Homemade Steel Wheel Tricycle

Homemade Steel Wheel Tricycle FARM HOME Novelty Items 28-3-41 I recently made this steel wheel tricycle, adding a bracket on back to support a 2-ft. long wooden planter box. My wife keeps the tricycle in our front yard. She puts more plants in a homemade wooden wagon that sets on our front porch. The big front wheel is off an old milk cart designed to haul cream cans. The rest of the bike is off an old unicycle, including the bearings and pedals. The rear wheels are made from strap metal and metal rods. Sometimes I remove the planter box and ride the tricycle around at shows, although it doesn't go uphill very well because the wheels are so big. My wife places an aluminum cake pan at the bottom of the box to keep the wood from rotting. The chute on this snowblower was originally equipped with a hand-operated crank. I didn't have a push-out window on back of my tractor cab, so I had to get off the tractor and turn the chute manually. I converted it to operate hydraulically by mounting an orbit motor next to the chute and chain-driving it. To rotate the chute I just operate a joystick lever in the cab. (Patrick G. Prom, 12661 Pioneer Trail, Eden Prairie, Minn. 55347 ph 952 944-9266)

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