sixstringsteve
Well-Known Member
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- UT
I have a kid on my block who loves motors and wheels and things that move. He's 8 and he struggles a lot in school, and has been my helper with the past 3 rigs I've built. Super cool kid who is misunderstood a lot. Nobody on the block can change their own oil, let alone fabricate things, so he hangs out at my place a lot.
He knocked on my door today and asked if I could put the motor from his roto-tiller on his bike.
It's about a 2.5 hp briggs and stratton from the 70s or 80s. It runs well, and his dad has been saving it for him for when he was old enough to build something out of it.
I laughed and told him I couldn't put it on his bike, but I told him I'd help him build a motor-powered cart for him and his friends.
He's going to mow my lawn and do chores around his house to pay for the materials, and we'll build it together.
So we're on a shoestring budget. Here are his requirements:
- 2-seater
- horn
- pickup truck bed to put stuff in
I don't want it to sit too low. He won't be going fast on it, and I want cars to be able to see him if he's on the sidewalk and they're coming. So instead of your traditional go-cart, I'd like to build him a little utility cart, like a 1/2 scale golf-cart. I realize electric would be way better, but he's dreampt of using that motor for a project, and that's what we've got to start with.
If you've got any free parts you're throwing out that might be useful (wheelbarrow wheels/tires, junk metal pipe, chairs, seats, a pseudo truck bed) let me know, we're on a shoestring budget here.
I've never built a go-cart or anything like it from scratch, so it'll be a great learning experience for me, and I fully expect it to be hideous when it's done.
This will be a slow slow build, but I figured I'd document it anyway, just to collect my thoughts in one place.
He knocked on my door today and asked if I could put the motor from his roto-tiller on his bike.
It's about a 2.5 hp briggs and stratton from the 70s or 80s. It runs well, and his dad has been saving it for him for when he was old enough to build something out of it.I laughed and told him I couldn't put it on his bike, but I told him I'd help him build a motor-powered cart for him and his friends.
He's going to mow my lawn and do chores around his house to pay for the materials, and we'll build it together.
So we're on a shoestring budget. Here are his requirements:
- 2-seater
- horn
- pickup truck bed to put stuff in
I don't want it to sit too low. He won't be going fast on it, and I want cars to be able to see him if he's on the sidewalk and they're coming. So instead of your traditional go-cart, I'd like to build him a little utility cart, like a 1/2 scale golf-cart. I realize electric would be way better, but he's dreampt of using that motor for a project, and that's what we've got to start with.
If you've got any free parts you're throwing out that might be useful (wheelbarrow wheels/tires, junk metal pipe, chairs, seats, a pseudo truck bed) let me know, we're on a shoestring budget here.
I've never built a go-cart or anything like it from scratch, so it'll be a great learning experience for me, and I fully expect it to be hideous when it's done.
This will be a slow slow build, but I figured I'd document it anyway, just to collect my thoughts in one place.
