stevebubs
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| posted on 9/1/10 at 11:40 PM |
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Inspired by earlier posts....
Cost so far...zilch....unused cheapo shelves from B&Q, Picket Fence Offcuts and unused shelf from the airing cupboard...
Just needs staining and sealing...also not sure about not having a curve on the front of the skids....
[Edited on 9/1/10 by stevebubs]
 
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 9/1/10 at 11:49 PM |
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How bout two bits of bent ali to give your runner fronts a curve
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iscmatt
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| posted on 9/1/10 at 11:51 PM |
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looks good! The proof will be in the test run!! make sure you video it!!!
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expatkiwi
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| posted on 9/1/10 at 11:56 PM |
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Does look good.
I have been thinking about joining the bonnet and nose cone together off the car,turn them apside down and at a pinch you have a 2 man taboggin
I have decided to call my Westfeild "The Caterhammer" Hopefully it will
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iscmatt
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| posted on 10/1/10 at 12:02 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by expatkiwi
Does look good.
I have been thinking about joining the bonnet and nose cone together off the car,turn them apside down and at a pinch you have a 2 man taboggin
haha that is a great idea!! If you could spare the body panels!!
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Fozzie
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| posted on 10/1/10 at 12:13 AM |
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That's brilliant Steve! 
Mango is right though, you will need the 'curve' at the front, or it will just 'dig in'...... 
Don't forget the 'action' piccies! 
Fozzie 
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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eznfrank
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| posted on 10/1/10 at 12:17 AM |
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From playing around today I'd say you definitely need a bit of a curve on the front, I used a bit of bent ali on mine and some strips of UPVC on
another, goes like a rocket over compacted snow but was a bit poop on loose snow.
I think I'd at least cover the ski's with something??
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stevebubs
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| posted on 10/1/10 at 12:20 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by expatkiwi
Does look good.
I have been thinking about joining the bonnet and nose cone together off the car,turn them apside down and at a pinch you have a 2 man taboggin
I've got to say, that I wish I still had the knackered Fury Bonnet - think that would flipped over have been ace...
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stevebubs
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| posted on 10/1/10 at 12:24 AM |
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Thinking about it - If Dickie B's about, he's got my mould of a Fury Big Bulge (just the bulge) - I'm sure a part taken from that
would make a good toboggan...
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Peteff
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| posted on 10/1/10 at 12:43 AM |
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Nail a couple of numberplates on and bend them up, should give you a curve.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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stevebubs
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| posted on 10/1/10 at 12:55 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
Nail a couple of numberplates on and bend them up, should give you a curve.
Was thinking more along the lines of a couple of "chocks" screwed to the front of the skids and shaped with the power sander....
Made it as my 2yr old can't walk in the snow (too deep for him - comes above the top of his legs) so mum now has something to pull him along
on...
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Mr G
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| posted on 10/1/10 at 12:31 PM |
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That won't get through IVA
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a
car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes
and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 10/1/10 at 01:08 PM |
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Just in time for the thaw?
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stevebubs
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| posted on 10/1/10 at 04:08 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by rusty nuts
Just in time for the thaw?
Possibly - although heavy snow is forecast for later today.
To be fair, yesterday was my first day at home for almost a week - been to Blackpool and Nottingham since Monday....
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stevebubs
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| posted on 10/1/10 at 07:05 PM |
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Works fine on compacted stuff but, as assumed, digs in when it hits the softer stuff...
 
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