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karl t pfister.
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- August 19, 2009 at 10:02 pm #40791
grey
ParticipantThere’s a forecart for sale – good price, but too far to drive if I’m not 100% sure that I want to buy it. The owners can’t tell me much about it but have sent photos. WYSIWYG, YKWIM? Anyhow, what kind of seat might this have had at one time?
August 20, 2009 at 12:15 am #53810Donn Hewes
KeymasterHi Grey, No offense intended but that should be almost free. There is no seat, no evener, no guard rail in front, no draw bar to hook implements to, and no flat deck area. I also like a tongue that can be moved to the side in case you want to work a team of three. I hope you don’t mind me saying all that. For free I would probably take it home and start cutting and welding, but I wouldn’t drive very far for it. Not hard to bolt an bolt on an implement seat. Just my two cents, Donn
Looks like it is down South of Maytown!
August 20, 2009 at 12:33 am #53813ParticipantYeah, if I were the welding type I would just start fabricating. But I don’t weld yet. I’ll have my neighbor tack on a chicken bar and maybe some expanded steel grate for a deck. I have a spare evener and neck yoke. Just not sure what to do about the seat. It looks like the guy who built it had something specific in mind… just can’t figure what it might have been.
I’m not actually going to drive for it. That was just the condensed version. In actuality, my brother lives in the area. He can pick it up and store it for me, delivering it next time he heads over my way.
August 20, 2009 at 12:37 am #53814ParticipantDonn, by “bolt on an implement seat” do you mean cut the existing seat post off and put a new, longer one on and bolt a seat to it? I’m trying to figure out if there’s something that can be done with the existing seat post. The forecart is $50, so don’t call the Better Business Bureau yet.
August 20, 2009 at 1:44 am #53823karl t pfister
ParticipantLooks like a great start to me, the part you can’t see maybe the bugabu, the wheel bearings are sometimes tough to match up if where they came from was a million miles away and no grease, before it even thought it was a forecart .
That sloted wheel looks fairly outa date perhaps VW Good Luck KarlAugust 20, 2009 at 9:55 am #53811KeymasterI guess I was thinking it would bolt on the existing seat post. You would have to hold it up there to see if the seat post is long enough. I used to live in Maytown. I have some good friends down that way. Find an old implement that is no good and cut the seat bolt, take home the seat.
August 20, 2009 at 5:27 pm #53815ParticipantMaytown, Washington? This is over in western Idaho… not too far from Spokane.
August 20, 2009 at 6:32 pm #53816ParticipantOut of date??? Does that mean you don’t think I’ll be able to fit those spinner hubcaps on there?? Say it ain’t so!
Yeah, the bearings could be an issue if they need replacing.
August 20, 2009 at 8:33 pm #53812KeymasterMost bearing on a lightly used forecart will not wear much if at all. If they roll now they probably will for years. I did once have an old cart with bad hubs, The wheels were welded on, The rims were shot and I couldn’t fix a flat. Used it for a few years before I found an axle and rebuilt the cart.
August 20, 2009 at 8:53 pm #53817ParticipantGood to know, Donn, thank you. It seems to roll okay. I am looking forward to dragging the pasture while resting on my laurels, instead of marching around behind the harrow.
August 21, 2009 at 4:20 pm #53821near horse
ParticipantHi Grey,
It looks like the seat post might be from an older tractor that had seats that tilted forward (or back I guess) for easier entry or some other benefit …. I’m sure you could rig something up (have your friend weld a couple of brackets w/ holes for a pin – then your seat could tilt or be removed). Good luck.
I too am looking forward to dragging my pastures and am looking at purchasing some chain/flex harrow – haven’t done it yet because I’m such a cheapskate ….
August 22, 2009 at 1:15 pm #53818ParticipantI’d love to have a harrow cart but it’s looking like I’ll have to build one if I’m to have one. For what they go for at the auction, you’d think they were made of solid gold.
August 23, 2009 at 6:11 am #53819ParticipantI’ve yet to see one go for less than $500 around here. And they weren’t even the nice articulated ones.
August 25, 2009 at 5:17 am #53820ParticipantNo, sorry, my mistake – checked my notes and they went for $300 this year. $600 last year at Sisters. I think I blocked out the $300 price tag this year because I could actually almost afford it this time but had to pass them up anyway.
October 28, 2009 at 4:44 am #53822Robert MoonShadow
ParticipantGrey ~ If there’s still interest in a harrow cart, the antique dealer I deal with has 2 harrow carts…I think he said for about $200 each. I could check…he actually likes that I am taking the old stuff and actually using it, instead of as a lawn ornament. I’m not sure where at in Wa. State you are, but I’m 70 miles s. of Lewiston, Idaho.
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