta get her painted and the winch mounted to it for the full effect, lol. This will sure make moving things easier, like logs! If one gets creative with the receivers the possibilities are endless. Mount it to the sides of a trailer and roll your logs up, mount it to the front of a trailer and drag em up. I built this thing really heavy! 12,000 lb. winch is going on it.
Got your winch already?
And here I thought it was going to be an extra heavy duty wheelchair rack for when you leave the bar a little too late....
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Ah Mr Peet, you don't know me very well, lol. I haven't drank in over 20+ years.
Do you have a remote for it? If not look into it! Best hundred dollars I have ever spent!!!
Warn is a little spendy on theirs, some of the others not so bad. you can buy universal units cheap on E-Bay as well. Some wire in direct, all of the universal units do, the Warn is a plug and play model. I can use it on ANY Warn winch. Simply plugs in where the cord does, keychain remote for the controls. Works as far as my cable will reach on a 9000 lb. winch! (Right at 100 ft.) Probably further, I've never had a chance to see how far away it will actually work, I'm usually on the skidsteer dragging it out when I play with it. Works great, carabineer on the keychain, clip it on the roll cage. Run hydraulics pushing, handles driving, and pulling with the winch. It comes out!
Put a 17,500 pound SmittyBuilt on the 5500 at work... That one is awesome! I had the skidsteer buried in mud up to the top of rims, nothing but a little bit of tire sticking out, and drug the machine out sideways, with me on the ground. Don't have a remote on that one. It is seriously badass!!
Warn is a little spendy on theirs, some of the others not so bad. you can buy universal units cheap on E-Bay as well. Some wire in direct, all of the universal units do, the Warn is a plug and play model. I can use it on ANY Warn winch. Simply plugs in where the cord does, keychain remote for the controls. Works as far as my cable will reach on a 9000 lb. winch! (Right at 100 ft.) Probably further, I've never had a chance to see how far away it will actually work, I'm usually on the skidsteer dragging it out when I play with it. Works great, carabineer on the keychain, clip it on the roll cage. Run hydraulics pushing, handles driving, and pulling with the winch. It comes out!
Put a 17,500 pound SmittyBuilt on the 5500 at work... That one is awesome! I had the skidsteer buried in mud up to the top of rims, nothing but a little bit of tire sticking out, and drug the machine out sideways, with me on the ground. Don't have a remote on that one. It is seriously badass!!
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@Don Ratcliff - Don't worry about California. It'll be fine when I unload it here in Peterson for you.
Finishing up a special order for a lady, was a bit more than I thought it was going to bee after all the back and forth over artwork. At least I found the correct bee and font to match their business cards which were done online and nobody kept a decent graphics file for me to work from....
Two good coats of brush on poly on it, it'll get knocked back with steel wool and waxed tomorrow morning and she can pick it up. Also got all the coin bank boxes hit with two coats of WOP. I'll buff those out in the morning after the sign and start installing doors.
Finishing up a special order for a lady, was a bit more than I thought it was going to bee after all the back and forth over artwork. At least I found the correct bee and font to match their business cards which were done online and nobody kept a decent graphics file for me to work from....
Two good coats of brush on poly on it, it'll get knocked back with steel wool and waxed tomorrow morning and she can pick it up. Also got all the coin bank boxes hit with two coats of WOP. I'll buff those out in the morning after the sign and start installing doors.
I can't tell you what it means to me knowing I have so many true friends on here that selflessly offer the ability to store my rather large collection of Hawaiian woods without me even needing to be there to unload.
Forgive me while I get emotional for a moment...
The sign and boxes look great
I can't tell you what it means to me knowing I have so many true friends on here that selflessly offer the ability to store my rather large collection of Hawaiian woods without me even needing to be there to unload.
Forgive me while I get emotional for a moment...
The sign and boxes look great
Thanks Don! All kidding aside, We're thinking you'll be nominated to host the Midwest Woodbarter get together and BBQ this coming summer. It'd be a grand excuse for a road trip.
I would not only be honored but it would be my pleasure to do so. I will just have to move all my wood off site...
I can make spam Loco moco for everyone
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Rocky the winch I bought does have a remote, don't know if it's wireless though. Would I have liked to buy a warn or smitty built? sure. But I just went with a horrible freight 12,000 lb winch. Got decent reviews in the 4 wheeler mags, best bang for the buck. And for my occasional use I think it will be fine. I got it on a black friday sale for $279.00, cheapest I have ever seen it. This will get my knee mill base into the basement safely, and help with moving logs in the future. We'll see how long this thing last? And I'll keep everyone informed. But for $279.00 I had to give it a try. So with building my own removable winch mount I did the whole thing on the cheap. But the battery will probably cost half as much as the winch.
@Don Ratcliff, where are you moving to? Guessing you got rock fever (what we called it in the Keys when we hadn't been off the islands for too long). Hope everything goes well!
Keep us posted, I've been looking for an inexpensive winch to add to my sawmill.
We're going to KC MO, it was unexpected but my wife was offered a job there we couldn't pass up.
I didn't have island fever until we made the decision to move, now I can't wait to get off this rock.
And a version for Maya....
@ripjack13 that is comedic gold sir! Nailed it! As we exit the runway I can imagine the same light show going for her like it's the wrestlemaina main event. For me, I'll just listen to that on my iPod as I push through the crowd to get my bags.
I'm not going to show this to her though, she might try to sign up for wb and that would be horrible. Imagine having your wife stalk your every comment in your only safe place in the entire world, here, on wb. It gives me the hibbyjibbies just thinking about it...
I'm not going to show this to her though, she might try to sign up for wb and that would be horrible. Imagine having your wife stalk your every comment in your only safe place in the entire world, here, on wb. It gives me the hibbyjibbies just thinking about it...
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Yep, that longing for snow, tornados, mosquitos, biting flies, and crazy rednecks in pickups. I can see why you'd feel that way....