Carryall picture

[Jim_W]

See attached - this carryall turned out pretty well but is on the heavy side. I figure there are 200 pounds of steel and maybe 60 pounds of oak (inch and a quarter), so it's a bit hard to wiggle around when attaching to the three point.
It's been great for hauling rocks to the rock pile, and other odd jobs. Makes the steering nice and light too.
Jim W from the great white north

[njrqs]

Jim

Looks great. Any plans around for making one?

I am not real handy but thought of even making a light one of wood just to be able to cart (light) things around with me.

[knucklehead]

Jim, I think that is just what I am looking for - especially for lighter weight material like wood (as opposed to rock). Would that be a 9N you're sportin' ?

[fortyseven2n]

Nice carryall ! How about some closer pics and some dimensions ? I need to make one myself .

BTW , I would guess the tractor as a Ferguson TO-20 or TO-30 and a nice one at that .

Fortyseven2N

[Jim_W]

The tractor is a '52 Ferguson TEA20. Up here we got the British made ones made by the Standard Motor Company (later Triumph), instead of the TO20 with the Continental engine, but they look the same.

Anyway, dimensions. It's all 3 x 3 x 1/4" angle iron, because my brother gave it to me. If I were doing it again I would use 2 x 3" to save weight (if I could get it for the same price) but then I would have to scratch my head to figure out which way to put them. It would be worth it though - it would save around 40 pounds.

There are three pieces 6' long, 4 pieces 3' long, and four pieces 30" long, for a total of forty feet. The base would be 6' x 3' but the way I made it I lost 3" at the inside corner so it's 6' x 33". The 30" pieces are for the vertical part. The two middle vertical ones are spaced 26 1/2" apart but that was a bit much - there is about a 1/2" shoulder on each pin, so the lift arms are about 27" apart. It doesn't sway much, but it's harder to hook up.
For the floorboards, I sorted through rough cut oak. Where the 6' long 1/4" thick angle iron is on top of the four "floor joists", I used 1"x3" boards, and between them I used 1 1/4", so they all would end up flush. Boy that's hard to explain. Anyway they are just bolted down with carriage bolts.

[Jim_W]

One more picture

[knucklehead]

Jim - 'been busy at work for the last few days. Saw your pictures but no time to write much. The carryall looks nice. I was thinking about messing with your design so the lower (rear) angle was turned up, and then a sheet of 3/4" plywood, or a few planks would slip in and maybe not have to be bolted down. In fact, the reason I got thinking about it was that I'd like to add sides, and was thinking about making them out of plywood.

You were talking about weight - do you think you could go as small as 2" angle? It looks as though with all the bracing, that I could go smaller on at least the middle pieces. But 200lb doesn't seem all that heavy, especially if you are going to try to fill it with wood.

[Jim_W]

I think if you had the diagonal braces on it that 2x2 would be fine, but this is my gut feel, not engineering. We made the diagonals removable in case I want to carry an awkward sized load, like sheets of drywall or plywood. In that case, the capacity depends on the strength of the inside corner, so there's where you really need to think about whether 2x2 will work.
I preferred not to use plywood for the floor because it is sitting outside, and also, I knew I'd be hard on it (tossing hundred pound rocks aboard) so wanted it tough.
200 pounds is OK but it's hard to move it to attach to the tractor, mostly because the edges of the 3x3 are what rest on the ground, so it digs in a bit.
Hey - maybe I need an outbuilding with a concrete floor; that will make it easier.
Thanks!

[knucklehead]

Hey - a concrete floor! Now we're thinking alike! I live next to a water plant, and I can get pallets at will. Earlier the Spring there was talk around this board about using them to "park" equipment on, which is what I have been doing with firewood and other assorted stuff for a while. Add a set of forks to the back of that Fergie, and you can even move stuff around.

Concrete coming as soon as the house is stripped and clapboarded, painted, and we might as well replace the 40 year old windows...............[img]/w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[JRP]

Forks are a good project. Here is a thread:
http://www.tractorbynet.com/cgi-bin/...c=1#Post166780

That shows my project, not painted yet.