Wagon-Mounted Mobile Scaffold
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Ian MacCuaig and his son James of St. Telesphore, Quebec, mounted a commercial scaffold on the running gear off an old 3-ton hay wagon, converting it into a mobile scaffold. Four leveling jacks at the bottom of the scaffold can be telescoped in or out from either side to keep the scaffold level on uneven ground.
The scaffold came in 2 halves, but the bottom half is now welded permanently to metal brackets that bolt onto uprights on the wagon axles. The jacks are welded to telescoping pipes made from 2 and 1 3/4-in. sq. tubing, with the scaffold welded to them.
“We built it last summer and used it to nail boards and battens onto a large shed and then stain it. It worked great,” says MacCuaig. “We already had the scaffold, but we got tired of having to take it apart every time we had to move it. Now we can just hitch the scaffold to our tractor or ATV and move it around the building as we work. Two people can also easily move it around by hand.”
If the ground is uneven, the men can telescope the jacks in or out and then crank them until the scaffold is level. They can also keep adding more sections on top of the scaffold as needed. “The only time we’ll probably have to remove the top half of the scaffold is when we put it inside a building for the winter,” says Ian.
“We already had most of the materials, so our cost was next to nothing. The wagon running gear is from the early 1950’s and had been sitting behind our barn for years. We cleaned and painted it to make it look nice.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ian MacCuaig, 1960 Ch du Grand Patrice St., St. Telesphore, Quebec, Canada J0P 1G0 (ph 450 764-3464; ian@maccuaig.ca).
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Wagon-Mounted Mobile Scaffold BUILDINGS Miscellaneous Ian MacCuaig and his son James of St Telesphore Quebec mounted a commercial scaffold on the running gear off an old 3-ton hay wagon converting it into a mobile scaffold Four leveling jacks at the bottom of the scaffold can be telescoped in or out from either side to keep the scaffold level on uneven ground The scaffold came in 2 halves but the bottom half is now welded permanently to metal brackets that bolt onto uprights on the wagon axles The jacks are welded to telescoping pipes made from 2 and 1 3/4-in sq tubing with the scaffold welded to them “We built it last summer and used it to nail boards and battens onto a large shed and then stain it It worked great ” says MacCuaig “We already had the scaffold but we got tired of having to take it apart every time we had to move it Now we can just hitch the scaffold to our tractor or ATV and move it around the building as we work Two people can also easily move it around by hand ” If the ground is uneven the men can telescope the jacks in or out and then crank them until the scaffold is level They can also keep adding more sections on top of the scaffold as needed “The only time we’ll probably have to remove the top half of the scaffold is when we put it inside a building for the winter ” says Ian “We already had most of the materials so our cost was next to nothing The wagon running gear is from the early 1950’s and had been sitting behind our barn for years We cleaned and painted it to make it look nice ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Ian MacCuaig 1960 Ch du Grand Patrice St St Telesphore Quebec Canada J0P 1G0 ph 450 764-3464; ian@maccuaig ca
