Kick Scooters, Kick Bikes are easy and fun to ride for all ages

Scooters look like a bicycle but have an open standing foot board in place of the seat and pedals. Riders propel using one foot to push back.

US kick scooter bike enthusiast is finding USA Amish made kick scooters to be a great equivalent to the European models.

They can enjoy the benefits of a kick scooter without having to pay the hefty prices for the imported European models.

One of the more popular European 26/20 aluminum kick bikes is not even available in the US.

The US Amish made LA MX 26/20 Aluminum Kick Scooter may not look as sleek as the Finnish Max 26/20 model.

However, for the price and many of equivalent features it defiantly is something to look at.

US Amish scooters use wheel sizes ranging from 12" up to 26”.

The larger sizes even have aluminum racing rims and high-pressure tires.

These are a far cry from those little Red Radio scooters that many of us grew with as a kid.

Larger wheeled kick scooters are also more practical over the small aluminum sidewalk scooters.

The Amish scooters can take you down standard bike paths and just about anywhere else that you might ride a standard bike.

You can also get from point A to point B in about a third of the time as walking.

A push scooter or kick bike is called such because the rider uses a push and kick back motion with one leg to propel forward.

There's no seat or pedals, just an open footboard to stand on and kick from.

Standard bicycles with their narrow seats are not the most comfortable for some people to ride, especially as they become older.

Climbing on and then trying pedal and balance a traditional bike is also an issue for many who have aging issues.

Many who enjoyed biking have just given up the prospects of ever riding again.

Kick scooters just might allow those to enjoy biking once again.

They are easy to step on and off the platform, even with a full skirt.

Like most things one product does not fit all

One group of Kick Bikers who enjoy the sport of racing kick bikes want them just for off road extreme sports.

This is one of the exciting aspects of kick biking that has made the European models so popular.

Like fine European automobiles, European manufacturers promote their kick bikes for racing in extreme sports.

The Amish kick scooters are probably not the best suited for this type of off-road use.

They are built for the more casual and conservative users.

History of the Amish kick scooters

The Amish kick scooters have been used by the Pennsylvanian Amish since the mid-1970s.

From Amish children to adults you will see Amish families in Pennsylvanian using these kick scooters for trips to school, town, and work.

You may have even seen them on some of the recent television shows about the Amish communities located in Pennsylvanian.

Local Amish church leaders prescribe the rules on how the Amish will use transportation devices and how they will be designed.

For whatever the reason, they have banned the use of a peddled bicycle in the Pennsylvanian Amish communities.

In one Amish community in Pennsylvanian, the Amish Bishop will only allow his members to use the smaller 12" scooters.

In that area of Pennsylvanian, you will only see the smaller scooters being used by both children and adults.

Other Amish communities such as in Ohio and Indiana allow standard bicycles.

Kick Bikes may provide a good work out

For those who would like to up their calorie burns over walking but are just not into running or riding a traditional bicycle, a kick scooter just may be the answer.

You can walk alongside a kick scooter, step on and scoot and then walk again as many time as you want to alternate your workout routine.

Kick scooters are not required to maintain a certain speed to balance either.

They are very low to the ground so that a person can just step off when they rather walk a bit or jump back on and speed up the calorie burn.

Kick scooters may also provide a good core body workout with the motions required to push off and scoot. If one leg gets tired the rider can switch over and kick push with the opposite leg.

Those who have had a partial stroke or knee injury may find that a kick scooter allows them to keep one leg more stationary while they use their good leg to propel.

The Amish kick scooters provide the lowest ground clearance on the market.

This is very important in having less fatigue while not having to use the foot and leg to reach as far down as pushing back off a higher platform.

This also may cause less stress on the stationary leg and knee that often occurs when the body must stoop further down in order for the propelling leg and foot to touch the ground and cycle through the push.

Push scooters may appear hard to use, but were probably one of the first bikes that we learned to ride as a kid.

For those who just want to have a nice ride, learning the glide pattern is when you hit the sweet spot.

