On 6/6/2013 2:15 PM, True North wrote:
On Thursday, 6 June 2013 15:02:13 UTC-3, JustWaitAFrekinMinute! wrote:
On 6/6/2013 12:47 PM, wrote:

On Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:12:15 -0400, Wayne B

wrote:



On Thu, 6 Jun 2013 08:27:46 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:



Take the high road, forget the past and just

try to get along, huh?



===



Good plan.



Hey the on topic plan lasted almost 4 days. It is a start.



To Donnie, have you looked at these?

http://www.powercaster.com/



You might be able to make one with a bit of ingenuity and the right

kind of motor. I think that if I was just using it next to the house

I would use an extension cord and an AC gear head motor.





Those things are a couple grand. I would do what you said, or like Tim

said, hook a winch to the trailer, and run it off the boat battery.


I'll rule that model out.
Smallest starts at $1025 and by the time I got it here with taxes, shipping, brokerage & duty... probably close to $2K
Besides.. it doesn't use the trailers coupler... site says you somehow insert the tongue jack on top of the dolly.
??? My tongue jack has a big 8" wheel.


Seriously Don... Get to craigs list and get a 6 hp rototiller... Remove
the blade and have sombody bolt or weld a ball on the thing... Just find
one for a couple hundred bucks that is self propelled and look up
anybody locally with a set of end wrenches and a welder, another 35
dollars and maybe even a case of beer and you are golden...

On 6/6/2013 2:23 PM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:
On 6/6/2013 2:15 PM, True North wrote:
On Thursday, 6 June 2013 15:02:13 UTC-3, JustWaitAFrekinMinute! wrote:
On 6/6/2013 12:47 PM, wrote:

On Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:12:15 -0400, Wayne B

wrote:



On Thu, 6 Jun 2013 08:27:46 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:



Take the high road, forget the past and just

try to get along, huh?



===



Good plan.



Hey the on topic plan lasted almost 4 days. It is a start.



To Donnie, have you looked at these?

http://www.powercaster.com/



You might be able to make one with a bit of ingenuity and the right

kind of motor. I think that if I was just using it next to the house

I would use an extension cord and an AC gear head motor.





Those things are a couple grand. I would do what you said, or like Tim

said, hook a winch to the trailer, and run it off the boat battery.


I'll rule that model out.
Smallest starts at $1025 and by the time I got it here with taxes,
shipping, brokerage & duty... probably close to $2K
Besides.. it doesn't use the trailers coupler... site says you somehow
insert the tongue jack on top of the dolly.
??? My tongue jack has a big 8" wheel.


Seriously Don... Get to craigs list and get a 6 hp rototiller... Remove
the blade and have sombody bolt or weld a ball on the thing... Just find
one for a couple hundred bucks that is self propelled and look up
anybody locally with a set of end wrenches and a welder, another 35
dollars and maybe even a case of beer and you are golden...

What would drive it if you tale the augers off?

In article om,
says...

On 6/6/2013 2:23 PM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:
On 6/6/2013 2:15 PM, True North wrote:
On Thursday, 6 June 2013 15:02:13 UTC-3, JustWaitAFrekinMinute! wrote:
On 6/6/2013 12:47 PM, wrote:

On Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:12:15 -0400, Wayne B

wrote:



On Thu, 6 Jun 2013 08:27:46 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:



Take the high road, forget the past and just

try to get along, huh?



===



Good plan.



Hey the on topic plan lasted almost 4 days. It is a start.



To Donnie, have you looked at these?

http://www.powercaster.com/



You might be able to make one with a bit of ingenuity and the right

kind of motor. I think that if I was just using it next to the house

I would use an extension cord and an AC gear head motor.





Those things are a couple grand. I would do what you said, or like Tim

said, hook a winch to the trailer, and run it off the boat battery.


I'll rule that model out.
Smallest starts at $1025 and by the time I got it here with taxes,
shipping, brokerage & duty... probably close to $2K
Besides.. it doesn't use the trailers coupler... site says you somehow
insert the tongue jack on top of the dolly.
??? My tongue jack has a big 8" wheel.


Seriously Don... Get to craigs list and get a 6 hp rototiller... Remove
the blade and have sombody bolt or weld a ball on the thing... Just find
one for a couple hundred bucks that is self propelled and look up
anybody locally with a set of end wrenches and a welder, another 35
dollars and maybe even a case of beer and you are golden...

What would drive it if you tale the augers off?

Rear tined tillers have drive wheels.

On 6/6/2013 2:32 PM, Hank© wrote:
On 6/6/2013 2:23 PM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:
On 6/6/2013 2:15 PM, True North wrote:
On Thursday, 6 June 2013 15:02:13 UTC-3, JustWaitAFrekinMinute! wrote:
On 6/6/2013 12:47 PM, wrote:

On Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:12:15 -0400, Wayne B

wrote:



On Thu, 6 Jun 2013 08:27:46 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:



Take the high road, forget the past and just

try to get along, huh?



===



Good plan.



Hey the on topic plan lasted almost 4 days. It is a start.



To Donnie, have you looked at these?

http://www.powercaster.com/



You might be able to make one with a bit of ingenuity and the right

kind of motor. I think that if I was just using it next to the house

I would use an extension cord and an AC gear head motor.





Those things are a couple grand. I would do what you said, or like Tim

said, hook a winch to the trailer, and run it off the boat battery.


I'll rule that model out.
Smallest starts at $1025 and by the time I got it here with taxes,
shipping, brokerage & duty... probably close to $2K
Besides.. it doesn't use the trailers coupler... site says you somehow
insert the tongue jack on top of the dolly.
??? My tongue jack has a big 8" wheel.


