He Stores Extra Metal In Tote Frames

He Stores Extra Metal In Tote Frames FARM SHOP Welders/Torches 64 Richard Arcement uses IBC tote frames as storage racks for scrap steel Even better by mounting the frames on a boat trailer they’re mobile The retired sugar cane farmer and mechanic can take them wherever he needs the steel The trailer also makes it easy to get them out of the way when he needs space in the shop “I store signposts angle iron steel pipe and pvc pipe anything I need to pick up around the shop ” says Arcement “It’s nice to have everything in one place but also nice to be able to move it around as needed ” Arcement had the frames and putting them on the boat trailer made the concept more user-friendly The trailer which once carried a small aluminum boat was wide enough to mount one tote frame at the rear over the 12-in wheels “I just welded it in place ” says Arcement “To mount the other tote frame I needed to add some cross pieces over the trailer frame where it narrows closer to the hitch ” He welded two pieces of bed frame angle iron to the trailer frame and then welded the tote frame to it “Bed frame angle iron is great ” says Arcement “It’s made of stress-proof steel and you can’t bend it I use it for all kinds of projects ” Moving the trailer around even when loaded with steel is easy thanks to a short boom Arcement made for his 32-hp Ford tractor “The boom mounts to the 3-pt making it easy to pick up the hitch and pull or push the trailer around ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Richard Arcement 3615 Hwy 1 Napoleonville La 70390 ph 985-637-1538

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