Cart upgrades

My 4 wheel cart died 2 years ago.  Recently one of the wheel barrel tires on the two wheel card died.  I'm tired of the crappy carts.

I replaced the 2 wheel cart tires with a pair of smallish rear lawn tractor tires. The axle hubs were the right size but too long.  Used an angle grinder to shorten the rim hubs by about 1 inch out the outside face.  I like it.

The original wheels were the type used on wheel barrels and generally only last a two or three years.

The four wheel cart is a much larger problem. 

The frame is weak the wheels are crap.  In this image the front end was already cut off.   It too was way too weak.

The new frame is from the first YTS3000 lawn tractor acquired and dismantled maybe 2 years ago.  It had a very poorly designed steering arrangement so the front axle and linkages will come from the original opposed twin Murray, the 40 inch deck unit.  

The rear axle is from another scrapped tractor.  The axle only had reverse and forward because it was coupled to a variable speed pulley setup.  The rear wheels drive the shaft original used by the disc brake rotor.   I removed the gears connecting the differential to the input shaft.

Welded the Murray front axle assembly to the bottom of the craftsman axle pocket.  The rear axle will get risers to bring the frame level.

The frame is too long for the bed from the trailer it is replacing.  Have to decide if I want to cut down the frame or make a new bed.

The handle and bed/box will come from the original wagon.  

Saturday, September 23, 2017

The bed has been cut.  Still need to join it together and workout the attachment from the handle to the tie rod or king pin.