Lumber balance
I learned two golf cart
lessons this morning.
1. You can haul more lumber
when the load is better balanced.
2. Entrance and exits are
easier when you use the front door.
Now we have enough materials
for the rest of the porch
project and a roof to go
over it.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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stompy
You could probably sling quite a load under it, too. And imagine riding into town on it.
Roland --- Now, don't get Mark excited!
Olan --- For some reason, trailers get bogged down in our mud a lot more than just using the golf cart. It takes a lot less time to haul two loads than to get a trailer unstuck once, so we leave it at home...
I know. I want one too. Or at least play with it.
All kidding aside, it seems like a vehicle that could work very well on rough terrain without damaging it much, if the pads on the feet are large enough to spread the load.
The one thing Stompy seems to be lacking is some serious field testing.
That's why I plan to wait for the consumer, 2 person version of Boston Dynamics Big Dog.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da6Dyma4KN8&feature=fvst
Interesting. Did you note how four very small feet were able to support 575 lb without leaving big marks in the soil? It also handles rough terrain and disturbances really well. The "feet" seem kind of slippery, though. I still think that stompy looks a lot cooler, though.
And I think that stompy will see hard testing, since it's being built by students. Students are generally rough on equipment.