Find your Amish Kick Scooter at Cottage Craft Works.com  Cottage Craft Works is a unique online general store providing high-quality Amish made products that are still being made with the quality and integrity of things that were reminiscent of the 1950s and 1960s

Stainless Water Hydrant Resist Air, Water, Soil Corrosion

Commercial quality stainless steel water hydrant resists corrosive atmosphere elements from saltwater coastal areas and acid corrosive soil conditions.

Made with a heavy duty stainless steel standpipe, stainless foot valve, stainless valve rod and stainless cam lock handle the Amish USA made 401 Freezless Water Hydrant is truly a stainless-steel hydrant while others may have a stainless-steel pipe and rod, they still use a brass foot valve that is problematic in some alkaline soils.

Corrosive conditions either by salt water or high acid containing soil conditions can destroy traditional galvanized pipe and brass foot valve water hydrants in very short time. Making them very costly and an inconvenience to replace especially when they are surrounded with a concrete slab or in the dead of winter when the frost line is difficult to penetrate for replacement.

Traditional water hydrants can also become very difficult to open and shut especially by children and women who routinely use them for daily animal watering and gardening.

Commercial applications such as parks and RV resorts depend greatly on frost proof water hydrants and generally find that the traditional water hydrants can become a maintenance nightmare when they are available for public use.

The Amish made 401 Freezless Water Hydrant available at Cottage Craft Works.com solves many of these problems.  It was designed by a plumber in Holmes County Ohio who had been serving area farmers and homeowners for over 30 years. On the typical water hydrants, he noted the failure rates were occurring from the galvanized pipe, the plunger rod, or the brass foot valve causing the need to replace the complete hydrant.

Holmes County Ohio is home to one of the largest Amish population in the Nation.  It also has pockets of high alkaline soil. 

John also noted that it was the Amish women and children who were doing most of the livestock watering and gardening as daily chores and seen the struggles first hand they were having operating the traditional hydrant valve handles.

John designed the 401 Water Hydrant and engaged an Amish manufacturing company to make them.  He designed a cam operated lever system that would open the valve with very little effort.  He also made the lever part out of stainless steel for rustproof years of service.

Instead of the typical iron or soft brass rod used in most hydrants to connect the top to the foot valve he used stainless steel. Then instead of galvanized pipe he also used stainless steel. To make the hydrant more bullet proof from corrosion the foot valve was also made from stainless steel. This obviously increased the cost but that is in keeping with the refreshing way that Amish people do things and why the 401 Freezless Hydrant is a good investment for the long term.

You see the Amish are just not as interested in making products as cheaply as they can, their focus is on making good strong dependable products that will last and not leave the consumer feeling as they were cheated after just a few years.

For over the past 10 years Cottage Craft Works.com has been the only company online offering the 401 Hydrant and out of those 10 years has only needed to send out one replacement valve gasket.  A solid indication of just how well this hydrant works even in commercial applications.

Cottage Craft Works.com is an emporium of old-fashioned quality made products. The owners have spent years on the back roads in Amish communities seeking out functional products for the farm, home, and garden. Ninety percent of the products the company features are USA Amish made in small Amish shops and factories. Most of the products are still made and handled by the Amish shop owners who have an outstanding reputation for high-quality products like things that were being made in the 1950s and 1960s

Chicken Nesting Boxes | Rollaway Egg Nest Box

CHICKEN NESTING BOX | ROLLAWAY EGG NEST

Chicken Nesting Boxes |  Rollaway Egg Box

Rollaway HD GALV USA Amish roll out chicken nesting boxes protect eggs. 2, 4, 8 comp and Community 48", 24". The original supplier of rollaway nest boxes.

Self-Sufficient Sustainable Living Backyard Chicken Roller Egg Nesting Box. 