Seriously Don... Get to craigs list and get a 6 hp rototiller... Remove
the blade and have sombody bolt or weld a ball on the thing... Just find
one for a couple hundred bucks that is self propelled and look up
anybody locally with a set of end wrenches and a welder, another 35
dollars and maybe even a case of beer and you are golden...

What would drive it if you tale the augers off?

The drive wheels.

http://www.newhavenpower.com/Troyhorse.jpg

In article ,
says...

On 6/6/2013 2:15 PM, True North wrote:
On Thursday, 6 June 2013 15:02:13 UTC-3, JustWaitAFrekinMinute! wrote:
On 6/6/2013 12:47 PM, wrote:

On Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:12:15 -0400, Wayne B

wrote:



On Thu, 6 Jun 2013 08:27:46 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:



Take the high road, forget the past and just

try to get along, huh?



===



Good plan.



Hey the on topic plan lasted almost 4 days. It is a start.



To Donnie, have you looked at these?

http://www.powercaster.com/



You might be able to make one with a bit of ingenuity and the right

kind of motor. I think that if I was just using it next to the house

I would use an extension cord and an AC gear head motor.





Those things are a couple grand. I would do what you said, or like Tim

said, hook a winch to the trailer, and run it off the boat battery.


I'll rule that model out.
Smallest starts at $1025 and by the time I got it here with taxes, shipping, brokerage & duty... probably close to $2K
Besides.. it doesn't use the trailers coupler... site says you somehow insert the tongue jack on top of the dolly.
??? My tongue jack has a big 8" wheel.


Seriously Don... Get to craigs list and get a 6 hp rototiller... Remove
the blade and have sombody bolt or weld a ball on the thing... Just find
one for a couple hundred bucks that is self propelled and look up
anybody locally with a set of end wrenches and a welder, another 35
dollars and maybe even a case of beer and you are golden...

You won't find any rear tined tillers for 200 bucks that will run.

Actually, you're getting me thinking.
I have a brother-in-laws who is quite handy with shady tree mechanics.
I just might throw this challenge at him.

In article , says...

On Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:23:34 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute
wrote:


Seriously Don... Get to craigs list and get a 6 hp rototiller... Remove
the blade and have sombody bolt or weld a ball on the thing... Just find
one for a couple hundred bucks that is self propelled and look up
anybody locally with a set of end wrenches and a welder, another 35
dollars and maybe even a case of beer and you are golden...

I was really thinking you could make something.
Use something like a garage door opener motor for power. They are
usually gear head with a pretty good reduction and they end up with a
sprocket chain drive. These show up at garage sales and on Craigs List
for $20 or less.
Put a big sprocket gear on the wheel drive to get a little more
mechanical advantage.
Then is just a question of fabricating the dolly.

Have you ever lookd at the spindle where the sprocket is installed. It looks like a bottle
cap, the sprocket, on a bottle. They use the smallest part of the spindle to mate with the
sprocket. Time, alignnment and general use can shear the sprocket off of the spindle.

With the lower cost garage door openers it is easier to buy a new head unit and attach it to
the existing rail and hangers.

In article ,
says...

In article , says...

On Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:23:34 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute
wrote:


Seriously Don... Get to craigs list and get a 6 hp rototiller... Remove
the blade and have sombody bolt or weld a ball on the thing... Just find
one for a couple hundred bucks that is self propelled and look up
anybody locally with a set of end wrenches and a welder, another 35
dollars and maybe even a case of beer and you are golden...

I was really thinking you could make something.
Use something like a garage door opener motor for power. They are
usually gear head with a pretty good reduction and they end up with a
sprocket chain drive. These show up at garage sales and on Craigs List
for $20 or less.
Put a big sprocket gear on the wheel drive to get a little more
mechanical advantage.
Then is just a question of fabricating the dolly.

Have you ever lookd at the spindle where the sprocket is installed. It looks like a bottle
cap, the sprocket, on a bottle. They use the smallest part of the spindle to mate with the
sprocket. Time, alignnment and general use can shear the sprocket off of the spindle.

With the lower cost garage door openers it is easier to buy a new head unit and attach it to
the existing rail and hangers.

Again, a garage door opener will not work. They don't have that kind of
pulling power.

In article ,
says...

On Thu, 6 Jun 2013 20:27:05 -0400, BAR wrote:

In article , says...

On Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:23:34 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute
wrote:


Seriously Don... Get to craigs list and get a 6 hp rototiller... Remove
the blade and have sombody bolt or weld a ball on the thing... Just find
one for a couple hundred bucks that is self propelled and look up
anybody locally with a set of end wrenches and a welder, another 35
dollars and maybe even a case of beer and you are golden...

I was really thinking you could make something.
Use something like a garage door opener motor for power. They are
usually gear head with a pretty good reduction and they end up with a
sprocket chain drive. These show up at garage sales and on Craigs List
for $20 or less.
Put a big sprocket gear on the wheel drive to get a little more
mechanical advantage.
Then is just a question of fabricating the dolly.

Have you ever lookd at the spindle where the sprocket is installed. It looks like a bottle
cap, the sprocket, on a bottle. They use the smallest part of the spindle to mate with the
sprocket. Time, alignnment and general use can shear the sprocket off of the spindle.

With the lower cost garage door openers it is easier to buy a new head unit and attach it to
the existing rail and hangers.

The Genie I have in my junk box looks pretty sturdy

It may look sturdy, but it won't pull a boat.

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says...

On Fri, 7 Jun 2013 10:05:18 -0400, iBoaterer wrote:


The Genie I have in my junk box looks pretty sturdy

It may look sturdy, but it won't pull a boat.

You are confusing what it can do and what the safety weenies will let
it do.

Try it, then. Those motors aren't near strong enough to pull a boat.