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| Carlitos Way |
 Jul 27 2007, 01:13 PM
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I did it MY WAY  Group: Members Posts: 1,337 Joined: 14-September 04 From: Simi Valley, CA Member No.: 2,757 Region Association: Southern California  |
I'm thinking about building a go-cart with/for the kids. Thinking about an electric cart... but not opposed to a gas (lawnmower) powered cart.
Has anyone here built one from scratch? |
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| Carlitos Way |
Jul 28 2007, 01:17 PM
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I did it MY WAY Group: Members Posts: 1,337 Joined: 14-September 04 From: Simi Valley, CA Member No.: 2,757 Region Association: Southern California |
Here's the deal...
We have a neighbor 3 doors down that has a little electric go-cart. But the kid is a bit of a jerk... and I'd love to put him in his place with the kids building their own go-cart... and beating him! The boys are 7 and 8. I want this to be a dad/sons project, with them doing as much of the construction as possible. Simplicity is far more important than performance. At their age, they will be just happy to have something they can drive and claim to have built themselves. I was thinking I could do something tubular, helping them weld or thread pipes together and using a wood board/floor of some sort. The pre-fab idea isn't so bad... I looked at the Northerntool kit and it looks good, but it is about $700 plus the engine... which almost takes it out of scope for this project. I dn't want to sink $1500 into a project that the kids might not carry to completion. Thanks for all the ideas... I'll check 'em out! |
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Carlitos Way OT - Go Carts Jul 27 2007, 01:13 PM
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