About six months of thought went into Bruce Elliott’s hydraulic hose repair cart.  

“I wanted it as compact as possible, yet I wanted everything on it,” he says. 

These details reflect that planning: 

“It’s also sized so I can drive the forklift under it, slide it into a pickup, and take it to the field,” comments Elliott. An inverter on the truck will run the press, he says. The cart also holds a completely portable, smaller hose press. 

The main framework is made of 2×2-inch box tubing. The work surface is countertop material, and the dividers in the cabinet are OSB. “The only real cost was for the $60 casters,” says Elliott. 

More on the repair cart:

Farm operation: Bruce Elliott, his brother, Roger, and his nephew, Lee, grow corn and soybeans on a farm in Montrose, Illinois, in the south-central part of the state. Lee (Roger’s son) is the sixth generation. Jane is Bruce’s wife. 

No hogs: “We did have hogs until about six weeks ago. Now, we are officially out of the hog business,” says Elliott. They are deciding whether to rent the buildings.

Hobby: Pigs are still in his life, however. Elliott enjoys traveling to South Carolina to hunt wild hogs. (Domestic hogs take three generations to turn feral.)

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