Yard Cart Made From Rototiller

Yard Cart Made From Rototiller FARM HOME Miscellaneous 30-5-16 Dave Wochinski, New London, Wis., rides in style around his yard on a home-built, 2-wheeled cart that's powered by an old Montgomery Wards walk-behind rototiller. "I call it a æroad or tiller' because I can put wheels on to ride around or put the tines back on to use it as a rototiller," says Wochinski. He unbolted the tines on either side, leaving the center tines intact. Then he bolted on a pair of 15-in. high wheels off a snowmobile trailer onto the plate, drilling holes in the wheel rims to center them on the rototiller mounting plate. A 5/8-in. dia. steel shaft, with stub ends welded onto each end, forms the axle. The stub ends fit into short lengths of pipe that are welded to the wheel rims. The wheels hold the rototiller's center tines 4 in. off the ground. He used a piece of flat bar to raise the back end of the tiller 4 in. in order to keep the crankcase oil level on the rototiller's Briggs & Stratton engine. After welding a drawbar on back of the tiller, he made a cart that rides on a pair of wheelbarrow wheels. The cart is equipped with a metal seat off an old hay mower. "My grandkids love driving it," says Wochinski. "At full speed it goes at a fast walk. The drawbar hitch pin forms an articulation point, so I can turn around on a dime. Whenever I turn, I put a little down pressure on the handlebars which causes the small wheels to lift up slightly," he notes. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Dave Wochinski, W9322 Old 54, New London, Wis. 54961 (ph 920 982-3511).

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