Ag project?

[Smith2001]

Need help deciding what to make.

[Dushon]

Bulk feeders, salt/mineral feeder, bale rings, hay vans, feed troughs, low boy trailers were all popular when I was in school


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[Gummi Bear]

Everyone seems to do a trailer or a feeder, why not do something a little different?

A really cool picnic table with a fire pit, and a lazy susan to serve drinks

A glider bench with glider ottoman to sit outside (extra points for using light sheet metal gussets with dimple die holes to stiffen).

A hanging chair (a good excuse to use a tubing roller)

Have some fun with geometry, and it is OK to use curves in your design.

I use EMT to build scale models of any moving parts. It is cheap, and easy to work with. Wear a proper mask if you weld on it, zinc fumes are toxic.

Look at desert racing cars and rock buggies for inspiration and the implementation of style along with functionality and craftsmanship.




"It has been my experience that folks who have no vices, have very few virtues" - Abraham Lincoln

[Axe Man]

Stand and fill feeder.

[Cardinal]

Dog box for truck or UTV

A chicken cooker similar to this:


A cultipacker for a tractor or UTV

[jmeghunts]

I did a light/grooming stand for show cows when I was in HS. Had an upper and lower light, casters on the bottom to roll around. Add a tray for tools ect. I got a blue ribbon at Houston for it.

[LWC]

A midsize smoker to sell to me at cost.

[dhillis]

I saw two projects this year that were amazing. One was a bed that was made almost entirely out of recycled pallets. They used 4x4 or 6x6 for the post on the corners, but covered them in pallet boards. The head board was plywood covered in pallet board in a \/ pattern. Hope that makes sense. They also built some bookshelves with LED lights and USB outlets into the shelves of the headboard.

The other was a VERY large swing. They took two of the wooden porch swings and built a pergola over it. Then attached the swings to 2x6 that had a hole drilled in it and went through some pipe in the top of the pergola. It was pretty cool.

Also had a few picnic tables with built in coolers and some nice shooting benches.

[HuntinBilly]

Tailgate bench from an old truck, wall mounted or even make a bench out of it. Lots of ways you can take it and someone will buy it!

I cant get a link to work, but Google it, lots of ideas.

[Ishi&Elvis]

Headgate for a working chute.

[Smith2001]

A midsize smoker to sell to me at cost.

LOL that would take a little while though

[Bear82]

Build me a corral system for my cattle.

[ranchdog]

Nice big skinning rack would be cool with two winches (or Wenches ......LOL)

[stinkbelly]

Do you have requirements? Do you get to keep it or sell it afterwards?

I saw a local girl make a bench out of a tailgate from a truck. The theme was recycled materials.

[JP135]

Nice big skinning rack would be cool with two winches (or Wenches ......LOL)

It puts the lotion on it's skin...