This is a project that I've been mulling over for quite some time. I thought that it might be my build off bike this summer, but I went ahead and got started on it, so here it is. I expect this to take some time.
The goal is a four wheeled, pedal powered, one person truck, made from junk I mostly already had, and others that I've collected specifically for this build. Some of this stuff I purchased a year and a half ago, waiting for the build to start. Some of the hesitation has been that this thing is going to have the footprint of four bikes, and I'm not sure where the heck I'm going to store it.
It really will be a truck. It will have a body, bed, custom frame dropped in the center, and hopefully, a grill. Here are some of the parts, laid out roughly in position:
The rear is a trike rear that I bought about six months ago, the bed is a rotted out wagon that I got from Karfer67 a year ago, the body is a wheel barrow that came with the house when we bought it, and the front is from a kid's reverse trike. Here was the bike when I got it over a year ago:
I already did some fabrication to get the 26" wheels on the front, but it's nice to already have the linkage and steering already worked out. That kid's bike cost me $40 I think, but it was worth it to me.
Stay tuned...
The goal is a four wheeled, pedal powered, one person truck, made from junk I mostly already had, and others that I've collected specifically for this build. Some of this stuff I purchased a year and a half ago, waiting for the build to start. Some of the hesitation has been that this thing is going to have the footprint of four bikes, and I'm not sure where the heck I'm going to store it.
It really will be a truck. It will have a body, bed, custom frame dropped in the center, and hopefully, a grill. Here are some of the parts, laid out roughly in position:
The rear is a trike rear that I bought about six months ago, the bed is a rotted out wagon that I got from Karfer67 a year ago, the body is a wheel barrow that came with the house when we bought it, and the front is from a kid's reverse trike. Here was the bike when I got it over a year ago:
I already did some fabrication to get the 26" wheels on the front, but it's nice to already have the linkage and steering already worked out. That kid's bike cost me $40 I think, but it was worth it to me.
Stay tuned...
