CarolAnn
02-23-2008, 02:54 PM
Here's a link to the video of a guy in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin who invented it:
http://www.c3ktogo.com/news-video/?mgid=14769
(It's a local news clip, so there's an annoying ad at the beginning.)
Here's a link to the text, part of which is copied below:
http://www.channel3000.com/news/15388674/detail.html?rss=c3k&psp=news
It's pretty cool! 8)
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Blake said he used parts from a riding lawnmower and an old bicycle to make the plow.
"This started off life as a riding lawnmower, and I took the rear wheels and the gear box and the seat and the front wheels and the steering section up in the front all from the riding lawnmower," he said. "I built the frame, this welded steel frame myself, and bolted everything to it, and then I got some old bike parts. This crank came right off an old bike."
"The blades are made out of two separate shovels that I cut and nestled together to make the 'V' shape. This handle is actually from one of the shovels so I can lift and lower the plow," Blake added.
Once just the talk of the neighborhood, the pedal plow is now on the world stage. It was the runner-up recently in an international competition.
http://www.c3ktogo.com/news-video/?mgid=14769
(It's a local news clip, so there's an annoying ad at the beginning.)
Here's a link to the text, part of which is copied below:
http://www.channel3000.com/news/15388674/detail.html?rss=c3k&psp=news
It's pretty cool! 8)
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Blake said he used parts from a riding lawnmower and an old bicycle to make the plow.
"This started off life as a riding lawnmower, and I took the rear wheels and the gear box and the seat and the front wheels and the steering section up in the front all from the riding lawnmower," he said. "I built the frame, this welded steel frame myself, and bolted everything to it, and then I got some old bike parts. This crank came right off an old bike."
"The blades are made out of two separate shovels that I cut and nestled together to make the 'V' shape. This handle is actually from one of the shovels so I can lift and lower the plow," Blake added.
Once just the talk of the neighborhood, the pedal plow is now on the world stage. It was the runner-up recently in an international competition.