Homemade Garden Monorail Railway Is Useful And Fun - Even Over Rough Ground.
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Chris is an engineer and makes all sorts of interesting things. He based this design on one made back in 1895 in France. It may be old but it’s still an excellent design and relevant to many applications still. No flat-tyres, easy to push, moveable, useful and fun - who wouldn’t want one of these in their garden, farmyard or woodland?
The rail is made from 30 x 10 mm flat-stock steel, standing up on the thin edge, welded to plates which are something like 70 x 150mm. They will be rust-treated next year when they can be dried out properly first.
The carriage is made from alluminium (because that’s what Chris had), but usually they would be made from steel too. The wheels are 100mm with a round groove in them. They have bearings fitted already and are usually used for large shed doors. The deck is just shuttering ply - cheap and easily replaced.
There’s no brake - just let go, and the carriage will tip to one side and stop.
Thanks to Chris Shilling and Winnie and Aishling for letting me film them.
You can read more about the original design by Caillet in ‘The Engineering Times’ Volume I & IV, 1899. Or in a booklet called ‘Caillet’s Patent Mono-Rail System’, by John L. Townsend. Available through The Narrow Gauge Railway Society.
R. Bance & Co. Ltd still make a modern version of this for running on mainline rail.
Canvey Island Heritage Site display a photo of their passenger-carrying monorail (now gone).
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What interesting neighbors you have - and so do they! "If you see a man of understanding, visit him early, let your feet wear out his doorstep."
Excellent motto. Thanks, Brendan
Brilliant Chris is a clever chap - I particularly like the way he set up the fabrication jig.👍
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well agreed!
This is a fantastic example of minimal engineering to get a big job done!
Beautifully simple but brilliantly applied. Thank you for uploading the videos about this monorail cart system.
Very impressed with that mono rail, clever way to move stuff.
You Sir are a genius. These ladies are on the right track with their gardning. Their method is exactly the method we used, except we have bambo type grass, I imagine thoes rushes are a tenacious tough grass.
I never seem to get enough of your videos. Again thank you for sharing and taking the time filming and editing. A garden progress report is a must.
Thanks, Michael. You're right - I'll have to go and see how they're getting on sometime..
Brilliant.
Simple, cheap, efficient.
Ashlyn and her "mum" are doing a great job. Well done.
You could also use this rail to get some beautiful moving video of your farm! The final shot of this video was great.
Good thinking, Sam
Such a great idea, and Ashlyn's jumper is gorgeous. As an engineer and knitter, I love everything about this video!
a great idea! i was thinking of a way to carry coconuts from our garden to the storage, and this seems the ideal solution for uneven grounds.
I also love how it saves the ground. No big ruts to worry over. Excellent neighbors you have!
Fantastic people with fantastic innovations. Every gardener should have one of these!!!!
Magnificent simplicity - I love it!
What a fantastic idea. Well done
congratulations with the Excrement Express :)
been watching over and over , just to review the thought processes going on here . wow. my head hurts in a good way.
what an amazing idea. so simple yet effective and easy to build move and put together
OMG! SO brilliant! Thank you for sharing with us!
Brilliant! Well Done! Thank you for sharing.
That's a wonderful solution! Great stuff. Thanks for sharing
I love simple elegant designs like this to solve problems.
Nice job. That is a great idea - very simple and effective.
Simply brilliant!!! Thank you for sharing.
Thanks, Patricia!
Great solution, even sounds just like a railway. Very interesting background story and historical details of the original French version. Thanks for uploading.
Cheers, Dave. Yes, it is interesting, and there's a lot more to share at some point about narrow-gauge local railways and their usefullness..
That would be a story worth telling. Getting slightly off farm topics occasionally is quite allowable and a great way to see if your audience is awake 😨
brain cells and body power being used very effectively. Reminds me of a quote '' the ant's strenght lies not in its body but in its organization''. Keep up your good work.
Absolutely ingenious.
That is a great idea. I have never seen that before. Thanks!
That's pure genius, very useful indeed. Thanks for sharing that.
What a lovely thing that is :)
This is such a brilliant idea! I will stash it with all the other brilliant ideas I must accomplish some day.
That's so cool! Well done!
Yes, isn't it?!
This is the first time I've seen this video, this really is a brilliant idea for an easy to set up, movable track that allows you to move stuff where a wheelbarrow would be difficult to use.
Great idea!
That is a beautiful weld too.
Kids would have so much fun playing with that ^-^
*****
Yep
So smart and simple. I love it :)
Great idea! We may be stealing it for the work we have to do in our garden! Thank you!
Yes, Brilliant!
that is brilliant
That's brillant !! I need one !
Maybe we all need one!
My grandfather had a monorail hanging from the ceiling in his barn. At steel bin hung from it in which he used to muck out the barn.
New here. This is really awesome :)
Thats a great idea might put it to use.
Fantastic!
smart idea, thanks for sharing
This kind of railway could be useful in my garden for shifting soil, coal, wood and building materials.
A fantastic idea.
Lovely! Very creative!
Brilliant indeed!
great job guys, love your videos. Did you know that the Lartigue Monorail operated between Listowel & Ballybunion right next door to you in Co. Kerry between 1888 & 1924 ? It was a French design & had a raised track !
