Easter Project:

[Rob]

The trailer I haul lawnmowers on for delivery and pickup has worn it's suspension plum in, and out. I purchased new hangers, bushings, and bolts that have grease zerks to allow a longer life. The originals supplied with the trailer were nylon and most are gone.

 

With my shop gantry on the rear, and skid loader in the front, I lifted the trailer to chest level:

 

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Some of the wear:

 

 

Everyplace that pivots or moves was worn out. Some shown here in the equalizers:

 

 

New hardware installed:

 

 

Some of the crap removed:

 

 

All in all a nice little job to do. Was surprised how easily everything came apart with minimal warming.

[RowdyRebel]

Had my own little project this weekend. My grandpa built a steel push cart when I was a kid. This past summer when I was up there helping clean out the old place, I was surprised to see it still there, buried in the weeds between the house and what's left of the shed. I pushed my boy around on it a bit (he calls it his race car) and decided it was going home with us. 25 or 30 years sitting outside sure hadn't done it any favors, but a little TLC (sandblast, paint, grease) had it looking & working like new. I welded a nut on the rear, so I could use the same push-stick I had made for his little pedal tractor to push him on this, too.

Fast forward to this weekend. Last time I pushed him around on it, his foot (which BARELY reaches the foot pad) slipped off & went under the seat. Not good...especially  for what I had in mind. So, 1st things 1st, I added a floor pan to keep his feet from dangling.

Next up, pushing this thing wears me out, especially if we're going "fast". So, I had to come up with a better...easier way...to push him around. That was actually pretty easy. Mower deck bracket seems pretty stout, so I replaced the pin with a grade 5 bolt & welded up a hitch for the front of the tractor.

Push bar bolts right in.

Hooks up easy enough to the rear of the push cart.

And we're ready to have a little fun!

We used to just ride it down the hill my grandpa lived on. Long, straight hill, smooth asphalt pavement, and (back then) almost no traffic. I don't have ANY of that around here, so it's gotta be pushed around for the kiddo to have any fun with it. Now daddy can keep pushing for as long as he wants to ride.

[mrsmackpaul]

Good job on the trailer, still struggling to understand you yanks calling nipples zerks

 

Just imagine been out on Saturday night with some foxy sheila in the back seat of your ride, trying to cop a feel of her zerks lol 

 

Doesn't roll off the tounge quite the same lol

Push cart or billy cart  as we call them out here looks like lots of fun

It's hard for a lot of people to understand that things with a personal history are worth so much more than store bought stuff, Im sure you know what I mean  

 

Paul

Edited April 5, 2021 by mrsmackpaul

[Rob]

Paul;

The name was coined after the inventors name; "Oscar Zerk". It was similar to the grease fitting invented by the Alemite Corp. but the "zerk" locked onto the fitting for a positive hold.

I was in the navy with a guy from down under and he spoke of "Shaggin his Sheila" fairly often....

 

Found this:

Why is it called a Zerk fitting?

The design, named after Oscar Zerk, used a fitting much smaller than the Alemite pin-type and did not lock the hose coupler or hand gun and fitting together. Instead, the seal between them was maintained by the pressure of a pushing action when the operator applied the coupler to the fitting.

Edited April 5, 2021 by Rob

[storkmack]

Learn all kinds of things here if you want too!

[mowerman]

You have a lot of cool stuff Rob and cool go kart rowdy ... bob

[RowdyRebel]