[SEL] cart handle design

[MARVIN HEDBERG]

curt,
does your cart have the steering limiting chains?
if so, how about a couple of short chains with grab hooks to choke the
steering to a minimum?
i know it works very well on 15 and 20 hp Famous engines.

marv in minn

> Steve,
> An excellent suggestion you have made! I have eyed your locking system
> on several occasions and noted how it benefits the safety of the loading
> operation. Despite having a full 8' long tongue on my 8HP Famous, when
> it transitions from trailer to ramps one wheel always goes first and it
> is all my 190 pounds can do to stay planted as it wants to swing me to
> the side. That's a 4000# + engine with a large percentage of the weight
> on the front axle. Every time I load or unload this engine I swear I am
> going to add this feature to the cart.
> Curt Holland
> Gastonia, NC
>
> Steve Royster wrote:
>
>> Hi Marv, I don't think the material is as important as the ability to
>> lock the steering axle straight for safe loading and unloading. I make
>> my carts with a provision to hook a winch strap to the rear axle or
>> frame and load backwards and unload forwards with a pin inserted in
>> the pivot table of the steering.  Steve
>>