Man behind ‘the world’s fastest shed’ has now made a wheelie bin you can drive
He built a mobility scooter the length of an elephant and the fastest shed, but now a man has created… a motorised wheelie bin.
Kevin Nicks, from Oxfordshire, is a serial record holder and says his wheelie bin is the only one in the world that is taxed.
It’s just the latest vehicle in a long list of his quirky builds, which include the world’s fastest wheelbarrow that travels 54mph.
Kevin’s long mobility scooter measures six metres – the length of an elephant – and he managed to make the world’s fastest motorised BMX bike.
Despite being legal to drive, the self-employed designer and builder is yet to test the wheelie bin out on the roads.
Kevin, 58, said: ‘It’s based on a mobility scooter but at the moment it’s the only wheelie bin in the world that’s taxed. It’s got an electric motor because I’m very green even though it’s blue.
‘I can go on the road but I’m not sure what the police would make of it. Mostly I take it on a trailer.
‘It’s just a bit of fun. It makes people smile.’
Kevin’s interest in making things and engineering all started with Lego which piqued his interest.
‘I’ve always built things,’ he added. ‘Have I got a piece of paper saying I’m an engineer, no. But have I built things no one else has ever done before, yes I have.’
Kevin takes his massive shed to cheer residents up at care homes and can be seen cruising around the streets on the world’s longest scooter.
But Kevin hit out at trolls who often target him on social media for his crazy ideas and creations.
‘What is fascinating though is that when you post something on social media the negative people come out of the woodwork,’ he said.
‘I have a big following and I try to reply to them all but those people, I shower with kindness.
‘I’m often asked what I do it for – it’s for fun.
‘I like doing things that are different, I have the shed, the wheelie bin and the wheelbarrow which is just insane.
‘Rather than doing the same thing, I am trying to build different machines.’
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