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Need advice on garden cart rescue
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Site Supporter / FFL Dealer   Location: Enumclaw Joined: Fri Sep 19, 2014 Posts: 1121 Real Name: Curtis 
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I was given a hefty garden cart and was initially excited, but it turns out that the bed supports have sprung and with any kind of weight, the bed sags enough to catch the wheels when turning.
Is it possible to recover it? Attachment: IMG_8324D.jpeg I'd initially hoped to replace the bed supports, but the bed mesh is welded directly to the supports. Is it better to weld/bolt a new, flat bracket across the top of the bed supports, over the top of the mesh bed? Attachment: IMG_8326D.jpeg Attachment: IMG_8325D.jpeg Attachment: IMG_8327D.jpeg You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. _________________ Adventure Protection: Women-only basic protection, home defense, firearm instruction Follow us on Facebook Or join us for a class! |
| Thu Dec 08, 2022 6:24 pm |
 
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Site Supporter  Location: RENTON Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2011 Posts: 20771 Real Name: John
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Grind the welds to the expanded metal, unbolt the brackets from the frame and put a 2x4 under there that goes under the side angle Iron on left and right. Or, a piece of Steel across the top welded to the side rails and bolted/welded to the existing bracket locations.
The problem with that is the crappy mild steel bracket it came with. An "L" channel piece of steel welded underneath between the expanded metal and the existing bracket would really stiffen it up. Many ways to fix "rig" that to work, but do you have a welder and angle grinder? It's MacGyver time.  _________________ Mr. Q wrote: so basically, if you have to smoke some asshole, make sure they become fertilizer and then Bounce? got it. Guntrader wrote: Huh, maybe I was an asshole. NRA Member/RSO SAF 5 Year Donor GOA Member |
| Thu Dec 08, 2022 7:07 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: In my Cave near the Cloquallum Joined: Thu Sep 26, 2013 Posts: 7789 Real Name: Jim Sr.
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I’ve got one just like that, it has 4 flats but a sturdy body. Lol
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| Thu Dec 08, 2022 7:21 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Pierce County Joined: Wed Nov 14, 2018 Posts: 1989 Real Name: Shane
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It looks like you can unbolt the bed frame from the wheels? Maybe you could install some kind of riser.
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| Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:01 pm |
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Site Admin   Location: Olympia, WA Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2011 Posts: 38307 Real Name: Dan
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I’d just get a piece of expanded metal or plywood and slap it right on top.
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| Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:24 pm |
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Site Admin  Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52037 Real Name: Steve
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Sigh . . . you guys, always doing things the hard way.
 Just let some air out of the tires. Or get smaller wheels. _________________ Steve Benefactor Life Member, National Rifle Association Life Member, Second Amendment Foundation Patriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of America Life Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Legal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy Coalition Member, NAGR/NFGR Please support the organizations that support all of us. Leave it cleaner than you found it. |
| Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:45 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Lynnwood and at large Joined: Wed May 1, 2013 Posts: 21268 Real Name: Vick Lagina
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4" skyjacker lift and bilstien shocks should fixer right up.
