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Post by dickel on Nov 21, 2015 23:25:20 GMT
The 4 plus inches of  made chores a little difficult this evening. I used my walker cart to take a bale of hay out to the new shelter that I should have done this morning when I fed the last of the bale. Real clever! I watched to the end of the NASCAR Infinitive race which made it a little dark. It was black dark when I was done. the wet made Rusty look like a ball. It was kinda in a weird way pretty with me thinking is a sware word.
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Post by horselady on Nov 22, 2015 0:48:08 GMT
It is beautiful and serene and soft looking.. next time you need to take hay out there why not use the tractor?.. hope you did not walk behind that cart all that distance to deliver hay. ?/
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mingiz
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Post by mingiz on Nov 22, 2015 3:07:02 GMT
Love the little red barn. Looks like the first one I ever had. Yes use one of your tractors.. You don't need to fall down and get hurt.  Where are you located?
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Post by dickel on Nov 22, 2015 13:10:37 GMT
Love the little red barn. Looks like the first one I ever had. Yes use one of your tractors.. You don't need to fall down and get hurt. Where are you located?
I was raised on the farm that laid in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. The buildings being in Ohio. I live 20 miles South of there and two miles East. Or three miles South of Edon Ohio on State Route 49 to be exact. All of my tractors set outside and with the show being so wet my thought was it was safer to use the walker cart than getting off and on a covered tractor. |
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Post by Valhallanite on Nov 22, 2015 14:21:54 GMT
Dickel, your pictures sure do let me know that our isn't far away. I can just feel you trying to move that hay in that cold wet mess. Can you keep one of the tractors close to the door of your house for the winter, and cover it in a tarp so that you can clean the off then pull the tarp off. That way you have a nice dry tractor to climb onto? Or maybe you have a small lawn tractor with chains on the tires and a cart that you could cover and leave nearby? I've had to handle all the by myself a couple of winters, and had to think up some ways to make it easier too. And I'm not dealing with the neurological things you are. Does anyone snowblow for you? Maybe you could ask Santa to arrange some help. Oh and I always carried my phone in my pocket when I was alone. Brrrr |
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Post by dickel on Nov 22, 2015 14:50:47 GMT
Dickel, your pictures sure do let me know that our isn't far away. I can just feel you trying to move that hay in that cold wet mess. Can you keep one of the tractors close to the door of your house for the winter, and cover it in a tarp so that you can clean the off then pull the tarp off. That way you have a nice dry tractor to climb onto? Or maybe you have a small lawn tractor with chains on the tires and a cart that you could cover and leave nearby? I've had to handle all the by myself a couple of winters, and had to think up some ways to make it easier too. And I'm not dealing with the neurological things you are. Does anyone snowblow for you? Maybe you could ask Santa to arrange some help. Oh and I always carried my phone in my pocket when I was alone. Brrrr The walker cart pushes quite easy loaded. I designed it using my 24 inch wheelchair wheels to carry the weight last year. I put 8 inch on the back. I wanted to change it and put the large wheels to the back rather the front and 10 inch on the front before bad weather but didn't get to it. I can put two five gallon pails of water on the bottom with a feed pail and a bale of hay on top. I will have to get a better picture as it is today. This was wet and slushy and not as hard to push it in as most . |
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Post by dickel on Nov 22, 2015 16:11:49 GMT
Here is my chore/yard walker cart as it is today. I need to install the brakes, which I have, and the seat. I have the seat cut ready to weld but with the large wheels being moved to the back it will need to be changed. I may make an all new different one rather than change this one as it does work.
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Valhallanite
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Post by Valhallanite on Nov 22, 2015 20:52:26 GMT
Oh I see. At least it gives you something to hang on to. I was imagining more of a wheelbarrow type thing. Maybe those wheelchair wheels are narrow enough to make the pushing easier.
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Post by horselady on Nov 23, 2015 0:56:59 GMT
That is a neat helper. why not use a clean gasoline can for water, that way it is enclosed and will not spill on you. and better yet. put in a water line and electric so you do not have to tote the water.
i am amazed at the things you are working on to make your life easier and the minis happier.
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Post by Terry on Nov 24, 2015 2:56:51 GMT
That's a nifty little cart, especially if you can easily push it through so much even when it's loaded. Nice invention!
Oh, and by the way, even though I hate , I love the first picture you posted! Everything looks so pretty!
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Post by dickel on Nov 24, 2015 11:38:51 GMT
That's a nifty little cart, especially if you can easily push it through so much even when it's loaded. Nice invention!
Oh, and by the way, even though I hate , I love the first picture you posted! Everything looks so pretty!
