john40981
Silver Member
- Joined
- Feb 18, 2013
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- Dalby QLD
- Tractor
- Yanmar EF685 with 4in1 loader, Yanmar YM2700 with 4in1 loader, Fiat AT7C Dozer
Hi all, I have just finished my latest project. We had an old 1988 Mitsubishi Triton ute at our farm that the gearbox crapped itself and I couldn't justify the price they want for a side by side to replace it so I decided to custom make something that would do what we wanted. It started it's life as 1 1998 KIA Sportage 4wd wagon and after taking to it with the plasma cutter and MIG and a few months work at weekends it turned out OK I think.
It's great on the farm, my wife likes driving it and our dog likes getting in the back and so far works good for shooting so my boys claim. Has roof mounted spotlight, LED lights in the back as well as the LED work light, gun racks for two rifles either side, removable/tilt rear tail gate, so the lazy dog can get in and out. The high post at the back is to hold onto to get in the back when we go spotlighting and I have made a piece that goes into it to hold the back legs of an animal in the air for my son to skin ( he seems to like that sort of thing??)
I am happy with the way it turned out, just hope the old KIA's up to the task mechanically, so far so good. We have named it "Penny" and there is good reason to name it that. Do any of you watch "Big Bank Theory" can you guess why we named it Penny??

How it looked before

Stripped ready to cutup, hope you like all our safety gear for plasma cutting:laughing: we are in Australia remember, were stupid I mean tough over here. :thumbsup:


Hacked up

ready for paint

The finished build. :cool2: I've put huge mud tyres on the back since this was taken that lifted the back 3". I will find a picture of them and post later.

It's great on the farm, my wife likes driving it and our dog likes getting in the back and so far works good for shooting so my boys claim. Has roof mounted spotlight, LED lights in the back as well as the LED work light, gun racks for two rifles either side, removable/tilt rear tail gate, so the lazy dog can get in and out. The high post at the back is to hold onto to get in the back when we go spotlighting and I have made a piece that goes into it to hold the back legs of an animal in the air for my son to skin ( he seems to like that sort of thing??)
I am happy with the way it turned out, just hope the old KIA's up to the task mechanically, so far so good. We have named it "Penny" and there is good reason to name it that. Do any of you watch "Big Bank Theory" can you guess why we named it Penny??

How it looked before

Stripped ready to cutup, hope you like all our safety gear for plasma cutting:laughing: we are in Australia remember, were stupid I mean tough over here. :thumbsup:


Hacked up

ready for paint

The finished build. :cool2: I've put huge mud tyres on the back since this was taken that lifted the back 3". I will find a picture of them and post later.
