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Feb. 29, 2016 / 12:05 PM

Australian dad mods go-kart into garbage bin transport vehicle

Self-proclaimed "mad scientist" Jacob Strickling modified his daughter's go-kart into a trash bin transportation vehicle. Screenshot: Newsflare

Self-proclaimed "mad scientist" Jacob Strickling modified his daughter's go-kart into a trash bin transportation vehicle. Screenshot: Newsflare

TERRIGAL, Australia, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- An Australian "Mad Scientist" got himself out of pushing the trash bin to the curb by "hacking" his daughter's go-kart to carry the bin.

Jacob Strickling, the self-proclaimed "Mad Scientist" behind the Make Science Fun YouTube channel, shared a video showing his solution to the problem of his uphill climb to take the trash to the curb.

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Strickling took inspiration from his daughter, Mikalah, and made a series of modifications to her go-kart.

The video shows Strickling attach a dolly to the back of the vehicle along with a mechanism allowing Mikalah to control the platform's tilt.

Mikalah is able to use the modified go-kart to take out the trash for her dad.

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