lol yep it was like riding a bike that wanted to go where it wanted to lol. you held one and off you went lol.
That reminded me of a go cart my Dad & Grandad built for me(11) and my brother(15), 2x4 "frame" with plywood. It had a kick-start Briggs & Stratton motor from a Maytag washing machine. Similar design, steering was a small cable wound around a pipe, no brakes and clutch was simply an idler pulley. The v-belt motor to axle had play, pressing left pedal put tension on idler. Seat was just wide enough both could ride and Dad working on it my brother wanted to ride alone. I saw Grandad wink at Dad, brother didn't. They sad it would be ready to ride soon.
They put a tighter v belt on it (no clutch) and wound steering cable backwards. They had rear end on a block, wheels slightly off ground. Brother got on, Dad started it and unhooked throttle spring as he kicked it off the block. ).
Yes, that was for cutting stumps and legs im guessing .....
That brings back memories. With our home made go cart we used a rope going to the front “axle“ which was a 2x4 on a pivot with wheels on the end. We put athletic tape around where the rope was wound so it had something to bite into and wouldn’t slip. We also wound the rope the wrong way once.That reminded me of a go cart my Dad & Grandad built for me(11) and my brother(15), 2x4 "frame" with plywood. It had a kick-start Briggs & Stratton motor from a Maytag washing machine. Similar design, steering was a small cable wound around a pipe, no brakes and clutch was simply an idler pulley. The v-belt motor to axle had play, pressing left pedal put tension on idler. Seat was just wide enough both could ride and Dad working on it my brother wanted to ride alone. I saw Grandad wink at Dad, brother didn't. They sad it would be ready to ride soon.They put a tighter v belt on it (no clutch) and wound steering cable backwards. They had rear end on a block, wheels slightly off ground. Brother got on, Dad started it and unhooked throttle spring as he kicked it off the block.
That day we had guests over and watched brother going about 15 mph all over the place, steer left it went right. It finally stopped when he ran through bushes hitting a tree.
After that I can't remember him ever riding it, and I could always get it started (I never showed him the choke lever
He's 75yo now and to this day hates anything mechanical.
I had to repair a Kruger anti-two block system once. Everything was written in German. Since I could speak and read a little German the job fell on me. After sitting on top of a unit that could best be described as the inside of an old style telephone exchange, complete with all the hundreds of multicolor wires, I had to leave on another job. The young man who was working with me was supposed to take a shot at the Kruger while I was away. Before I left I took him aside and told him I had just found the trouble and that after he sat on the unit a few few minutes he should push the one black button . It was the reset for the entire system . When it went back into operation that young man looked like the hero of the day. Operators jamed it up a few more times while it was in our district , but we were now able to get them back into the "dirt" faster than anyone else.
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Yikes! Looks like an erector set!
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Our company bought a flatbed scissors truck (ex- airport ) and it was a useful piece to have. The bed could raise up flat, or could raise the front so it dumped. One application was as a mobile platform for working in turnpike tunnels. Since it was diesel it was OK there.
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A local roofing company has one.
