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splash07

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06/22/11 at 16:44:02

I have not had much time for the bike lately, unfortunately, but I have managed to get some other smaller projects accomplished. Here are a few shots.

A hand truck I found on the side of the road with a busted wheel.
Before:

new wheel of fleabay 5 bucks shipped.

After:

My trash can rain barrel and garden

Gary fisher frame brought back to life after being stripped by hoodlums Embarrassed

Finally, my jetta's roof rack and fog light installation.

Next up, a certain suzuki savage needs some attention.

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tragicallysteph YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 14 Thunder Bay, ON Gender:	Re: Recent projects Reply #1 - 06/22/11 at 16:57:25 Nice Jetta and love the fogs! How do like it? Which model is it? Traded in my '06 TDI for a '10 Golf TDI last year. Love the VeeDubs.
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drharveys - FSO Serious Thumper Offline Greetings from San Luis del Norte! Posts: 1776 St Louis MO Gender:	Re: Recent projects Reply #2 - 06/22/11 at 19:52:20 Nice projects -- Those are great hand trucks/dollies. It'll come in handy in places you'd never even think of, till you have one!
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29288 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Recent projects Reply #3 - 06/22/11 at 23:36:35 Shucks... I put off doin' more than that,... every day... ... and every next day, and the next, and the next... ... Funny,.. it actually looks fun, when you do it... ...
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Recent projects Reply #4 - 06/23/11 at 03:50:21 Looks like a QCE answer on that trellis. You build the frame & then run string on it? QCE is Quick, Cheap, Easy. How much time & $$ you got in that hand truck including paint?
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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline On two wheels... again Posts: 3805 WV Gender:	Re: Recent projects Reply #5 - 06/23/11 at 05:08:19 Mmmmm, nothing like fresh home-grown 'maters. Can't believe I didn't grow any this year. Shame on me. Great jobs! (I had a red Jetta several years ago. Miss it like crazy!)
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splash07

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Reply #6 - 06/23/11 at 07:38:20

tragicallysteph wrote on 06/22/11 at 16:57:25:

Nice Jetta and love the fogs! How do like it? Which model is it?
Traded in my '06 TDI for a '10 Golf TDI last year. Love the VeeDubs.

I love my V-Dub, its a 2010 TDI Jetta, I used to have a 2006 TDI Jetta but I wrecked it pretty bad and insurance bought me this one. Great car that gets around 40 MPG with a turbo charged dino burner.

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Reply #7 - 06/23/11 at 07:44:08

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 06/23/11 at 03:50:21:

Looks like a QCE answer on that trellis. You build the frame & then run string on it?

QCE is Quick, Cheap, Easy.

How much time & $$ you got in that hand truck including paint?

The trellis is a simple design I saw online somewhere. Yes, I just built the frame and then ran twine down from that to hold up the plants. It is working really well and I have a ton of tomatoes growing.

The hand truck was CHEAP. I got the frame free on the side of the road and the only parts I had to buy were one replacement wheel and two new casters. I already had most of the supplies I needed including paint, all I had to buy in terms of tools was a jar of naval jelly to strip off a lot of the rust. I probably put around $30 in it when it was all said and done. New I think they are around $65, so i guess I came out on top. It just makes me happy knowing I brought something back to life that was on its way to a landfill.

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Reply #8 - 06/23/11 at 07:53:11

splash07 wrote on 06/23/11 at 07:44:08:

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 06/23/11 at 03:50:21:

Looks like a QCE answer on that trellis. You build the frame & then run string on it?

QCE is Quick, Cheap, Easy.

How much time & $$ you got in that hand truck including paint?

The trellis is a simple design I saw online somewhere. Yes, I just built the frame and then ran twine down from that to hold up the plants. It is working really well and I have a ton of tomatoes growing.

The hand truck was CHEAP. I got the frame free on the side of the road and the only parts I had to buy were one replacement wheel and two new casters. I already had most of the supplies I needed including paint, all I had to buy in terms of tools was a jar of naval jelly to strip off a lot of the rust. I probably put around $30 in it when it was all said and done. New I think they are around $65, so i guess I came out on top. It just makes me happy knowing I brought something back to life that was on its way to a landfill.

Sounds like you did allrite there.. I butchered mine to build a project, now I gotta get another one..

Got a website that offers up trellis ideas?

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splash07 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 911 Charleston, SC Gender:	Re: Recent projects Reply #9 - 06/23/11 at 07:58:50 No good websites specifically, I just google image searched for " tomato trellis" and A whole slew of designs came up. Mine is a modification of one that I saw a picture of.
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