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06-25-2012, 03:50 PM
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Yarmouth? Seriously?
That's where I am! By all means let me know if you (or anyone else) head this way.  Yes, lots of info on Ts there. I don't have the luxury of unlimited parts or budget so I don't really fit in most places. I'm a build-it-from-scrap kinda guy. My e-wheel was built from a piece of 4x4 tubing someone used to make a truck bumper and (laugh if you will but it got me going..) heavy casters with needle bearings from Princess Auto. It works for what I use it for. Now you know why I don't post my work very much. 
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06-25-2012, 04:22 PM
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I'm the same, i used to have the luxury of having an old school style dump where i used to live, tons of vehicles dumped there that i could access parts fairly cheap. Spent many hours there scrounging parts with my dad lol.
I havent done to many projects yet, i built a utility trailer from scrap lol....it has an old dodge caravan axle & leaf setup from the dump, the frame is made from cross rails from an old pallet racking setup....my fenders are made from an old super 8 sign lol....and the deck is made from decking from an old beaver lumber green house....oh and the tail lights lol, they came from a caravan to.... its a little funny looking but its strong lol. Only a 4x8 but it hauled the front half of a minivan to the dump on its trial run lol. I downsized most of my tools.....and spare parts i'd collected over the years when we left bc lol. It was to costly to get a uhaul to go across canada was going to run me around 8000 in total :S figured i'd could replace or rebuild new tools once i got out there Have you read the gingery books? I found them online a while back, there's some interesting stuff in them. I plan to build a T....just still trying to decide how i want to build it lol, luckily i have some time before i plan to start For the mean time I'm doing a lot of reading,etc How far along are you on yours? I have a ton of questions lol...hopefully i'll be able to pm soon, for some reason the campground here wont let me get into the control panel,etc :S what about inspection? Are you allowed to weld your own frame there? when i looked into it in BC i had to have a certified welder do it...I havent looked into it here in alberta tho ( regulations from what i'm told here are pretty lax ).
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06-25-2012, 05:20 PM
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Ya.. we had a dump or.. the spare parts depot as I used to think of it as.
sigh. Times change. Your trailer sounds like my kind of fun! I can only imagine how rough moving and not being able to take stuff with you was. 8000. ouch. No, I haven't read those books. I'll check them out. Ts are fun. I built the frame, pieced together a body from junk (re-skinned or built most panels), mocked up front and rear suspension and set an engine and trans on for fit. It's a rolling chassis.. mostly. As for laws... it's a pain. There are ways to do it legally but it's not simple. One way is to have a pro weld the frame and a provincial inspector check it over. We have to get the inspector from New Brunswick. He doesn't like hot rods or straight axles so we try to avoid him. We also have fender laws. So I'll be beating some out of metal if I get good enough. I sent you an email instead of a PM. Let's see if that works.
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06-27-2012, 11:13 AM
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Hey, Joe,
Good to see you found your way here. You'll find lots of good information and friendly people on this site. Keep working on your "T", it's a lot more fun than your Ranger 
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06-27-2012, 03:11 PM
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Yes, a good group. T = fun. Ranger = work. But I'll have a truck.
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