Cub Cadet

Quick little fabrication project. I repurposed this 3 wheeled walker thing that my grandad got his brother as a joke present . 
 

 

 
I didn't use any of the original tubing as it was quicker to use square stuff we already had. 
 

 
The bottle sits low down over the back wheels for stability.
 

 
The old adjustment knobs were used to attach the chain, works well.
 

 
For the novelty factor I used the handles  makes it easy to push around.
 

 

 
All finished, its proved very useful so fair when moving it between workshops! I might add some bars on the sides later to hold the welder and plasma cutter on properly. Works well enough without them though 

Cheers Norm, Once finished I’ll work out cost and let you know 

A while back I noticed a few people asking about these hitches on a Facebook page, thought I’d have a go at making some to see if I could sell any. Here’s how far I’ve got. 
 
 
First job was making a jig to put the 90 degree bend in some 10x50mm bar. 
 
needed some 1” square bar to fit in the hardy hole of my anvil. 
 

 

 
This is the jig I made 
 

 
The round bar fits in the pritchel hole to keep it sturdy
 

 

 
Works a treat 
 

 
All the same 
 

 
Next hurdle was putting the cranks in the bars, I made up an attachment for our hydraulic press 
 

 
9 tons of force to put these bends in 
 

 

 

A new arrival to add to the collection today
 
A UK find so no huge postage charges or US parcel service blocking it
 
 
 

Nice job Ewan, 

A while back I noticed a few people asking about these hitches on a Facebook page, thought I’d have a go at making some to see if I could sell any. Here’s how far I’ve got. 
 
 
First job was making a jig to put the 90 degree bend in some 10x50mm bar. 
 
needed some 1” square bar to fit in the hardy hole of my anvil. 
 

 

 
This is the jig I made 
 

 
The round bar fits in the pritchel hole to keep it sturdy
 

 

 
Works a treat 
 

 
All the same 
 

 
Next hurdle was putting the cranks in the bars, I made up an attachment for our hydraulic press 
 

 
9 tons of force to put these bends in 
 

 

 

A while back I noticed a few people asking about these hitches on a Facebook page, thought I’d have a go at making some to see if I could sell any. Here’s how far I’ve got. 
 
 
First job was making a jig to put the 90 degree bend in some 10x50mm bar. 
 
needed some 1” square bar to fit in the hardy hole of my anvil. 
 

 

 
This is the jig I made 
 

 
The round bar fits in the pritchel hole to keep it sturdy
 

 

 
Works a treat 
 

 
All the same 
 

 
Next hurdle was putting the cranks in the bars, I made up an attachment for our hydraulic press 
 

 
9 tons of force to put these bends in 
 

 

 

Handy having the forge and press.  Put one on one side for me please, Ewan. I'll collect at Newby Hall.

A while back I noticed a few people asking about these hitches on a Facebook page, thought I’d have a go at making some to see if I could sell any. Here’s how far I’ve got. 
 
 
First job was making a jig to put the 90 degree bend in some 10x50mm bar. 
 
needed some 1” square bar to fit in the hardy hole of my anvil. 
 

 

 
This is the jig I made 
 

 
The round bar fits in the pritchel hole to keep it sturdy
 

 

 
Works a treat 
 

 
All the same 
 

 
Next hurdle was putting the cranks in the bars, I made up an attachment for our hydraulic press 
 

 
9 tons of force to put these bends in 
 

 

 

A while back I noticed a few people asking about these hitches on a Facebook page, thought I’d have a go at making some to see if I could sell any. Here’s how far I’ve got. 
 
 
First job was making a jig to put the 90 degree bend in some 10x50mm bar. 
 
needed some 1” square bar to fit in the hardy hole of my anvil. 
 

 

 
This is the jig I made 
 

 
The round bar fits in the pritchel hole to keep it sturdy
 

 

 
Works a treat 
 

 
All the same 
 

 
Next hurdle was putting the cranks in the bars, I made up an attachment for our hydraulic press 
 

 
9 tons of force to put these bends in 
 

 

 

Both bonnets all welded up  and cleaned up, I’m so pleased with them I thought they were scrap at  the beginning.
Big thanks to my son Steve for his help.

I think you may need to drill a small drain hole as the filter looks like its facing up and might catch water off the bonnet

Cock up sorted 

Nice job. We get a few scrap walkers at work, I've just saved the wheels off one for a 2-wheel trolley I'm going to make for my current little project.

Bonnet No2 gave me some grief as the blue paint wouldn’t move with paint stripper so i had to use a hot air gun and scraper and finally going over with a drill and sanding pad.
This afternoon Steve came down and got the new tin all cut and clamped  ready for welding. Looking good.

Great job Ewan real attention to detail 👍🏻
That steering wheel looks the same as the one on my Australian greenfield

Top job Mr Smith !
 

Bonnet fits on 2 pegs so you have to spread the bonnet to get it on, and it cracked one of the repairs that I had done 😡

Top Job Ewan
 

Good idea, Ewan. Neat job as well.

Coming along nicely Ewan, nice work mate.

Quick little fabrication project. I repurposed this 3 wheeled walker thing that my grandad got his brother as a joke present . 
 

 

 
I didn't use any of the original tubing as it was quicker to use square stuff we already had. 
 

 
The bottle sits low down over the back wheels for stability.
 

 
The old adjustment knobs were used to attach the chain, works well.
 

 
For the novelty factor I used the handles  makes it easy to push around.
 

 

 
All finished, its proved very useful so fair when moving it between workshops! I might add some bars on the sides later to hold the welder and plasma cutter on properly. Works well enough without them though 

Next part of the rebuild was to fabricate a couple of parts. One of them was the part that the hood fastens to. 
 
This is the only picture I could find of this part so a bit of guess work was needed.
 

 

 
I made up a bit of a template to test fitting first.
 

 

 

 
Heres what I came up with. 
 
On the picture it looked like there was a piece of round bar welded on as a bit of a strengthener so I welded that on later.
 
Fortunately I had the original choke and throttle controls so fabricated the brackets for these from the photo.
 

 
 
 
 

 

 
All sorted out, looks just like to original so i'm happy with that
 

 
 
Last job was to make a battery tray, it didn't have one originally but Its more secure.
 

 

Quick little fabrication project. I repurposed this 3 wheeled walker thing that my grandad got his brother as a joke present . 
 

 

 
I didn't use any of the original tubing as it was quicker to use square stuff we already had. 
 

 
The bottle sits low down over the back wheels for stability.
 

 
The old adjustment knobs were used to attach the chain, works well.
 

 
For the novelty factor I used the handles  makes it easy to push around.
 

 

 
All finished, its proved very useful so fair when moving it between workshops! I might add some bars on the sides later to hold the welder and plasma cutter on properly. Works well enough without them though 

Quick little fabrication project. I repurposed this 3 wheeled walker thing that my grandad got his brother as a joke present . 
 

 

 
I didn't use any of the original tubing as it was quicker to use square stuff we already had. 
 

 
The bottle sits low down over the back wheels for stability.
 

 
The old adjustment knobs were used to attach the chain, works well.
 

 
For the novelty factor I used the handles  makes it easy to push around.
 

 

 
All finished, its proved very useful so fair when moving it between workshops! I might add some bars on the sides later to hold the welder and plasma cutter on properly. Works well enough without them though