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dourobob
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Way to go.
My buddy and I are getting close to finishing our 821 as well. What a great project. Hopefully we will be ready to paint in another month or two. (we are just doing P/T one night a week but, as we get closer to the end (or the beginning of actually using it) I suspect we may find a little more time to devote.
Please post more photos
Bob
My buddy and I are getting close to finishing our 821 as well. What a great project. Hopefully we will be ready to paint in another month or two. (we are just doing P/T one night a week but, as we get closer to the end (or the beginning of actually using it) I suspect we may find a little more time to devote.
Please post more photos
Bob
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<font color="blue"> [/coBoy, it looks good, wish I had one. What kind of money do you have invested, and how much of it did you pay to have fab'ed? Very cool, I want one. lor]
<font color="black"> </font> cost was over $3200. It was a kit and I had my own motor. took nearly 50lbs of welding rod to put it together. It was a fun project /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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<font color="black"> </font> cost was over $3200. It was a kit and I had my own motor. took nearly 50lbs of welding rod to put it together. It was a fun project /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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Very kewel, 'hauler!!
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Thanks for the photos. Makes me even more anxious to get ours finished.
Question on the seat - did you go with the low back seat because it was what you had on hand or for some other reason. We are discussing our seat arrangement tonight - my buddy is about 5'8" and I am 6'2" so we want to make it height adjustable for sure. We were also thinking about a suspension approach with a compressed spring inside a pipe and we thought of something with a higher back, maybe even a "recycled" car seat. Any thoughts based on your ever increasing experience??
Bob
Question on the seat - did you go with the low back seat because it was what you had on hand or for some other reason. We are discussing our seat arrangement tonight - my buddy is about 5'8" and I am 6'2" so we want to make it height adjustable for sure. We were also thinking about a suspension approach with a compressed spring inside a pipe and we thought of something with a higher back, maybe even a "recycled" car seat. Any thoughts based on your ever increasing experience??
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The seat is what they supplied with the kit. I don't have alot of seat time yet but my thought is not to put a high back seat on, reason is this thing can buck. It has enough power to lift the back end at will and the ride down is a bit bumpy. also walking the machine is around is quite a ride also. I'm sure I will get smoother in time but for now hang on. I am 6'5" and also thought I might put a bushing under the seat. I made one change I added a couple of foot rests for safty. my feet could easly get into the swing cylinders. you want to check that on yours when you get to the point. have fun /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
