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Alternative to $300-400 prowlers
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:00 pm
by Gin Master
Wanted one prowler for the house and one to leave at the judo place. Instead of paying $300 plus shipping, I upgraded from my shitty MIG to a Lincoln stick.
Welder $300
Prowler $20 + 12 pack of shitty beer
I think I'm going to make skis by taking 1.25" cuts (4" long), welding sheet onto the bottom of them, slipping them inside the legs, and doing a tack weld. Easy change out. I'll probably do a few of these in different shapes. If any of you local bastards show up with a rack of ribs and a few dollars, you can take one home with you. The welding is more slop than elite, but it holds well.
Still needs a pole for weights, lower pushing handles, and uprights on the other side.
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Not only do kettlebells cure disease, they also double as angle clamps.
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Re: Alternative to $300-400 prowlers
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:05 pm
by Grandpa's Spells
Nice. A guy welded me mine for $150 on Craigslist. Had to sand and Rustoleum it myself. Got quotes from $750 on down.
Re: Alternative to $300-400 prowlers
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:34 pm
by jgmack
Prowlers are popular with Crossfitters as are kettlebells. Are you wearing any Rebok items?
Re: Alternative to $300-400 prowlers
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:54 pm
by Gin Master
jgmack wrote:Prowlers are popular with Crossfitters as are kettlebells. Are you wearing any Rebok items?
The next project is a giant Reebok One sign for my garage.
Re: Alternative to $300-400 prowlers
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 1:26 am
by Moku_Nui
jgmack wrote:Prowlers are popular with Crossfitters as are kettlebells. Are you wearing any Rebok items?
Popular use and proper use don't normally walk hand in hand with those pimpled twats. Most of them also lack the skills in proper mechanics and physics for constructing their own extreme tools of torture, luckily they have some money laying around to buy cheap, crappy models gone rogue.
Re: Alternative to $300-400 prowlers
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:19 pm
by KingSchmaltzBagelHour
Nice work Ginny. I got a shitty little 110 welder from a guy for free (borrowing indefinitely). I need to get off my ass and build some shit once I finish the loft bed I'm building for kid #1. Thanks for the inspiration.
Re: Alternative to $300-400 prowlers
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:51 am
by Brutal Bajan
Damn man, looks nice! For anyone on the super cheap, a derelict shopping cart with the casters removed works surprisingly well.
Re: Alternative to $300-400 prowlers
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:28 pm
by Gin Master
Did one similar to the Prowler 2 this weekend. I swapped the push handle for another weight bar. I'm going to make a basket in the back so you can throw in sandbags, KBs, whatever (guy I'm making this for wanted that stuff).
Cost of materials pictured (2" 11 ga. square tubing, 1.5" ID round tubing, 4"x1/4" flat strap and breaking fees): $48.79.
Re: Alternative to $300-400 prowlers
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:34 pm
by Mickey O'neil
Re: Alternative to $300-400 prowlers
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:55 pm
by jgmack
I don't believe that any sane person would push a Prowler using this position. Pulling a conventional sled in various ways is much less likely to injure you.
Re: Alternative to $300-400 prowlers
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:24 pm
by Mickey O'neil
jgmack wrote:I don't believe that any sane person would push a Prowler using this position. Pulling a conventional sled in various ways is much less likely to injure you.
Why? Are you thinking possible low back injury? I've done plate pushes before with no problem. Of korse, I'm a bad motherfucker.