[AKweldshop]

Here's another one where doing.
The guy wanted a ring of rebar on his.

Can do!!!

Kinda fun.

every bit of welding was 1/8 8010, 70amps.
Invertec 250.

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[AKweldshop]

Got it all welded up, top and bottom.

Had to pass a aws welding test to be qualifies to weld on this job.
High tech.

~John

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[Bill Beauregard]

I would like to see more of the doodlebug in the background. We in VT have fewer all the time. In my youth they were on every farm. Built from a hodge podge of old car and heavy truck parts they were a homemade tractor. In almost every case they included the front half of a car, an extra transmission, and a huge rear differential from a large truck. With big wheels, most lived year round with tire chains. Only occasionally were they equipped with three point or hydraulics. I have often seen them with a power unit sitting in the back for belt powered machinery.

[AKweldshop]

I would like to see more of the doodlebug in the background. We in VT have fewer all the time. In my youth they were on every farm. Built from a hodge podge of old car and heavy truck parts they were a homemade tractor. In almost every case they included the front half of a car, an extra transmission, and a huge rear differential from a large truck. With big wheels, most lived year round with tire chains. Only occasionally were they equipped with three point or hydraulics. I have often seen them with a power unit sitting in the back for belt powered machinery.

Which doodlebug are you referring to??

[Bill Beauregard]

In the bale feeder shots you've got a background of a vehicle with military tread at least on front. There is an implement on front, hydraulic? most intriguing. I never met my grandfather, he died on my father's 20th birthday in January 1942 shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Dad was drafted a couple days later, the farm, (a nice one) was sold at a give away price. My grandfather never owned a tractor, in the day Doodlebugs were more common. People used to horse drawn implements were happy with a machine able to pull. Even a Doodlebug built from a Model A and an AA rear end could pull more than a horse.

[AKweldshop]

Ah...
You mean the spider.
That is a 4 wheel crab steel loader.
Has two 2.5 ton jimmy front axles for the axles, chevy 248 v6, and an allison auto.
Over 40yrs old.

I'll get you some better pics tomorrow.