The Little Red Fire Engine

This is the Little Red Fire Engine that I made for our children many years ago. All the neighborhood kids came over to help paint it red. They were all covered with red paint, but they had a great time. This is its third engine, and it runs pretty good, as you can see from this first video of our two youngest adult children riding on it at our recent family reunion. If you look carefully you may see that it has dual tires in the rear.

Steering Skateboard

This is a fun invention of mine. The kids call it the Steering Skateboard. It is 3 feet wide by 5 feet long and rides on 18 skateboard wheels. It is powered by a 40 horsepower snow-mobile engine which turns a 4 bladed propeller. We have only had it up to 30 mph in our neighborhood, but based upon its maximum static thrust, it is capable of speeds of at least 55 mph. You can hear it in the video but it is really loud!