Triumphman
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Anyone made one?
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dan.taylor.1
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I made the chassis and wheels for a big one recently 20' x 9'!
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No, but have help restore a few, the "Pot Belly stove" is the bain of them.
Eg hard to find.
Lots of places will do the metal work, but metal tyres are easy done at home. Just need to be safe and don't be afraid.
Wood work is different styles in different parts of this fair land.
Tow Hitches like wise.
Canvas roof or pitched tar coated timber. Again local variations.
Door steps were hinged up or were stowed underneath.
The hooks on the chassis were for food or drink bottles to feed lamps and ewes after a difficult birth. Should never have pointed ends. The pointed ends were fixed high on the body for food sacks.
Single bed, with a cubby hole for flint and steel and a lantern was always to hand.
Outside normally a green colour, inside should be white, but do expect to find decorations.
Right hand side of door should be a hook or peg for the crook.
Doot should open out wards, so can be slammed shut from outside.
Eg hard to find.
Lots of places will do the metal work, but metal tyres are easy done at home. Just need to be safe and don't be afraid.
Wood work is different styles in different parts of this fair land.
Tow Hitches like wise.
Canvas roof or pitched tar coated timber. Again local variations.
Door steps were hinged up or were stowed underneath.
The hooks on the chassis were for food or drink bottles to feed lamps and ewes after a difficult birth. Should never have pointed ends. The pointed ends were fixed high on the body for food sacks.
Single bed, with a cubby hole for flint and steel and a lantern was always to hand.
Outside normally a green colour, inside should be white, but do expect to find decorations.
Right hand side of door should be a hook or peg for the crook.
Doot should open out wards, so can be slammed shut from outside.
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I made a smallish one to use as a garden shed, so not much fancy fitting out on the inside, my best advice is if you're going to use a curved corrugated roof make your hut to fit the standard of the peg size roof sheet, I didn't think of this when I started and had to have my roof sheets custom rolled to size which costs a fair bit more. I'll look out a few photos of building it .
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Sounds good
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I have an old cast iron set of Axles that Godwins used to deliver wind pumps on (no idea how that got here from the factory over the road...) and some curved corrugated iron roofing sheets, so now it's just a matter of sorting out some wood and throwing it together...
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That's the stuffIs that the kind of stuff they make pig arks from?
dan.taylor.1
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Steadmans in carlisle do the roof sheets and will curve to your spec as the one I made the chassis for was over their normal width.
Here is the one I made, wheels are 900mm diameter. My assistant helping me test how much bounce there was in it!
Here is the one I made, wheels are 900mm diameter. My assistant helping me test how much bounce there was in it!
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Keep the pics coming
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How much does something like this cost to build?
