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This isn't car related & being old I don't remember if I posted about this before, but.....

I've been threatening to build & have had the materials for years, for this track loader scaffolding. I finally got a job where the sign hangs into a ditch, on soft farm ground, making a pain to set up & tear down scaffolding by hand. So, I took a day off & got it at least far enough done to do the install.



Now, not only is it easy to set up, just turn the key & run some levers, it's also much easier to load the deck on the ground rather than hoisting all that stuff up after the fact.



I have receivers under the deck so I can pick it from the side or the ends depending on the space I have to work in.



Ladders (I have 2 for when I pick from the side) lock onto the deck to become adjustable legs for the deck.



Well, actually today I cut those temporary brackets off & replaced them with more receivers so can slip adjustable ladder picks in anywhere. Also have a bracket that locks the forks to the deck when I pin it in a receiver.



Still a long way to go, but it sure is/will be a back & time saver. I have a bunch of little odds & ends to build for it. I am also building a set of forks to mount to the end of the backhoe attachment to get it 11' up. Off the forks it only goes up about 6'. Needs a rack & storage for the trailer to make it easy to load & unload.

I haven't forgotten the "Z". Had to push it outside today for shop space. I should be able to get some time this winter. Dave, you know how that time thing goes sometimes. truck looks great BTW.

Neat Gary!!! Hope you just didn't have the railings on yet!!!! Hate to hear about you laying on the ground with a busted body!!!!!! Got to be a lot quicker then messing with scaffolding all the time, too!

Yup, there's a ton of stuff to build for it yet.

Enginuity at it's best! I have enough scaffolding to set up one tower 12 feet high. The fear factor comes from no safety rails and weather the planks are solid or rotted the farther from the edge I go! My living room has about a twenty foot high ceiling with a ceiling fan that wobbles at anything but the slowest speed. I hate heights, so it just runs on slow! Need to get someone in here who has no fear of heights or a really tall ladder to try and balance it. It would help a lot in the winter when all the heat goes up there. Maybe you could dive the bobcat down here?

I'll leave now, should be there early May, August at the very outside.

Originally Posted by pro70z28

I'll leave now, should be there early May, August at the very outside.

Could you stop on the way through??? Couple of 2nd floor windows on the North side of the house I'd like to change out?????

Your truck looks great, Dave! Unusual, too. You don't see many people building that generation of Ford trucks.

Originally Posted by falconvan

Your truck looks great, Dave! Unusual, too. You don't see many people building that generation of Ford trucks.

Thanks, a bit unusual, high contrast colors and the interior design straight out of the 70's.....Where were you in '72??

I listed it on Racing Junk with a teaser add, as is, all done, trades possible... Have to see if it generates any interest....

I don't do windows.................

I love saying that......

Got another area cleaned up and some primer sprayed on the '57 today, progress is slow but it's progress at least!!!! Built some supports to hold the old Buick off the ground and installed them.. This was someone else's project before I got it, first thing for me to do is take the ill-fitting frame they put under it (Caprice, I think) out from under it and haul it away with the rest of the scrap iron!!!! Hopefully I'll have some time towards spring to get it into the shop and start doing some work on the body. Tentative plans for the Buick are to find an Eldorado donor car with a Northstar in it, then build the car as my rendition of Harley Earl's Wildcat cars in '52, 53, and 54. No way I'll have time to finish it this winter, but I'd like to get a frame designed and built along with some of the cut, chop, and rebuild on the body....

Spent the long weekend getting as much done on the scaffolding as possible. I have a couple things to do yet but I'm a little closer to calling it a done deal. the track loader isn't big enough to set the deck on the trailer & still pull the forks out of the receivers. That & there's no way to easily pick it from the end. So I decided a tilting storage rack would solve both problems.





Flipped the deck upside down & built the flip part of the rack on top.



Once I had it far enough along to bolt down to the trailer I worked on the storage for the railing parts



Got it this far along & then took it back off to do a little more work on the railing storage and the final welding & paint.

Here's just the storage rack



And here's the rack loaded with railing parts & the deck in the pick position. I used Some Roll on bed liner on the top for a non-skid surface.



And the deck in the storage position. I sprayed rattle can undercoating on the bottom side of the plywood just because I had a few cans on the shelf.




Still a lot to do but it's getting closer. "Z" had to go outside, in the rain.

Lots of good work Pro! Sure will pay off next time you have to get up in the air to work, strong and safe, great combination for work as well as race cars!!!

Thanks Dave. Next time up in the air is tomorrow.

Originally Posted by pro70z28

Thanks Dave. Next time up in the air is tomorrow.

Hope you bring us some pics!!!! I really enjoy watching other people work!!!!

I hope I get another chance to work on the scaffolding soon(Fabbing that is). Still a lot to do to get it set up the way I want. I need to stay on it. Sort of like building a house. If you move in before it's done, ............hard to get the punch list done.