2 tires, what to make?

[Johndeere3720]

Landing wheels for a 1 man airplane, LifeSize checkers (starter set), baseball pitching machine, log sawmill band pulleys, gauge wheels for landscape rake, portable mailbox base (fill with concrete), ammunition for trebuche.

That is quite an assortment of ideas. One of my friends was taking about maing a capipult on a utility trailer, he doesnt know why, i guess just to have it. :confused2: The guage wheels for the landscape rake are a very good idea, I will keep that in mind. :thumbsup:

I just gave 2 mobile home wheels and drums to a friend who is going to make 2 manually driven pottery wheels. They spin nicely and for a long time.

Hmm, pottery. I am not sure if that would be my thing. But thank you for the idea.

How about a trailer dolly, something like Northern Industrial 600-Lb. Capacity Heavy-Duty Trailer Dolly 10 1/2in. x 3 3/8in. Tires | Trailer Dollies | Northern Tool + Equipment

Or something similar to move a 55 gal drum / fueling station around. Don't forget a battery tray if your transfer pump is 12V.

I would make a trailer dolly but most our trailers weigh in the neighborhood of a minimum of 1 ton, well excluding the 3 mortar mixers, those are about 800 pounds each. I have a trailer ball on my middle buster which works since the shank is just bolted on with 2 bolts so I can remove it easily and use the trailer ball to move the heavy trailers with the 3720. I have been thinking of a mobile fueling system but the thing with that is getting it back to the gas station with relative ease and probably without a trailer. So I wouldn't be able to use it at my mom's place since I have no FEL to load/unload it from the truck, different story art my dads as we have the 3720 with a FEL and forks and the CT322 with forks. My grandpa has suggested a sprayed for spraying weeds in the yard but that wouldn't work since all our yard is is weeds. I also have thought of a go cart for my cousins, a way to use my box blade behind the quad, a small flat bed trailer, a small tool trailer for working in the woods with fuel and a work bench included, a small harrow or land plane with wheels to lift it up/down for transport with the quad, and a water sprinkler that can easily be moved around the yard in the summer for watering verses sticking the sprinkler into the hard packed ground. Keep the ideas coming, i like your guys ideas. :thumbsup:

 

[JMynes]

A snowmobile trail crosses the road right next to my house. One of the groomers drags a sled with wheels on the back of it. The wheels are raised on the trail, but when he crosses the road the wheels swing down to lift the sled off the road. Once across, the wheels swing back up. I don't know if it's hydraulic or electric actuated, nor do I know what you might apply it to in your case. Just one more idea to consider.

 

[alchemysa]

2 TIRES ... WHAT TO MAKE?

Well you could start with a couple of swans...

 

[CurlyDave]

2 TIRES ... WHAT TO MAKE?

My wife would tell me to make a trip to the dump.

 

[jake98]

2 TIRES ... WHAT TO MAKE?

My wife would tell me to make a trip to the dump.

:laughing:

I'm a junk picker from way back. Was just on a job the other day where there was a big hopper broadcast spreader in the dumpster that looked pretty good, I always think, 'it's got good tires on it!' a throwback to my go-cart youth.. Anyway, I was a little irritated with myself for forgetting it when I left, but I got home and saw the five things around the shop I'm not using with good tires on them and had a little chuckle.

 

[db556]

Make an electric dolly. Its what I did. (well before I took it apart to make a mini electric ATV thing)

Get a section of round stock and mill a (probably 1/4") keyway into the end.
Or buy it pre-keyed. (surplus center FTW!)

Now take some plate .25" to .5" and drill out a bolt pattern for your bearings (you do have a box of random flange bearing in your basement right?...)

Mount these on a section of material between the bearing plates I used 3/8" angle capped over one corner or each plate. From here make a rear support for two casters (put the casters close together but not to close)

Now go find a old piece of 12volt equipment salt spreader, winch, wheel chair, and get the drive motor off of it.

Mount that on the frame you just made and use a harbor freight 2000lb winch controller to give you forward and reverse control.

Now to get the power to the wheels there are two ways, friction; where you mount a small tire on the motor and press it against the drive wheel. The small wheel turning the big wheel gives you your drive reduction.

Now if you also have a big box or sprockets in your basement you can slide a sprocket onto the shaft and use a the sprockets for your reduction.

Mount a lawn tractor battery or two (depending on motor voltage wheel chair motor is probably 24v)

Now make or attach a dolly to your doom device! And you can quietly move heavy objects from point A to B!

 

[melonhawg]

Okay guys, i have been looking at these tires for 2 weeks now trying to figure out what to make out of them. I also have 2 smaller tires but i am more focused on the larger 2 (shown in pictures). They are 18"x8.5" R3 tires and take a 3/4" axle so I am limited weight wise due to axle diameter. I have came up with a few ideas but I really cant see myself using them. Any ideas? I really want a welding project. :thumbsup:

Do you have a log rack? You could roll it around anywhere you want.

 

[Johndeere3720]

All very good ideas. I finally got one though. My grandma has all these poles for the horse arena for jumping and what not so I figured that i could make some sort of wagon that I could pull all the poles at once rather than 1 pole after another. Thank you all for the ideas, Now I need some more tires. :laughing:

 

[woodsmith]

I would make a trailer dolly but most our trailers weigh in the neighborhood of a minimum of 1 ton, well excluding the 3 mortar mixers, those are about 800 pounds each.

How about making it a two axle four wheel dolly using the smaller wheels for the steering axle?
It will make you work on your trailer reversing.

A gravity kart for downhill racing?
Dog sled/kart?