Homemade Parts Cart

Homemade Parts Cart FARM SHOP Miscellaneous 23-6-35 We built this handy parts cart last winter to make overhauling engines easier. We used to put engine parts right on our solid steel workbench, but leaking oil made it a mess. Now, we pull the engine, disassemble it, push the cart over to our parts washer, reassemble the engine and simply wheel it back over to the tractor. The Montrose, Ill., brothers built the 6-ft. long by 30-in. wide, 3-ft. high, cart around an angle iron frame. It rides on four heavy-duty 6-in. caster wheels. The top of the cart is made from 5/16-in. woven wire hog flooring that allows oil to drain through. A drain pan made out of 14-ga. sheet metal rests 2 in. below to collect oil from parts placed on top. The pan is fitted with a drain plug so oil can be drained into a bucket. A wooden shelf on the bottom of the cart holds parts. It's so handy, I wish we'd built it years ago. (Roger and Bruce Elliott, 19478 North 400 St., Montrose, Ill. 62445 ph 217 924-4350)

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