Rollaway "Weighted" Cart Saves Storage Space

Rollaway Weighted Cart Saves Storage Space MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous “This home-built cart saves a lot of floor space ” says Cal Miner Willmar Minn who used 2 folding chair carts and some bogey wheels off old riding mower decks to make a handy storage cart
    The 8-ft long cart rides on a tongue dolly at one end and a series of concrete-filled wheels at the other end Half the cart has an open floor while the other half has a “floor” of suitcase weights
    “I have a big yard so I have a lot of garden tractor implements and attachments My homemade cart gives me a way to store everything together all year long ” says Miner “I keep the cart in my shed and use it to store everything from my snowblower and snowblade to my riding mower deck bagger and leaf blower so no matter the season I’m always using something on it All my other implements and attachments such as weights and chutes and chains can stay together on the cart instead of taking up space on the shed’s floor ”
    He made the cart’s floor by placing 2 cart frames together one on top of the other and then welding them together He also welded in a crossbar at the midpoint for strength He laid in four 12-in sq 1 1/2 in thick suitcase weights end-to-end to form a floor that covers half the cart “The weights support my snowblower during the summer and my lawn mower bagger during the winter ” says Miner
    He welded a metal tongue and dolly on one end of the cart and a carrier made from pipe at the back end of the cart which supports the leaf vac/blower on his riding mower
    The back end of the cart rides on a series of bogie wheels placed side by side He removed the bearings from all the wheels stacked the wheels vertically using a section of plastic pipe to keep them straight and ran a 3/4-in dia shaft through them to form an axle Then he filled all the wheels with concrete “The weight of the concrete keeps the cart well balanced with a low center of gravity that keeps the cart from getting top heavy ” says Miner
    A metal plate welded to the cart fits between the 2 outside wheels which are held on with cotter pins
    “I used bogie wheels because I happened to have a lot of them on hand but you could create any kind of axle and wheels with a low profile ” says Miner
    Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Cal Miner 3971 N E 8th St Willmar Minn 56201 ph 320 235-3351

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