Heavy lifting dollies from gas bottles and scrap!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lMTDysCW14

I DONT STEAL STEEL, THE RAIL IN THIS VIDEO WAS OBTAINED LEGALLY!
Quite an exciting little project I hope you will enjoy and/or find usefull, I was able to lift and move a 20' legth of mainline track by myself until i came across soft ground then i needed help.

I'd made wheels like this for barrows before now but this was the first time id made them heavy enough to handle this weight.
I have also found a number of other uses for the lifting dolly, namely pulling up old fencing, the chain digs into old posts and allows for a lift straight up, I was going to try and jack a car up but if i damage my partner's car I'll have to take the kids to school myself.

and what are you going to do with a 20' piece of track?

Ralph

I have scrap.
I have a welder and know how to use it.
I have a brain and know how to use that too.
Ergo I have tools.
That is a very nice piece of steel you have. Very enjoyable watching someone else breaking a sweat too.:clapping:

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Originally Posted by Ralphxyz

and what are you going to do with a 20' piece of track?

Ralph

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The worlds shortest passenger service.....
It is the modern high carbon welded track by TATA, i wanted to get to know it so i made a knife https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AoC11Rr2CE
Originally it was my intention to build a power hammer but quite a few people have offered me money for the knife now so i am thinking about selling completely useless 30lb bowies to idiots at $500 a pop then buying a power hammer that is less likely to kill me than one ive made from rail!

I can not imagine spending that much time grinding on a chunk of metal

Whoa. Obligatory "that's a knife" reference:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQrLPtr_ikE

Thanks for the Crocodile Dundee's memories. Movies were actually good once apon a time.

Ralph

Looks like someone has out-knifed Crocodile Dundee:

https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/h...witchblade.gif

It may be bigger but totally unusable

yeah, begs the question WHY? some one had to much time on their hands.

Ralph