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“Grandpa, I need a garbage truck and 10 garbage cans.” How big, Robby? “About this long and this high and it needs to dump and it needs a door on the back that opens and…” Hold on, why don’t you draw me a plan so I don’t get it wrong?
Just scrap lumber whipped up quick as Robby was constantly asking is it done yet every time I glued on another part ;-))
Edit: about half of this material is recycled pallet wood
-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0
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Dez
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#1 posted 915 days ago
Very cool! Nice drawing too. Grandkids are the best!
-- Folly ever comes cloaked in opportunity!
TopamaxSurvivor
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#2 posted 915 days ago
They make putting up with teenagers worth while ;-))
-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0
rivergirl
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#3 posted 915 days ago
What a WONDERFUL story- and way cool garbage truck! and I love the ten garbage cans, and it’s really nice how the back opens up and DUMPS the trash out- and also opens up a different way to let the trash IN and there is space enough for Oscar The Grouch to ride along, and.. gee thanks granpa Topomax!!!! :) :
-- Homer : "Oh, and how is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain."
rsladdwoodworks
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#4 posted 915 days ago
you are the beast granddad hope you keep the plans so they can make one for there grandkid
-- Robert Laddusaw and no I am not smarter then a fifth grader ( and no I canot spell so if it is a problem don't read it ))
TJ65
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#5 posted 915 days ago
I wish I had a great grandpa like you around when I was Kid!
The truck looks great too.
-- Theresa, https://sites.google.com/site/tmj65treasure/
Cher
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#6 posted 915 days ago
Hi Bob, that is the best garbage truck I ever saw.
Thanks for sharing Bob
-- When you know better you do better.
Mary Anne
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#7 posted 915 days ago
Well done, Grandpa! Great set of plans you had to follow, too. I’ll bet if you posted a picture of yourself, your smile would be even bigger than Robby’s!
degoose
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#8 posted 915 days ago
Fabulous… I can’t wait for my grandson to be wanting POP to make things..
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KnotCurser
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#9 posted 914 days ago
And I see how they quickly added the cannon barrels to your trucks! You have to turn them some cannons to add Grandpa! ;-)
Great Job again!
-bob
-- Man is a tool-using Animal. Nowhere do you find him without tools; without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. - Thomas Carlyle http://www.ffrf.org
mafe
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#10 posted 914 days ago
You are wonderful, and have some lucky grandchildren.
Love the truck.
Best thoughts,
Mads
-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.
kine97/Theresa
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#11 posted 914 days ago
I bet they are his “go to” toys for years to come. He can pass them down to his
own kids one day!
Great job!
BTW…my pic was drawn by my little 8 year old niece.
-- "My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning, and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can." -Cary Grant
SPalm
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#12 posted 914 days ago
That is sooo cool.
I just love it. Good for you.
Steve
-- -- I'm no rocket surgeon
Karson
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#13 posted 914 days ago
Make’s me feel sorry for those kids that don’t have the grandpa’s to do this stuff.
Great build and a happy customer who was involved in the process.
-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
mtnwild
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#14 posted 914 days ago
SO cool!! That’s what it’s all about. Brings a happy heart and a smile to my face. Thanks for the good feelings….........
-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.
helluvawreck
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#15 posted 914 days ago
Hey, that’s a great toy and it looks like he is having a ball with it. You did a wonderful job on it.
-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau
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