Agricultural Workshop Diaries
From Hauling Horses to Dishing Out Spuds & Scoops
Every so often a project gallops into the yard that’s too quirky (and too much fun) to keep under wraps. Our latest? Converting a customer’s two-berth horse trailer into a mobile jacket-potato and ice-cream café. Yes, you read that right—one end will crank out perfectly fluffy spuds, the other will swirl vanilla like a seaside parlour. Saddle up; here’s how Week 1 went down.
The Strip-Out (Goodbye, Rubber Matting)
Partitions & Tack Rails: Gone. Donated to a local stable who thought we were mad but appreciated the freebies.
Flooring: Lifted to inspect the chassis—thankfully solid, but we’ll add reinforcement plates where the combi-oven’s going to sit.
Ramp: Keeping it! Perfect for accessibility and late-night Instagram poses.
The Steel & Sparks Bit
Sub-Frame Reinforcement
The oven and freezer combo weigh more than a chunky cob, so we’re welding in an RHS frame that ties into the trailer’s original cross-members. Belt-and-braces engineering = zero bounce while you’re crisping potatoes on the move.
Serving Hatch Fabrication
Cut-out on the nearside panel, gas-strut pop-up awning, stainless service counter—polished to an impractical mirror finish so customers can check if they’ve got butter on their chin.
Inside Magic (Because Food Hygiene Is a Thing)
Non-Slip, Easy-Clean Floor
Walled insulation Panels to keep the heat where the potatoes are and the cold where the cones are.
Electrical System with power hookup plus a silent inverter generator for off-grid events.
Custom Stainless Racks & Holders for spud toppings, Napoleonic armies of sprinkles, and that all-important flake dispenser.
Road-Test & Taste-Test
Once the kit’s installed and PAT-tested, we’ll hit a local field for the maiden voayge. Our unofficial QA department (the workshop crew) is already volunteering for sample-eating duties.
Why We Love Jobs Like This
Because they blend everything we do best – bespoke fabrication, creative problem-solving, and a dash of madness—into something that brings joy (and crispy skin potatoes) to real people. Plus, telling folks you turned a horse trailer into an ice-cream bar is a guaranteed conversation starter.
We’ll keep posting progress pics, welding mishaps, and possibly a time-lapse of us trying to fit a six-foot freezer through a five-foot doorway.
