lifted craftsman

thats one hell of a ammo box lol. I've never seen one that size.

where exactly do you find ammo boxes in the first place lol

You can usually get them at army surplus stores

Jerbear0612 wrote:

You can usually get them at army surplus stores

idk if i have one around me

Fantastic, man! I love ammo cans and use them for all kinds of things. Some examples-

*When I ad my YJ with soft top, I bolted a large ammo can to the inside of the tailgate and applied a padlock. Bulletproof secure valuables storage on a vehicle that's open to theft/

*I secured socket rails to the inside of a wide flat one to make a toolbox that fir under my truck seat

*Replaced the crappy plastic factory tool box on my Quad with one.

*Used one as a battery box on my old go kart

*Got one mounted to MULE to store recovery tools

*Countless ones used as toolboxes in my garage

*I use another big one for cleaning all the coals and ash out of my woodstove safely

And I'm sure I have forgotten a few. Ammo cans make the best tool boxes because they are steel and feature stout hinges, latches and handles, and as long as the gasket is intact, completely waterproof.

i love this one lol bout 5 months ago i bought a 15'x15' storage shed for 5 bucks at a auction, i ended up getting this
some 8 inch crownmold(sold to a guy that makes furniture for 4 bucks a foot, had about 25-30 feet)
a bunch of wood i used for knife handles,
2 coon traps
2 antique sears pushmowers
a old G.I. generator
a nice steel frame table,
and around 150 bucks worth of scrap copper and aluminum
was a good deal to me

richie thomas wrote:

i love this one lol bout 5 months ago i bought a 15'x15' storage shed for 5 bucks at a auction, i ended up getting this
some 8 inch crownmold(sold to a guy that makes furniture for 4 bucks a foot, had about 25-30 feet)
a bunch of wood i used for knife handles,
2 coon traps
2 antique sears pushmowers
a old G.I. generator
a nice steel frame table,
and around 150 bucks worth of scrap copper and aluminum
was a good deal to me

now thats a good find for 5 bucks

did you get to keep the shed

mudmonkey06 wrote:

richie thomas wrote:

i love this one lol bout 5 months ago i bought a 15'x15' storage shed for 5 bucks at a auction, i ended up getting this
some 8 inch crownmold(sold to a guy that makes furniture for 4 bucks a foot, had about 25-30 feet)
a bunch of wood i used for knife handles,
2 coon traps
2 antique sears pushmowers
a old G.I. generator
a nice steel frame table,
and around 150 bucks worth of scrap copper and aluminum
was a good deal to me

now thats a good find for 5 bucks

did you get to keep the shed

i tried, but when i went to get on the roof to take thr screws out of the metal i fell through, so i said ***** it lol

Aww- nevermind the ratchet strap... Bolt that dang ammo can in!

That cylindrical front bumper is intriguing... What was it? I ask because if it's strong enough, and if you can seal both ends... Weld a bung in it, and use it for a compressed air reservoir!

Doc Sprocket wrote:

Aww- nevermind the ratchet strap... Bolt that dang ammo can in!

That cylindrical front bumper is intriguing... What was it? I ask because if it's strong enough, and if you can seal both ends... Weld a bung in it, and use it for a compressed air reservoir!

its a hammer pin from heavy equipment lol and its solid steel, bout 3 inches in dia.

pic from slopoke mudbog in eastman

Richie, the craftsman is looking good.

I'll get that info you wanted here one of these days (I haven't forgot about it).

muddstir wrote:

Richie, the craftsman is looking good.

I'll get that info you wanted here one of these days (I haven't forgot about it).

lol thanks, and i dont need it all that soon, i wont be getting started on that project for a while

What ammo can did you use?

Doc Sprocket wrote:

Aww- nevermind the ratchet strap... Bolt that dang ammo can in!

i ratchet strap it so its easy to remove lol

k2500life wrote:

What ammo can did you use?

i believe its a 20 mm mortar can lol

as you all know i havent been on in forever, and there is a reason, bout a year and a half ago me and my ex split, and it hit me hard and i stopped everything, then about a year ago i got a good job, then another, ao for the past year ive been working 1 full time job and 3 part time jobs,. ive scraped most of my mower stuff cause ive lost interest in most of it, i still have the lifted craftsman frame, the deuce, the buggy, the mini, the honda, and the old sears, but i scrapped everything else. and i prolly wont get around to working on them anytime soon, i have a new project now that im working on, and i will post a thread on it on here either today or later this week, i apologize for the extremely long absence, and im going to try to get on here more often to help in anyway i can, so if you have any questions, feel free to ask away,
Richie,

well, hell. i would like to apologize to all my friends and buddies on here, i know it has literally been years since ive been on the forum and for that i am sorry, between working 3 jobs, and then getting married, and now having a youngin on the way my time has been consumed by everything but one pf my hobbies i truly enjoyed, ive gotten rid of most of my mowers, whereas at one point i had 28, im now down to 5. i might be about to get 2 more, but the best of those two is going to be for cutting grass, the other one though, i think im going to start a new project, nothing outrageous, yet then again all of my previous builds started as "simple builds, and to my good friends, dustin, redline, doc, thunderdivine, mr. modified, doug, and rainbowboxer, i hope to catch up with you all soon,
thanks,
richie thomas

The prodigal builder returns!

Good to have you back

Ok thanks guys it's good to be back

Hey welcome back!

Welcome back! I was a lurker back when you disappeared, now a full fledged member. :-)

I've got some build ideas in the back of my mind, and one of them would be a qualifier for the build off, I know one member already wants me in the build off, but idk yet,