Makeshift Forklift

Jake von Slatt — Thu, 08/06/2009 - 12:27

A couple of months ago The Lady asked me to move the kid's playhouse to a different part of the yard. Not having access to a fork lift, I fig'red that I could mount a 2" hitch ball on the Yaris' tow bar and make a "fork truck" with my flatbed trailer. It worked beautifully!

Interestingly, the playhouse is built from the last 8' of the 28' travel trailer I cannibalized to make the flatbed.

My question is: How did you

Wm — Fri, 08/07/2009 - 11:42

My question is: How did you get it UP there?

I just jacked up one side,

Jake von Slatt — Fri, 08/07/2009 - 11:59

I just jacked up one side, backed the trailer under it, then used the come-along to lift it on. Q.E.D.

tiny house

zahal — Thu, 08/06/2009 - 16:37

Sort of reminds me of http://tinyhouseblog.com/. ingenious impromptu forklift, btw. I've been poking around the site, and you do simply incredible work. Its my dream to have a workshop. and time. and talent.

Oh hey! Thanks for that link!

Jake von Slatt — Thu, 08/06/2009 - 16:48

Oh hey! Thanks for that link!
Make the time, the others will follow in due course.

altoids

zahal — Thu, 08/06/2009 - 17:01

Jake,

Some months ill find that i have lots of altoids tins laying around.

Any suggestions on something to do with all of them? Currently they house screws/nails.

--yoni

Check out the Tinnovators

Jake von Slatt — Fri, 08/07/2009 - 09:45

Check out the Tinnovators over at HowStuffWorks.com:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/search.php?terms=Tinnovator
Jake.

Have you ever seen a

saracarl — Thu, 08/06/2009 - 14:39

Have you ever seen a tumblebug baler for hay? For some reason the tilt here reminded me of it -- which I don't think is a good sign. :)

(I couldn't find a video of the tumblebug, which is a pity, as they are really neat, purely mechanical, way of moving large hay bales. And fun to watch.)