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| Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:47 pm |
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Site Moderator   Location: Marysville Joined: Thu Mar 22, 2012 Posts: 13503 Real Name: Mike
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scrid2000 wrote: It looks like you can unbolt the bed frame from the wheels? Maybe you could install some kind of riser. That was exactly my thought. Installing some kind of riser between the bed and the axle brackets. Maybe some treated 2x4 or 4x4 with longer bolts. Not to discredit the other ideas, this just seems like the easiest approach. _________________ Licensed/Bonded/Insured Hardwood Floor Installer/Finisher http://www.hardwoodfloorsnw.com/ |
| Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:51 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: RENTON Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2011 Posts: 20771 Real Name: John
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Sinus211 wrote: scrid2000 wrote: It looks like you can unbolt the bed frame from the wheels? Maybe you could install some kind of riser. That was exactly my thought. Installing some kind of riser between the bed and the axle brackets. Maybe some treated 2x4 or 4x4 with longer bolts. Not to discredit the other ideas, this just seems like the easiest approach. Didn't i say that with the 2x4 idea? Damn Panda Mods.  _________________ Mr. Q wrote: so basically, if you have to smoke some asshole, make sure they become fertilizer and then Bounce? got it. Guntrader wrote: Huh, maybe I was an asshole. NRA Member/RSO SAF 5 Year Donor GOA Member |
| Thu Dec 08, 2022 9:46 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Snohomish Co Joined: Thu Sep 13, 2018 Posts: 1811
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Cut/weld and repeat until shit works... Neighbor collapsed his hand truck a couple months back while going down steps with an appliance, i had to emergency borrow it for moving massive firewood rounds in it's damaged state.(mine was strapped to a 1940s ford v8 under a pile of parts) I ran it until it fully gave out. I kept it another week, bent it back and added bracing that it should have had from the factory. He's happy because it is better than when he first bought it.
Get a 110v flux core wire feed and a 4" angle grinder and go crazy. |
| Thu Dec 08, 2022 10:31 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Skagit County, in the woods Joined: Tue Apr 7, 2015 Posts: 1058
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A couple of thick fender washers at each of those bolt locations should be all the body lift it needs to clear the tires. Easy peasy.
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| Fri Dec 09, 2022 2:14 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Everson, WA Joined: Sun Jan 6, 2013 Posts: 28178 Real Name: Ace Winky
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I gotta say, what a shit design and material selection. I wonder what the original load cap was.
Agree - Simple without impacting basket volume or grind/cut etc be just to jack up the basket, I can visualize other fixes without welding but involve drilling and minimal space. _________________ Why does the Penguin in Batman sound like a duck? Because the eagle sounds like a hawk. |
| Fri Dec 09, 2022 5:08 am |
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Site Moderator Location: Marysville Joined: Thu Mar 22, 2012 Posts: 13503 Real Name: Mike
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usrifle wrote: Sinus211 wrote: scrid2000 wrote: It looks like you can unbolt the bed frame from the wheels? Maybe you could install some kind of riser. That was exactly my thought. Installing some kind of riser between the bed and the axle brackets. Maybe some treated 2x4 or 4x4 with longer bolts. Not to discredit the other ideas, this just seems like the easiest approach. Didn't i say that with the 2x4 idea? Damn Panda Mods. You say big words. Panda not understand. _________________ Licensed/Bonded/Insured Hardwood Floor Installer/Finisher http://www.hardwoodfloorsnw.com/ |
| Fri Dec 09, 2022 7:38 am |
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Site Supporter Location: RENTON Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2011 Posts: 20771 Real Name: John
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Yondering wrote: A couple of thick fender washers at each of those bolt locations should be all the body lift it needs to clear the tires. Easy peasy. That won't stop the "ears" of the bracket bending down though. It needs full support across from one side of the basket to the other. _________________ Mr. Q wrote: so basically, if you have to smoke some asshole, make sure they become fertilizer and then Bounce? got it. Guntrader wrote: Huh, maybe I was an asshole. NRA Member/RSO SAF 5 Year Donor GOA Member |
| Fri Dec 09, 2022 7:50 am |
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Site Supporter Location: Everson, WA Joined: Sun Jan 6, 2013 Posts: 28178 Real Name: Ace Winky
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usrifle wrote: Yondering wrote: A couple of thick fender washers at each of those bolt locations should be all the body lift it needs to clear the tires. Easy peasy. That won't stop the "ears" of the bracket bending down though. It needs full support across from one side of the basket to the other. Thick sister strap or angle iron (actually better even if you have to notch for wheel) _________________ Why does the Penguin in Batman sound like a duck? Because the eagle sounds like a hawk. |
| Fri Dec 09, 2022 8:01 am |
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