Basically it is a wheelchair with a load weight of a child or small adult. A bale of hay would be 50 pounds. A pail of water would be 30 pounds. One bale and two pails of water is only about 110 lbs. It is a first build of an idea. I plan on changing the large wheels to the back rather than the front to make it easier to turn. I have had several requests to make more but it needs more changes to make it more useful in more areas to pay for development of production fixtures and sales aids. I am not sure there is enough crippled, weak, old people, that would purchase the cart to pay for sales costs in its present design. In the mean time it does help me keep doing what I love. |
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Post by mistersmom on Nov 24, 2015 14:43:09 GMT
Terry took the words out of my mouth. I also think that is a pretty nifty looking cart! Anything that makes life a little easier is a good thing.
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Post by Valhallanite on Nov 25, 2015 13:48:51 GMT
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Post by dickel on Nov 25, 2015 17:22:53 GMT
Thanks, I had not seen the ones in that video. I had seen the principle where one wheel is going forward and the other one going in reverse to make it go side ways. Each wheel needs to be powered and controlled independently which is very costly to build for the masses. Whatever they would us it on would be real neat and fun to operate. That looks like something for the radio controlled vehicle hobbyists. It might be incorporated into high end wheelchairs that would be bought for special needs people like the track wheelchairs are. The track wheelchairs cost well over 100,000.00. |
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Post by Valhallanite on Nov 25, 2015 18:26:39 GMT
Yeah, those fancy wheelchairs are costly for sure. My mom has been in a wheelchair (the regular kind, and a motorized one for 8yrs), so there lies my interest. But those track ones are amazing! And I've seen the stairclimbers too, wow!
I have to say the maneuverability of the independent wheel controls would be great for people with narrow hallways and corners. I just found the engineering interesting.
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Post by mingiz on Nov 25, 2015 19:54:20 GMT
Dickel you need to sell a few of those tractors and get yourself a side by side. I got one and love it. It goes through and mud well. 4 Wheel drive when I need it and a dump bed that will carry 350lbs and is easy even for me to lift. It also has a winch on it. Best investment I have made for this farm. It's not a brand name so it wasn't as expensive but it has paid for it self in the short time I have had it. That is my daughter sitting in it. If I had to walk around this farm I wouldn't make it. Reason I got it... Plus you and Dixie could go out for a ride in it. It also is set up to go down the highway. Has turn signals,headlights, and a horn... Top speed with it is 40mph..Fast enough for me...
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Post by dickel on Nov 25, 2015 21:19:24 GMT
Yeah, those fancy wheelchairs are costly for sure. My mom has been in a wheelchair (the regular kind, and a motorized one for 8yrs), so there lies my interest. But those track ones are amazing! And I've seen the stairclimbers too, wow! I have to say the maneuverability of the independent wheel controls would be great for people with narrow hallways and corners. I just found the engineering interesting. I also found it very unique in design when I first saw the concept and thought of all kinds of places it could be used. The first one I saw was what looked like a large metal screw for drive wheels on a unit the size of a small tractor. If it had solid rubber tires it would have scrubbed the rubber off going side ways and probly foreword as well. The rollers would help some but the bearing roller assembly to carry a lot of weight would be much more complicated than what is in the video. All of which could be solved in a total design. I wonder how soon some company will be introducing something with this concept? |
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Post by dickel on Nov 25, 2015 21:35:59 GMT
Dickel you need to sell a few of those tractors and get yourself a side by side. I got one and love it. It goes through and mud well. 4 Wheel drive when I need it and a dump bed that will carry 350lbs and is easy even for me to lift. It also has a winch on it. Best investment I have made for this farm. It's not a brand name so it wasn't as expensive but it has paid for it self in the short time I have had it. That is my daughter sitting in it. If I had to walk around this farm I wouldn't make it. Reason I got it... Plus you and Dixie could go out for a ride in it. It also is set up to go down the highway. Has turn signals,headlights, and a horn... Top speed with it is 40mph..Fast enough for me...
Now you keep it down to a whisper.  Every time we go to Rural King Dixie says you need to get on of those.  I tell her, I don't think so! They are to wide and high to get on. The ones they have has a much larger step to get in than yours. The last time she said lets go home and get the trailer. It wouldn't take much for her to over ride my dominating rear.
My neighbor has a Kubota that he even pulls a trailer with a skid loader on. He retired as a hog farmer a coupla years ago and started to sell camp fire wood. He uses his to run back and forth from the woods as well as run up and down the road some.
I will see what the Doctor has to say about my tests I just had.
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Post by mingiz on Nov 25, 2015 22:32:00 GMT
Well I agree with Dixie. It would be easier on you. Since your legs are not best. Hoping that you get good results from the doctor. I think you better listen to Dixie. Seems she knows your hard headed...  |
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made chores a little difficult this evening. I used my walker cart to take a bale of hay out to the new shelter that I should have done this morning when I fed the last of the bale. Real clever! I watched to the end of the NASCAR Infinitive race which made it a little dark. It was black dark when I was done. the wet 
Where are you located?
Every time we go to Rural King Dixie says you need to get on of those. 
I tell her, I don't think so! They are to wide and high to get on. The ones they have has a much larger step to get in than yours. The last time she said lets go home and get the trailer. It wouldn't take much for her to over ride my dominating rear. 