Not quite a "vehicle" (yet?)... but still a build

[Wagonbacker9]

Finished a lil project for my son over the weekend. Its basically stuffed with go-kart parts minus the controls, brakes, and powertrain. Front end is 5/8" king pins and spindles, rear end is a 1.25" chromoly live axle and I can stand on the middle of the frame with my 200 lbs even before I bolted the tub on. Not bad for 3/4" square tube. Weighs in t 44 lbs and has a pretty wide turning radius because the rod ends hit the steering arms, but at least that keeps the tires out of the frame.

I did leave about 3" of extra axle length in the back so I can widen it out and make room for a sprocket and rotor later. I'm thinking CRF 50 drivetrain.

If anyone is interested I still have 2 full sets of wheel halves and a crap load of tires. Everything else needed can be picked up from BMI kart, Radio Flyer, and Fleet Farm.

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[adinpoor]

Thats bada$$

 

[thz71]

thats sweet man

 

[gmcyukondriver]

Am I the only one wondering where the lift is?

That's awesome. haha. How long did that take you to build?

 

[Wagonbacker9]

Am I the only one wondering where the lift is?

That's awesome. haha. How long did that take you to build?

LOL. I was trying to build it for stability, so low was the way to go. There are variations out there with some massive lift and full suspensions (I'm already wishing I'd built in a rear suspension).

Its been in the works for a good couple of months now (everything takes forever when you have an 8 month old, plus waiting for parts to arrive, then making measurments and ordering more parts based on the measurement, then waiting for the axle to get cut down because no one makes one short enough, etc), but actual fabrication time, maybe 8-10 hours, and thats including cooling time for the welding/grinding and drying time for the paint. It also took me a good half hour to get the front end all aligned, basically put it up on its side and then got everything level.

 

[Bearcat91]

badd ass! are you keeping the steering like that when you gat it motorized?

 

[Wagonbacker9]

badd ass! are you keeping the steering like that when you gat it motorized?

I set up the steering spindle so that I can basically pull the handle, fabricate a mount, put in the wheel with a u-joint, and bolt it in.

 

[Wagonbacker9]

Took it out for a short walk with the little guy and in the space of a mile drew upwards of 50 double takes by passers by, and 2 comments.

 

[semiguy409]

Looks sweet! My uncle made one of these for his kids... Had racing stripes... Pretty sweet! Haha

Wheres C.Shuck when you need him... You would get a kick out of his wagon with a 125 Honda on it...

Edit... Found a pic...

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[98chevyz71]

sweet I saw one on Gearz what r u working on