my brothers big bad workhorse

[blake80]

I bought this for my brother two years ago. I picked it up for $200 with no engine but mostly complete. Once we figured out just what he wanted to do with the cart, we tore it down to nothing but a frame. Once we got the body off we find the fun stuff. The frame is almost gone and dont look very promising. But i didn't worry about once i cut out all the bad stuff. Fortunately i had all the steel i needed to fix it laying around. So, two spools of wire and 3 argon bottles later i fixed the frame. Now i need a engine for it, so my brother made the call to tom at carts parts plus. A few days later i have a 18hp briggs kit to install. But before i can install it i need a lift kit. Since i know where to get tires from at a cheap price, we put 26" interco vampires on it. Next came the wheels and lift kit. We went for the allsport high five lift. Now we are cooking, frame is fixed and painted, lift kit is installed, and engine is mounted and running like a top.

Now the sad part. This project and some others had the brakes put on when our father got sick. 3 months later he passed and it took us a while to really get back in gear. Now we are back at a good stride again with it. As of right now i have ran all new wiring, installed the dash cover with gauges and new key switch plate from Andy. Yesterday the big brown truck dropped of his new custom ex innovation seats. This weekend we will get them mocked up and start on his roll cage. Once the cage is done it will be sent off for paint to match his truck. You can see his tundra in the background of one of the pics

[blake80]

Now the rebuild pics. I forgot to mention that we put reverse lights on it to.

[blake80]

And a few more for now.

[andy4639]

Looking good my friend but please do me a favor and get the plate installed correctley. It's driving me nuts!!!!

[blake80]

It is now, just wasn't in that picture

We are trying out a new head light switch, instead of a toggle style this one you just touch it.

[andy4639]

Buy a cheap auto secruity system and use the remote and have no switches at all on the cart. Your the audio guy!!!!8 )

[blake80]

I did pitch that idea to him, but he didnt want to spend the extra money

[andy4639]

I did pitch that idea to him, but he didnt want to spend the extra money

That's my next project when I build me another cart, may even do it to the wrecker when I start on it.

[blake80]

Its crazy the things you can do with them. My cousin can adjust his air suspension with it

[ak47fan]

I bought this for my brother two years ago. I picked it up for $200 with no engine but mostly complete. Once we figured out just what he wanted to do with the cart, we tore it down to nothing but a frame. Once we got the body off we find the fun stuff. The frame is almost gone and dont look very promising. But i didn't worry about once i cut out all the bad stuff. Fortunately i had all the steel i needed to fix it laying around. So, two spools of wire and 3 argon bottles later i fixed the frame. Now i need a engine for it, so my brother made the call to tom at carts parts plus. A few days later i have a 18hp briggs kit to install. But before i can install it i need a lift kit. Since i know where to get tires from at a cheap price, we put 26" interco vampires on it. Next came the wheels and lift kit. We went for the allsport high five lift. Now we are cooking, frame is fixed and painted, lift kit is installed, and engine is mounted and running like a top.

Now the sad part. This project and some others had the brakes put on when our father got sick. 3 months later he passed and it took us a while to really get back in gear. Now we are back at a good stride again with it. As of right now i have ran all new wiring, installed the dash cover with gauges and new key switch plate from Andy. Yesterday the big brown truck dropped of his new custom ex innovation seats. This weekend we will get them mocked up and start on his roll cage. Once the cage is done it will be sent off for paint to match his truck. You can see his tundra in the background of one of the pics

sorry about your father Blake but on a brighter note the workhorse is going to be awesome.

[blake80]

sorry about your father Blake but on a brighter note the workhorse is going to be awesome.

thanks man, it was a sad time in my life but i thank jesus that he took my father home. dad passed peacfully the night he went home

as far as the cart, thanks. it has come a long way and still has a ways to go.

[MSHax]

WOW! What a transformation! This thing looks GREAT!

Its crazy the things you can do with them. My cousin can adjust his air suspension with it

Ok that's funny! I thought about doing air ride but thought that was going overboard, I may have to look back into that.

[blake80]

Thanks bud. You can run almost anything with a alarm. Whay is really cool is those that have used actuators to open and close the doors.

[blake80]

A little bit of a update. Got the seats mounted and the dump bed mocked up with new hinges. We also started with making the roll cage mounts today. Depending of what the tropical storm does here tomorrow, we might start bending the tubing. The cage for this one will extend over the bed. Ill post pics of the cage just as soon as we get to bending.

[essness]

Looks great Brandon.

[krustybucket]

That is amazing !!

[blake80]

Thanks guys. once i get his roll cage built, everything will go to the painter and then it gets finished up

[blake80]

Sneak peak at my brothers cage, hard to see but we had just finished welding it up

[blake80]

Just dropped the body off to the painter. Should have it back by the ens of the weekend.

[blake80]

Got the body back today. The painter did a great job. Should have it altogether by Tuesday, then ill get some good pics.

[ducky]

That is one sweet ride.

[blake80]

That is one sweet ride.

Thanks bud. Ill get some updated pics of it.

[Sin09]

Nice cart!