Need a yard truck?

[Runner]

I'll stay with the JDM Minitruck. Enclosed cab with heat and AC, hi-lo range 4wd, full locking differentials. And the clincher a scissors lift/dump bed. Perfect match up for the FELs on my tractors.

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I want one of those to drive on the street, but still can't figure out how or if they can be legal to drive on-road in MO. I have seen a couple, but I dunno'.....

 

[D&D]

I want one of those to drive on the street, but still can't figure out how or if they can be legal to drive on-road in MO. I have seen a couple, but I dunno'.....

I have seen them out and about too. Highly doubt they meet the fed crash standards, people dont bother with such things much anymore (traffic stds/rules). Guess the biggie is will your insurance carrier cover it?

 

[D&D]

I have seen them out and about too. Highly doubt they meet the fed crash standards, people dont bother with such things much anymore (traffic stds/rules). Guess the biggie is will your insurance carrier cover it?

Moved this thought to rural living

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/mini-trucks-sxs-atv-etc.619116/

 

[thebmrust]

Cool, but too small. A wheelbarrow and shovel would almost be faster than his micro backhoe and dump.

That’s nice Ben, but who needs a lightbulb? Not everyone can afford electricity. Now hand me a match for this lantern.

 

[RayIN]

This guy builds lots of cool stuff like that out of old Cub Cadets, like forklifts, etc. Right now he is finishing up a CC dump truck:

Looks like a complicated wheelbarrow to me, that appears to be all it can haul.

 

[jigs_n_fixtures]

I want one of those to drive on the street, but still can't figure out how or if they can be legal to drive on-road in MO. I have seen a couple, but I dunno'.....

Idaho lets you plate them as ATV/UTVs and you can't drive them on the state highways. But city, county, and Forest Service roads are fine. Most of the time, I use it to put around town, or at my place. I can get to most places I go without being on a highway. So, it not being highway legal hasn't been an issue. Insurance was pretty easy once I figured out how to pad the serial number into what would be a valid VIN.

That said, I made a run to the dump with mine, which required about 4-miles of US93. Had the utility trailer full of yard waste, and the truck full of collapsed cardboard boxes. Slight grade the whole way, so couldn't get above 45-mph, and turned on the flashers and the rear hazard bar. Highway patrol came up behind me and followed me to the turn off to the dump and turned after me. As soon as I cleared the turn, he hit the lights. I figured I was going to get ticketed. He walked around the truck and looked it over. Then said, "Its safe, stupid law. So, have a nice day." Got back in his car and left. The County and City guys would never bother with a ticket.

 

[dkmc]

Some more pictures of the Smithco Line Stripe-er
The 9hp Kawasaki vertical shaft engine is very similar to the horizontal shaft engines used in Club Car golf carts.
It has an internal balance shaft. Drive is an Eaton 851 trans axle. It's got an internal wet brake (which Smithco
never used) and a bypass valve for towing. The way it is right now, there is no safety devices of any kind. Not
sure it even ever had a seat shut off switch. You can move the F-N-R lever and it will go, operator or not.
The pedal that's there was used to activate the spray booms. I plan on connecting it to the brake so it has
to be depressed to release the brake, spring return to brake on position.

 

[Runner]

Some more pictures of the Smithco Line Stripe-er
The 9hp Kawasaki vertical shaft engine is very similar to the horizontal shaft engines used in Club Car golf carts.
It has an internal balance shaft. Drive is an Eaton 851 trans axle. It's got an internal wet brake (which Smithco
never used) and a bypass valve for towing. The way it is right now, there is no safety devices of any kind. Not
sure it even ever had a seat shut off switch. You can move the F-N-R lever and it will go, operator or not.
The pedal that's there was used to activate the spray booms. I plan on connecting it to the brake so it has
to be depressed to release the brake, spring return to brake on position.
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Now I REALLY want one. Hydro just like my old JD 185. It is very handy to be able to move the machine with the hydro lever while you walk along beside, such as when using a sprayer or moving a trailer, etc.

 

[Runner]

Idaho lets you plate them as ATV/UTVs and you can't drive them on the state highways. But city, county, and Forest Service roads are fine. Most of the time, I use it to put around town, or at my place. I can get to most places I go without being on a highway. So, it not being highway legal hasn't been an issue. Insurance was pretty easy once I figured out how to pad the serial number into what would be a valid VIN.

That said, I made a run to the dump with mine, which required about 4-miles of US93. Had the utility trailer full of yard waste, and the truck full of collapsed cardboard boxes. Slight grade the whole way, so couldn't get above 45-mph, and turned on the flashers and the rear hazard bar. Highway patrol came up behind me and followed me to the turn off to the dump and turned after me. As soon as I cleared the turn, he hit the lights. I figured I was going to get ticketed. He walked around the truck and looked it over. Then said, "Its safe, stupid law. So, have a nice day." Got back in his car and left. The County and City guys would never bother with a ticket.

So cool. I have driven tiny cars my whole life, but would be scared to drive a micro-truck on the freeway. But it would be fun to use just to run up to the hardware store on side streets, etc.

 

[airbiscuit]

I'd like to see him build a riding rough cut mower,