Homeade 3-Wheel Yard Vehicle
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I depend on the handy 3-wheel yard vehicle shown in the attached photo. It's the second one I've built over the last eight years and I'm amazed at how much hauling capacity they have in low gear. I've used them to haul as many as four engine blocks at one time.
On the model pictured, I used the front fork of a Honda 750 motorcycle. It provides front wheel brakes, a speedometer and kill switch.
It's powered by a 10 hp rebuilt Wisconsin engine, which gives it a top speed of about 25 mph. The engine mounts backwards in an A-frame built of 2-in. angle iron running from the fork to the rear axle. I used the rear end out of an old Ford Pinto car installed upside down to reverse direction of travel. I used a 3-speed Dodge pickup transmission and 13-in. tires off a Ford Pinto car.
The box consists of a half sheet of 3/4-in. plywood fitted with 1 by 12-in. sides.
I can tow these vehicles behind a pickup or tractor with a hitch I mounted on the front wheel hub. (Clifford Netsch, R.R. 1, Box 123, Bingham Lake, Minn. 56118; ph 507 678-2252).
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Homeade 3-Wheel Yard Vehicle ATV'S ATV'S 21-4-36 I depend on the handy 3-wheel yard vehicle shown in the attached photo. It's the second one I've built over the last eight years and I'm amazed at how much hauling capacity they have in low gear. I've used them to haul as many as four engine blocks at one time.
On the model pictured, I used the front fork of a Honda 750 motorcycle. It provides front wheel brakes, a speedometer and kill switch.
It's powered by a 10 hp rebuilt Wisconsin engine, which gives it a top speed of about 25 mph. The engine mounts backwards in an A-frame built of 2-in. angle iron running from the fork to the rear axle. I used the rear end out of an old Ford Pinto car installed upside down to reverse direction of travel. I used a 3-speed Dodge pickup transmission and 13-in. tires off a Ford Pinto car.
The box consists of a half sheet of 3/4-in. plywood fitted with 1 by 12-in. sides.
I can tow these vehicles behind a pickup or tractor with a hitch I mounted on the front wheel hub. (Clifford Netsch, R.R. 1, Box 123, Bingham Lake, Minn. 56118; ph 507 678-2252).
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