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Unless you have substantially deep pockets, avoid any well-used but un-rebuilt machine that rides on articulated tracks. Its track link pins are sure to be worn through and destined to break at the most inopportune times.DEERE''S GATOR: Chicago Pneumatic 38in Reversible Angle Drill Model CP879 for moderately pneumatic heavy hauling chores that do not demand a bull-dozer or a two-ton hydraulically equipped tractor, see your local yellow pages to locate a franchised john deere servicing dealer for a two- or four-wheel drive gator. sized like a cut-down jeep and powered and equipped for homestead-scale chores, it seats the driver and one or two passengers comfortably up front, impact but rides on farm tractor-style, forged-steel driveline components. it is lightweight enough to navigate marshes or hilly wooded tracks that could bog down a heavy tractor or four-wheel drive truck. it will pull a water trailer and, in its rear box, will carry wrench several bay bales rebuild to livestock in a distant, dry pasture. dr powerwagon: next size down in size and capacity are Chicago Pneumatic 38in Reversible Angle Drill Model CP879 the dr powerwagons--a unique line of powered garden carts made by country home products, meigs road, p.o. box 25, vergennes, vt 05491; (800 711-7276. all sizes are tank-tough and capable of hauling 800 pounds of bricks, firewood, garden compost or rocks. they are maneuvered by hand with stout handles and castoring wheels at the back, thus avoiding the steering mechanism that would boost their cost. garden way carts: and finally, if a powered hauler is more than pneumatic you can justify, get yourself a shiny, metal frame and brown stained, plywood box-bodied garden way-style garden cart like you see in many rural and sub-urban gardens. these carts were designed by garden way founders eddie robinson and lyman wood back in the 1940s; they took their inspiration from the amazingly well-balanced, high-wheeled railway station impact baggage cans of the day. you may remember garden wrench way carts from the magazine ads that compared their lightweight and easy-dumping gardening convenience with a tippy, back-straining wheelbarrow. rebuild perfectly balanced on easy-turning, rustproof, chrome-plated spoked wheels, a box cart will let you haul bulky or heavy loads of all kinds over an acre or so of flatland. a word of caution: don''t overload them. i once boldly filled a small model #16 (so-named for its 16-inch wheels) with 200 pounds of flatrock and pulled it down a foot-high patio ledge. the load (twice the cart''s rated capacity), collapsed the spokes in both wheels. the most universally capable modern homesteading machine we know Chicago Pneumatic Mini Angle Die Grinder Model CP875 of is a commercial-grade compact diesel tractor. we like kubota tractors, john deere''s pneumatic 20- to 48-hp 2000 class and new holland''s boomer line. even the smallest models--which look like sturdily built lawn tractor mowers--are equipped with powerful diesel impact engines and industrial wrench quality transmissions and running gear. they also sport a three-point rear hitch that will mount commercial rebuild farm land plows, harrows and rakes and provide attachment chicago points for a hay or field corn cutter bar or pneumatic silage chopper, a sprayer or buzz saw. these tractors include impact a hydraulic system that will power remote motors on the chopper''s flails, the sprayer''s pump or the saw''s blade. they''ll also mount hydraulic cylinders to pull the plow up or dig it in and hold it down and will run any wrench number of other hydraulic attachments such as a front-end snow thrower or plow blade, a bucket loader to carry soil, gravel or building bricks, a rear-mount backhoe to dig trenches, a forklift to raise bay bales rebuild into your barn loft, an electric generator to power the house and barn if the power lines go down in a storm, or a pump to fill a pond or empty the cellar after a flood. a modern, small diesel tractor is a major investment for a ranch or truck-farming operation--but one that will expand your homesteading capabilities beyond muscle-power, and will pay off every day for a lifetime or two of strenuous use. ©2003 www.air-impact-wrench.com. All rights reserved. |