[AT] Gypsy Wagon project pictures

[Alan Riley]

Looks great, farmer.  I love to see pictures of projects like that.  At least
you won't have to worry about the grandkids wanting to borrow it! :>)

Alan



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From: "Francis Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
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Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 12:16 AM
Subject: [AT] Gypsy Wagon project pictures


>I have not used this photo site for a long time so I hope I got the link 
> right. We whipped this out in about 3 hot days mostly under a soft 2 car 
> carport outside of the wood-shop door.
>    Some of you saw this rig at Portland.
>    I came up with this notion so that we can haul my little Farmall CUB 
> farm tractor or other small tractors to a few tractor shows and also use it 
> for camping in after we get there. In these first 3 pictures it is sitting 
> chained down inside of the trailer. The trailer under the gypsy wagon is one 
> that I have used for several years to haul the CUB to shows. The "box" is 
> 59" wide at the floor and 10' long. At the offset it goes to about 7' 8" 
> wide. It is a long ways from fully complete but we did use it to haul to the 
> Portland IN tractor show and did sleep in it for 3 nights. The 4th picture 
> will give you an idea of the amount of interior space. I am claustrophobic 
> but it does not make me uncomfortable at all sleeping or sitting in it.
>    It still needs a 24"x24" window with screen installed in each side and a 
> large window in the front that will have a solid cover that will open up 
> like a concession stand to reveal a sizable screened opening. That opening 
> will have a screen that opens so I can reach in from the front to chain that 
> end of the tractor down. The door for it will be much larger than the 
> opening to keep blowing rain out while allowing good ventilation. The two 
> top panels in the rear doors lift out to provide screened openings there 
> which can be open in even a fairly driving rain sheltered by the roof 
> overhang. On this trip I used a set of steel loading ramps I have but it 
> will later get a 60" x 6' full ramp that will hinge under the doors and 
> after the tractor is unloaded it will raise up and become a small porch 
> where two lawn chairs can sit up out of the mud we sometimes encounter at 
> show grounds. When not in use it will fold up against the rear of the 
> trailer much like
> a large pickup tailgate. AT this time it is not finished out inside but will 
> be. For this trip we borrowed the bed sections from our old 24' travel 
> trailer and the concept worked well. We finally found a pair of small K-1 
> lanterns we knew we had "someplace" which will hang on the roof support 
> brackets at the rear. Everybody has their own notion at how it should be 
> "decorated"...   ;-)   Diana mentioned hanging pots and pans all over it. 
> :-)    I believe the words "snake oil" came up at one time.
>    The thing I love about a project like this is how it fires the 
> imagination thinking about the possibilities...  We have a full stable of 
> camping equipment so we can be pretty comfortable in such a rig. Of course 
> we can camp in it without hauling the tractor.
>    I may go a little farther with this one then sell it and build another 
> being a little more fussy about keeping weight down. I was really surprised 
> at how many compliments we got on it at the show. Of course a couple of my 
> teen grandchildren think it is really ugly and embarrassing... It was worth 
> it just for that...   ;-)
> 
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> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
> robinson at svs.net 
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