Maytip

Behold the "Maytip Wagon".

It is a wagon originally made to be attached to the rear end of a typical riding lawn mower.

I do not have a riding mower.

Based on my observations as I ride through suburbia, I firmly believe that riding mowers are silly and lead to obesity. The evidence on a Saturday morning in spring is overwhelming.

My parents hire someone to cut their grass these days, so they don't have a need for mowers or wagons.

On a recent job day at my parent's house,  Mom said, "Just put that old wagon out by the curb, someone will take it.".

To which I replied,  "That someone is ME!"

The American made red wagon is old, but solidly built, and since I am without a wheelbarrow presently,  I took it home.

Back at PFHQ, behind the barn, a set of old wheels from a long dead push mower sat quietly rusting away, just waiting for a moment like this.

I had salvaged them years ago when the mower they belonged to finally died ... after years of abuse here at mower purgatory.

It just seemed a shame to throw them away ... I had imagined they might be attached to a chicken tractor or a home-made canoe hauler, but those things never happened.

Last week, I had a ton of oak leaves to rake up and take to the garden, so I needed a hauling device and I needed it quick.

 I slid the axle of the old lawnmower wheel assembly into the space between the tongue and the hitch.

Then I cut a bit of scrap wood, drilled a whole in it and bolted it in place to hold the axle secure.

With the addition of an old dog leash for a handle, I had created the new and improved, "Maytip Wagon".
It worked!
I hauled leaves, rocks, 'nanner plants, and soil with it.

I need to counterweight it just a little in the front so it's not so fond of tipping backwards.
There's a set of lead weights I found in the woods a few years ago just sitting collecting dust behind the barn ... this could be their moment to shine.