hunting build on a budget

[txd]

i picked up this 01 pds from a friends grandparents that havent touched it in nearly a year. everything was good mechanically but the batteries, cables and battery tie downs were trash. i started buying 4ga cables and doing my makeshift digital camo. i found vinyl dye at the auto store so i colored the seats instead of replacing the material. 5" lift, 22" tires new lights top and bottom, makeshift cargo box, new batts and this thing is rollin! i also used a conduit bender to add some more bend in the front roof supports to lower the roof 3.5" for more overhead clearance of low branches. i just ordered a 500a controller and upgraded componenets as well to put on soon.
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[WickedCarts]

some nice upgrades

[turnagainhardcore]

Great looking cart!!!

How did you do the Digi Camo??
I think that really sets off the cart

[TheNewGuy]

Nice job!! I like the paint.

[txd]

i have access to some good plotters at work for large prints. i found some template patterns on the web and used the plotters to print them on posterboard and sat at the dinning table with a cutting board and a x-acto for an hour cutting them out. after a OD green base i just laid and sprayed with the templates using the tan and black.

[dock98]

Originally Posted by TheNewGuy

Nice job!! I like the paint.

and the kids look like their having fun.

[gstoneberg]

Originally Posted by txd

i have access to some good plotters at work for large prints. i found some template patterns on the web and used the plotters to print them on posterboard and sat at the dinning table with a cutting board and a x-acto for an hour cutting them out. after a OD green base i just laid and sprayed with the templates using the tan and black.

That looks really nice. I'm slowly doing the same thing, but I sprayed the tan as the base coat. Now after seeing yours I'm wondering if I did the right thing. I've been trying to buy stencils but so far no luck. I'm gonna have to do some web searching too, thanks for posting that. Do you have any pics of that "makeshift box". It looks real good to me.

George

[txd]

the cargo box i just lucked into at a garage sale looking or a trailer to tow the cart on. it was a rubbermaid utility trailer 39" X 28". the box just was just screwed and bolted to a subframe trailer assembly. i trashed all that and just kept the box and fitted it on myself. me being 6ft and 195lbs i can hop in and it holds me just fine. legs hangin out of course. the walls lift off so you can have a flat deck or put the sides on and have the rear off for passengers to hang their feet off. one of the best $20 i ever spent.

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[gstoneberg]

Wow, great find. Thanks, I'll watch for something like that.

George

[essness]

Originally Posted by txd

the cargo box i just lucked into at a garage sale looking or a trailer to tow the cart on. it was a rubbermaid utility trailer 39" X 28". the box just was just screwed and bolted to a subframe trailer assembly. i trashed all that and just kept the box and fitted it on myself. me being 6ft and 195lbs i can hop in and it holds me just fine. legs hangin out of course. the walls lift off so you can have a flat deck or put the sides on and have the rear off for passengers to hang their feet off. one of the best $20 i ever spent.

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I have one of these Rubbermaid utility carts. It's plastic and tough as nails. Breaks down for winter storage. Great little piece of equipment