I didn't - thank you. (But I bet Chris did. I'll check..)
This just solved an issue I've got here with moving a storage shed I want to obtain. With the proper dolly and two sets of these rails, I could move it easily!
Another monorail video coming soon - might give you some more ideas..
I'll be looking for it! :)
This is where monorails work. Not the flashy futuristic "transport of the future". Crude, short term solutions to engineering difficulties
when the railway goes in you can drop woodchips along the side to make sure the grass doesn't grow and use it to rot woodchips for you. woodchips can also be used to grow mushroom spores in.
Whaaaat! You crazy guys! I am putting on the list so I can maybe make one.
Ha! Yes - let's make lots and join them all up..
Never seen a mono rail, seeams to work really good!
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How interesting. Would never have occurred to me, but it brilliant and would be extremely useful in military conditions on relatively flat ground, as mentioned, if tracked & all terrain vehicles were not available. Kind of thinking where I could use such a system.
You're right - I keep looking around wondering where ours might fit in!
Nice Video g
Irish technology at its finest
That is brilliant!! I hate balancing those heavy wheelbarrows.
What you said; Brilliant! :)
Excellent. Really good fun admire your effort, personally I'd just hire a JCB.
Smart idea!
I want one, will have too build it... thanks :-)
Go for it!
Sweet!!!
Great idea, simple and effective.
Phase two; add a pedal tricycle to it (push or pull). ;-)
brilliant!
Maybe you need one too?!
wow!
Brilliant
Makes work fun
Nice
How enjoyable
if i remember railways in your country(the u.k) right away.:) wish i had something like that for when i was living with my mum. very steep yard in some places and i could have used it to bring firewood from the driveway into the garage.
We're in Ireland, Allan. Not the U.K. - but close!
"Monorail... Monorail... Monorail....Mono D'oh!"
Bend the round bits at the joint 90 degrees & drill two holes in the mating plate so you dont have to use the fence staples, they will lock together when you drop them down.
what a great idea, two rails would be very problematic
Interesting. It made me think about constructing one with a motor that can balance itself like a segway
That type is named the Brennan Gyro-Monorail. The prototype was demonstrated to the press at Gillingham. Kent, on 10th November, 1909.
This would be so handy for transporting seaweed. because it can be so heavy.are you far from the ocean?
Yes, we were thinking just the same thing. We're only a few miles from the sea but a bit further from a suitable beach. It would take a bit of organising but it might be worth it..
Thanks for the great idea. I wonder if two rails six inches apart would be a little easier to control and a little more stable. It should be as mobile. I guess I have to get a new roll of wire for my welder!
Training wheels from a bike would probably work fine.
I wonder, if you took the tyres off, and had the track laid firmly on the ground, could you cycle on it ?
Neat!
I think a good addition would be a truck (or attachment) specifically design for carrying bulk materials ... that has a dumping action or something...
if you lay out the straight with the fork first (forward), you can use one reversible curve with no forks, and after the curve lay the straight with the fork last, and be able to curve either way with one curve part. yes?
i bookmarked this for future review. eggscllent engennering soultion to a smple problem.
have a look at the lartigue monorail in listowel co kerry, well worth a visit
Looking forward to doing just that, one day soon.
may I ask you , are you the voice of ivor the engine?
I was wondering how they are getting on with there garden?
say, could he still use that monorail hand cart on his homemade railway?
Is there a chance the track could bend?
Yes, it could. Depends how much support it has and how much weight is put on it. Of course, it wouldn't matter if it bends if you weren't planning to move it..
Not on your life, my Hindu (?) friend.
What is the name of the easy-to-reach gear system?
what would you suggest for somebody lives in mountainous regions for something similar to your monorail Ravenhill I like I live in West Virginia in America the area I live in is that some steep hills and Banks and stuff and I all of what we call him and it's like on the side of it I was just wondering what would you suggest 4 steeper butchering sleeper truck lettering
Look up agricultural monorails nikkari monorak. they dont have a us agent and are very expensive but youll get some ideas - Chris the Engineer
Which country are you based
from reading online its called a ground level monorail.
Pero si tenemos la carretilla que es mas practica.
If you wanted it to take heavier loads, too heavy for a person to hold upright, you could add a stabiliser wheel along one side (the Ewing System) - www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/patiala/patiala.htm
Thanks - I like it! Not sure what the advantage would be over having two rails, though? The stabiliser wheel would need a level track too?
The advantage is that you don't need to line up two rails, or ensure that the track is perfectly level for laying the rail.
I don't know how level the stabiliser track would have to be. Presumable if it wasn't level with the rail, it would cause the carriage to tilt, but would that be much of a problem if you were just using it for hauling stuff, as long as it doesn't tip over?
Where are your geese?
Still here. Nibbling the grass and the marrows - and muttering all the time..
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Dont use that sharp things, the can lay there and harm years later
Looks like a big feckin' trip hazard to me !!! ............
but the grass and weeds will just block the path...
They'll be trampled by the people and cut off by the wheels. But maybe you're right. We'll have to wait and see