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Gots_a_sol said:
Does modifying shit count? :flipoff2:

Bought this trash can hitch carrier thing for the sxs. Didn't lift the cans high enough and they would drag still. Plus it put all the weight on a small area and some reviews said it would punch through eventually. It wasn't very stable either and the can would flop side to side.

Welded on a chunk of scrap tube to solve all 3 issues

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Link? Do they make one for a plain 2" receiver hitch, say on my Suburban? Thanks in advance...
 
toocheaptosmoke said:
Chainsaw powered winch for tree dragging or sled/atv recovery. Because fawk paying full retail price for a real one. :flipoff2:

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Neat. Over 12k subscribers! Is that video recent? Snow!

You could lighten that thing up if you lost the fairlead, only thing it's doing is stopping the hook from crashing into the drum. Could lose more with plastic rope too.
 
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4x4mechanic said:
Link? Do they make one for a plain 2" receiver hitch, say on my Suburban? Thanks in advance...
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It fits a standard receiver. The one I bought is not available anymore but there are others there

ELITEWILL Trash Can Transporter Trailer Hitch with Adaper, Garbage Hauler Towing Carrier Fit for Truck/Auto/Golf Cart/ATV/Trailer 2in Receiver - 5'' Wide Hook Most, EW-C561 Amazon.com



Stuck said:
Yall do realize them black spinny things on the cans are wheels right? You tilt the can toward the wheel side and walk.




:flipoff2::lmao:
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.3 mile gravel driveway sucks to roll these things down. Plastic wheels don't roll for shit

When we first moved here I'd just sit on the tail gate and hold the handle while the woman drove. After nearly being ejected off said tailgate since someone sucks at modulating the gas I went with this. Plus the damn can would go all over the place whenever it would find a larger chunk of gravel or a dip.

They have a style that is just a hook and you lay the handle in and it rolls on it's own wheels but again, plastic wheels suck on gravel.

The woman's old man has that style hitch and ended up putting rubber wheels on his can and it rolls a lot better now.
 
Gots_a_sol said:
.3 mile gravel driveway sucks to roll these things down. Plastic wheels don't roll for shit
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Weird. We leave the can at the end of the drive near the gate and take the trash out to it. Pretty easy since theres 2-4 of us leaving the house at least once on any given day. :laughing:
 
Bears take it if we leave trash. I wish I could just drop stuff in all week up to garbage day. Thurs night is an event of cleaning everything out and filling the cans. Then ratchet strap closed and hope for the best.
 
Dethmachinefab said:
Bears take it if we leave trash. I wish I could just drop stuff in all week up to garbage day. Thurs night is an event of cleaning everything out and filling the cans. Then ratchet strap closed and hope for the best.
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That makes sense. We have to deal with crows but a bungee solves that. :beer:
 
Sceep said:
Weird. We leave the can at the end of the drive near the gate and take the trash out to it. Pretty easy since theres 2-4 of us leaving the house at least once on any given day. :laughing:
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It is a chore to get the woman or child to take the bag out to the can with it next to the shop/house, I would be the only one doing it if the cans were at the end of the driveway :shaking:
 
Muckin_Slusher said:
Neat. Over 12k subscribers! Is that video recent? Snow!

You could lighten that thing up if you lost the fairlead, only thing it's doing is stopping the hook from crashing into the drum. Could lose more with plastic rope too.
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Built it back at the end of winter, didn't finish the video until now... :laughing: Yeah, fairlead may be overkill, but keeps the cable from unwinding. Synthetic rope would be sweet, but I ain't paying for that. :flipoff2:
 
Gots_a_sol said:
When we first moved here I'd just sit on the tail gate and hold the handle while the woman drove. After nearly being ejected off said tailgate since someone sucks at modulating the gas I went with this. Plus the damn can would go all over the place whenever it would find a larger chunk of gravel or a dip.
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Please tell me you have tht on video!:lmao:
 
I noticed the wheels on our 10 year old trash bin were worn out. My driveway is 100' of gravel plus about 60' to the back of the house. Thats 160' x 2 x 50 weeks x 10 years / 5280 = 30 fucking miles! If I had a long ass drive, there would be a machine involved!
 
Firstram said:
I noticed the wheels on our 10 year old trash bin were worn out. My driveway is 100' of gravel plus about 60' to the back of the house. Thats 160' x 2 x 50 weeks x 10 years / 5280 = 30 fucking miles! If I had a long ass drive, there would be a machine involved!
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According to that math, a machine is necessary. I'm fortunate, the wife agrees.
 
Pocahontas said:
The nice thing though is you can melt it back down and recast if you have imperfections. I’ve noticed it’s easier to make oversized sprues and gates to make up for shrinkage.
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and brazing rod will fill a lot of imperfections
might look funny when polished though
 
billybob_81067 said:
I just burn my trash in a barrel. :flipoff2: When the barrel gets full of ashes I dump it in a pit. When the pit gets full I cover it with dirt from the pit I dig next to it.
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I haul my ashes in, figure all the plastic has to be making nasty shit that I don't want in the well water
so it goes into whoever the landfill's near's well water :flipoff2:
 
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I haul my ashes in, figure all the plastic has to be making nasty shit that I don't want in the well water
so it goes into whoever the landfill's near's well water :flipoff2:
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I got lots of room no nearby wells and it's an old gravel pit site. Still a lot of rock left in it though so someday many many years down the road when they deplete the gravel pit next to it they will re-visit this site and cuss me out for having buried all this odd shit. :flipoff2: Be digging up lots of burned tin cans and glass bottles odd little bits of steel (most all that gets scrapped though) and cow bones. :laughing:
 
I wanted a bike rack on my bed that would still allow me to open my tonneau.

I can still open 2 out of 3 panels. I can take it off in 3 minutes when I want to to more truck-like things. Or leave it and treat it like the station wagon that it is.
 

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Void_of_Light said:
Nice, I'd put some reflectors on it so you don't run over it at night. Could be a bad day hitting that thing. Any idea what it weighs?
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That’s a good idea. Might keep somebody from running into the back of the tractor.

I’m not sure. At one point I figured 150 pounds apiece for the four main tubes. Then I added three shorter tubes on the bottom and one on the front. And used 3/8 plate instead of 1/4. Maybe 1000? If it’s too light I’ll weld something to it.
 
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Adding it up again just now and the 4x6 tubes and concrete are only 640. So probably more like 700-750 for the entire thing.
 
Void_of_Light said:
Thats pretty close to what a round bale weighs. Thats our go to when we need ballast.
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I was looking for ballast with less tail swing. I would have put the pins out on the front to give the weight more leverage but I’m hoping to be able to maneuver in tight spaces better.
 
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