First Project was Plasma Cutters anyone?

[Tractors4u]

I am the one who started the plasma cutter thread and I have actually used for something worthwhile. Not practical but I think it was worth the work. My little girl has one these Power Wheels type of vehicles that looks like a John Deere Gator. I decided I would build her a trailer for it and here is the result. I got a lot of good torch time working on the little trailer. It is made of 1.5 inch box tubing with a little angle iron thrown in. Tires are pnuematic. It looks like a 1/4 scale 5X8 utility trailer. She likes it.

 

[Tractors4u]

Another picture, it even dumps!

 

[RobS]

Fantastic! Why is it projects for the kids turn out the best /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[pajoube]

Great job, the smile on those two beautiful girls make it all worth while.
PJ

 

[Harv]

Nice job, Brent!

Looks like a work of love. Maybe that's why it turned out so well.

 

[Ozarker]

Brings back good memories. When I was a child I had a little pedal tractor that I rode everywhere. My grandfather built a little trailer similar to that, but smaller and I used it to haul stuff around for grandma while she gardened.....even when she didn't want me to.

It was instructive as well. I learned how to back that trailer where ever I wanted it to be and that skill has served me well as an adult.

 

[knucklehead]

Beautiful! - and the trailer looks good, too. How much can they haul?

 

[EdKing]

Looks like I'm going to have to talk my wife into a plasma cutter now. My father in law just brought me up about 10 3ft by 5ft sheets of 1/4 inch plate and about 20 sheets of 1/8 inch the same size. I'm going to need something to cut the stuff to size for a few projects.

 

[Tractors4u]

<font color=red>How much can they haul?</font color=red>

I have no doubt that the little trailer with it's 1.5" box tube frame could easily carry 100lbs, it was the Gator I was worried about. I really wasn't worried about her pitching a 50lb sack of feed into the trailer but I was concerned a couple of her little friends would pile in the trailer and the back of the Gator would tear apart. The hitch was a tab welded to a 3X5 inch plate with two 1/4-20 bolts through the plate then the Gator then through a back plate for reinforcement. I noticed when she would hit a bump the little hitch moved up and down due to the flexing of the Gators plastic frame. So tonight I just finished opening the Gator up for some reinforment surgery. I think she now has the only 3/4 ton rated Gator in the neighborhood. Man do I need something constructive to do!!! But it is so much fun.

 

[Kodiak]

Ed:
You have avery generous Father In Law!

 

[EdKing]

Russ, he got it all for free, I think from his reserve unit. And yes, he is rather generous, but he can be a serious PITA at times as well.

 

[Kodiak]

Roger that!!!!!!/w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif

 

[Turfman]

Nice looking trailer. The only problem is that it will show up in another forum with someone wanting to know if they can tow their BX1800 on it behind a Ford Pinto./w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

Does it have trailer brakes?

 

[Tractors4u]

<font color=red>Does it have trailer brakes? </font color=red>

You know I actually thought "You know it would be hard to put brakes on this thing, just tie them in to the electric motors"

My wife asked me what the point was in the the dumping action because our daughter would never use it. I said I did it because I could.

 

[gerard]

100lbs?? Was that a typo?? With 1 1/2 inch box that is one overbuilt trailer!!!!! Like you said - I think the gator's tongue weight is the limiting factor - not that trailer!!

 

[Tractors4u]

Not a typo! I will take a picture of me standing in it. The 1.5"box tubing is thin wall, so it isn't very heavy.