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BillyT

Looking through your list of equipment, I think one thing you may be missing is a cart or wagon of some sort. Granted, you do have the truck, but the bed is at least 3 feet in the air making hauling, equipment moving, animal transportation, etc. somewhat more difficult. It could be towed behind any of your other vehicles for flexibility and would allow for a portable platform that could be parked and not rely on one of your "power cubes". It could have different configurations could be more open like a trailer for loading equipment or have sides added for hauling grains, hay, rocks and bricks. Good ideas and direction so far on your project and I wish you continued success.

-Billy

mjn

A simple trailer for the LifeTrac wouldn't be difficult to create, I think. I also noted the lack of a cart/trailer of some kind.

Wolfrick

In much of the developing world, there's a kind of cart made by combining the motor and drive wheels and handlebars of a cultivator/rototiller with a cart made from the solid axle (and sometimes suspension) of a truck.
The driver sits on the front edge of the cart's bed or stands on the hitch and holds the handlebars.
These little powerhouses are ubiquitous.
Combining the MicroTrac and a cart would make a similar, useful vehicle. Adding a tilt-dump hydraulic cylinder to dump loads would make it _very_ useful for moving heavy bulk loads like earth.

DavidDecent

I suppose if you have all the other tools you would be able to make a cart.

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