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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 343560" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Stang, the link I posted has lots of plans. Plus there would be many other plans on other sites - billycarts are an Aussie icon. They're called that because kids used to have them pulled by a goat. But generally, kids would ride them down a kill and often race them. However, they do work well as a wagon sort of thing. You can design them so the kid riding can steer if you want - the steerage is generally a plank of wood nailed in place in the middle (to pivot), with old pram wheels underneath the plank. The rope to pull it along also doubles as steerage in the hands of the driver, who can pull the rope loop on one side or the other as well as steer with the feet. </p><p></p><p>But that's for older kids - until then, the rope loop is the 'wagon handle'.</p><p></p><p>We used to make these out of rubbish, literally. Scavenging old prams for the wheels (axle too if you can get it); a block of wood for the steerage pivot, a fruit box for the seat, a paling for the foot plate/ steerage, a chock of wood with a piece of truck tyre nailed to it for the brakes.</p><p></p><p>If you watch "Cool Runnings" and look at their push carts, they are a slightly up-market version of the Aussie billycart.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 343560, member: 1991"] Stang, the link I posted has lots of plans. Plus there would be many other plans on other sites - billycarts are an Aussie icon. They're called that because kids used to have them pulled by a goat. But generally, kids would ride them down a kill and often race them. However, they do work well as a wagon sort of thing. You can design them so the kid riding can steer if you want - the steerage is generally a plank of wood nailed in place in the middle (to pivot), with old pram wheels underneath the plank. The rope to pull it along also doubles as steerage in the hands of the driver, who can pull the rope loop on one side or the other as well as steer with the feet. But that's for older kids - until then, the rope loop is the 'wagon handle'. We used to make these out of rubbish, literally. Scavenging old prams for the wheels (axle too if you can get it); a block of wood for the steerage pivot, a fruit box for the seat, a paling for the foot plate/ steerage, a chock of wood with a piece of truck tyre nailed to it for the brakes. If you watch "Cool Runnings" and look at their push carts, they are a slightly up-market version of the Aussie billycart. Marg [/QUOTE]
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