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    Lightbulb Same thing, different day

    Yet another Kubotoa RTV conversion. This one is a little different. Larger tank than last time and everything mounted up higher for more destructive areas. Found some real aggressive tires to give it some more bite, too.

    The original plan...

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    Here is the basic framing. You can see I had to do a little heat straightening on a few pieces after the welding. Next time I need to plan out the order of welding a little better.

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    And the finished product. Stayed pretty close to the plan. This time I added a hydraulic lift to make service a lot easier.

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    Pretty much all the welding was done with my little PA140 in TIG mode.
    Long arc, short arc, heliarc and in-the-dark!

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    Nice work. Do you build these for yourself or a customer ?
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    It's for a customer.
    Long arc, short arc, heliarc and in-the-dark!

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