Homemade Two-Wheeled "Scaffold Trailer"
My homemade, two-wheeled "scaffold trailer" is designed to be pulled by my riding mower and really comes in handy around our farm. I used 1 1/4-in. dia. steel pipe, which I got free at work, to build a frame that supports wooden planks at various levels. An adjustable stand at each corner can be used to help level the stand on uneven ground. The axle and wheels are off an old hammermill.
I made my own "tip-down" TV antenna that's easy to work on. The antenna mounts on top of a 28-ft. pipe that stands on a 5-in. dia. pipe, buried in cement about 5 ft. deep in the ground. The 5-in. dia. pipe is filled with sand to compensate for the weight of the pipe that holds the antenna. The top part of this pipe has a short length of 7/8-in. dia. shaft welded into it, and the pipe that holds the antenna is connected to this shaft by an angle iron and bolt that forms a hinge. To lower the antenna to the ground, I remove the bolt and give the pipe that holds the antenna a slight push, then slowly let it down.
It eliminates the need to use ladders or to crawl up on top of the house. (Lyle Torstenson, Rt 1, Box 106A, Dawson, Minn. 56232 ph 320 769-2295)
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Homemade Two-Wheeled "Scaffold Trailer" WAGONS/TRAILERS Miscellaneous 26-6-36 My homemade, two-wheeled "scaffold trailer" is designed to be pulled by my riding mower and really comes in handy around our farm. I used 1 1/4-in. dia. steel pipe, which I got free at work, to build a frame that supports wooden planks at various levels. An adjustable stand at each corner can be used to help level the stand on uneven ground. The axle and wheels are off an old hammermill.
I made my own "tip-down" TV antenna that's easy to work on. The antenna mounts on top of a 28-ft. pipe that stands on a 5-in. dia. pipe, buried in cement about 5 ft. deep in the ground. The 5-in. dia. pipe is filled with sand to compensate for the weight of the pipe that holds the antenna. The top part of this pipe has a short length of 7/8-in. dia. shaft welded into it, and the pipe that holds the antenna is connected to this shaft by an angle iron and bolt that forms a hinge. To lower the antenna to the ground, I remove the bolt and give the pipe that holds the antenna a slight push, then slowly let it down.
It eliminates the need to use ladders or to crawl up on top of the house. (Lyle Torstenson, Rt 1, Box 106A, Dawson, Minn. 56232 ph 320 769-2295)
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