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Once in a while I get to depart from making chairs and tables for grown ups and something like this lands in my lap.
Recently, I was contacted by an amazing lady who wanted to see what it would take to make a grave digger bed for her 3 year old. Honestly it brightened my day... I get to design, hopefully build, deliver and install a full size bed for a 3 year old child. What's better than that? Somehow, every moment has been a little more joyful on this project. Hunting for the perfect wheels and tires, figuring out how to wrap or paint the grave digger artwork on the truck silhouette. The color scheme, custom paint, safety concerns, but most of all, capturing the fertile imagination of a 3 year old child. At one point, I found myself in a Pep Boys, researching tires. The guy behind the service desk seemed to be having a bad day. As soon as I explained what I'm doing and who it's for, his eyes lit up. There we were laughing out loud together, wishing we both had monster truck beds when we were young. Actually!!!!, I'd have one now and I'm in my 40's... It just makes you happy to know that there are parents out there cool enough to want something this awesome for their little ones... I'll keep you posted...
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9/19/2019 06:20:26 pm
How did you come up with wood work sizing broads?
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9/21/2019 12:01:24 am
Hi Gloria, Forgive me... This was quite some time ago but I do remember that I designed it myself. Sadly I didn't get to build it in the end. Sometimes that happens I guess. It was going to be a full custom build so I'd have made every component other than the wheels, tires and mattress of course.
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Krysta
11/23/2020 11:16:44 pm
So where did you get the tires at? I am searching for tires for my sons grave digger bed now. Your bed looks awesome you did a great job!
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11/24/2020 11:37:04 am
Hi Krysta, Sadly I didn’t get to build this in the end but I did find the perfect tires at Pep boys. They were designed for ride on lawn mowers I think. The wheels and tires were available from there. Hope that helps. Let m know how it goes.
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