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Powered Front Wheel Design

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2005 5:49 pm
by campadk
It's a pain.. ok mainly in sand, to luge my tear around by hand. Has anyone setup a powered front caster so you can walk your baby into position with just a finger? Maybe take it for a walk around the park even?

Design I'm looking for would use the 12V battery for power and a pneumatic wheel.

Single speed is fine. :thumbsup:

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2005 6:31 pm
by Geron
I'm thinking maybe a 5 speed with a "Hemi" - forget the TV. :roll:

Geron

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2005 7:27 pm
by ceebe
there are a lot of similar tugs used to put light aircraft in and ot of the hangar. o lurk at an a local airport and check out what there is there.
We airplane folk usually are a friendly bunch!

PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2005 2:32 pm
by Dave Nathanson
A friend of mine hooked up a motorized front wheelchiar wheel to help someone push around their boat. The 6" wheel has a 12v gear motor mounted near the axle. You could do the same. But you have to call it the "BertWheel" because that's what he named it.

PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2005 11:08 pm
by madjack

PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2005 11:30 pm
by asianflava
Not powered, but I couldn't resist the price of $19. It would cost more to buy the tires if you made one yourself.
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