I want to make a pull cart this weekend. Can anyone tell me how to make one. Mainly, the parts needed and where to buy them.

I get my carts at thrift stores for about $10. I use an antenna mast bracket I had from radio shack to hang my bag from. I have seen pvc pipe used for a bracket. I strap a small cooler to the bottom with bunge cords.

I went to local thrift stores today and tried to convert a ball golf cart. It failed to work like I had hoped, cost me $19. Guess I'll have to spend the big bucks and make a kick [I'm a potty-mouth!] cart that will endure anything.

Don't do anything drastic just yet, try this.

Go to your local Wally-Mart and in the area where the irons and shelving is you will fing a wire basket for around $4. There are several different sizes so you might want to take your bag with you for mearsurement.

Now go to your local hardware store or Lowes, HD or something to that extent and buy 4 "U" screws and bolts. They have to be large enough to go around the frame of the ball golf pull cart. Cost - $3-4.

Now go home and place to wire basket on top of the bag arms located near the center of the cart. Put two of the "U" screws and bolts on the back of the basket and onto the cart. Make sure the screw bolts are in the back so not to tear your bag. Take the other two bolts and put in the bottom of the basket and bolt the basket to the bag arms.

Now all you have to do is place your bag in the wire basket. Use some bungy cords to hold the bag in place. Put a cooler on the bottom of the pull cart on top of the bag legs for counter balance.

That's all there is to it.

I like it. Simple, yet it probably works really well. Do you have any pictures of one that you've built?

I'm in the process of doing the same.
Thanks for the tips :D

I wanted to make a cart for those long tournament rounds so I could conserve energy and maintain comfort. I had sort of a large budget to work with but what I came up with worked out quite well for me. Bought an Instep My Caddy golf cart. Bought a wallaby bag from discndatonline.com and mounted it to the cart with two ratchet straps. The cart has a built in cooler and enough storage for wallet,keys,cell phone etc. Also has a built in scorecard and pencil holder. This cart is pretty well balanced and also has enough room to hold my tri-fold chair and umbrella comfortably. You can check out some pictures here

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I wanted to make a cart for those long tournament rounds so I could conserve energy and maintain comfort. I had sort of a large budget to work with but what I came up with worked out quite well for me. Bought an Instep My Caddy golf cart. Bought a wallaby bag from discndatonline.com and mounted it to the cart with two ratchet straps. The cart has a built in cooler and enough storage for wallet,keys,cell phone etc. Also has a built in scorecard and pencil holder. This cart is pretty well balanced and also has enough room to hold my tri-fold chair and umbrella comfortably. You can check out some pictures here

pic 1: http://www.imagehosting.us/imagehosting/showimg.jpg/?id=543978

Pic 2: http://www.imagehosting.us/imagehosting/showimg.jpg/?id=543980

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Wow..........that looks pretty elaborate. How much total , if I may ask ?

Total $155.00
Cart: $89.00 plus tax
Bag: $49.00 plus tax
Board $5.00 @ home depot
I already had the ratchet straps but compared to everything else they are relatively inexpensive. Like I said I had a large budget but i wanted to make something that would be tough and roll over just about any surface. I live in Ohio where there is a variety of courses and weather conditions. The plastic wheel carts are fine for short grass and hard surfaces but a cart with smaller harder air inflated tires will roll through just about anything. (except for fire)

wow that is a big budget! Here is mine. Over three years old now, and it gets used quite a bit. The only thing that has changed since this photo, is I put two bright orange Glides in that cover my wheels. Looks pretty cool, I think.

I bought the pull cart off eBay for less then $11.00 including shipping. I bought the cooler off ebay, cant remember how much that was, or the bag that fits under the wheels, but both were cheap- less then $15 each. Then the file box from office depot was like $7...The whole thing cost me less then $50.

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I use a jogging stroller with a 16" front wheel and 24" back wheels. The only problem with inflated tires is flat tires.

I have been given a recommendation I will be trying soon. Replace the tubes with rubber pipe insulation of the appropriate diameter. It should support the weight of the discs without much problem, and it won't go flat from the thorns you pick up on the course.

Thorns and cactus are a problem on some of our Texas courses. :cool:

Dude.................I have to call Jesse James from West Coast Choppers and have a Chopper Disc Golf Cart made.

Handle bars with brakes. Independent Suspension.

Disc holder area , shaped like a Long Gas tank and frame.

And a Killer seating area with a place for Ice Cold Drinks !!!!!!

SWEET !!!!!! :eek: :cool:

Cart purchased on Ebay = $45
Disc Golf Bag on Ebay = $40
plywood scrap to attach bag = $0 (had scraps in garage)
Total Cost = $85

Bag has room for 16 discs, large zippered pocket for accesories, pen holders, mini pocket, score card holder, large gatorade/water bottle holder, and waterproof rain flap.

Cart has front wheel brake (to prevent rolling down hills while you're putting), wire storage basket on back (which can hold extra gear, disc, towels, or a cooler), score card holder, and beverage holder. The cart rolls effortlessly, and goes over nearly any terrain.

http://www.urbangrounds.com/images/disc%20golf/Golf_cart_2.jpg


http://www.urbangrounds.com/images/disc%20golf/Golf_cart_3.jpg

If you got that cart for $45 including shipping, that is a hella deal!

I look every so often for a 3-wheeler, but they are never that low!

Perfect Topic!

