What Would You Build?

[jmc]

Jazzdad,

Ever read Humorist Tom Bodett's take on extraterrestrial inteligent life? He says there's plenty of it out there despite our failed attempts to contact them. They are simply ignoring us because we are known throughout the universe as "The people who pee in their drinking water"...

John

 

[JimR]

Parts the car out on Ebay and buy something for your tractor.

 

[rockinmywaypa]

I checked your profile and this is what I am suggesting...Drop the tranny and build a gas powered horse trainer like a carousel or a powered wood buzzsaw for cutting cordwood or a powered splitter or a hydraulic pressure supply for a your own jaws of life or maybe an electric generator for times when the power is off.

 

[OkeeDon]

A yard vehicle. Your own version of the Mule. It will mostly be in one gear and going slow, so the tranny may hold up, and the ball joints don't matter. Cut off the windshield, remove the doors, cut down the body a bit if it's in the way, build a wood bed for the back and enjoy. Is it 4WD? All the better, but it will still be useful with 2WD.

 

[GerardC]

DONATE IT TO MONSTER GARAGE! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[SPIKER]

that would be a trip, see Jessy get a hold of an old worn out samari! lol.

I would go for the portable welder generator with combination wood chipper and weed eater. add some BIG stacks and a flame tip and it can even BURN the stuff it cant deviour! lol.
my boss had one, bought for 500.00 the fuel tank / pump leaked so bad and they wanted somethign like 350 for a new pump. the pump outlet rusted off. much like the rest of the thing... anyhow he ended up selling ot for the same 500 after bouncing it throught he woods for a year or so. also taught one of his kids how to drive in it. SHE wasn't all that great of a driver, and lamost ran over the dog. earlier on she ran over the gas meter while comming back form the mail box with the golf cart. and also ran over a new tree which was about 6' high. lol

Mark M /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Boone]

I think E-bay and parting it out is the right answer for now for most of the Samurai. I'll have to see what happens with the engine, and what I can do with it without a tranny.

 

[JazzDad]

Capt. Bird's answer probably makes the most sense, and the Car Talk guys would agree with him. It also sounds like what my Great Depression surviving grandmother would suggest. Now don't take of this as an insult. More of us should think about repair, reuse and recycling.

 

[Taylortractornut]

Ive been thinking of using a small low geared truck like that to make a rotary trencher. A friend made one out of a round plate well the now obsolete hurrican saw head from a feller buncher. Its 4 fee in diameter and he adapted the hub to the car axle. He started it up and drages it backwards with his 4000 Ford. He could make a 2 to 4 inch trench 1.750 feet deep. He's also made many small tractors from them to. THey make good cut down buggies.

 

[rdln]

One Word: "MTV's Pimp MY Ride"
Ok, thats more than one word but I
could fool the people on that show.