New Member, New Tractor, Question..

[Thomas]

If the price is right do both..more so if plowing snow.

 

[PoorMansCat]

I think I may have come across a REAL deal. My F.I.L. had an old home made solid steel upright safe laying in his back pasture...
I dug it out of the dirt tonight and brought it home... Its heavy just as it is, I could DEFINITELY tell that it was on the loader when I picked it up..
Its a little too tall, but i'm going to cut it down to size and outfit it with some 4x4 square tubing on the sides for my lift arms to go into.

 

[PoorMansCat]

I've already been moving bales around with it.. Its been doing great with just the cutter on. I won't be doing this all the time, just to feed two pasture ornaments and a couple of calves..

 

[teg]

...old home made solid steel upright safe... ...outfit it with some 4x4 square tubing on the sides for my lift arms...

PHOTOS!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: It would be cool to try and leave it whole (tall) You can always cut it down later... if it's too tall.

 

[PoorMansCat]

hahaha... It would look like an upright coffin being hauled around.. Might be cool next October??
Apparently some relative built it a million years ago cause they didn't trust banks...

 

[teg]

Oh, :shocked: *THAT* tall....

BTW, have you looked inside

 

[PoorMansCat]

Its about 4ft. tall x 18" deep x 24" wide. Get this though, its got an old money safe looking tumbler lock mechanism. It also has an old rawlson-koenig style keyed toolbox latch, and a homemade "quarter turn" sliding latch that has an eye and matching welded tab for a padlock. The padlock is there, no key! There is no key for the toolbox lock, and the numerical wheel for the tumbler lock is gone!!!.
Was going to lay the "flame ratchet" to it today, but my O2 regulator has failed.. gonna do some safe-cracking tomorrow.

 

[Baby Grand]

Make sure it's vented before you apply too much heat! May be a non-issue, but never hurts to check.

 

[teg]

4' by 2' by 18" sounds perfect for a counter weight... Attach some ears that you can drill for the lower pins and add a top bracket.

Also, don't forget to take some pictures...:laughing::laughing:

 

[PoorMansCat]

I should be opening it up the afternoon... My F.I.L. said that it has another " inner box" inside this one.. I HOPE it doesnt have another locked door.!!