I'm going to build one for the upcoming Worlds. I like the bag and box ones better than the lengthwise bag ones. the thing I am really interested in is making it so that it can be sat on. I don't want to carry a seperate chair.

One think I'll add, if it hasn't already, is that having the PVC tube attached allows you to insert a Golf Umbrella that can remain open! I'm definitely going to include that in the design.

The one I saw used "O" clamps to attach the tube to the frame.

How to get a seat on there though.... :confused:

Use a second section of pvc to slip your folding chair into.

Depends on the cart. With mine, and the way it is set up, there is not a way (that I have figured out) to attach a chair so you could just sit.

The Hit N' Sit solves this problem, but that is a different cart...

A guy in San Anotone has a utility-type cart and it works out so he can zip tie his chair to it, so that when he puts the carts wheels down, the chair flops open so he can sit on it. When he gets up and pulls the cart again, the chair folds up by itself. This is the perfect design, but you have to have the right kind of cart to do it.

Great! I'm off to the thrift store or two and then home depot to get this cart rolling.

Has anyone attached a Revolution Tour bag to a cart before? How'd you do it? I'm guessing you just need something to clip climbing clips to, right? The same ones used for the double shoulder straps?

For those with pull carts, what do you do when you have to climb hills or cross streams?

The best cart I've seen was in Austin at Peas. Someone had welded a stool to the front of the cart so he could sit, and had an ice chest towards the back. But what separated it from others I've seen was that he had some straps attacked to wear on his back for climbing when necessary.

I fear I do not have the engineering skills to make something like that. I may just dish out the cash for a revolution bag.

pull it up the hill

pull it over the water

no prob. why do you need to climb anything on a disc golf course?

Been awhile since I've been there, but I remember having to climb some hills. I may be thinking of a different course.

As my bag gets heavier and heavier, the allure of a pull cart increases....

I don't use my cart exclusively---only on courses that I consider "cart friendly" (and I don't consider Pease Park in Austin---my home course---to be a cart friendly course).

For most courses, I carry my bag.

I do need to add some PVS tubing to hold the open umbrella, though. I just slide my chair over the cart handle while I'm not using it.

Yeah, Pease has claimed two of my carts. I dont have any more backups. Most courses I use my cart. A few I dont think are cart friendly enough, so I have to bag it (pease, the kitty...)

I started using the cart to carry more water. In a Texas summer, I can easily put away 3/4 of a gallon of water in a single round. It gets real old real fast trying to lug that around a course. That is why I use the cooler I do...

I have the same problem. I've held off on getting the Revolution bag as it seems that carrying two 32 oz bottles would start too get heavy after a while.

For my local course, I keep a gallon of water in the car and pick some up as I come back around it. But, not all courses are designed so you walk by the parking area during a round.

Out of curiousity, how did Pease claim your carts?

both times crossing the creek, a wheel got stuck on a rock that was too big, and it bent the metal peice that braces the wheel mount- kinda hard to explain...I was able to bend it back and nurse it the rest of the round, but it did not last any longer then that. I am now more careful of rocks...

http://www.centxdglove.com/thepusher.jpg

This was great when my youngest was little. Once he grew too big, I removed the wooden extention from the front, slid the cooler back, and stuck my bag the the coke crate. The cooler works as a chair.

That is schweet! Was that originally a baby or golf cart?

that is a jogging stroller

I've used my Daughters jogging stoller a couple of times. It has a zippered mesh pocket on each side of the sun shade that held three discs each. the under the stroller compartment held the rest of my bag. It worked out really nice, my daughter will walk for the first 11 or 12 holes and then wants to ride in the stroller.

Has anyone attached a Revolution Tour bag to a cart before? How'd you do it?



Hey, Nick, Mr Bill here. I thought that you had seen my cart with the revolution bag perched on the fabricated platform. Hanging the bag on hooks usually ends up with bent hooks after a while. Supporting the bag from the bottom reduces the stress on the bag. It still allows for quick removal of the bag when there is a hole or 3 where the cart can't travel.The cart is a regular pullcart with the top bag holder removed. I used extruded aluminum struts, 2 vertical, 2 horizontal, these provide the support for a plexiglass platform, which is covered with soft rubber matting. This keeps all of the discs up within easy reach. A umbrella holder that mounts to the cart can be purchased from a number of ball golf e-stores. I got mine from innovagolf for around $10

Rooster, how did you attach your bag to the cart? It's hard to tell from the picture. Looks great though. I'm thinking about adding a wire basket to my cart too.

I got 2 metal rubbermaid stack baskets for $3.00
I attached them (top & bottom) with a U bolt and zip ties
My revolution bag fits in top & my 6 pack coleman cooler sits on the bottom. I hold the cooler on with a bungie cord.
I have so far used it at Tyler State Park, in Pa. , Paw Paw, WV (both Whipping Post & Wood Shed) and at Signal Knob in Strasburg Va.
I think it has passed the test.
The nicest thing is, I can take my bag out, leave the cart for rough holes, and pick it back up on the way. (Paw Paw was a good place for that)

I drilled holes into the plywood to align with existing slots in the bag holder. I then used plastic zip ties to secure the plywood to the cart (no modifications to the cart were required). The bag slips over the plywood.

The beauty is that I can still use the pull cart for a ball-golf cart, as it hasn't been modified at all.

I just ordered an cart-mountable umbrella holder, too...just in time to have some portable shade for the Live Oak Summer Open next month.