My Great Grandkids Love It And So Do I

My Great Grandkids Love It And So Do I AG WORLD Ag World 20-1-21 "My great grandkids love it and so do grownups. It's a real show stopper," says Perry "Sarge" Jarrett about his one-of-akind gas-powered tricycle. The trike was built three or four years ago by a fellow antique engine enthusiast. It's driven by an antique 3 hp Briggs and Stratton cast iron gas engine and differential off an old lawnmower. The engine belt-drives a pulley that drives the rear wheels, which are off an old wheel-barrow. The front wheel, which has bearings fitted into it, is off an old hay rake. The tricycle, which has a home-built frame made out of 1 1/2-in. dia. pipe, is about 5 ft. high at its highest point. The driver sits on an old implement seat mounted on a motorcycle seat shock absorber. Front foot rests swivel 180? to accommodate both big and small riders. "It's very comfortable to ride," says Jarrett. A single hand lever throttles and brakes the 250-lb. tricycle. It will travel from a slow walking speed up to a trot, he says. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Perry "Sarge" Jarrett, R.R. 2, Box 168, Conover, N.C. 28613 (ph 704 464-5295).

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