Carts Ideas

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AL_Josh

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Cub LT 1046, 2000 Honda Rancher, 2004 Carolina Skiff
I am currently rebuilding a Edko Walking Tractor. It is a 2 wheel tractor. I would like some cart Pics or Ideas. I want to build one or modify one to work with it. I hae a four wheel tow behind cart that I could mod but I am looking for ideas if you have them.

I have a thread started in lawn and garden on it if you would like to look at pics. I put it there before this forum was up. If the mods would move it I would appreciate it.

Here is the link

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/lawn-garden/79399-edko-walking-tractor.html

Thanks,
 
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Here is a link to the Gravely two wheel tractor pull behind cart.

They key is the linkage between the tractor and the cart.
Gravely uses a hitch ball on the tractor with a split coupler that fits into a pipe on the trailer tongue, and then a pin locks the split coupler in place in the pipe. Some folks have fabricated other linkages or you can find these parts on ebait. Been a while since I've looked, but I would guess they would run $30-40ish.

http://www.oldgravelys.net/pdf/Cart_2_Wheel_Tractor_Op_Manual_0879.pdf

Sometimes you see Gravely riding seats sell pretty cheaply in your local sales papers or on line ads, and one of those could be adapted to a cart. I think one of mine just has a regular hitch ball on it so you can pull a cart behind it.
 
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Here is the engine mounted and the disk on it. I bought the engine (5.5hp 6:1 gear reduction Briggs) from Tractor supply online. It was 280 shipped to my door. It was about 200 cheaper then anywhere else I found. It does a good job. I will be blasting it and painting it next weekend. also am going to order new tires. It has a guard that will go back on it for the belts.

Thanks for the PDF above. I am probly going to do something similar.
 

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I sand blasted everything this past weekend and will assemble hopefully this weekend.
 

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Finally got around to putting it together today after church. It was originally red but I had some black on hand after I sand blasted it.
 

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Looks nice. Even the tires look to be in good shape. Reminds me of one of the Batman movies when the Batman character asks Morgan Freeman, "does it [the Batmobile] come in black?"
 
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Nice job, looks good and ready to go to work.
 
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I have this up for sale if someone is interested. I have it listed in the classifieds on TBN.

Here is a link if you would like to look.

Two wheel Tractor
 
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I kept the Edko and I am glad I did. I built a sulky for it. It holds me fine and I will be putting a ball on it to pull my utility trailer. The turning radius now is about 20'. I have an idea about putting a hinge on it just after the Flat bar start being full width. With it like this I will be able to turn a whole lot better. Any thoughts on this idea? Here is a Picture. I took this right after building it. It needs some grinding and sandblasting and paint.
 

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