Can't Fix Stupid
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Topic: Can't Fix Stupid
Posted By: Ranse
Subject: Can't Fix Stupid
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 7:25pm
I spent this afternoon making a bracket to mount a gun case to the tractor. I wanted to be able to carry the rifle with me when I went out to feed safely and without damaging it. I made sure it didn't interfere with the loader or any other moving parts. I made sure I could get the gun in and out easily. Every thing was good so I welded it up and bolted it to the tractor. It looked good, I was really proud of it. I put the butt end of the case back on and stepped back to admire my handy work. That's when I saw it, I can't open the door. I wish I hadn't welded it. I'll be getting the grinder out tomorrow. I believe I can change the angle and make it work. It won't look as good, I might have to scrap the whole thing and start out from scratch. What ever I do, I'll make sure everything works before I weld. |
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Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 7:51pm
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Don’t you just hate it when a plan doesn’t quite come together. Sounds like something I would do. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 7:53pm
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And that’s not stupid, just a little oversight. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: Dipstick In
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 7:55pm
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We must be brothers and they seperated us at birth! ------------- You don't really have to be smart if you know who is! |
Posted By: LouSWPA
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 7:58pm
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I feel your pain brother, sure do feel your pain! been there, done that ------------- I am still confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27 |
Posted By: Wayne180d
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 8:12pm
| I think maybe triplets. That's my luck also |
Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 8:33pm
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Uh..... There's 4 of us ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
Posted By: truckerfarmer
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 9:31pm
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I see the problem. That tractor is the wrong color. ------------- Looking at the past to see the future. '53 WD, '53 WD45, WD snap coupler field cultivator, #53 plow,'53 HD5B dozer Duct tape.... Can't fix stupidity. But will muffle the sound of it! |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 11:02pm
| LMAO |
Posted By: HaroldOmaha
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 11:19pm
| Then there have been lots of people that built boats in the basement and could not get them out. I built a cabinet for a customer once and as I was about to deliver it I realized A 4' cabinet would not fit threw a 3' door. Cross cut saw and some wafers salvaged that mess. |
Posted By: Mikez
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 11:50pm
| Your just holding the door shut right |
Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2019 at 1:32am
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Can't you just put it across the rear window!?!?  My dad always kept the 12 ga. in a gunny sack hanging by the steering wheel on the WD45 when he picked corn, for pheasants. Just a thought for you! ------------- D14, D17, 5020, 612H, CASE 446 |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2019 at 5:10am
I gots one of them gun cases, atta flea mkt, case has a .22 cal hole, in da bottom....
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Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2019 at 7:19am
Whaddaya guys talking about? All my plans come together all nice and perfect like!
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Posted By: Bob D. (La)
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2019 at 7:35am
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My plans are just like yours Tbone. It's only when I get past the plan stage that things go afoul. LOL ------------- When you find yourself in a hole,PUT DOWN THE SHOVEL!!! |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2019 at 8:09am
| You got it Bob! |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2019 at 8:40am
| I would have mounted IN THE Cab Somehow not outside, asking for grunge problems. |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2019 at 8:56am
| Could put a bipod on the hood and..... |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2019 at 9:09am
| isn't there a door on the other side of the cab? |
Posted By: Scott B
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2019 at 9:13am
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Just take the door off! Probably not welded and then you have quick access when the injuns attack. ------------- D17 Series 1 Allis B- 1939 Allis B- 1945 |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2019 at 9:26am
| maybe he shoulda boughts a pistol? |
Posted By: Walker
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2019 at 5:29pm
| I was thinking gun slits cut in the windows since you can't get the doors open. |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2019 at 5:39pm
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Needs a heemeyer conversion cab... [TUBE]5zRsmcIaB1Q[/TUBE]
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Posted By: Michael V (NM)
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2019 at 5:42pm
| I'm with Dmiller, mount it inside the cab |
Posted By: Ranse
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2019 at 7:38pm
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DMiller, As with most cabs, space is limited. Not enough room to draw the rifle out without banging it into something. The idea behind the case in the first place was to prevent the gun from getting scuffed up. And you have to step out to shoot anyway. Shameless, Yes there is a door on the other side, but it is somewhat blocked as well. The controls for the loader are in the way. You can get around them, but it takes a bit of a contortionist act. I wish it was a little more user friendly, that would save me many walks around the tractor. As for the pistol, I have three. The problem is I can't hit much with them. truckerfarmer, Sorry for the blue tractor pic. I hope no one was offended, but I don't think I was the first. I love my two Little Allis's, but they're basically hobby tractors. I'd like to have some larger AC work tractors, but I'm stuck with these Ferds. |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2019 at 7:58pm
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If you watch the video, I find it interesting the machine they call a "front end loader", I believe it's a 627 Cat scraper. Some of us thought Marve was a little off when he had a shop in Boulder, but nobody thought he was that off! The Dummies on the town council decided to have the dozer cut up and hauled to the scrap yard in Denver in pieces. I'd heard someone offered over a hundred thousand $ for it to display somewhere. ------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2019 at 11:39pm
Now that's STUPID for you. ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
JohnCO wrote:Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2019 at 12:00am
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I'm surprised that, amidst all those officers, there wasn't one in there that had infantry anti-tank experience. Move the scabbard to the roof. When you step out, pop the cover, and slide it out in your free hand as you step down. Other option is to mount it inside, but in a way that the backend is facing the door... when you swing open the door, the butt is facing you for withdrawl. One advantage, is that this provides you with the ability to present from ground stance... you wouldn't have to step up to reach the roof. The other way, is to mount an M134A on top with cab controls on a power turret... but getting an M134A rechambered for shotgun shells would be a bit pricey... ------------- Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest. |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2019 at 1:09am
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Wish I had a picture of mine. It was made for an ATV but I put it on my golf cart and then later on the WD45. it bolts to the floor and is all rubber coated. Has a rubber band like that holds the bun in place. A boot on the bottom to set the stock in, a piece of square stock and a V welded to that at the top. Slick as the cats meow and doesn't take up any more room than just the rifle. Hope this works, kinda like this one but for just one gun. I put plastic bags over it to keep anything out. And nosy people can't tell what it is...  ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |