Cart Designed For Fun & Business
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Dan Dykstra gets double duty out of the “people cart” he built, hauling grandkids one day and bull buyers the next. The purebred cattle breeder originally built the cart to haul totes for liquid feed as well as fuel tanks. But he found a better use for it.
“Hauling the grandkids around the farm took priority,” says Dykstra. “They just love riding in it pulled by the Gator.”
Dykstra fabricated the steel frame and platform and mounted it over an axle and leaf springs from an old boat trailer. The wheels were salvaged from a junked 4-wheeler, and the seats came out of an old school bus.
“The seats were free,” says Dykstra. “I did have to make legs for the ends mounted to the sides of the bus.”
Dykstra also had to drill holes in the rims of the wheels to match the four hub bolts of the axle.
In addition to hauling grandkids, the cart has other uses. Dykstra uses it for taking prospective buyers into the pasture to view the herd.
“I’ve also used it to haul people from a parking lot to our local car show,” he says. “It works great. I can put strollers and chairs in the back of the Gator while hauling people in the cart.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Dan Dykstra, 18191 Malvern Rd., Morrison, Ill. 61270 (ph 815-590-0331; dykstrafamilycattle@yahoo.com).
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Cart Designed For Fun & Business TRACTORS Made-It-Myself Dan Dykstra gets double duty out of the “people cart” he built hauling grandkids one day and bull buyers the next The purebred cattle breeder originally built the cart to haul totes for liquid feed as well as fuel tanks But he found a better use for it “Hauling the grandkids around the farm took priority ” says Dykstra “They just love riding in it pulled by the Gator ” Dykstra fabricated the steel frame and platform and mounted it over an axle and leaf springs from an old boat trailer The wheels were salvaged from a junked 4-wheeler and the seats came out of an old school bus “The seats were free ” says Dykstra “I did have to make legs for the ends mounted to the sides of the bus ” Dykstra also had to drill holes in the rims of the wheels to match the four hub bolts of the axle In addition to hauling grandkids the cart has other uses Dykstra uses it for taking prospective buyers into the pasture to view the herd “I’ve also used it to haul people from a parking lot to our local car show ” he says “It works great I can put strollers and chairs in the back of the Gator while hauling people in the cart ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Dan Dykstra 18191 Malvern Rd Morrison Ill 61270 ph 815-590-0331; dykstrafamilycattle@yahoo com
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