Beats a Yeti any day

I normally just lurk, but I am very satisfied with the outcome of my recent project and wanted to share.

While dove hunting last week, I got tired of dragging the little plastic wheels on the stock cooler. So I upgraded.









The idea hit me while buying new wheels for my wheelbarrow. I braced a 1" pvc pipe to the old wheel well. Cut a 5/8" steel bar to fit, added new wheels and tires, and caulked it in to seal it. 2x4 on the other side to level it out. (I wanted something that looks better but didn't want to spend money.)

Found some old chain link from when I tore the shed down and cut it to keep the lid from falling off. Added some metal hinges and a new front lock, all also caulked in place.

All under $20, the only drilling into the cooler that I did was the braced for the pvc that are into the insulation on the bottm. All of this should make the cooler last a lot longer and save me a lot of effort when dragging it around.

Awesome, call it an ITEY.

Today we salute YOU, Mr Rolling Cooler Cooler Roller

Seriously though, thats a dove hunt beverage toting machine!

Excellent!

Haha the exact thing came in to my head as well

Sweet lift kit.

It needs some flames painted on the nose.

Get some knobby tires and a locker so you can get through the rough stuff.

Thanks

You invented a Wheli

Very nice, i want one! Lol

"Big Fat Tires and Everything..."

It needs a motor!!!

Nice crime rims man!!!

Awesome!

And with a remote control, you would never have to get up to get a cool beverage!

Next he will mount a seat and front suspension

Do these tires make my Chest look Big?


I love it.

Good idea.

now I want to be a cooler

Tim Allen comes to mind...

Good job!

Nice! I was looking at a yeti the other day in the store and it was $400. I looked at another one like you have here and it was $50. I pulled out the old calculator on the iphone and came up with this. $400-$50 = $350 I could use for ice / by $1.32 for a 10 lb. bag where I buy it = 265 bags of ice x 10 lbs. per bag = 2,651 lbs. of ice I could buy. It was an easy decision after that. LoL!

now tally up the cost of longevity of the 50 dollar cooler bs the yeti and see how many 50's youd need for the lifetime of a yeti :p

I want one...hell, I'll even take the cooler scooter as well

I have two Gott 102 quart coolers I bought in the mid 1980s. They still work just fine and keep ice for days. They are over 25 years old. I have a an igloo like this one in the photo I bought when they came out about 10 years ago. Still works just fine. The problem with yeti and all the other new high end coolers is they are way over priced. I am in the composites/plastics industry. The technology they use to make these is called rotational molded / rotomold forming. The same method they make kayaks. The tooling cost is what drives the price, but with that said they choose to set the market on these with the high price and produce a low volume market. One day someone is going to sell these for what they really should cost.

Sounds like the commercial about the building process lol. Yeah, they are expensive but damn do they work.

O yeah!!! Only in America baby!

No one will steal his igloo. Many people will steal your Yeti.

this is great