Horse Drawn Hearse (on the cheap) How-to

[hollyberry]

I just put together this quick how-to for our cheap Horse Drawn Hearse for anyone interested!


http://www.bastardrat.com/2005horsedrawnhearsehow-to.html

[ScareFX]

Great how-to hollyberry. I love those old plans. Thanks for posting them and the great pics. Wonder how I'm going to explain to my wife that I need a hearse next year? :D

[Blackwidow]

I just love that hearse, thanks for the how-to Holly!

[Vlad]

Curse you Hollyberry and Evil Bob, LOL. Now I can't get it out of my head how to make functional wheels for one of these that can actually bear a load. Sigh. These projects keep piling up in my head faster than I can make them.

[hollyberry]

Curse you Hollyberry and Evil Bob, LOL. Now I can't get it out of my head how to make functional wheels for one of these that can actually bear a load. Sigh. These projects keep piling up in my head faster than I can make them.
Well Bob purchased the wheels that went on the last hearse from an Amish Village for like $60 each or something like that .. real wagon wheels

[hollyberry]

Curse you Hollyberry and Evil Bob, LOL. Now I can't get it out of my head how to make functional wheels for one of these that can actually bear a load. Sigh. These projects keep piling up in my head faster than I can make them.
and oh yeah the plywood wheels on his how-to will hold the hearse up and roll .. just aren't for really taking it anywhere other than from the garage to the yard or something along those lines...lol

[Nightshade]

Hollyberry- Thanks for this great how to. Now I know what I want to do for next year. Thanks again. Happy Haunting

[bhays]

Awesome how to! That's one of the projects I am planning this year, so very helpful

[Gloomy_Gus]

So where do you store it the rest of the year? I think that is the next big project I will do after the crypt.

[Hellrazor]

Wow holy Crap! Thats awesome! Gosh, now I need to move out to the country so I have lotsa land to store everything... but wait.. no kids , darn back to the drawing board... no seriously, great how to and awesome hearse

[Gloomy_Gus]

Wow holy Crap! Thats awesome! Gosh, now I need to move out to the country so I have lotsa land to store everything... but wait.. no kids , darn back to the drawing board... no seriously, great how to and awesome hearse

You do this for the kids?

[Frighteners Entertainment]

I believe it has been sold.

[Daughter of Darkness]

I neeeeeed one of these. Not want, NEED.
Thanks for the how-to Holly.

[graveyardmadness]

This is a must for next year. Thanks for the great pictures and the plans.

graveyardmadness

[AnubisCrypt]

I like your pictures of your hearse, great job. I was trying to get the JPG plans from your website but when i click on the link it goes to a file it can't find. Can you either email me the plans or fix the website?

Thanks,
Anubiscrypt

[sharpobject]

I, too would like to access the plans. It seems the email function doesn't work on the website either. thanks.

[bourno]

From a thread at Halloween Forum:
http://www.halloweenforum.com/tutorials-step-step/75590-horse-drawn-hearse.html

http://bastardrat.com/hearseplan.jpg

Bob said to multiply the above plans by 8 from the above thread link

[sharpobject]

Thanks for the link Bourno :)

[BudMan]

NEWSFLASH! Big lots has wagon wheels on sale for $16 each. 30" and 22" sizes.

[Haunted Bayou]

I was wondering when BigLots would carry those again. Thanks BudMan.

Great Hearse....one if the things I did last year was sketch a small version of the one "A witch in Canada" had on display.

I think some of the original funeral coaches were just big enough to put a body in. If I can ever come up with the money to buy some power tools, I'd like to attemt a small version of this.
I'll just add it to the ever-growing list of Halloween wishes that haven't come true.

[Fiend4Halloween]

What a beautiful job. I've always been a fan of the horse drawn hearse. Thanks for the "how to".

[DarkLore]

Good job. I'm sure that was a lot of work.

[mattjfishman]

That looks really good! I just might have to try it.

[Evil Bob]

From a thread at Halloween Forum:
http://www.halloweenforum.com/tutorials-step-step/75590-horse-drawn-hearse.html

http://bastardrat.com/hearseplan.jpg

Bob said to multiply the above plans by 8 from the above thread link

Thanks Wes for posting this.
Here's a link to my first hearse how-to. On the not-so-cheap.
http://www.bastardrat.com/restinpetes/horsedrawnhearse.html

[beelce]

That thing is cool!!!....Nice how-to

[bourno]

That was an awesome piece you made Bob.

[Evil Bob]

Thanks! It was fun. Sort of.

[waldiddy]

I don't think you hearse owners have fessed up yet on one question. How on earth do you store a hearse when it's not Halloween season?

[helenback]

Storage, the final frontier.
The challenge, to build a horse hearse that comes apart and assembles in minutes.
The plan, a base, a top that detach from the sides and sides that are independent and fit in to brackets on top and bottom.
A drivers seat that doubles as a storage box.
Wheels that though inoperable will look operable and will slide on and off the axle for storage.
Possibly a bucky standing in for a missing wheel...maybe pulling the hearse.
Side, top and base material luan sub flooring, light and cheap.
No glass, curtains, cobwebs, foam toe pincher for weight control.
Time to start scavenging coach lights, old curtains to dye black.

Can't wait for warm weather.

[twisted mam-maw]

do you still have the plans for your hearse?
thanks

[dragon]

do you still have the plans for your hearse .thanks .

[RoxyBlue]

Hollyberry last logged on to the forum in 2008, so you may not get an answer to your questions about the hearse plan.