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  • Author Author: Nate1616
  • Date Created: 6 Dec 2013 7:19 PM Date Created
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Kids Christmas Gift

Nate1616
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6 Dec 2013

I know this is kind of off topic but thought I would post it to hear to see your comments/improvements.

My wife and I bought the kids a 12V John Deere Gator for Christmas and I was thinking why not make it better than it is.  So some ideas I was throwing around is to add LED headlights to the front.  I would also build a PVC roll cage that had another set of Aux LED lights.  The current dump box is manual so I was thinking either a 12v scissor lift or actuator.  I would have to build some sort of child system as to not have the kids lowering the box on any arms/fingers.  The whole system would then be controlled using an ipad that is mounted on the dash. I would write an app that would allow controlling the gators inputs but also monitoring the batteries status.  Below is a image with my thoughts.

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Let me know what you guys think and any other things you guys could think of to make this that much better.

 

Nate

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  • shabaz
    shabaz over 11 years ago +2
    Hi Nate, That looks fantastic, I can imagine that's the kind of toy kids would absolutely love and even sleep thinking about! The lights would be a very nice touch. Also maybe reversing beeps?
  • vsluiter
    vsluiter over 11 years ago +2
    Nice project! I thought you might be able to get the safety issue fixed by choosing a weak link between the dump box and its actuation. Velcro? And of course you forgot the horn / siren that you can disable…
  • mcb1
    mcb1 over 11 years ago in reply to Nate1616 +1
    Nate Just remind me whose Xmas present it is.? Mark
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    Nate1616 over 11 years ago in reply to mcb1

    Mark

    I find it funny that my wife is saying the same thing. image

     

    Nate

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    gadget.iom over 11 years ago

    You will definitely want to build a noise disabling mechanism into the reversing beeper, horn, siren etc image

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    mcb1 over 11 years ago in reply to Nate1616

    Nate

    Just remind me whose Xmas present it is.?

     

    Mark

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    Nate1616 over 11 years ago in reply to vsluiter

    Shabaz I like the idea of a beep while in reverse.  It seems that if it makes noise the kids really like it.

     

    Victor, Thanks for the Velcro idea that is a great cheap and easy way to solve the problem  I would of never thought of that.

    Thanks again Shabaz and Victor for your guys input.

     

    Nate

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    vsluiter over 11 years ago

    Nice project!

     

    I thought you might be able to get the safety issue fixed by choosing a weak link between the dump box and its actuation. Velcro?


    And of course you forgot the horn / siren that you can disable at will image

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