CHICKEN ROLLAWAY EGG NESTING BOX 8 COMPARTMENT

ROLLAWAY EGG NEST BOX 48 INCH | COMMUNITY | FRONT & REAR TRAYS

Rollaway nesting boxes provide a cleaner more sanitary environment, increase production, protect eggs from damage and reduce labor time.


USA Amish manufactured! 

ROLLAWAY EGG NEST BOX 48 INCH | COMMUNITY | FRONT & REAR TRAYS

Rollaway egg nesting boxes are specially designed to allow eggs to roll forward into an upfront holding tray to keep them safe from chickens stepping on or pecking at them.

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Compact Manure Spreaders | Hobby Equine Ranch Spreader

The Amish built E-Z Spreaders are built with thicker steel oversized chain and sprockets. These compact spreaders are built stronger than the competition.

The Amish just don’t brag or do a lot of marketing hype, simply the E-Z spreaders are the best-kept secret in the manure spreader market.

Just ask the leading competitor of the compact manure spreader market their overall weight and you will quickly understand that the E-Z spreaders are almost twice the overall empty weight in quality materials. 700 lbs. for the EZ 25 compared to 400 lbs. for one of the closest competitors. Other competitors are even more lightweight for near the same cost.

Most all the E-Z spreaders components are oversized. The Amish use 11-gauge steel while others use thinner 13 and 14-gauge steel. The Amish use 1 3/8” axles while the others use 1 ¼”. The E-Z spreader web chain is made of #50 T-Rod roller chain while others use #40.

Patterned after the old New Idea manure spreaders a favorite of Amish farmers for generations these E-Z spreaders are built just like the old-fashioned parts were made. In fact, many of the parts are still interchangeable and used by the Amish to rebuild old New Idea manure spreaders.

These little workhorses will likely spread natural gold nutrients on your hobby farm or ranch for a lifetime and on to the next generations.

While the competition is looking at ways to reduce the cost to maintain profits, the Amish just keep building them to last as they always have.

Compare with the control arms used to engage the auger and drive wheels and you will see that the E-Z spreaders still use the old-style implement ratchet arms attached directly to drive links. The competition uses lighter duty arms and some even use cables to attach to the drive links.

The E-Z manure spreaders are user-friendly and easy to maintain. The Amish go to an extra effort to add extended tube grease zerks making it easy to reach from the sides with a grease gun.

Typical compact manure spreader in the 25 and 30-bushel sizes include steel painted sides and durable poly lumber floors.

The larger sizes up to 75 bushel have a poly wood floor and poly sides.

The 25 bushel is easy to maneuver in tight stables measuring only 60” wide and 8’ long many appreciate the ability to get it in tight spaces compared to their previously owned spreaders.  The 30 bushel is only 1‘ longer. Both models are only 3’ tall for easy loading using small compact tractors and skid loaders.

Both the E-Z 25 and 30 are ground driven spreaders easily pulled with compact tractors or even ATVs.

Spreaders may be equipped with a fines pan for use with sawdust and wood chip manure beddings that will not work with a traditional manure spreader made to spread straw based manure. 

Since E-Z Spreaders are Amish made they can be ordered for horse-drawn operation and even ordered with steel wheels in place of the air tire wheels.

Cottage Craft Works.com is your online source for the Amish made E-Z manure spreaders. You may arrange for shipping or for factory pickup.

E-Z spreaders are being used from coast to coast and have even been shipped as far as Australia.

Also, see the heavy-duty Amish made oat crimper, roller machines. Fresh crimped oats reportedly provide better nutrition and digestive benefits over non-crimped oats while reducing the number of oats it takes for daily feedings. 

Cottage Craft Works offers two sizes of oat crimpers, the CCW #3 will also crimp and crack grains for other livestock feed.

Cottage Craft Works.com is a full line general store with Amish made products for the home, garden, farm and ranch.

E-Z 25 Compact Manure Spreader

E-Z Compact Manure Spreader Fines Pan Equipped

Heavy Duty Construction and Remote Grease Fittings

CCW #3 Oat Crimper

Amish heavy duty made oat crimper