[Kartbuilding] Wooden Kart

[Stephen Burke]

Hi Shelby,

The Wooden Kart should hold 200 pounds (90kg). The axles would hold OK. 
You would want to make sure you have strong wheels. Spoked wheels of a 
bicycle may not be strong enough. With hard cornering and 200 pounds the 
spokes loosened on one of my wooden karts.

If you look at the axle assembly of the wooden kart, 
http://kartbuilding.net/Lawnmower_Powered_Wooden_Go-Kart_Plans/front-axle-assembly.html
there is little cantilevering of the metal axle, as the wooden Axle 
Support surrounds the axle.

Best of luck,
-steve


On Wed, 1 Jun 2011, Shelby Card wrote:

> I was looking at the plans for the kart and was wondering. How many pounds approximately can it hold. Can it hold 200 ?
>