2001 - Volume #25, Issue #6, Page #38

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Heavy-Duty Cart Made From The Front Axle And Wheels Off Old Riding Mower

Heavy-Duty Cart Made From The Front Axle And Wheels Off Old Riding Mower FARM SHOP Tools 25-6-38 Pete Peters, Osler, Sask.: "Here are a couple of back-saving ideas I use. First, I made a heavy-duty cart from the front axle and wheels off an old riding mower. It works great for moving auger engines and other heavy items without lifting them. Second is a convenient stand to hold an empty water tank that I use in the back of my pickup truck. The stand, made of treated posts and lumber, is the same height as my pickup bed. All I have to do is slide the tank into the truck bed. When I'm through with the tank, I just slide it onto the stand." Peters also passed along an electrical idea."If you need to replace the alternator on an older tractor, combine, or other vehicle, its simple to make the changeover from the old external regulator style to the newer internal regulator style by just installing a one-wire Delco self-exciting regulator. All you need to do is hook the existing live wire to the main terminal on the alternator. If you want a volt or amp meter, run a wire from the #1 terminal on the alternator to the meter and then to the positive side of the battery. If the regulator's bad on your old Delco external alternator, you can change it to a one-wire system by replacing the regulator with a self-exciting regulator."