Tool Chest Mounted On Shop-Built Trailer Pulled Behind 4-WD ATV
Gene Trybom, Lawrence, Kan.: Gene got tired of going back to his shop to get tool after tool and still not always having every one he needed. So he mounted a big tool chest on a shop-built trailer that he pulls to the field with his 4-WD ATV.
"I bought a big Craftsman tool chest with 15 or 16 drawers. I built a 26 by 40-in. frame out of 1 1/2 by 3-in. scrap metal and mounted the tool chest on the back. I fitted the front of the trailer with a small work table I made out of 1/4-in. thick steel plate and tapped a 1/4-in. dia. hole in the left front corner of the table so I could mount my 5-in. vise on it. I made a hitch for the trailer out of 1 1/2-in. sq. tubing. It telescopes from 18 to 25 in. and folds underneath the table when not in use. The trailer rides on two 5/8-in. dia. steel shaft axles fitted with 3 by 10-in. pneumatic tires. I made my own front wheel swivel assembly so the rig trails my Honcho 4-WD ATV perfectly.
"It saves a lot of time because you've got all your tools with you. And it cost less than $225 to build, including $180 for the tool chest, since I used mostly scrap materials."
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Tool Chest Mounted On Shop-Built Trailer Pulled Behind 4-WD ATV FARM SHOP Tools 23-3-37 Gene Trybom, Lawrence, Kan.: Gene got tired of going back to his shop to get tool after tool and still not always having every one he needed. So he mounted a big tool chest on a shop-built trailer that he pulls to the field with his 4-WD ATV.
"I bought a big Craftsman tool chest with 15 or 16 drawers. I built a 26 by 40-in. frame out of 1 1/2 by 3-in. scrap metal and mounted the tool chest on the back. I fitted the front of the trailer with a small work table I made out of 1/4-in. thick steel plate and tapped a 1/4-in. dia. hole in the left front corner of the table so I could mount my 5-in. vise on it. I made a hitch for the trailer out of 1 1/2-in. sq. tubing. It telescopes from 18 to 25 in. and folds underneath the table when not in use. The trailer rides on two 5/8-in. dia. steel shaft axles fitted with 3 by 10-in. pneumatic tires. I made my own front wheel swivel assembly so the rig trails my Honcho 4-WD ATV perfectly.
"It saves a lot of time because you've got all your tools with you. And it cost less than $225 to build, including $180 for the tool chest, since I used mostly scrap materials."
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