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highland steer

10-15-2000 19:12:38




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Does anyone have plans on constructing a homemade stoneboat. Everyone used to have one, I am sure somebody still knows how to build one. Thanks for any help.




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bgee

10-17-2000 03:59:45




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 Re: stone boat in reply to highland steer, 10-15-2000 19:12:38  
what's a stone boat used for?



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B.C.

10-17-2000 06:58:24




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 Re: Re: stone boat in reply to bgee, 10-17-2000 03:59:45  
Hauling stones off fields. Also, they can be handy for moving heavy loads reasonable distances over dirt or grass. Very low lift height, and no great trick to drag loads on or off them with chains, ropes etc.

Maybe somebody else out there knows why they are called that. My guess is that Scandinavian American farmers with their grim sense of humor refered to them as boats in fields of stone.



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B.C.

10-16-2000 06:25:10




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 Re: stone boat in reply to highland steer, 10-15-2000 19:12:38  
We were plank and surplus grader blade people.

Take surplus grader blade (piece of steel about 3/4 inch thick by about 5 inches by about 6 or 8 feet long. Cut in half. Drill or torch holes for 1/2 inch bolts as necessary. One goes in front of, one in rear of appropriate set of 8 foot long 2 x 8's. These days treated lumber would be a good idea.

The forward blade section got a bent piece of inch rod welded to its top to form a hook point. Both the forward and rear blade halves were bolted to the top of the planks.

The forward end of the planks were tapered in the side view by an axe.

Happy hauling.

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Al

10-16-2000 04:55:28




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 Re: stone boat in reply to highland steer, 10-15-2000 19:12:38  
I used a piece of boiler plate about 2' long as wide as you want it, I made mine 42", burn holes in plate for the bolts and pulling chain. get some white oak 2" thick plank as long as you want it, made mine 8', bolt together including the back end and load up.



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Tom A (Middletown MD)

10-16-2000 04:21:10




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 Re: stone boat in reply to highland steer, 10-15-2000 19:12:38  
I think I may have plans in a book back at the house...can check if you're still interested BUT I saw a neat tip for a stone boat somewhere in a book: go to a junkyard and pick up a cheap hood from an old car/truck. Turn it upside down, weld two ends of a chain on it to pull it with and you have an instant stoneboat without much cost in either time or money.



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Keewaydin

10-16-2000 13:26:57




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 Re: Re: stone boat in reply to Tom A (Middletown MD), 10-16-2000 04:21:10  
I've seen an old hood use by poking a couple of holes thru from one side to the other up near the front and putting a short piece of fairly rugged pipe or bar thru to to hook onto to pull it by. Doesn't tie up any chain but would probably need to be reinforced and welded in if you planned on using it a lot.



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Robert

10-17-2000 17:13:03




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 Re: Re: Re: stone boat in reply to Keewaydin, 10-16-2000 13:26:57  
Boat, because they float over the fields, and stone, because that's what they were made to haul. Robert



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