His Handcart Also Moves Sideways

His Handcart Also Moves Sideways FARM SHOP Miscellaneous Charles Bowen’s handcart can go forward or back but can also roll left or right His custom design is ideal for moving large materials through a narrow doorway “I’ve been a welder all my life and often wondered if I could move long tubes steel plate or plywood sheets through a doorway without taking them off the cart ” says Bowen Bowen gave the idea a lot of thought and devised a working solution His handcart is about 54 in high and about 18 in wide with a standard-size nose plate However that’s about all that’s standard about his handcart Most handcarts have a simple two-dimensional frame i e uprights with hand holds attached at the top and the nose plate attached at the bottom Usually wheels are mounted to the rear of the frame Bowen designed and fabricated a handcart with a two-part frame mostly from 1-in OD black pipe The standard upright and nose plate are connected to a rear frame with rotating uprights and hand holds Short stubs on the top and bottom of both sides extend to the rear from the front frame Each stub ends at a T Bowen bored out the Ts to hold 3/4-in black pipe uprights and allow them to rotate in place Wheels are attached near the bottom of the rear uprights At the top of these uprights hand grips extend to the rear and the inside of the frame A U-shaped piece of steel slips over the inside grips and retains them in place when moving the handcart forward and back “When I want to move the handcart to the side I remove the retainer and rotate the rear grips into the center position ” says Bowen “When I replace the retainer the wheels are locked in the side rolling position ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Charles Bowen 3175 117th Ave SE Valley City N D 58072 ph 701-840-7678; dakotaduece46@yahoo com

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