2013 - Volume #37, Issue #3, Page #43
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"Hot Rod" Radio Flyer Wagon
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Powered by a 6 1/2 hp Honda clone engine, the toy wagon rides on 6-in. rear wheels and 4-in. front wheels. To “drive” the wagon, the operator simply depresses a foot pedal on front.
He cut the rear axle and wheels off a go-cart to serve as the back end and bought new wheels on front. He used 1-in. sq. tubing off a pair of old bus seat frames to build a frame that supports the wagon as well as the front axle. The Honda engine chain-drives a centrifugal clutch, and from there a jackshaft chain-drives the rear end.
The ride is cushioned by a pair of 12-in. springs off a mountain bike. A foot-operated gas pedal is connected by cable to the carburetor. The steering wheel is off a go-cart, and the rider sits on a garden tractor seat.
“It turned out quite well,” says Fox, who provided some help in building the self-propelled wagon. “It’s fun to drive because you sit up higher than you do in a go-cart. The front end has independent front suspension that I made from heavywall tubing with 5/16-in. dia. tie rod ends, so it really rides smooth. I mounted a home-built wheelie bar on back to keep from tipping over.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Curtis W. Fox, 1219 S. 8th St., Brainerd, Minn. 56401 (ph 218 829-8987; candfoxden@brainerd.net).
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