Build your own sulkey?

[boozoo]

I took a look at the Bullrider and liked the "fixed" position, but it looked to me like I could improve on the design since I would never want to use it in the "trailering" position. Seems like it would be a WHOLE lot cheaper to have a welder buddy make one than to buy one. One problem: Where can I find castering wheels with bushings, like the ones on the Bullrider or the ones on my Grasshopper front mount deck? Anyone out there ever contemplate building your own?

[Eric ELM]

This might be a good question to put in the new Welding and Fabricating Forum. ;)

[Richard Martin]

Where can I find castering wheels with bushings, like the ones on the Bullrider or the ones on my Grasshopper front mount deck?

At the Grasshopper dealer? I use Walker front wheels on my sit/stand homemade sulky for my Gravely 50".

[boozoo]

Yeah, but how much did they cost? After checking with my welder friend this morning, that seems to be the cost prohibitive area. The steel is about $25, but the tires and wheel assembly could easily run $200 - and then there is his labor! By the time we got through, it would be around the price of a new one. What did yours cost you to make, Richard?

[Richard Martin]

I've got about $150.00 in it.

[lsylvain]

check out lowe's for the casters. I found a set at my local store. They wern't cheap. I can't remember how much they were.