[SEL] Economy Cart Dimensions

[Luke Tonneberger]

Thanks Curt. I have an existing set of axles where the wheels are 52.25 
apart. This should be close enough. It looked a little wide all drawn up, 
but should do the trick. I'll send an attachment to Jim's list showing what 
it will look like.

Luke Tonneberger
Rockford, Michigan
USA

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>From: Curt <curt at imc-group.com>
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>Subject: Re: [SEL] Economy Cart Dimensions
>Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:14:35 -0500
>
>Nope, this is the distance from tread to tread along the width of the cart.
>
>It is 76.75 axle to axle along the length of the cart on a drop frame cart. 
>It is MUCH longer on a straight railed cart. I am of the opinion that the 
>same length of steel was used to make both the straight and drop frame 
>carts. When they bent the rails this made the drop cart much shorter.
>
>Curt
>
>Luke Tonneberger wrote:
>
>>Curt,
>>
>>Are you giving the distance between the front and rear axles? I'm looking 
>>for the width of the wheels footprint not the length. Maybe I wasn't clear 
>>enough in my original message. For example, talking about the rear axle 
>>only, I would like to know how wide or how far apart the wheels are. 
>>Outside to outside preferably.
>>
>>Luke Tonneberger
>>Rockford, Michigan
>>USA
>>
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>>>From: Curt <curt at imc-group.com>
>>>Reply-To: stationary-engine at oldengine.org
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>>>CC: "SEL (Oldengine.org)" <stationary-engine at oldengine.org>
>>>Subject: Re: [SEL] Economy Cart Dimensions
>>>Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:27:03 -0500
>>>
>>>Oh.... and to answer your question it is 54.5" center of rim to center of 
>>>rim.
>>>Curt
>>>
>>>Luke Tonneberger wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi Everybody,
>>>>
>>>>I'm building a cart for my 5hp Economy and am not sure how wide to set 
>>>>the wheels. I don't want to make the cart too narrow and have it be 
>>>>unstable. Does someone have an original straight frame cart for a 5hp 
>>>>Economy they could measure the width to the outside of the wheels?
>>>>
>>>>Luke Tonneberger
>>>>Rockford, Michigan
>>>>USA
>>>>
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