[AT] Progress

[Spencer Yost]

Thank Dennis,

Just yesterday was at the dump during my lunch hour where I spied a homemade wooden cart looking thing with 6 nice, nearly new caster wheels on it on a trailer attached to the vehicle in front of me.  I approached the vehicle and said “are you throwing that away - I guess you are since you’re at the dump“. He said yeah. I said “do you mind if I take that off your hands?” He said “sure”. So I have six additional caster wheels in addition to the two furniture dollies I currently have.


So I am going to go in that direction with jacks and a wooden frame but I’m still not sure if that solution would be worth while and stable.

Spencer


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> On Nov 25, 2021, at 12:11 AM, Dennis Johnson <moscowengnr at outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> Spencer,
> 
> One thought would be to get the small furniture dollies at Harbor Freight, and then fasten a small jack stand to each off them so you could adjust height. You might need to use some angle clips to bolt to to hold the stand legs to the dolly. If you wanted you could also connect them using 2x4’s or angle iron bolted to them to keep them all moving together. 
> Another idea is to weld a rectangular metal frame with short vertical pipe section on each corner. You could then use scaffolding type casters to roll around. You might even find some of the scaffolding adjustment pipes that would let you raise and lower it.
> 
> Good Luck
> Dennis
> 
> 
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>> On Nov 24, 2021, at 9:55 PM, Spencer Yost <spencer at rdfarms.com> wrote:
>> 
>> As you folks may remember, I have committed to starting the restoration of my 1957 three-quarter ton Chevy pick up. The first pieces of business were re-arranging the shop(check), installing airlines (check), a wood stove in the shop so that I can work during the winter (check), and installing ceiling mounted fans so I can work in the summer(check)
>> 
>> Next order of business is building a dolly for the cab. I need to build a dolly that will allow me to move it around the shop and also to move it onto a trailer to take it to my soda blaster after I finish the metal work.  Any ideas here are welcome.
>> 
>> While I don’t anticipate doing a lot of work on the cab anytime soon, it’s becoming clear to me that even though I’m opening up half my shop for this project I’m going to need to be able to scooch it around from time to time to complete some of the other work. 
>> 
>> I need to finish the cub cadet 123 restoration 1st to finish to finalize making room for the project. The motor has been rebuilt and final assembly is nearly complete. So I don’t anticipate that taking me on a awful lot of time. 
>> 
>> The front axle and springs of the truck were restored sometime ago, and the rear axle has only been partially done.   So I need to finish up the “sprung” work, the driveline and transmission and frame and get wheels sandblasted and painted and tires.  Then I’ll get the cab metal patched and to the blaster and painter and get it on the frame.
>> 
>> With my schedule that looks like six months-9 months of work and all I am willling to plan and think about.  After six months I will be finished with school and have extra time to put onto the project.
>> 
>> Spencer
>> 
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